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Violet. Frills, lace, pearls and video games. Sometimes Hime Gyaru. Loves rain, hates summer. Workaholic multi-tasking champion. Likes a good cup of tea, hates to run out of Buenos. Wants a puppy, is a house cat. Currently living in Melbourne, Australia.
Nuffnang was nice enough to send James and I to see a new movie called “Easy A“. To be honest when I first got the tickets I wasn’t thrilled at all. I don’t like the typical American teen comedies that have been popular in the last few years. I just don’t think gross out stuff is funny at all and having seen the trailer it looked kind of… meh. James loves those kind of movies though so I went along for the ride.
I’m actually really glad I went because the movie was the complete opposite of what I was expecting.
This is how it’s described by Sony:
After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean-cut high school girl Olive Penderghast sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne’s in “The Scarlet Letter”, which she is currently studying in school – until she decides to use the rumour mill to advance her social and financial standing.
And this is the trailer:
I understand it from a marketing point of view but it only describes one aspect of what is a fairly complicated film. The actual movie is really smart, well thought out and involves some really serious issues like bullying. I think it struck a chord with me because I’ve been thinking a lot about bullying both online and in real life lately and what a disgusting pass time it is.
I can think of 2 examples even in the last few weeks where rumors in the blogosphere have been so out of control it has come to the point of death threats and people’s private information being leaked online. In both of those cases too it turned out that the rumors were completely unfounded and yet people were so quick to jump on the bandwagon that they destroyed their subject’s lives. Perhaps this is a lesson to all of us online that we should put less stock in gossip and take bullying like this a little more seriously.
I think this movie would appeal to anyone who has ever been the target of rumors or who have spread them. Even more so I think it would appeal to people like me who miss good old fashion teen movies of the 80′s and 90′s!
One of the most enjoyable parts of the movie was the mirroring of the novel “The Scarlett Letter” which got me thinking about which novel my life is currently similar to…
I thought it would be easier to draw you all a little comic strip, enjoy!
So competition time again!!
To enter to win a double pass to go see Easy A for yourself when it opens next Thursday just leave a comment answering the question:
Which book mirrors your life either now or when you were in highschool?
There are 5 double passes to give away and this competition is open to Australian residents only (sorry everyone else!!).
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I watched the trailer. Yes, what you said is true. There are so few good teen movies these days! The last time I saw one was mean girls. Michelle recently posted..Soybean Sprout Soup 콩나물국 Kongnamulguk
Yes! I liked Mean Girls because it was cleverly done and it had a decent message. This is actually quite similar to that and I really enjoyed it, it’s nice that there is finally a teen movie that doesn’t completely suck >_<
High school: the getting of wisdom. No, really. And as for now… well, let’s say I was quite taken with that black bustier sporting a scarlet A. ellie recently posted..Jazz gigs and high heels
It’s weird, but I just got off the phone to my sister who mentioned this film to me.
Which film most resembled my life in high school?
I’d have to say Mean Girls. Quite often in school you forget who you really are and become someone you are not purely for popularity’s sake. I was quite like Cady. Before I became a “Queen Bee”, I was a person who did things because they excited me, not because it was something I should be seen doing. I had friends who made me laugh and not just people who made me look good. You learn a lot of hard lessons in high school and just after you finish it and I was no exception to that. Luckily I figured out who I was before I became a total “Mean Girl”.
Sounds silly, but I felt Ender’s Game reflected what high school was like for me. I was in a gifted student program, and dreaming that we were all being groomed for an epic space fighter program was what got me out of bed some days XD Sefie recently posted..Open Day at Savour Chocolate and Patisserie School
i just read the terms and conditions like the nerd that I am and part of it says that to win you must leave a comment and “The comment must answer the question “Have you lied about something and had it backfire
worse than you could have imagined?” The most creative answer will be chosen as the winner.”
I’m confused about what question we are supposed to answer….
Sorry Susie! That was my bad, they send through the terms and conditions and I forgot to change it to my question. Updating it now! Please answer the question “Which book mirrors your life either now or when you were in highschool?”. Sorry for the confusion!
I think that The Ugly Duckling mirrors my life in High School. When I was in High School, I was awkward and shy. I had terrible skin, greasy hair and was as skinny as a rake. I was too self-conscious to talk to people or make friends, so I spent a lot of time on my own.
