Hahaha
But really
Ok, starting this thing off, this is probably one of the best films I’ve ever seen. I’ve been putting off watching it for yeeeeears and finally being able to sit down and watch it as a film student was an amazing experience. Looking back at high school, I always hated that there was so much divide between group just because we had different friends. This movie demonstrates that we all have problems that we have to face, and being seperate doesn’t help it.
In terms of character development, I think that Claire had the least development. She was always the prissy popular rich girl, and there’s nothing wrong with that, but she remained the same. When it came down to it, she still asked Brian to do the assignment, and she just found it in her plans to give Allison a makeover. This part is where the post-feminism talk from the reading comes in. Instead of the only two girls in the movie bonding over something that was specifically meant to advance them as women, Claire had to doll her up, and make her look different to be accepted. Even then, it’s weird because this is when Andrew suddenly finds her attractive. From the beginning of the movie, it was evident that he cared about how she felt, but when she kept putting up walls, he gave up. I don’t agree that it was good that she put up walls, but when you’re helping someone out, don’t get mad when they’re putting those walls up.
Another thing about the movie that was pretty weird was the fact that no one smelled the weed. Those kids were openly smoking, and there was no mention of it again. Andrew even hotboxed himself in an office, and that would most definitely come through the vents of the building. As for the ending, I try not to read too deep into it. Yes they were split off into couples, and it was cliche, but I think it was only because things would go back to normal on Monday. They all knew that, so they just tried to have as much fun with each other before the world goes back to normal.
