I loved Emma Stone in "Superbad" so when "Easy A" came out I thought I would see it in the theater. I never made it, but happily rented it from Netflix.Several of my female friends had recently rented the movie as well and told me it was adorable and that I would love it.
I didn't. Though there were some definite highlights (more on that in a moment) the movie was melodramatic, predictable and honestly, not that funny.
Onto the positive, the opening scene where Emma Stone's Olive spends her whole weekend dancing to "Pocket Full of Sunshine" as it blares from a musical greeting card had me roaring with laughter.I also loved that Olive wished for a John Hughes movie, happy ending. Don't we all? Her references to Jake in "Sixteen Candles," Bender in "The Breakfast Club" and Lloyd in "Say Anything" made my pre-teen heart swoon all over again.
The best part of the movie was Penn Badgley's character, Todd, standing outside Olive's window, re-enacting the "Say Anything" scene, holding speakers above his head toward her window. Perfect.
"Easy A" is a movie you can easily skip. Instead, rent a John Hughes movie and fall in love all over again.
she's nominated for a GG! is this a travesty or was she nomworthy even if the movie was not?
ReplyDeleteI would totally agree with you! I was really excited to see this movie after hearing all the great reviews but I was less than thrilled. Not sure what everyone likes about it so much.
ReplyDeleteMeredith - Emma Stone is nominated for a Golden Globe for THIS role? Completely unworthy.
ReplyDeleteHeather - I'm with you! I don't understand the adoration. Let's hope for more from her next project.
I can't believe you didn't like it! I thought the parents (especially Stanley Tucci who I adore) were hysterical.
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