10 Things I Hate About You
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Movie Reviews of 10 Things I Hate About You
Movie Review: Who knocked up your sister?
Summary: 5 Stars
Regardless of whether 10 Things I Hate About You (from here on out referred to as 10 Things...)is based on a Shakespeare work or not, the end result has stayed relevent after all this time.
10 Things... is the only teen movie I can think of that falls into every possible cliche situation but somehow comes out on top every time. From Patrick singing across the football field to Kat to Bianca ditching the pretty-boy Joey for the newbie, unpopular, Cameron, for some reason it all works perfectly. I'm convinced the reason this film is so good and is able to carry such a worn plot is because of the cast. Julia Styles and Heath Ledger are really convincing as a couple and, oddly enough, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Larisa Oleynik also seem to work wonderfully together.
The plot revolves around five characters. Basically, Cameron and his school-showing guide/friend concieve this idea to get a rich guy named Joey to pay Patrick to date Kat, so that Cameron can date Kat's younger sister, Bianca. Cliches and chaos ensues!
10 Things... is your average boy gets girl/boy loses girl/boy gets girl back movie, times two since there's two relationships blossoming. If you like those types of movies, 10 Things... is sure to please. For others, the comedy throughout makes all the 'chick flick' parts worth it. Not to mention the quote-ability that this movie's got. Just one gripe though, what's with skimping on the special features?! Release a special edition already!
Movie Review: 10 Reasons to Watch This Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
1) Lots of wit and humor, especially in the scenes with Kat and Bianca's father.
2) Very good music! There are new versions of songs that you'll be familiar with and songs that you have never heard before, so be sure to check out the soundtrack as well.
3) Revenge is sweet! You know it is...
4) Everyone gets what's coming to them, and a lot of fun is had along the way.
5) Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Larisa Oleynik are very cute when they're in scenes together - they play Cameron and Bianca.
6) It's funny to see just how much of a jack@$$ the character Joey can be - honestly, are there actually guys like him out there?
7) The movie has a very cute scene with PAINTBALL in it...yes, paintball.
8) Secretly, there are a lot of us out there who wish we had the guts to be like Kat.
9) It's one of the better adaptations of Shakespeare's works. They manage to work a lot of Shakespeare into the movie without making it cheesy or weird.
10) Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger are so hot - they light up the screen with their chemistry and make it so much fun to watch...it's so sexy and fun.
Movie Review: Shrew it is Not
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a well produced teenage-formula film, and for the genre, particulaly entertaining for young adults because it touches on issues such as relationships, the frustrations of young adolescence with great looking actors and a great soundtrack.
The screenwriter's suggest that the movie is a modern rendition of "The Taming of the Shrew", a Shakespearean comedy, a story about the taming of a bad tempered "in your face" young woman into submission.
As far as the film's connections to Shakespear's play, there are few.
Watching the film again, there are only a small number of connections and they are vague at best; connections one can count on one hand.
We have a bad tempered young woman and a suitor with a goal. There is a bet, something about "taming" the Shrew, but really, that's about it.
The theme of the film is about attaining "true love", against seemingly unbeatable odds. However, Shakespear's play is about "taming" a woman, a nasty shrew, bending Katharine to Petruchio's will! Altogether entirely different themes.
In the original play, Petruchio sees Katharine as a challenge, and once given her hand in marriage, abuses her into submission through starvation and intimidation.
At the play's end, there is a "bet" between the men on whose wife is the most obedient.
Petruchio wins the bet because he has essentially bullied Katherine into an obedient, submissive wife.
All said and done, this film is an entertaining teenage collection of clich?s' which really is designed to hold the attention of a young audience.
Ten Things...is musically a good buzz, most the actors performing tongue and cheek with a typical, feel-good Hollywood ending.
My only complaint, really, is the alleged connections to the 16th century play...because there is no substantial comparison...
For a teenage movie, however, one of the better one's.
Movie Review: "How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways."
Summary: 4 Stars
I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. "Ten Things I Hate About You" is VERY LOOSELY based on William Shakespeare's comedic masterpiece, "The Taming of the Shrew." The film is set in a modern day high school. Kat (Julia Stiles) is an angry teenage girl who seems to loathe all men. Her younger sister Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) is a popular girl who can't wait to immerse herself in the dating scene. Unfortunately for Bianca, her overprotective father (Larry Miller) is incredibly paranoid and doesn't want to see either of his daughters come within 50 feet of a member of the opposite sex. In order to pacify Bianca's constant complaints, her father finally concedes that he'll lift the dating ban as soon as man-hater Kat shoes an interest in boys, which is unlikely to happen in the near future. Once Bianca's potential beau (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) finds out about this, he hires a mysterious classmate, Patrick (Heath Ledger), to feign an interest in Kat and loosen her up, thereby freeing up Bianca to date. At first Patrick is happy to oblige, but he is stunned when he begins to develop feelings for Kat, who isn't always as cold and collected as she appears to be.
This movie is very entertaining. As a big "Taming of the Shrew" fan, I really enjoyed the occasional snippets of Shakespearean dialogue. This film does an excellent job of reinventing Shakespeare in a very modern way. Also, the young cast is talented and fun to watch. Stiles and Ledger have good chemistry together and make a very cute onscreen couple. Overall, I was very impressed!
Movie Review: Not quite from the Bard, but it is a fantastic teen romantic comedy.
Summary: 4 Stars
Of all the recent teen romantic comedies, I think this one is my favorite. "10 Things" is (losely) based on Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew." The movie is about Kat (the Shrew) who is a anti social outsider. Unfortunately her younger and more popular sister Bianca cannot date until Kat starts dating. Various suitors of Bianca's conspire to free her by hiring the school bad boy Patrick to date Kat.
I love the fact that both the lead characters are somewhat outsiders in high school, rather than following usual story arc for a teen romance where at least one of the leads is part of the "in crowd." The character of Kat is also very refreshing. She is a strong willed and feminist, but remains sexy and human rather than a Hollywood sterotype.
I also loved the setting of the movie in Seattle, Washington. What a departure from the vast majority of teen movies which usually take place in California! I especially like the school where the film was shot, which is a real High School in Tacoma. Compared to where I went to high school, the school in this film is absolutely sureal and it definately gives a certain feeling of fantasy to the movie.
Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles are perfect as the leads. Both were very young when this movie was filmed, but you could tell then they had talent and would go far. Julia Stiles really impresses with her ability to be sexy, strong and even vulnerable all at the same time. The supporting cast is also excellent. Larisa Olenik gives a great performance as the beautiful and naive Bianca. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Cameron, the boy who will do anything for Bianca. I also liked Andrew Keegan as the vain and vapid Joey who also is after Bianca, but for less than honorable reasons.
The movie does have some cliche's of the teen comedy genre, but the story is surprisingly clever and engaging, the characters are charming, and the setting in Seattle is fantastic and fresh. I highly recommend "10 Things I Hate About You."