Comments on: Easy A https://www.pentadact.com/2011-01-03-easy-a/ We're back on a default theme because comments broke on my custom one and I don't have the energy to figure out why Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:06:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Flash https://www.pentadact.com/2011-01-03-easy-a/#comment-224555 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:18:39 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=2608#comment-224555 thanks for the prompt too. Passed this over but on your recommendation watched it last night with the GF and we enjoyed it. Better than most high school based movies… main actress was really funny and good at what she did.

]]> By: Duncan https://www.pentadact.com/2011-01-03-easy-a/#comment-217663 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 04:02:39 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=2608#comment-217663 Thank you for prompting me to watch this, I really enjoyed it.

]]> By: Jonas https://www.pentadact.com/2011-01-03-easy-a/#comment-217517 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:28:14 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=2608#comment-217517 I watched it yesterday because I saw this and because my sisters kept insisting I do. They were right about Misfits, so yeah.

Honestly, I didn’t think it all that great. The highpoint was definitely Stanley Tucci. He made me chuckle the most. As mentioned above, parents in these kinds of movies are evolving into a form that allows them to approach children on their level (with common witticisms and a laid-back demeanour between them), while still moving into embarrassment territory (usually by speaking of their sex lives).

]]> By: Ronin08 https://www.pentadact.com/2011-01-03-easy-a/#comment-217462 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 04:06:18 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=2608#comment-217462 Has anyone else noticed how parents in movies are getting smarter and better these days? In the 80’s and 90’s, if they weren’t the protagonist, they were an incompetent and kind of dumb about their kids. These days we’re getting more parent’s like Olivia’s, and I’m kind of digging it.

]]> By: Pentadact https://www.pentadact.com/2011-01-03-easy-a/#comment-217452 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 01:35:14 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=2608#comment-217452 Yeah, that cracked me up. Couldn’t find a clip with it though. This clip also sadly misses out a big chunk of his insane and uncalled for “I’d take a bullet for you” speech.

]]> By: qrter https://www.pentadact.com/2011-01-03-easy-a/#comment-217448 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 01:01:33 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=2608#comment-217448 Doesn’t that scene end with that wonderful throwaway line by the dad to the son – “So…. where are you from originally?”

Loved that.

]]> By: Pentadact https://www.pentadact.com/2011-01-03-easy-a/#comment-217442 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:00:37 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=2608#comment-217442 Just doesn’t seem important to advertise. Look at the URL or hover over the headline if you need it for reference.

]]> By: Tyshalle https://www.pentadact.com/2011-01-03-easy-a/#comment-217438 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:41:57 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=2608#comment-217438 This is probably a question more for a few posts down, but is there a particular reason you omit the dates from your posts?

]]> By: Pentadact https://www.pentadact.com/2011-01-03-easy-a/#comment-217407 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:01:22 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=2608#comment-217407 I like that about it, actually. I’m not a big fan of people screaming at each other, particularly when most writers achieve it by making one character suddenly an asshole for no reason. Olive has a pretty big blowup with her best friend, which makes sense, and there’s plenty of conflict between her and the bible bashers, the counseller, and a certain dude in a parking lot – which manages to be both scary and heartbreaking. I think anything more than that would have felt manufactured.

]]> By: Tom Camfield https://www.pentadact.com/2011-01-03-easy-a/#comment-217400 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 11:17:05 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=2608#comment-217400 (Erm, by a lack of conflict I mean, “You have let me down” “I’m sorry” “I accept your apology” is a conflict, but not a very dramatic one… which I’m totally cool with, because not all conflicts have to TEAR US APART etc)

]]> By: Tom Camfield https://www.pentadact.com/2011-01-03-easy-a/#comment-217399 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 11:13:39 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=2608#comment-217399 I felt a bit sad that there wasn’t enough time to explore a lot of the interesting subplots (which I shall not mention to avoid spoilers) especially the romantic one.

Also, like a lot of films recently, a great absence of conflict: by painting people as mature and reasonable, the film doesn’t have potential boyfriends storming out of rooms or couples screeching at each other… (I noticed the same kind of thing in I Love You Man and The Kids Are All Right, although each film wildly differs in quality) …and while I’m sure a lack of conflict is a good and healthy thing, and probably more realistic than other depictions, I’m not sure how many movies can get away with it…

]]> By: Duncan https://www.pentadact.com/2011-01-03-easy-a/#comment-217365 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:41:41 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=2608#comment-217365 That’s a wonderful trailer. It even has Zombieland girl in it! I think I shall watch this.

]]> By: Chris https://www.pentadact.com/2011-01-03-easy-a/#comment-217363 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:26:41 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=2608#comment-217363 Cool, is there a game of it?

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