Ten Things I Hate about You: A Novelisation

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The other approach is the one I'm trying to use: instead of trying to be someone you're not, you can simply try to emphasize who you really are.” Adaptational Jerkass: She was The Ingenue in the original, with only vague hints that she was putting on an act to please her father. Here she has no problem manipulating Cameron to get what she wants, or abandoning her best friend for the same reasons. Of course, she's still called out on it and matures over the course of the story. The Billboard 200". United States. September 9, 1999. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021 . Retrieved February 18, 2018. Shakespeare continues to abound in lines regurgitated from the mouths of the characters, including Michael in his approach to wooing Kat’s best and only friend, Mandella (Susan May Pratt). Mainly because, well, she claims to be “involved” with William already. Thus, Michael quotes to her from Macbeth, “Who could refrain that had a heart and in that heart courage to make love known?” Which Michael chooses to do by going along with this charade and dressing up in Renaissance-era clothing to appease Mandella’s fetish for pretending she’s dating Shakespeare.

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Internet Movie Script Database". Imsdb.com. November 12, 1997. Archived from the original on September 13, 2017 . Retrieved August 23, 2012. Prince Charming Wannabe: Double-subverted with Joey. At first, though, Bianca is attracted to him and wants to be with him instead of Cameron. The trope comes into play starting at Bogey's party when Bianca realizes Joey is extremely self-absorbed, and that Cameron is the better guy of the two, and eventually results in Bianca snapping at Joey at the prom after she finds out from Chastity that Joey only wanted to get with her because of a bet he made with his friends. Nguyen, Hanh (October 8, 2008). "ABC Family Greenlights '10 Things I Hate,' 'Ruby' Pilots". Zap2it.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2008 . Retrieved October 8, 2008. The story is about two sisters, Kat and Bianca who have a strict father. Bianca can't date if Kat won't. So Cameron looked for a guy who can date Kat so he can date Bianca and there goes the start of the complications.

I guess this book is only for big fans of the movie. Like, big big fans. Whose life is the movie. And the movie is their life. The Stratfords' single father, a successful obstetrician. The film's equivalent of Baptista Minola. Kat’s surly, antisocial demeanor, naturally, makes her the quintessential reader—her face constantly buried in a book, whether it’s The Bell Jaror The Feminine Mystique(yes, another unabashed cliché of the “angry white feminist”). Yet hers isn’t the only character given a literary bent. Things I Hate About You (1999) – Financial Information". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC . Retrieved March 28, 2021. Geoff Andrew from Time Out praised the film's leads, writing, "Stiles grows into her character, and Ledger is effortlessly charming." [10] Brad Laidman of Film Threat said the film was "pure of heart and perfectly executed." [11] Ron Wells, also of Film Threat, wrote, "Of all the teen films released this year, this one is, by far, the best." [12] Roger Ebert gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying that he "liked the movie's spirit, the actors and some of the scenes. The music, much of it by the band Letters to Cleo, is subtle and inventive while still cheerful. The movie almost but not quite achieves liftoff against the gravitational pull of the tired story formula." [13] Entertainment Weekly put the film 49th on its list of Best High School Movies. [14] Accolades [ edit ]The Story Behind Heath Ledger's Bleacher Scene In '10 Things I Hate About You' ". HuffPost. March 29, 2019. Things I Hate About You". ABC Family. Archived from the original on May 19, 2009 . Retrieved June 17, 2009. It's All About Me: At first. Best exemplified early on when she says, "Can we just focus on me for a second, please?" She drops it after Cameron calls her out on her behavior.