I watched this movie over four times and I still laugh my ass off at some parts and cry so hard at the sad scenes. It's a movie that can teaches us a lot. From being a insecure, unnoticed girl to a smoking hot chick not having a care in the world - and in a good sense! Sometimes you just have to let people talk about you: it's good for your ego. Also for theirs though, they really think they'll get to you. This movie is a great example that a girl still can pick herself up from being told such ugly things at her. All it takes is growing a pair and to get there it truly is a hard and long way, but worth all the effort at the end. And she proved it all right in front of our nose. There's also this boy playing quite a big role in her life: Woodchuck Todd, portrayed by gorgeous Penn Badgley (I've loved him since the start of GG). He knows her throughout all her little experiment and he's the one that truly respects her and knows that behind that facade, a mask, there is a beautiful girl hidden behind it. He trusts her, even though she didn't notice it at first. And don't mistake their relationship as a hardcore friendzone, but they had moments it's just that she wasn't quite sure and we must accept that. Her character, Olive, played by hilarious, talented and beautiful Emma Stone, is expressed in a very beautiful way; in a way many girls can relate to. The confusion, the high-school rush, the boys, the reputation, ... All the things that seem to matter to today's teenage girls and I won't deny I don't belong among them. We're all really just bunch of teen girls that think their insignificant in the world (however we play waaaay more important role in this world and we're often underrated), have face covered in annoying small pimples, listen to indie pop bands and are in love with British actors that are twice their age. Oops, I guess that pretty much sums up my life. I always go to deep into the subject, god help me.
Anyway, back to the plot! She's courageous and should be treated as true model to girls. She really doesn't care about the labels she's given and what people call her, she knows what's really going on and that she's still true to herself as well to her closest ones and that nobody's getting hurt. All that matters to her is that she pisses people off, which, admit it, is really funny. I like her character just because of that very much. She brought me hope every time I watched that movie. I couldn't believe some fictional character could bring me so much self-confidence and courage as this did (until, of course, I came across fanfictions. However, they gave me a bit different kind of 'feeling', if you know what I mean). Things you learn from movies are usually very underrated. Like, people, for instance, often say: "It's just a movie." or "It's just a TV show, get over it." It doesn't really matter if it's a made-up story or not, just the feeling it gave you like you can identify with the story is already a proof that it does matter. It's the same with music, but about that some other time. There's this beautiful quote about art from Rainbow Rowell from the book Eleanor & Park that goes: "She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something." It's the same with any kind of art: it's about expressing and feeling something. I know many people think movies and music and such are not consider as art, more like an entertainment for stupid people. But that's not true. It has more meaning that anyone could ever imagine. Art saves lives. It's an escape you can join and it's always nice to meet someone you can run with.
Like Olive said, though: every story has two sides. And she did the right thing, telling the world the right side, even though she might seemed careless at times and portraying a person who hasn't got a single fuck left to give. But she's human, too, and she shows that. She's not afraid of showing her feelings anymore, because she has someone beside her who will believe her and trust her no matter what. But she had to tell the world the holy truth, which, in my opinion, is very wise. She had to make a truce with the hate-growing-towards-her world. I believe it was all because of the pressure and mostly because she simply wanted peace. It was not about the conscience she had to live with, about the guilt or the lies. It was about her being honest with the rest of the world and, in the end, with herself. It was something she felt obligated to do and it was the only thing left to be done. Everyone started to hate her and to be honest: she really didn't have much choice. So I think she did the right thing, explaining everything. Even if it was her intimate, personal life.
But somehow, she let that happen. I mean, I'm sure she didn't realize the consequences of faking sexual intercourse with someone, because there was always a chance he might tell everyone everything, even though he had no particular reason to (since he wanted the whole thing, for the camouflage so people won't treat him badly for being gay). But there's always a chance, always a possibility that things might not go as planned. And if I recall correctly, they didn't even "trade" anything, I mean she didn't demand anything in exchange for putting her into that kind of risk. Thank god, though, she had reasonable family so they didn't actually much care about how's she dressing and who are her enemies and friends and her school life. I believe that the whole thing about her family was very made-up in the meaning that it has a small chance of the whole situation actually happening in real life. Although the high school and the people in it might seem very usual and ordinary (although some teachers and the staff were pretty awkward, too), the whole plot wasn't very realistic. I couldn't see it actually happening, but on the other hand, I don't think that was the plan of the writers and directors.