Now though, I have grown up to be a lot more confident and outgoing. I have made loads of friends and tried things I never thought I would have the guts to do. Every day I wake up happier to be me. Every day I grow and change a little bit into the person I will become. Perhaps not a perfect person, but somebody awesome nonetheless. nessbow recently posted..How to Look Good For Less
Aww that’s a really sweet entry Ness, I can relate as I spent a lot of my highschool years on my own too being quite shy. I’m so glad you’ve gotten more confidence now!
It’s a cartoon not a movie but I was so like Daria in high school!
At the moment, I’d have to say my life is like the bit that would be montage in a movie… lots going on but too boring and lacking in plot to show in detail! kathryn recently posted..Weight Loss
Mwahaha I totally related to Daria in highschool too! I think a lot of the people around me thought I was like that too. I’ve changed a lot since then though, I’m more outgoing and I’ve learned to be bubbly to fit in a bit more which is a little depressing in itself. The last episode always makes me very sad. I am so imagining your montage of filing visa applications and the like XD
I’ve been dyingggg to see this! I plan to go as soon as it’s out.
The book that mirrored my life when I was in highschool is ‘I lost my mobile at the mall’ – Wendy Harmer. My mobile phone was EVERYTHING to me, my lifeline, my support net.
When I lost it, the world crumbled in the dramatic fashion that only happens to teenagers :P Diana recently posted..Nail Fraud Review Award
I’m so glad you had a good time! I can’t say any one movie represents how it was for me at high school, but if pressed, I’d go with ‘Mean Girls’ as well, because I think there’s that undercurrent in every highschool, and we all have been there and done that. Hear Mum Roar recently posted..Emotional development – initiative
Oh woah xD Our advetorials are completely different! And I like yours :) Where did they send you to see the movie :P ? I was kind of hoping I’d bump into another blogger but I didn’t see anyone I recognized ? I was at Chadstone :3
Urgh. I’ve been a victim of bullying and some rumours ..but I guess nothing that bad. But still ..I know how it feels and it’s just NOT good :( Melody recently posted..Winner!
I went to see it at Melbourne Central because I live in the CBD ^_^ I wish we’d gone together! Rumors suck, I hope you didn’t experience anything too bad :(
Don’t enter me because I hate watching movies, but I just had to say, if I read a book and found that the book totally mirrored my high school years I would freak out! I’d be like ‘HOLY CRAP SOMEONE WAS STALKING ME!’ haha!
I was a victim of horrible, horrible bullying in high school to the point that when I was diagnosed with depression and found to be suicidal, the kids then decided that I was doing it for attention. Honestly! So i’m a bit freaked out to hear that even in the adult, non-teenage, non-high school world of blogging there’s still rumours and bullying happening… but I guess that’s just life huh?
By the way this comment turned a little dark, i’m absolutely fine now, i’ve got friends and i’ve got my boyfriend, so no need to worry :). Tiff recently posted..Clay Banana Slice Tutorial
I’m so sorry that you had to go through such horrible pain when you were in school :( It’s true it does happen in the blogging world, I think whenever people have power there is a chance to misuse it. It’s disgusting and wrong and I hope you never have to experience it again. *big hugs* I’m so glad things have turned around for you now though!!
hm, I was thinking about that movie in the same way as you were. I really don’t like those American pie type of movies and I thought this was kind of the same, so thanks for the review! you’ve changed my mind ^^ I think I’m going to watch it! Riechan recently posted..Whistle down the wind part 1
I think that my life is currently like a fifty’s home ec. text book!!! I do not really know of any novels that are all about a happy marriage or that kind of thing. Books are usually about drama and I just do not have much drama at the moment. Nothing book worthy any way!!
I so wanted to see this movie before your review Violet, but now I am even keener. ^__^
Look interesting and more then just a boy meets girl story^^ I love it when they try to expose something a lil deeper to the teen minds^^ I think i’ll catch it when it comes but i dun then Ben would ;p lols…still too girly for him. Glo-w recently posted..Food at Hard Rock Penang
Your drawings are great! I love Gambit, especially. My sister and I can’t wait to see this movie!
I can’t really pick one book, because I feel like there’s a little bit in every book, if that makes sense. <3 I have never found a book that is me. But maybe "Twilight"? Haha. Just kidding. ;)
I’m still in highschool, just finishing this year. But this kinda struck a chord.
