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Summary: My Favourite Movie
Review: In addition to being about a great Shakespeare play, Ten Things I Hate About You is awesome and funny. I could really relate to that character Kat, but I'm negative for different reasons. Of course. Anyway, this movie is a favourite, and I never get tired of watching it again and again. Buy it.
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Summary: very funny!
Review: Julia Stiles is awesome in this film as she plays Kat the bad girl....Her popular little sister Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) can't date (they have a very over protective OB/GYN Doctor for a father!!) until Kat does....So along with the help of Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) they match Kat and Patrick (Heath Ledger) together....both sharing that bad boy/girl image!
A modern day version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew! Very funny....a good combo of good writing, funny one liners and a great cast makes this teen "ish" film one to see.....Allison Janney is also found in this film as the romance novel writing guidance counselor!!
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Summary: A GREAT ADAPTATION
Review: I personally think that this modern adaptation of Shakespeare's great play, Taming of the Shrew, is definatley a film to remember. With it's memorable charaters, and great film plot, this will be a 'teen cult classic for years to come, with characters we can all relate to (me-Kat). This is one of my most favoured movie of all time, running against Gladiator and The Craft. A definate 5 out of 5 rating here. Overall, a job well done by the director Gil Junger and to all of the cast for their exceptional performances, and to the members of the soundtrack, wicked songs!, and to all of my friends for having soooo much interest in such an amazing film.
Katy McKenzie, 14 yrs old
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Summary: The Greatest Movie of All Time
Review: I am in love with what some people like to call teeny-bopper movies. They are all I ever watch. I just saw this movie for the first time few months ago, and I fell in love with it. I love Shakespeare's works and the humor in this movie added to the story line makes it amazing. Julia Stiles is by far my favorite actress and I think she is wonderful as Kat. Heath Ledger is also a great actor (and really cute!) If you haven't seen this movie, go see it today!
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Summary: 10 Things I Love About This Movie
Review: My reasons for why I love this movie. In no particular order. 1) It is a teen movie but NOT a teen movie
2) The way Shakespeare is thrown in every so often so that it connects to the original writer of the play. Patrick Verona (where most of Will's plays are set), the school is a character. Mandala's hapless and hopeless obsession with him 'we are one'as she puts it
3) I am not a feminist, but Kat played one kick[ing]girl for her time.
4) How well the movie was adapted by Gil Junger from the play. Original plot and even lines! were in the movie
5) Incredible likeable actors. Both estetically pleasing, Heath and Julia are great actors. Considering it was Heath's first role, he stood out incredible.
6) The 'witty repartee' of the movie. How could anyone not like the line "Am I that transparent? I need you, I want you, oh baby, oh baby".
7) The smooth dialogue throughout the movie. Very quick responses from each character
8) The secondary characters never lacked screen time and were not made to look like supporting characters
9) How well the actors cemented their roles to how good old William protrayed the characters way back when. Really, you would think it was Shakespearen actors trying to invent 'our days'
10) The moral issues it comes out with. The pregnancy suit that Bianca has to wear. No smoking, no drinking (except when Kat shows her 'stunning digestive pyrotechnics'. And in true 10 Things fashion, I had one four more. See number 12 to understand my reasoning. 11) Mrs. Perky
12) The end when Julia recites the poem that is obviously written about her love interest, Patrick Verona. The ironic part of it, there are 14 things she mentions she hates, not 10. Count it, you will see that I am right.
13) The music that fit into every scene. From Club Skunk to the prom to when Patricka and Kat play paint ball.
14) How finally, the slimy bad guy who was after Bianca got decked.
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Summary: shakespearean teen
Review: After nearly ten years directing TV shows and pilots, this was Gil Junger's first shot at a feature film. Not bad. Because it was based off a Shakespearean play, it doesn't seem as contrived as most recent teen genre movies -- but don't let that fool you. It still manages to be contrived, but in a fun way. This film does what it's supposed to do -- entertain young people. I mean, what do you expect out of it -- Shakespear?
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Summary: I went in expecting to hate this movie...
Review: When it was in theaters, I knew it was a reworking of one of my favourite Shakespearean plays, and I just. couldn't. force. myself. to go see what appeared to be another boring, gorgeous-teeniebopper movie. I'm 33, bitter and cynical, for crying out loud, I can't be seen paying to see these movies... But when it was released on DVD, I decided to give it a stab (having OD'd on 'Kiss Me, Kate' and the Taylor/Burton 'Shrew' earlier in the week) and watch it after work one night, with my husband and kids asleep in their rooms, so my descent into teeniebopper movies would remain my own evil skeleton in the closet...
