Thursday, August 31, 2006

"She's All That" Causes Confusion

Ah. Film Four. The now-free film channel brings us quality films every day.
Really?
Well, maybe if you're a girl and/or like trashy films you may have enjoyed the offering of "She's All That". I was slightly bemused, but it was very watchable, as I am a trashy film-o-holic...

The premise of the film was high-school jock is dumped by largest bitch (i.e. the most popular girl in school) six weeks before the prom. He is bet by not-so-good-buddy to take the dorkiest girl in school and make her prom queen. Yes, it really is that trashy. But there are some good twists in the tale.

But I was confused. I was confused because the dork kept wearing a felafel on her head, the jock made up some random stage show about hakeysacks (sp?), the dork made her art-class rival look like a clown, the jock didn't kiss the girl half-way through the film for some unknown reason, Sarah Michelle-Gellar sits in the canteen and has a non-speaking cameo, and they just start dancing in sync during the prom scene..... and the dork was called Laney Boggs...

And I am confused...

2 comments:

Munchkin said...

It is a slightly random film, but the basic premise is the same as with all trashy hollywood high school films. Essentially popular guy makes fun of "unattractive" geeky girl, who turns out to be really pretty as soon as she takes her glasses off, he has the chance to get together with her but chooses his mates until the very end of the film when he realises he's been an idiot. What's to be confused about?!

Anonymous said...

It's actually a "remake" of My Fair Lady. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She%27s_All_That) But I don't remember Audrey Hepburn wearing a falafel on her head at any stage...

So they've obviously done something a bit different with it.