In year five we read through Bridge to Terabithia, about a boy meeting a new girl in school who’s very unconventional and creating an imaginary world of their own until her untimely death. Now, this sounds childish, but from year four onwards I’ve always been put down and bullied for not following the crowd, being artistic or just simply being shy. What made it worse, was that I never said anything to anyone, instead I created in my head a world of my own filled with characters that interacted with me and so on. I then began to draw this world and honestly to this day it’s still growing and expanding because even now, in year twelve, I’m still shy, still different, still being bullied and still without many friends. Except, like Leslie, I have my own world.
I can imagine that it’s weird to clutch onto fantasies and imaginary friends at this age, and it probably just adds to my social failings, however, I’m so attached to this world it’s like a safety blanket and thanks to it I’m now generally unaffected by what any one says. I guess then, my life is my own, but somewhere it’s reflected in Bridge to Terabithia C:
Don’t apologize at all, I’m so glad to read your story, thank you for sharing it! Don’t feel weird about holding on to your fantasies, having things like that are what helps you to survive. You’re lucky to be creative and have something to bring you through dark times. *big big hugs* I hope things get much better for you soon and thank you again for having the courage to share :)
I don’t really have any book that mirrors my life. But .. (and don’t judge me for this) when I was a kid, I used to wish that my life was more like those sweet valley kids.
I love the thriller of this moovie! I think it will be pretty cool. The book that describes my highschool years is a book named clique. That book is one by one my high school years^^
Violet, I have thought long and hard about the book that reflects my life. And it’s not the nicest of stories, but I would have to say the Picture of Dorian Grey. This reflects the struggle I had with my mother and her Demons for so many years. I could see all that was happening to her, getting worse and worse (due to alcohol abuse) where to the outside world she was this pretty normal, loveable excentric mother, but behind closed doors she unfortunately had this demon brewing. It made school life and relationships hard for me. And she unfortunately like Dorian in the novel finally lost her fight with her demons. I have since been able to develop a relationship with an amazing guy, and although I have lost a mother and alot of time, I now am moving forward with a beautiful boy and learning from her lesson. Kimberly Grace recently posted..Photo
Thank you so much for sharing your story Kimberly, it’s such a sad thing to have a mother fighting horrible demons :( I am so glad that you are learning from her example and getting your life on track. I hope things continue getting much better for you <3
Ok, semi-unrelated but since you mentioned Tim Burton it made me think of it. A lot of your photo’s remind me a lot of Katrina Van Tassel in Sleepy Hollow, I hope you take it as a compliment too :D I think it’s the pale skin and the big bright eyes!
That is most definitely a compliment! I am a huuuuuge fan of Tim Burton and I’ve always thought Katrina Van Tassel was really pretty ^_^ Thank you so much Lauren, you made my day!
I’m not entering the competition, but I’m actually really looking forward to this movie, I think it’s reminiscent of the older teen comedies like Mean Girls but it has a smart touch to it. xD
I watched the trailer. Yes, what you said is true. There are so few good teen movies these days! The last time I saw one was mean girls.
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Yes! I liked Mean Girls because it was cleverly done and it had a decent message. This is actually quite similar to that and I really enjoyed it, it’s nice that there is finally a teen movie that doesn’t completely suck >_<
High school: the getting of wisdom. No, really. And as for now… well, let’s say I was quite taken with that black bustier sporting a scarlet A.
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:D I very much liked that bustier too, she wears quite a few of them in the movie!
aww might have 2 check this one out and i love kamikaze girls its 1 of my fave films :)
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I really enjoyed it too ^_^
Hi Violet,
It’s weird, but I just got off the phone to my sister who mentioned this film to me.
Which film most resembled my life in high school?
I’d have to say Mean Girls. Quite often in school you forget who you really are and become someone you are not purely for popularity’s sake. I was quite like Cady. Before I became a “Queen Bee”, I was a person who did things because they excited me, not because it was something I should be seen doing. I had friends who made me laugh and not just people who made me look good. You learn a lot of hard lessons in high school and just after you finish it and I was no exception to that. Luckily I figured out who I was before I became a total “Mean Girl”.
Bec
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I just re-read what I wrote. What I meant to say is the book the movie Mean Girls was based off, “Queen Bees and Wannabes”.
Bec
Haha I got what you were aiming for ;)
Oh good coincidence! That’s a really good entry too Bec, thanks for sharing! I’m glad you didn’t end up a mean girl!