However, I did get their point. They wanted to expose the problem with today's teenagers' sex life, how they share it and with whom. No matter how it may seem "their thing", it always comes to the surface, even though the person didn't want it to be made a fuss about. But things like that do happen. People get pointed at, dirty secrets revealed and relationships ruined. That shows us how we must be careful with our personal details and information we really don't want to get it public and visible to everybody. Even though what Olive did for her gay friend was very generous and kind of her, it seemed a bit absurd and over the edge. However, I must point out that no matter what her intentions were, regardless of her story and reasons, to be completely fair: it is her body, her honor and her reputation. She can do whatever the heck she wants with it. It's sad how girls nowadays still don't understand the line between being completely whoreish and unfair to their own body and doing really what they want and still keeping it quiet. Because there is a big difference between someone who craves for attention (and eventually gets one by exposing themselves) and someone who is just being free. You see, it's not that hard to tell apart those two kinds of people: person who wants attention and gets it through that kind of way (nudity) will never keep it a secret like the other person. I'm not saying being able to explore things on the sex area is necessarily needed to be kept as a secret, but I don't see any point of showing off and telling everybody who you're currently shagging (in a excessive way). Because there are boundaries about your body and your private life that just have to stick with being kept to yourself and your partner. Not because people would talk (if they would), but because you have to be left with some dignity. A person eventually becomes boring if they tell everything straight out at the very beginning. The more you stay quiet and mystic, the more can people wonder (in a good way). The more you left people in soft, pleasant frustration. And trust me, there is not one feeling exceeding that one.
Though people have different points of view. Some will say showing off and 'twerking' is a way of expression as well and will try to make me look as a bad guy here. Look, I respect all "kinds" of individual expression, it's just that I don't think that's really something a person truly possesses. Anybody can learn to twerk, anybody can learn how to be sexy and put on fancy clothes and makeup. But on the other hand, only few can be truly attractive and so alluring without a tiny shade of any of these things that cause men/women to go crazy. Only a few know that true meaning of being quiet and still making everyone drool. It's all about in the way that person speaks, walks, eats. All these things that the person has; sometimes doing it completely subconsciously. To be that kind of person, you have to accept yourself and who you are, what you look like and things like that. To acknowledge your good features and bad features and exposing both in a right way.
And to return to the plot of the story, Todd really found something in her that just made him love her unconditionally. Each time something came up, something was made a fuss about, he kept her safe and kept telling her it's nothing to worry about. Even though she was quite worried about her future when people even started to protest against her, to kick her out of school and such, he was right by her side. Letting everyone know that he is the one, hanging out with that slut. He defended her, taking a bit of her burden on his shoulders. And not only that I knew straight away they were gonna be together right at the end of the movie, I also knew they were true soul-mates. No matter what kind of relationship they have: friends, good friends, lovers, ... It doesn't matter as much as the fact, that they understood each other and accepted each other's every bad and good side as equal. Having a soul-mate doesn't necessarily mean it's the person with whom you are married. It could be someone completely else than you'd expect, because the only thing that matters is that this person is happy. That this person can be the most themselves they can be. And I also believe a human being can possess many soul-mates, not just particular one. I do, however, praise one type of soul-mates to the skies even more than the others. It's the best friends kind. It's because you can be romantic with someone all you want and, I admit, finding someone that likes the whole you and at the same time wants to kiss the hell out of you, is hard. But finding someone that is like you, thinks like you and likes the same things, it's even harder. That is why I count myself so fortunate to have found so many beautiful people to surround me, to complete me and make me feel confident about myself. I cherish them and want to keep them in my life as long as possible. Because you don't realize their true value until they're gone and that's what happened with Jan. And I don't want to miss my shot again. There's a quote by my favorite writer John Green: "You can love someone so much ... But you can never love people as much as you can miss them." I confirmed that theory when I was apart from Jan. I knew what happiness was with him. I laughed with him all day long. I admitted that I have feelings for him, but none of this could ever compare to how much I missed him. Every night my heart died a bit from being yet another day away from him. And so our mutual love slowly grew apart and I'm starting to accept that fact and realizing that it's all normal. I shouldn't cry over because he's dumb and let me go, but because out of so many people in the world ... I had the privilege to meet him. Regardless to how he hurt me, I'll always be happy to meet him and would replay and repeat every minute spent with him. He was my soul-mate, even if not for a full lifetime. He made me realize that I am worth it, even if he had to say those things to me for me to figure it out.
