CONTAINS SPOILERS: EMPIRE RECORDS, 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, GHOST WORLD

I haven't done one of these in a while, and I've changed the format slightly. Oh well, enjoy anyway and comment your thoughts on the films talked about below.

GHOST WORLD

So I absolutely loved Ghost World, definitely one of my favourite films. I think, that this film does a really good job, of bringing the characters to life and really interesting? I don't know how to describe it. Firstly, Enid and Rebecca (in my opinions) are total brats, I mean they stalked this man and woman because they were "totally satanists." Yet, you love them? And what about Seymour? The prank they played on him was just cruel, but they (Enid even more so) are so cool and I want to be their friend. Also, the cinematography and outfits in the film are all so awesome and simple and brilliant. It's kind of a teen film for teen bloggers who are full of ideas and art but the only thing that will listen to them is their cat and maybe their 30 followers online - aka me. I wish there were more films like this, to satisfy my needs of weird indie movies. If Hollywood pumps anything out, it should be films like this. I found Ghost World through Lauren Rose on YouTube. She's not active on her channel anymore and has moved to the world of podcasting and she has a "series" kind of thing on Soundcloud called Vagina Slims and it's awesome. Anyway, she reminds me of this film. Everybody watch this, it's cool and definitely worth your evening.

EMPIRE RECORDS

This film is so awesome! The story is pretty simple, but just like Ghost World, the characters make it everything. Everybody is so carefree and in their own individual way and the film is just really refreshing. I think my favourite character in the film was Gina, played by Renée Zellweger. From the beginning when she made out with Corey's record, she had me. The styling of the film is also everything too. Maybe because it was filmed during the 90s, I don't know but all I can say, that the styling is great. For some reason, the film kind of reminded me of those shows where a bunch of people are all living in one big house and they all have to learn to get along and somebody gets eliminated each week. But with more of a sense of family.  Corey making those cupcakes (it made me want cake too actually), A.J and his love for her, Joe is kind of like the father, Lucas is ... What I'm trying to get at is the relationships in the films made me all warm inside, and it's a great teen film to eat ice cream and pudding to. 

TEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU

First of all, Heath Ledger is the best in this film (he becomes even better when you realise the same guy plays The Joker in The Dark Knight), second of all the feminism in this film is also so cool. I really like how strong Kat is, and is an obvious feminist and is into literature and not into misogyny, but even though her feminist beliefs come out throughout the film, you can still see that she is really sweet and DOESN'T HATE MEN. I also see that the only two developed female characters are Kat and Bianca and the rest are just men. Men literally dominating them and trying to seduce them, whether the men be honest and sweet or just straight up jerks. I feel that even though that is so, Kat and Bianca aren't fully "trapped," and even though the men get their way (though the feeling is mutual) in the end, the feminist messages in the film are not drowned and forgotten. Basically, this is a cute teen film with themes of feminism, literature and music running through it.