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10 Things I Hate about You (1999): a classic teenage romcom | una clásica romcom adolescente [ENG|ESP]@cristiancaicedo204d
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  1. Film Review: 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)@drax1225d

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    Late 1990s Hollywood trend of using classic literature as basis for teen-oriented films included the works of William Shakespeare. His comedy The Taming of the Shrew became basis of 10 Things I Hate About You, 1999 film directed by Gil Younger.

    The plot is set in Padua Hills, fictional suburb of modern-day Seattle. Bianca Stanford (played by Larisa Oleynik) is the most beautiful and the most popular girl who attends Padua High School. As such, she object of desire of most of her male classmates, which includes recently arrived Cameron James (played by Joseph Gordon-Leavitt). Bianca would love to date Joey Donner (played by Andrew Keegan), equally popular male student, but that is prevented by strict rules in the home of Stratfords. Her father Walter Stratford (played by Larry Miller) is gynaecologist afraid that Bianca might become his patient, so he forbids her from going out. Those restrictions for Bianca, on the other hand, might be lifted if her seemingly more mature and responsible sister Kat (played by Julia Stiles) wins the same privilege. The problem is that Kat is grungy pseudo-feminist who uses all the opportunity to express her utter disdain to all males. Although they are rivals, Joey and Cameron, advised by their friend Michael Eckman (played by Dave Krumholtz), seek help from Patrick Verona (played by Heath Ledger), student with “bad boy” reputation. He is asked to use his roguish charm and rebellious disposition to seduce Kat, ask her for a date and thus liberate Bianca. Plan works, but complications arise when Patrick realise that he has actually fallen in love with Kat.

    Despite being based on centuries old text and employing decade old cliches of teen comedies set in modern US high school, 10 Things I Hate About You looks surprisingly refreshing. Script by Karen McLullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith almost flawlessly adapt Shakespeare’s text to modern surrounding, with Seattle, arguably the “coolest” major US city in 1990s, providing good setting. What is even more important, scriptwriters find perfect balance between adherence to Shakespeare’s basic plot and modern era humour, with couple of pop culture references and some mild social commentary. What is even more important, humour is much more intelligent and definitely over the toilet standards of films like American Pie. The film also benefits from an excellent cast. Gil Younger, director for whom this film represented feature debut, obviously had some fun with casting and used many opportunities to pay homage to important films and their makers. An example could be found in one of the characters being named after James Cameron, while David Krumholtz and Heath Ledger are made to look like teen versions of Martin Scorsese and Harvey Keitel. The best impression in the cast was made by Julia Stiles who excels in what looked like a thankless role of rebellious shrewish young woman who ultimately succumbs to romantic conformities. For Stiles, as well as young Australian actor Heath Ledger, 10 Things I Hate About You represented big breakout role and Stiles, Ledger and Gordon-Leavitt would in later years accomplish great things on big screen. Supporting cast is also quite impressive, like Larry Miller in the role of overprotective father and Allison Janney as guidance councillor with unusual hobby. Despite predictability of the plot, Younger’s film was charming and likeable for most of its running time and thus, apart from audience, managed to win even critics that are usually not too keen on teen comedies. In 2009 attempt to remake the film as television sitcom lasted for one season, while in 2012 Gil Younger tried to make 10 Things I Hate About Life, some sort of “spiritual” semi-sequel starring Evan Rachel Wood and Thomas McDonnell, which ended unfinished.

    RATING: 7/10 (+++)

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  2. 10 things I hate about you: a 90's masterpiece [ENG/ESP]@andr3apat1no1234d

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    If you haven't seen this movie, you've probably been living under a rock for the last 24 years, because despite being a love movie for teenagers it has managed to position itself as a classic, because it has it all: the cast, the dialogues, the soundtrack, the production and added to all that it is inspired by a classic of literature: The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare.

    The film tells us the life of two sisters: Bianca and Kat, both are like water and oil, while one is charismatic and friendly, the other is quite rude. Because they are motherless, their father has raised them in a rather quaint way, which is why Bianca, who is younger, can't do things like have a boyfriend or go to parties if Kat hasn't done it first. That's where Patrick Verona comes in, hired by Joey to "tame the beast" so the latter can date Bianca.

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    Regarding the cast, the film has great stars such as Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordo-Levitt, Gabriel Union and Heath Ledger, who despite being very young at the time, proved that in the future they would be great talents. Regarding the production we have scenes that will always be remembered as iconic: Heath Ledger singing "can't take my eyes off you", the paint-ball, Kat's prom dress, the swings and of course we cannot forget the poem that gives its name to this movie.

