10 things I hate about you.
Patrick: Cameron, do you like the girl?
Cameron: Yeahh..
Patrick: And is she worth all this trouble?
Cameron: Well I thought she was..but you know, I...
Patrick: Well she is or she isn't.
-pause-
Patrick: See first of all, Joey is not half the man you are. Secondly, don't let anyone ever make you feel like you don't deserve what you want. Go for it.
-10 things I hate about you
Yep, that's right, I spent quite some time watching this movie from 11 years back. I read about it once in the newspapers a few days back when they were talking about films revolving around teenagers. It gave this film, 10 things I hate about you, quite a good review, and I was again reminded of this film when this showed up in Youtube when I was searching for "Can't take my eyes off you":
I won't bother to embed it, you can watch it at your own discretion if you want to know what pulled me to watch this movie in the first place. It is something that I'd love to do if I could, not that I have any particular target audience, but because it's crazy and epic enough for me to want to do. It does give people the incentive to get to know symphonic band majors or any other CCA heads of the same genre though. I mean, either that, or bribery, and I don't have money =\
But then again, to be honest, if that aforementioned video served as a trailer, I was sorely disappointed. I was looking forward to many more epic stuff as exemplified in that video, but alas, I was sorely disappointed to find that such scenes were few and far between (only that one).
But still an interesting movie nevertheless, and what better way to spend an afternoon watching a movie instead of studying for the last paper? At least it takes my mind off things, and slates my thirst for movies. The plot was OK, perhaps slightly below OK, seeing as it's a film largely about teenage romance, but the humour injected and many innuendos made makes the 97minutes worth it.
Oh and for you Inception fans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt starred in this movie. I'd admit that he's cute <3
There's a certain ringing in my ears though, the $2 earphones from Daiso hurts my ears. I think they'd hurt anyone's ears. I promise not to use my earphones for another 3 days, as a form of cool-down for my ears to rest and rejuvenate from shitty-quality earphones.
(I originally bought them to watch and listen to porn without fearing that I'd wake people up.)
Oh and if you're wondering about why the movie is named as such, it's because the female protagonist, Kat (or Katherina) read out a poem with that same title, and it went:
I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair.
I hate the way you drive my car, I hate it when you stare.
I hate your big dumb combat boots, and the way you read my mind.
I hate you so much it makes me sick, it even makes me rhyme.
I hate the way you're always right, I hate it when you lie.
I hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry.
I hate it when you're not around, and the fact that you didn't call.
But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you,
not even close,
not even a little bit,
not even at all.
(I was counting the numbers of "I hate" when she was reading it out.)
Awwww so cheesy, not to mention that it's logically inconsistent. But yea, that's just for you to know that that's why the film is named as such.
And if you're finding the name "Katherina" familiar, it probably is because it is supposed to be familiar, if you've read The Taming of the Shrew. The film is based loosely on that play, so you can expect her to have a sister named Bianca (tick).
And here's a sudden random thought:
You can't stick your neck out for someone who already has other people sticking their necks out for. The receiver of that many necks don't need, and can't appreciate, another head lopped off.
Interpret it at will.
-- 12/01/2010 04:00:00 PM
