Easy A

Rated PG-13 and the only real reason was some language. I actually found it to be humorous and witty. It made me think and the vocabulary for a teenage movie was surprising. I wish more movies would actually require thought and the use of a dictionary, but this movie restored some faith in writers.

Moral
The plot was actually morally thought provoking as well. The question she asks the priest. Is it worse to lie about doing something wrong for a good cause? Or for doing that wrong thing? I believe her initial lie was justified. I believe that's the lesser sin. It did get out of hand when she became "open for business" like she said in the movie. I also hope it made girls think about how much sex really can effect your life. Even when you lie about having it.

Religious
Christian people being portrayed as that judgmental, critical and the runners of the school was way exaggerated. I went to a school with a higher than average Christian rate and we were not the rulers of the school. Also, I have met many Christians of all separate sects and they are some of the least judgmental. I wish the extremist weren't in the film but it made the lead realize her error and that was great.

Can you tell I loved Easy A? I did. I own it. It mentioned some 80's movies I hadn't seen yet and I watch a lot of those so it was fun to learn of new ones. Say Anything wasn't anything special except for the scene mentioned in Easy A. But what I love is Easy A reminded me of John Hughes films. It had a classic question and will probably stand the test of time for it's unique characters. Add to the mix parents that were real with their kids and didn't lie to their daughter about their own mistakes and you have a movie with substance. More parents should be honest about sex and the repercussions that follow it. To say there is no consequence is ludicrous. Amen.

Plays and Movies

Plays that are movies are no longer plays but that's a formality. A play made into a movie misses so much of the play. (Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet is the exception.) The theatre experience is missing, and I think that is especially important to a play. If you love plays you should support local theatre. (Ok, stepping off my soap box.)

I did such a thing the other day. I went and saw Much Ado About Nothing, Desert Rose Theatre made it their own. I had to rethink movie plays. Some are just so far from how I feel about live theatre.  The connection to the art is strained. Play writes are in my mind more brilliant than screen play writers because they have to write around a stage and space is limited. The show I saw used every bit of stage and never lost it's imagery because of it. The director Katherine Stewart understood the importance of less is more in her staging and it paid off.

My advice, go see plays. Don't just watch the movie version. It's like watching the movie instead of reading the book. Tsk. Tsk. I will save that post for another day. My point: Theatre is better. (Obviously, good theatre companies are a must.)

A Classic Beginning

I wanted to start this blog because I have a unique outlook of movies. Or at least, I wish there were critics who did. I have seen my fair share of movies, but I have also not seen that many. I don't usually see Rated R and sometimes even PG-13 are dumb to me. The reason being, I believe movies should be great without adding sex, nudity, profanity, or strong violence. Not to say I won't watch a movie with any of those elements, I mean it's almost impossible not to. But my reviews will reflect my distaste for mature content. They also focus on finding something in a movie some may overlook. I find I look for the subtle good. No matter the fame of a film.        

Think back on some classics you have seen. Out of the ones which are not war related movies, did they have the elements I mentioned? If so, I might not consider it a classic. But I love recommendations of movies! I have certain trusted people, that if they say I should see a movie I watch it right away. I also know movie retards, that I ask for their opinion of a movie, so I know which to avoid like the plague. Critics are one of the latter that I depend on to tell me what movies they say are "awful". More times than not, they are wrong. 

I am a lover of movies and T.V.  I hope I can share that with you while sharing with the world how I see them, how they effect me. and how they change the world. (Pour on the sap!)