    Also, the film deals with topics that I feel were disruptive at the time, such as grief, sex at an early age, teenage pregnancy, how important it is to have a good relationship with our parents and that being different is okay, the latter I think is represented in many ways and beyond the beautiful love story we see between Kat and Patrick, is one of the messages I like the most about the film.

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    As I was also telling you being a movie from the nineties and music being one of Kat's passions, the soundtrack of the film is full of rock songs from that era that honestly, are great. Fashion is also an important part of the film as it supports each character's personality and we see how it changes and evolves as their status quo changes.

    For me the movie has enough elements for people of all ages to enjoy it, plus as I indicated at the beginning I consider it a classic that is already in the timeline, I recommend watching it I give it a 4.5/5.

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    Si no has visto esta película, probablemente has estado viviendo bajo una piedra los últimos 24 años, pues a pesar de ser una película de amor para adolescentes ha sabido posicionarse como un clásico, ya que lo tiene todo: el elenco, los diálogos, la banda sonora, la produccion y sumado a todo eso está inspirada en un clásico de la literatura: La fierecilla domada de William Shakespeare.

    La película nos cuenta la vida de dos hermanas: Bianca y Kat, ambas son como el agua y el aceite, mientras una es carismática y amistosa, la otra es bastante ruda. Debido a que son huérfanas de madre, su padre las ha criado de una manera bastante pintoresca, es por esto que Bianca que es menor, no puede hacer cosas como tener novio o ir a fiestas si Kat no lo ha hecho primero. Ahí es donde entra en juego Patrick Verona, contrado por Joey para que "dome a la fiera" y este último pueda salir con Bianca.

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    Con respecto al elenco, la película cuenta con grandes estrellas como: Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordo-Levitt, Gabriel Union y Heath Ledger que a pesar de que en ese entonces eran muy jóvenes, demostraron que en un futuro serían grandes talentos. Con respecto a la producción tenemos escenas que siempre serán recordadas como icónicas: Heath Ledger cantando "can't take my eyes off you", el paint-ball, el vestido de Kat para el baile de graduación, los columpios y naturalmente no podemos olvidar el poema que da nombre a esta película.

    Asimismo, la película trata temas que siento que para su momento fueron disruptivos como lo es el duelo, el sexo a temprana edad, el embarazo adolescente, lo importante que es una buena relación con nuestros padres y que ser diferente está bien, este último creo que está representado de muchas formas y más allá de la bonita historia de amor que vemos entre Kat y Patrick, es una de los mensajes que más me gusta de la película.

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    Como también les comentaba al ser una película de los noventa y al ser la música una de las pasiones de Kat, la banda sonora del film está llena de canciones de rock de esa época que honestamente, son buenísimas. La moda también forma parte importante de la película pues apoya la personalidad de cada personaje y vemos cómo va cambiando y evolucionando a medida que el status quo de ellos cambia.

    Para mí la película tiene suficientes elementos para que personas de todas las edades puedan disfrutarla, además de que cómo indicaba al principio considero es un clasico que ya está en la línea de as temporalidad, recomiendo verla le doy un 4.5/5

    The pictures in this post are screenshots I made from the trailer, you can find it here

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  3. Review: Loving and Questioning the Shakespeare re-imaginging, '10 Things I hate about you' (1999)@lordtimoty1611d

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    Today I wanted to take a walk back through memory lane to reminisce about one of my favourite films growing up. It was 1999; I was entering teenage-hood, and the ‘teen’ genre was being built. It’s origins, perhaps, stemming from rebels-without-a-cause, Fonzie-esque young people who in earlier decades demanded attention as a prominent generation.

    The film itself was appealing from the get-go, as Joan Jett’s ‘I don’t give a damn about my reputation’ blares across the screen. The director, Gil Junger, shifts from a poppy song with four bimbos to Kat Stratford, played by Julia Stiles. He lets us know, it was OK to be different – and celebrates her ‘otherness’ as the film’s outcast. Kat was held up as the poster-girl by audiences of the ideal modern girl. She was strong, independent, witty, smart – she had high values and she did as she pleased. She was the new-look hero for the 2000s which we were about to enter.

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    Walking into the school, Padua High, every teen-flick stereotype is present, but the film works to subvert who we would ordinarily idiolise. We didn’t want to be the ultra-popular, ultra-cool, ultra-good looking Joey – who works as a model. Instead, Junger makes him look like the fool, opting instead to draw our attention to the long-haired, black-wearing, weedier Heath Ledger who represented Patrick on screen. Patrick was initially someone to be feared – but we come to love him. His smile was captivating, he demonstrated sound values, he was respectful to Kat and made fun of Joey. In one of the film’s most memorable scenes, he picks up a microphone to serenade Kat on the back field with the help of the band, ‘I love you baby, and if it’s quite alright, I need you, baby…’. As a young fellow, this was the stuff of dreams.

