Day 30 - 10 Things I Hate About You
First Impressions: "10 Things I Hate About You", released in 1999, on the cusp of the new millennium, has a Hughs-ian feel. The plot is timeless, based on Shakespeare's " Taming of the Shrew". The writing is clever, possessing a self-awareness characteristic of millennial films. The camera loves Heath Ledger. I don't know why but I noticed that a lot of the shots seem to linger on Heath. It could also be his charm and nothing to do with camera angles. The shots of Joseph Gordon Levitt and Joey Donner are ordinary mediums or close ups, but Heath Ledger seems to have the camera following his every move. Could it be the gaze of not one, but TWO female screenwriters? Personal Reflections: " Don’t let anyone ever make you feel like you don’t deserve what you want." One thing I didn't notice in previous viewings was that in the first scene where she's in her English class, the teacher sends her to the office not because she was b...