Now! Gosh, how I hate myself for sometimes getting over-emotional about these things. It's just that I seem to get stick to the keyboard and just let words flow and keep appearing on the screen. It helps and I don't feel guilty for it. Anyway, to kinda sum the whole movie up, I'd say they wanted to give example as to young girls as to the society. I think they managed that quite well, don't you agree? It was a good message for both of the addressees and I think we can all learn something from it. Maybe we're not all young girls, but the thing is we all create society. And to change the world, one must always first start with oneself. "Be the change you want to see in the world." Ghandi once said. To really start shaping yourself as a person, you should consider all the things that are going on around you. From school, to parents, friends, crushes, ... Long story short, people around you. For those (including yourself, of course) are the people that represent society. Let's say there's this trend going on at your school and everyone's passing it on. We can all say it's a chain of people, which is the society. Maybe your school society, but it mostly contains young people, which are the future of today's society. We have to give more thought to what young people say, what they're thinking and their opinions. They're going to rule the world one day, as they say - we are the future. I think the world has much bigger problems than, I don't know, two boys kissing. They all make such fuss about it, but can't see that the whole world, the economics and society are falling apart. And that is entirely the adult's fault. Who else is there to blame? Well, they'll put all the heavy burden on our shoulders in time, but there's still time to make a change. Let's make a change.
(C) Every artwork used is from Google and Tumblr
Anyway, back to the plot! She's courageous and should be treated as true model to girls. She really doesn't care about the labels she's given and what people call her, she knows what's really going on and that she's still true to herself as well to her closest ones and that nobody's getting hurt. All that matters to her is that she pisses people off, which, admit it, is really funny. I like her character just because of that very much. She brought me hope every time I watched that movie. I couldn't believe some fictional character could bring me so much self-confidence and courage as this did (until, of course, I came across fanfictions. However, they gave me a bit different kind of 'feeling', if you know what I mean). Things you learn from movies are usually very underrated. Like, people, for instance, often say: "It's just a movie." or "It's just a TV show, get over it." It doesn't really matter if it's a made-up story or not, just the feeling it gave you like you can identify with the story is already a proof that it does matter. It's the same with music, but about that some other time. There's this beautiful quote about art from Rainbow Rowell from the book Eleanor & Park that goes: "She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something." It's the same with any kind of art: it's about expressing and feeling something. I know many people think movies and music and such are not consider as art, more like an entertainment for stupid people. But that's not true. It has more meaning that anyone could ever imagine. Art saves lives. It's an escape you can join and it's always nice to meet someone you can run with.Like Olive said, though: every story has two sides. And she did the right thing, telling the world the right side, even though she might seemed careless at times and portraying a person who hasn't got a single fuck left to give. But she's human, too, and she shows that. She's not afraid of showing her feelings anymore, because she has someone beside her who will believe her and trust her no matter what. But she had to tell the world the holy truth, which, in my opinion, is very wise. She had to make a truce with the hate-growing-towards-her world. I believe it was all because of the pressure and mostly because she simply wanted peace. It was not about the conscience she had to live with, about the guilt or the lies. It was about her being honest with the rest of the world and, in the end, with herself. It was something she felt obligated to do and it was the only thing left to be done. Everyone started to hate her and to be honest: she really didn't have much choice. So I think she did the right thing, explaining everything. Even if it was her intimate, personal life.
But somehow, she let that happen. I mean, I'm sure she didn't realize the consequences of faking sexual intercourse with someone, because there was always a chance he might tell everyone everything, even though he had no particular reason to (since he wanted the whole thing, for the camouflage so people won't treat him badly for being gay). But there's always a chance, always a possibility that things might not go as planned. And if I recall correctly, they didn't even "trade" anything, I mean she didn't demand anything in exchange for putting her into that kind of risk. Thank god, though, she had reasonable family so they didn't actually much care about how's she dressing and who are her enemies and friends and her school life. I believe that the whole thing about her family was very made-up in the meaning that it has a small chance of the whole situation actually happening in real life. Although the high school and the people in it might seem very usual and ordinary (although some teachers and the staff were pretty awkward, too), the whole plot wasn't very realistic. I couldn't see it actually happening, but on the other hand, I don't think that was the plan of the writers and directors.
