10 Things I Hate About You Turns 20 Tomorrow; Vox Explores Why It Still Feels Fresh

[ellie_andrews]

10 Things I Hate About You is turning 20 - and it’s still too good to be true. https://t.co/yMnXSWlJZm
- Vox (@voxdotcom) March 29, 2019

What makes the movie work 20 years later?

* Julia Stiles' Kat and how she asserts her "right to be a bitch in a world that was prepared to demonize her no matter what."

* the movie treats Kat as being correct

Comments

[trancexperiment]

I loved the English teacher character in this movie too, especially when he calls out the white guys with dreads lmao. I’ve thought about it before but I really do think aspects of the film were ahead ahead of its time

[hjalmartazar]

i love this movie but in a way it makes me sad not just bc of Heath but its a little too nostalgic for me, it makes me really miss being younger

[blue_cassette]

yeah I miss school :(

[annpaulveal]

I know what you mean. I have such a vivid memory of seeing it for the first time when I had a sleepover in my friend’s basement.

[anderbobo]

yeah this, she's all that, never been kissed, can't hardly wait etc. all just make me fall right back into high school again and it's just too much of a ~moment to handle sometimes lol.

[ellie_andrews]

i still love the pink prom dress idc

[champagnexdream]

Gabrielle has NOT AGED SINCE THIS PIC.

[tucker]

same lmao, I think that's such a cute prom look

[therearewords]

I was whelmed, but it fit the character.

[deadendqueen16]

Dammit, I'm getting old.

I still love this movie and the awesome soundtrack.

[therearewords]

Not exactly still angry about Heath Ledger's death, but definitely still curious about what his career would have been.

On a softer note: my brother's name is Patrick as well, so the STRUGGLE to absolutely swoon over the fictional Patrick while he had the same stupid name as my stupid bullying brother.