5/18/04 "Mean Girls"

Beware the Spoilers

5-18-04 "Mean Girls"

Notes from the Red Book

trailers-"Dodgeball" (more Vince Vaughn/Ben Stiller funness), "Shrek 2" (new trailer, wooo!), "The Stepford Wives" (could be interesting)

Lorne Michaels-good sign
home schooled-scary religious, really smart...heh heh
1st day of health class-abstinence!
"One time, she punched me in the face....it was awesome."
"You can go shave your back now."
"If you're from Africa, why are you white?" "Karen! You don't just go ask people why they're white!"
Cool watering hole/animal scene
Man, there are SNL people EVERYWHERE.
How it would be settled in the animal world....heh.
"Say crack again."
"Man candy stage right."
"If God is a DJ, life is a dance floor."

This movie was pretty funny. It about this girl Cady (pronounced Kay-D) who's lived in Africa her whole life and been homeschooled by her zoologist parents. She finally goes to school and it's major culture shock for her. She is quickly taken under the wing of goth girl Janis and her gay friend, Damien. They are quick to point out all of the cliques in school, including the Plastics, your basic Barbie doll hos. The Plastics take a shine to Cady and at Janis' urging, she begins to hang out with them, solely to gather info to use against them. But it backfires when Cady becomes more plastic than the Plastics themselves. And when Regina, the Plastic Queen, takes revenge, Cady must start all over again to make things turn out all right in the end, which of course, they do.

Obviously, the thing I liked best about this movie were the quotes...incredibly freaking funny. And it was interesting to see how this brand new student dealt with issues in the high school hierarcy like slang, hall passes, and how girls act around guys.Tina Fey did a great job as screenwriter as well as acting as Cady's sarcastic teacher. And Lindsey Lohan was much better than in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen and even Freaky Friday. The movie was also rife with Saturday Night Live casters. Tina Fey, of course, but also Tim Meadows, Ana Gasteyer, and Amy Poehler, who did a crazy turn as Regina's mother with literal boobs of steel.
I think this movie was telling me I need to start watching SNL again. Perhaps it's gotten funnier.

My sister said it made her feel uncomfortable. Heh heh.

So, this is Sarah saying, until next week, practice abstinence or you will get Chlamydia and die!