Easy A

So I watched Easy A today and I must admit it exceeded all of my expectations. I'm not gonna say it's the best movie I've ever seen but I thought it was interesting enough to point out some things.

#1. Gossip ain't good. I guess that's pretty self-explanatory but I forget it all the time and regardless of whether it's self-preserving or harming, it just isn't a good thing. It was interesting to look at it from an outsider view. Usually as teens we're so caught up in it that we can't really see how dumb and destructive it is. Just watching the movie and seeing what was happening was really eye opening. I know it's hollywood and somewhat overdramatized but that the same time I could easily see something like that happening in real life. And that's what's sad.

#2. Don't mock God. I get it... it's a movie... there were some Jesus freaks. But I think it was a little much when that became such a pivotal part of the movie. Even though Amanda Bynes was playing the uptight, overly sanctified God lover, I don't like how the movie casted it as an attribute that was so stupid and unlikeable. I feel like they should have used something else, maybe something not concerning God. I don't know exactly but it just didn't settle with me. Being excited over Jesus isn't a bad thing. To be honest, seeing youth my age excited about Jesus is what changed my life. The light by which they portrayed it just made it look stupid. Not saying that those people out there don't exist, but at the same time I just thought it was a little much.

Those two things really caught my eye. I really liked how it was different from the average teen movie though. It reminds me of something like Mean Girls. I feel like I could definitely just watch that randomly on a limb, know the whole storyline, and still find it funny and applicable five years down the road in certain areas. And nothing ever beats a happy ending.

Merry Christmas!!

Expect a post about Christmas to be showing up sometime today or tomorrow.