However, I did get their point. They wanted to expose the problem with today's teenagers' sex life, how they share it and with whom. No matter how it may seem "their thing", it always comes to the surface, even though the person didn't want it to be made a fuss about. But things like that do happen. People get pointed at, dirty secrets revealed and relationships ruined. That shows us how we must be careful with our personal details and information we really don't want to get it public and visible to everybody. Even though what Olive did for her gay friend was very generous and kind of her, it seemed a bit absurd and over the edge. However, I must point out that no matter what her intentions were, regardless of her story and reasons, to be completely fair: it is her body, her honor and her reputation. She can do whatever the heck she wants with it. It's sad how girls nowadays still don't understand the line between being completely whoreish and unfair to their own body and doing really what they want and still keeping it quiet. Because there is a big difference between someone who craves for attention (and eventually gets one by exposing themselves) and someone who is just being free. You see, it's not that hard to tell apart those two kinds of people: person who wants attention and gets it through that kind of way (nudity) will never keep it a secret like the other person. I'm not saying being able to explore things on the sex area is necessarily needed to be kept as a secret, but I don't see any point of showing off and telling everybody who you're currently shagging (in a excessive way). Because there are boundaries about your body and your private life that just have to stick with being kept to yourself and your partner. Not because people would talk (if they would), but because you have to be left with some dignity. A person eventually becomes boring if they tell everything straight out at the very beginning. The more you stay quiet and mystic, the more can people wonder (in a good way). The more you left people in soft, pleasant frustration. And trust me, there is not one feeling exceeding that one.Though people have different points of view. Some will say showing off and 'twerking' is a way of expression as well and will try to make me look as a bad guy here. Look, I respect all "kinds" of individual expression, it's just that I don't think that's really something a person truly possesses. Anybody can learn to twerk, anybody can learn how to be sexy and put on fancy clothes and makeup. But on the other hand, only few can be truly attractive and so alluring without a tiny shade of any of these things that cause men/women to go crazy. Only a few know that true meaning of being quiet and still making everyone drool. It's all about in the way that person speaks, walks, eats. All these things that the person has; sometimes doing it completely subconsciously. To be that kind of person, you have to accept yourself and who you are, what you look like and things like that. To acknowledge your good features and bad features and exposing both in a right way.
And to return to the plot of the story, Todd really found something in her that just made him love her unconditionally. Each time something came up, something was made a fuss about, he kept her safe and kept telling her it's nothing to worry about. Even though she was quite worried about her future when people even started to protest against her, to kick her out of school and such, he was right by her side. Letting everyone know that he is the one, hanging out with that slut. He defended her, taking a bit of her burden on his shoulders. And not only that I knew straight away they were gonna be together right at the end of the movie, I also knew they were true soul-mates. No matter what kind of relationship they have: friends, good friends, lovers, ... It doesn't matter as much as the fact, that they understood each other and accepted each other's every bad and good side as equal. Having a soul-mate doesn't necessarily mean it's the person with whom you are married. It could be someone completely else than you'd expect, because the only thing that matters is that this person is happy. That this person can be the most themselves they can be. And I also believe a human being can possess many soul-mates, not just particular one. I do, however, praise one type of soul-mates to the skies even more than the others. It's the best friends kind. It's because you can be romantic with someone all you want and, I admit, finding someone that likes the whole you and at the same time wants to kiss the hell out of you, is hard. But finding someone that is like you, thinks like you and likes the same things, it's even harder. That is why I count myself so fortunate to have found so many beautiful people to surround me, to complete me and make me feel confident about myself. I cherish them and want to keep them in my life as long as possible. Because you don't realize their true value until they're gone and that's what happened with Jan. And I don't want to miss my shot again. There's a quote by my favorite writer John Green: "You can love someone so much ... But you can never love people as much as you can miss them." I confirmed that theory when I was apart from Jan. I knew what happiness was with him. I laughed with him all day long. I admitted that I have feelings for him, but none of this could ever compare to how much I missed him. Every night my heart died a bit from being yet another day away from him. And so our mutual love slowly grew apart and I'm starting to accept that fact and realizing that it's all normal. I shouldn't cry over because he's dumb and let me go, but because out of so many people in the world ... I had the privilege to meet him. Regardless to how he hurt me, I'll always be happy to meet him and would replay and repeat every minute spent with him. He was my soul-mate, even if not for a full lifetime. He made me realize that I am worth it, even if he had to say those things to me for me to figure it out.
Now! Gosh, how I hate myself for sometimes getting over-emotional about these things. It's just that I seem to get stick to the keyboard and just let words flow and keep appearing on the screen. It helps and I don't feel guilty for it. Anyway, to kinda sum the whole movie up, I'd say they wanted to give example as to young girls as to the society. I think they managed that quite well, don't you agree? It was a good message for both of the addressees and I think we can all learn something from it. Maybe we're not all young girls, but the thing is we all create society. And to change the world, one must always first start with oneself. "Be the change you want to see in the world." Ghandi once said. To really start shaping yourself as a person, you should consider all the things that are going on around you. From school, to parents, friends, crushes, ... Long story short, people around you. For those (including yourself, of course) are the people that represent society. Let's say there's this trend going on at your school and everyone's passing it on. We can all say it's a chain of people, which is the society. Maybe your school society, but it mostly contains young people, which are the future of today's society. We have to give more thought to what young people say, what they're thinking and their opinions. They're going to rule the world one day, as they say - we are the future. I think the world has much bigger problems than, I don't know, two boys kissing. They all make such fuss about it, but can't see that the whole world, the economics and society are falling apart. And that is entirely the adult's fault. Who else is there to blame? Well, they'll put all the heavy burden on our shoulders in time, but there's still time to make a change. Let's make a change.
(C) Every artwork used is from Google and Tumblr
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