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    In the end, the film has the happy ending. Kat and Patrick end up together and we imagine a happy-ever after.

    Yet, looking back down the years – I find myself loving and questioning this film. I had no idea when it came out, but this is a modern day retelling of Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of the Shrew’. In the original, the shrewish woman is belittled and squashed until she would submit to a man – in one of the play’s scenes, she must agree with her husband that the moon shines bright in the middle of the day, and that an old man they meet is actually a young maiden. It’s a problematic play and I absolutely love the idea of appropriating it into a modern context. However, was it successful? Kat is seen reading a comically oversized copy of ‘The Bell Jar’ – a canonical feminist text from the 1960s – the film signals her feminist intentions. However, by the end of the film, her independence is sacrificed as she realises the only thing to make her ‘human’ is her relationship with Patrick. In short; Patrick ‘tames’ her. He removes her individuality and as Kat attends the Prom in the final scenes, she looks a mirror image of the four bimbos from the start of the film. Does this undermine the message of the text? Do we love Kat for her feminist position, or for the deception: that we believe her a feminist hero, yet in reality, she had no more depth than any other leading lady of the teen genre?

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    That said, Junger’s cinematography is superb. The cameras pan around the scenes with ease; the camera draws us into close ups at just the right moment, and the film’s high key lighting and juvenile feel made it perfect. The soundtrack too, was incredibly boppy. Yet – while we sang along to the soundtrack – loving ever syllable – again, the soundtrack took away from the film’s message. The opening track was sung by, no other, than the objectifyingly named, ‘Barenaked Ladies’ who sings of his lover: “How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad?”. Additionally, the film’s leading feminist voice, Kat, always talks about her favourite musicians, ‘The raincoats’ and ‘Bikini Kill’ – evoking the Riot Grrrl manifesto of 1990 which espoused: “BECAUSE we are angry at a society that tells us Girl = Dumb, Girl = Bad, Girl = Weak”.

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    As Kat ends the film in the arms of the man who pursued her throughout the film, manipulating her, undermining her, conquering her – it is perhaps an irony that Kat became who she didn’t want to be, while the director completely left out any of the music which the script’s dialogue wanted us to associate with her. Did this film actually do more harm than good?

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    And the final question then: should this film have been directed by a male? The male gaze is itself a concept in cinema which seeks to objectify women. As posters of the Stratford sisters went up in bedrooms all around the world, you can’t help but wonder.

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  4. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) Movie Review@gonklavez92057d

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    It will be rapid to write off 10 Things I Hate About You as yet another doltish comedic-romance with films about high schools comparable to these flowing through projectors like water down the Nile.

    Katarina and Bianca's family is run by Walter Stratford (Larry Miller's Pretty Woman), a doctor who is all too familiar with adolescent pregnancy and protects his kids accordingly. "In what he considers to be a moment of cynical humor, the" no dating "policy of the family is changed to" Bianca will date ... when [Katarina] does. "Bianca 's destiny is bleak with prom just ahead; unless, of course, she can tame the shrew. Don't think it's a simple job, as Bianca kindly points out, that her sister "... is an especially hideous loser breed."

    It's complicated and always confusing to keep Katarina up to date. When Cameron, who loves Bianca, learns of her father's new law, he's swift to get advice from a friend. The idea they dream up is to manipulate "someone with money completely." That's Joey, the other guy with a crush on Bianca, in this case. A buddy of Cameron's, a young loser, convinces Joey to pay someone who has the guts to take the shrew out. The answer lies no farther away than the master scribe's second blatant reminder: Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger). This Verona is far from fair; it is alleged that he had previously laid down his prison scene. Moreover, to the above-mentioned English teacher, Katarina freely opined that "Hemingway was an addict who stuck around Picasso, trying to nail his leftovers." The laws of high school cinema inexorably turn Romeo and Juliet into Patrick and Katarina.

    The components of a high school comedy are a constant reminder of the fact that this is not exactly what Shakespeare had in mind: a party polluted with liquor, the deception of a best friend, and a prom. Yet even these traditions are rooted in Shakespeare; Falstaff was drunk, Romeo and Juliet met at a dance, and Caesar learned the hard way about loyalty.

    You have to remember that the 10 Things I Hate About You story is timeless, and it is just as witty and comical a few hundred years later as when people looked gleefully on, groundlings below and brassieres stuffed on stage.

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