I kept finding myself having to cover my mouth with my hand, to stifle the laughter. Julia Stiles really stood out, as did Susan May Pratt (as Kat's friend, Mandela), and Heath Ledger *really* sold the gradual fall into affection. Andrew Keegan, as Joey, just *exuded* slime, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt was, well, adorable.
I liked it *so* much I had to make my husband watch it the next day. Yes, my reputation as a 'heinous 'b****' is shattered, but I don't care anymore - even on a second watching, I laughed until I cried. And my husband, also a hard-bitten cynic... Well, I think it's safe to say he liked it, too.
Even at PG-13, it's a *little* more than I might let my kids (ages 13, 11, and 9) watch - I'm *really* uncomfortable with my kids reading the screenshots of Ms. Perky's novel, but otherwise, no problems. Doesn't glorify drinking - Kat gets nasty sick at, and possibly on, Patrick's feet; doesn't glorify smoking - Kat very clearly shows her contempt for Patrick's smoking and he quits for her; doesn't glorify teen sex - Joey, the only one who's clearly in it for the possible sex, is so obviously a slimeball that you can't possibly think anything good can come of Bianca dating him, and Kat clearly regrets her one experience with him...
Look, apparently stereotypical teens, actually thinking! Who knew? The one thing (aside from the novel Ms. Perky was working on) that I could have lived without is the Dawson's Creek reference - that's going to date this movie so fast! Everything else in this movie will still be funny ten years from now, but who'll get the joke about 'those Dawson's river kids'...
Long story short, I loved it. And having seen it, I may actually have to break down and buy it...
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Summary: A "mature" teen-movie
Review: There's something about this movie that makes me rank it as the best teen-movie I've seen so far, and as one of the best movies I've seen ever.
I'm not sure what exactly it is... Maybe it's the very graphical (and funny) Dr. Stratford - the girls' dad... Maybe it's the whole Shakesperean look and "feel" of the whole feature... Perhaps it's the character of Kat, which I adored... Or maybe it's the liberal policy of the Padua High School, which did remind me a bit of the High School I went to (here in Greece), but also of something I never had...
Whatever it is, I can't pin it down. However, watching this movie as a whole (...again and again), makes me sure of the 5 out of 5 I give it.
Either you're a teen-movie fan, a casual romantic (or not) comedy viewer, or even simply a Shakespeare fan, this movie is highly recommended!
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Summary: A minority opinion, it would seem! :-)
Review: 10 Things I Hate About You claims to be based on Shakespeare's bawdy, politically incorrect play, The Taming of the Shrew. In truth, the movie uses only fragments of the Bard's tale about a man-hating young woman who is "tamed" by a man who is at least is mad as she is. It is a difficult work for modern audiences, because 400 years has seen drastic changes in the battle of the sexes. The film's creators failed to revise the material satisfactorily. There are elements of it which make it watchable, but it turns out to be a fairly typical romantic comedy aimed at teens. Bianca Stratford [Larisa Oleynik] has never had a date. She's pretty and smart in a kind of valley girl way, but her Dad refuses to let her go out with a boy unless her older sister, Katrina [Julia Styles], starts dating. Katrina hates boys, and Bianca's social future looks dim. [This plot device is an example of the weakness of the story's update. In the Shakespeare version, the younger sister could not marry until her shrewish sister did. This was a custom of the time. Bianca's father comes off as a fruitcake.] Enter Cameron [Joseph Gordon-Levitt], the new boy at Padua High in Seattle. It's love at first sight when he meets Bianca. One of his friends convinces the campus hunk, who also has the hots for Bianca, to pay the school rebel, Patrick [Heath Ledger] to con Katrina into going out with him. This will free Bianca. Naturally, the idea falls apart, and the characters encounter a series of comic mishaps. There are some bright spots. The story lights up when Julia Styles and Heath Ledger are onscreen. Unlike the other performers, most of whom came from television, these two have worked in live theater since they were kids. He was trained in Australia, she in New York. They are obviously familiar with the original play. In addition, they have an obvious chemistry. The school's guidance counselor, who spends most of her time writing a bad erotic novel, is hilarious. A black English teacher with attitude reads Shakespeare's sonnets with a rap rhythm. They actual sound pretty good. His bad attitude may be caused by the school's being about 98% white. Seattle and Tacoma, the two cities the movie was shot in, provide lush backdrops. The songs chosen for the movie are weak for the most part. It is hard to imagine this hip high school crowd being eager to jump and dance to these tunes. Out takes are shown during the end credits. These are interesting because they imply that 10 Things I Hate About You should have been far more energetic and offbeat.
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Summary: Gotta Have In Your Collection
Review: I loved this movie, it was great. I recommend you add it to your video library if you don't have it!
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