It took me a few years before I watched Easy A. I don’t even remember why I ended up watching it, I just remember being completely blown away by the dialogue. You know what movies don’t have anymore? Clever dialogue. Olive throws around snappy comebacks laced with SAT words and I immediately want to be her friend.
My favorite scenes from Easy A were the family ones. Putting
Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci together was a genius move. The quirky
banter and casual, “Give ‘em hell” kind of lines are my favorite moments in
this movie. The constant humor, random comments, and playful attitude balances
out Olive’s monumental journey as the esteemed “school slut”. It definitely has
an impact on her life…or at least her wardrobe.
Most people hear a rumor about them and fight it with every
ounce of their being. Not Olive. Olive has the delightful reaction of blowing
the rumor out of proportion and running with it. This is shown the most in the
memorable “Sexy Silk” scene portraying Olive in her first sexy outfit of pieced
together lingerie. She shoves that rumor back in everyone’s faces and looks
amazing while she’s at it (and continues to only find an intellectual equal in
her parents and her English teacher).
That’s the dream, right?
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