I enjoyed this movie mainly because it was smart. This film was written with intellect. The only way it works is how it’s presented. In a first person narrative of events that have already happened and you learn how they happened and what came about because of it. You don’t know the full ending but you become invested enough to want to know what happens. It’s funny, Emma Stone’s role is done with enough innocence and sincerity. She’s animated and goofy at the same time.
I told a friend this awhile back in respect to a storyline. If you had to pick one, which would it be:
1) Would you want to experience a journey from the very start to the end?
or
2) Would you want to experience a journey at the end and be retold how things unfolded to get you to this ending?
I think I was talking about how I was crafting my RPG-esque storyline I was working on. But I brought about that question. Personally speaking I like the idea of knowing the ending and then learning how things happened and then you get an epilogue. Now it doesn’t work all the time and can only be done with careful writing and planning. Inception was like this, Easy A is the same. That’s a crazy contrast of films hey? Easy A however deals with a more light hearted theme and storyline. It shows you want you absolutely need to see and but also cleverly doesn’t show you things you want to see because at the end, seeing those things doesn’t matter. If you pick up on that thought or not, it’s a matter if you get the film. I rarely say that, but it’s surprising what level of intellect this movie is working on. Considering it’s a teenie bopper film. Then again not to insult anyone, it could just end up being my own intepretation of the film itself. But don’t kid yourself, this movie is smart, Emma Stone’s character in the movie is probably the perfect personification of the film itself. Easy A does a great job basically of incorporating what made all the old 80s teenie bopper movies so great in a modern sense. In respect to the pressures of high school “today” and life in general. Realistically nothing has changed with the themes involves from those 80s movies, rebellion, sex, love and relationships. Easy A presents these in a very methodical manner however, it knows what it’s doing. I liked the casting, the pace and am curious about the unrated version. Which basically makes the movie go from PG-13/14A to rated R. Rated R mainly because it used the word “fuck” X amount of times to warner an R rating. They recut the film to have to appeal to a younger audience. It works in this movie without the swears. I liked it. In a movie like Die Hard 4, it did not work, it was like watching a sailor in his old age suddenly start caring about his cursing. Such things are not done.