Sounds silly, but I felt Ender’s Game reflected what high school was like for me. I was in a gifted student program, and dreaming that we were all being groomed for an epic space fighter program was what got me out of bed some days XD
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MWAHAHAHAHA! Super epic entry! I wish my gifted program had groomed me too! Stupid laid back high school!!
i just read the terms and conditions like the nerd that I am and part of it says that to win you must leave a comment and “The comment must answer the question “Have you lied about something and had it backfire
worse than you could have imagined?” The most creative answer will be chosen as the winner.”
I’m confused about what question we are supposed to answer….
Sorry Susie! That was my bad, they send through the terms and conditions and I forgot to change it to my question. Updating it now! Please answer the question “Which book mirrors your life either now or when you were in highschool?”. Sorry for the confusion!
When I’m working next year my life will be like House of God, I’m sure…
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XD Awesome entry!
I think that The Ugly Duckling mirrors my life in High School. When I was in High School, I was awkward and shy. I had terrible skin, greasy hair and was as skinny as a rake. I was too self-conscious to talk to people or make friends, so I spent a lot of time on my own.
Now though, I have grown up to be a lot more confident and outgoing. I have made loads of friends and tried things I never thought I would have the guts to do. Every day I wake up happier to be me. Every day I grow and change a little bit into the person I will become. Perhaps not a perfect person, but somebody awesome nonetheless.
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Aww that’s a really sweet entry Ness, I can relate as I spent a lot of my highschool years on my own too being quite shy. I’m so glad you’ve gotten more confidence now!
It’s a cartoon not a movie but I was so like Daria in high school!
At the moment, I’d have to say my life is like the bit that would be montage in a movie… lots going on but too boring and lacking in plot to show in detail!
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Mwahaha I totally related to Daria in highschool too! I think a lot of the people around me thought I was like that too. I’ve changed a lot since then though, I’m more outgoing and I’ve learned to be bubbly to fit in a bit more which is a little depressing in itself. The last episode always makes me very sad. I am so imagining your montage of filing visa applications and the like XD
I’ve been dyingggg to see this! I plan to go as soon as it’s out.
The book that mirrored my life when I was in highschool is ‘I lost my mobile at the mall’ – Wendy Harmer. My mobile phone was EVERYTHING to me, my lifeline, my support net.
When I lost it, the world crumbled in the dramatic fashion that only happens to teenagers :P
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I haven’t seen that book, I’m definitely going to have to look it up now! Heehee phone drama for the win!
I’m so glad you had a good time! I can’t say any one movie represents how it was for me at high school, but if pressed, I’d go with ‘Mean Girls’ as well, because I think there’s that undercurrent in every highschool, and we all have been there and done that.
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You are so right about that, it’s a bit sad that it doesn’t always end with high school though >_<
Oh woah xD Our advetorials are completely different! And I like yours :) Where did they send you to see the movie :P ? I was kind of hoping I’d bump into another blogger but I didn’t see anyone I recognized ? I was at Chadstone :3
Urgh. I’ve been a victim of bullying and some rumours ..but I guess nothing that bad. But still ..I know how it feels and it’s just NOT good :(
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I went to see it at Melbourne Central because I live in the CBD ^_^ I wish we’d gone together! Rumors suck, I hope you didn’t experience anything too bad :(
Don’t enter me because I hate watching movies, but I just had to say, if I read a book and found that the book totally mirrored my high school years I would freak out! I’d be like ‘HOLY CRAP SOMEONE WAS STALKING ME!’ haha!
I was a victim of horrible, horrible bullying in high school to the point that when I was diagnosed with depression and found to be suicidal, the kids then decided that I was doing it for attention. Honestly! So i’m a bit freaked out to hear that even in the adult, non-teenage, non-high school world of blogging there’s still rumours and bullying happening… but I guess that’s just life huh?
By the way this comment turned a little dark, i’m absolutely fine now, i’ve got friends and i’ve got my boyfriend, so no need to worry :).
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I’m so sorry that you had to go through such horrible pain when you were in school :( It’s true it does happen in the blogging world, I think whenever people have power there is a chance to misuse it. It’s disgusting and wrong and I hope you never have to experience it again. *big hugs* I’m so glad things have turned around for you now though!!
hm, I was thinking about that movie in the same way as you were. I really don’t like those American pie type of movies and I thought this was kind of the same, so thanks for the review! you’ve changed my mind ^^ I think I’m going to watch it!
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I’m really glad to change your mind! I hope you find the same kind of message in it that I did!
