Review- Mean Girls
Mean Girls to me was very real, yet way to exaggerated. The movie goes along with this class perfectly as it shows what girls do go through, The main thing I think about this movie and our class is body image. For my service learning I made a facebook group be You (tiful), I will be discussing this movie on there as it really ties in with the theme of body image.
Mean Girls is about a girl, Cady Heron, who moved to a town and is enrolled in a new school. She is a very smart girl with a lot to offer but she ends up getting in with the “plastics”. These girls consist of Regina George, Regina George, Gretchen and Karen. Regina is the leader of the plastics. She is pretty, skinny, rich and everyone idolizes her. It reminds me of how there are clicks in high school and how everyone wants to be friends with the “it” girls and look just like them. This movie plays into media image for young girls. They watch this movie and think they need to be stick thin, beautiful, drive nice cars, have a huge house to be popular, and it’s so not true. Cady finds herself in a group with the “mathletes” kids that are good at math, like her. They are not the most popular of friends, but they are true friends and great people. Their names were Damien and Janis.
Before she knew it Cady was invited to become a “plastic”, yet she was unsure because she liked her friends Damien and Janis. The two convince Cady to keep her relationship with the Plastics, so that they can find out the deep dark secrets. Cady starts doing badly on her math tests so Regina’s ex-boyfriend Aaron can help her. Before long she had a major crush on him. When Regina finds this out, she seeks revenge of Cady by taking Aaron back. When Cady finds out, what began as a game to discover secrets turns into a plan to destroy Regina. Now, Cady, Janis, and Damien try and bring the plastics down but before long she soon becomes one. The girls make a book of bad things and make fun of teachers and other students. Her math teacher who she really liked was in this boy and ends up finding out about it. Cady gives Regina Diet pills, which really were to gain weight and ruin her “image”. This movie any girl could relate to. Whether you’re the popular one cracking the jokes or at the other end being tortured everyone going through middle school and high school will or did experience some of this.
I watched this movie back when it first came out and I remembered how much I enjoyed it as I was in middle school at the time so I decided to go back and watch it for this review. Seeing it this time I had a whole different perspective and did not like it as much. It’s sad how these girls are o obsessed with their body and popularity. This is not what girls should want to be like and be molded into by watching such movies. My sister is in 8th grade now and this is her life. There is a group of about eight popular girls but they are so mean to each other and talk crap behind each of their backs. My sister is the nice one, she’s also in band and drama. Last week she was at a football game and said “hi” to another band member and another girl in her “click” said, “ewww Kirby, why are you talking to him?” and my sister simply replied, “because he’s nice and he’s my friend.” I was very proud of her for that. It’s sad to see movies like this because it only shows how real it is, yet I keep hoping there’s a few girls in each school that will break the mold and I hope my sister ends up being the one.
Mean Girls is about a girl, Cady Heron, who moved to a town and is enrolled in a new school. She is a very smart girl with a lot to offer but she ends up getting in with the “plastics”. These girls consist of Regina George, Regina George, Gretchen and Karen. Regina is the leader of the plastics. She is pretty, skinny, rich and everyone idolizes her. It reminds me of how there are clicks in high school and how everyone wants to be friends with the “it” girls and look just like them. This movie plays into media image for young girls. They watch this movie and think they need to be stick thin, beautiful, drive nice cars, have a huge house to be popular, and it’s so not true. Cady finds herself in a group with the “mathletes” kids that are good at math, like her. They are not the most popular of friends, but they are true friends and great people. Their names were Damien and Janis.
Before she knew it Cady was invited to become a “plastic”, yet she was unsure because she liked her friends Damien and Janis. The two convince Cady to keep her relationship with the Plastics, so that they can find out the deep dark secrets. Cady starts doing badly on her math tests so Regina’s ex-boyfriend Aaron can help her. Before long she had a major crush on him. When Regina finds this out, she seeks revenge of Cady by taking Aaron back. When Cady finds out, what began as a game to discover secrets turns into a plan to destroy Regina. Now, Cady, Janis, and Damien try and bring the plastics down but before long she soon becomes one. The girls make a book of bad things and make fun of teachers and other students. Her math teacher who she really liked was in this boy and ends up finding out about it. Cady gives Regina Diet pills, which really were to gain weight and ruin her “image”. This movie any girl could relate to. Whether you’re the popular one cracking the jokes or at the other end being tortured everyone going through middle school and high school will or did experience some of this.
I watched this movie back when it first came out and I remembered how much I enjoyed it as I was in middle school at the time so I decided to go back and watch it for this review. Seeing it this time I had a whole different perspective and did not like it as much. It’s sad how these girls are o obsessed with their body and popularity. This is not what girls should want to be like and be molded into by watching such movies. My sister is in 8th grade now and this is her life. There is a group of about eight popular girls but they are so mean to each other and talk crap behind each of their backs. My sister is the nice one, she’s also in band and drama. Last week she was at a football game and said “hi” to another band member and another girl in her “click” said, “ewww Kirby, why are you talking to him?” and my sister simply replied, “because he’s nice and he’s my friend.” I was very proud of her for that. It’s sad to see movies like this because it only shows how real it is, yet I keep hoping there’s a few girls in each school that will break the mold and I hope my sister ends up being the one.
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