Coming of age story turned classic

Rating: 9/10 (22 January 2020)

10 things I hate about you, directed by Gil Junger, is categorized as a coming of age/ romantic comedy film. I believe the Disney's interpretation of a romantic comedy written by Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah should be considered one of the classics when it comes to romantic comedy. One reason for my belief is because the writers pull elements from classic authors like Shakespeare, forbidden love to so close but so far its a direct spin off of the Romeo and Juliet storyline.
10 things I hate about you is a film centered around a boy named Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) how falls for a girl named Bianca (Larisa Oleynik), but their is a problem her father has very strict rules about dating. He says Bianca cannot date until her sister Kat (Julia Stiles) who is known as the moody, and angry starts dating. Trying to solve the problem Cameron gets the only guy in school with a reputation worse than Kat Patrick (Heath Ledger) to try and take her out.
10 things I hate about you did a fantastic job using tracking shots and low angle shots to capture every scene to its maximum potential. There is one scene in particular that sticks in my brain when I think of tracking and low angle shots. This scene takes place when Patrick is still trying to get the attention of our mysterious Kat. He attends a concert that she is at and you see the camera become his eyes as he moves from the back of the crowd to find Kat in the middle. Once he gets to kat the camera immediately changes to have a slightly lower angle on Kat even though Patrick is taller this really highlights the intensity of Kat's character and that even the toughest of guys still are intimidated around her.
On top of the excellent shooting techniques used in the film the acting does not feel like cookie cutter acting whatsoever. Julia Stiles who plays Kat does a tremendous job displaying a moody teen how really doesn't care what people think about her. Then you have Larisa Oleynik whos representation of a peppy highschool teen is so spot on. The best part is that since the two are so different when they have sense together the way the filmmakers used lighting and the colors in the clothing really helped sell this idea that they were so different from one another but yet so similar.
Like every good film there is always at least one element you would change. In my opinion I would change the soundtrack of the film. I don't believe the soundtrack adds anything to help the film, but in the same token I don't feel it was awful. I believe if the filmmakers had spent a little more time on the soundtrack it would have brought the film to a whole other level entirely.
I will always appreciate a feel good Romantic comedy but when you think of the classics, there are a few that always come to mind the 1989 film When Harry met Sally and 1993 film Sleepless in Seattle and now in my opinion 10 things I hate about you.