I think that my life is currently like a fifty’s home ec. text book!!! I do not really know of any novels that are all about a happy marriage or that kind of thing. Books are usually about drama and I just do not have much drama at the moment. Nothing book worthy any way!!
I so wanted to see this movie before your review Violet, but now I am even keener. ^__^
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I’m glad you enjoyed the review! Haha the 50′s homes books totally count, thanks for entering!
Look interesting and more then just a boy meets girl story^^ I love it when they try to expose something a lil deeper to the teen minds^^ I think i’ll catch it when it comes but i dun then Ben would ;p lols…still too girly for him.
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It is definitely more than a boy meets girl story. It’s definitely not a girly movie so you should try and convince Ben to go! I hope you enjoy it ^_^
Your drawings are great! I love Gambit, especially. My sister and I can’t wait to see this movie!
I can’t really pick one book, because I feel like there’s a little bit in every book, if that makes sense. <3 I have never found a book that is me. But maybe "Twilight"? Haha. Just kidding. ;)
:D Thanks Charlene, they were just silly quick sketches! Haha I hope your life isn’t actually full of vampires!
I’m still in highschool, just finishing this year. But this kinda struck a chord.
In year five we read through Bridge to Terabithia, about a boy meeting a new girl in school who’s very unconventional and creating an imaginary world of their own until her untimely death. Now, this sounds childish, but from year four onwards I’ve always been put down and bullied for not following the crowd, being artistic or just simply being shy. What made it worse, was that I never said anything to anyone, instead I created in my head a world of my own filled with characters that interacted with me and so on. I then began to draw this world and honestly to this day it’s still growing and expanding because even now, in year twelve, I’m still shy, still different, still being bullied and still without many friends. Except, like Leslie, I have my own world.
I can imagine that it’s weird to clutch onto fantasies and imaginary friends at this age, and it probably just adds to my social failings, however, I’m so attached to this world it’s like a safety blanket and thanks to it I’m now generally unaffected by what any one says. I guess then, my life is my own, but somewhere it’s reflected in Bridge to Terabithia C:
Haha, that was kinda long. Sorry ^^”
Don’t apologize at all, I’m so glad to read your story, thank you for sharing it! Don’t feel weird about holding on to your fantasies, having things like that are what helps you to survive. You’re lucky to be creative and have something to bring you through dark times. *big big hugs* I hope things get much better for you soon and thank you again for having the courage to share :)
I don’t really have any book that mirrors my life. But .. (and don’t judge me for this) when I was a kid, I used to wish that my life was more like those sweet valley kids.
I did say not to judge me! >___>
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MWahahahahaha! Awesome entry!
Hi there!
I love the thriller of this moovie! I think it will be pretty cool. The book that describes my highschool years is a book named clique. That book is one by one my high school years^^
Bye!
I haven’t heard of that book, I’ll have to check it out! Thanks for entering!
Violet, I have thought long and hard about the book that reflects my life. And it’s not the nicest of stories, but I would have to say the Picture of Dorian Grey. This reflects the struggle I had with my mother and her Demons for so many years. I could see all that was happening to her, getting worse and worse (due to alcohol abuse) where to the outside world she was this pretty normal, loveable excentric mother, but behind closed doors she unfortunately had this demon brewing. It made school life and relationships hard for me. And she unfortunately like Dorian in the novel finally lost her fight with her demons. I have since been able to develop a relationship with an amazing guy, and although I have lost a mother and alot of time, I now am moving forward with a beautiful boy and learning from her lesson.
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Thank you so much for sharing your story Kimberly, it’s such a sad thing to have a mother fighting horrible demons :( I am so glad that you are learning from her example and getting your life on track. I hope things continue getting much better for you <3
Catch 22.
If I tell them I’m crazy then I’m off the hook. But if I’m sane enough to know that I’m crazy….
MWahaha great entry Susie!
Ok, semi-unrelated but since you mentioned Tim Burton it made me think of it. A lot of your photo’s remind me a lot of Katrina Van Tassel in Sleepy Hollow, I hope you take it as a compliment too :D I think it’s the pale skin and the big bright eyes!
That is most definitely a compliment! I am a huuuuuge fan of Tim Burton and I’ve always thought Katrina Van Tassel was really pretty ^_^ Thank you so much Lauren, you made my day!
I’m not entering the competition, but I’m actually really looking forward to this movie, I think it’s reminiscent of the older teen comedies like Mean Girls but it has a smart touch to it. xD
I completely agree! I wasn’t expecting much but I was pleasantly surprised!