The issue of personal space and gossip in today's world in a light movie

Rating: 8/10 (24 August 2013)

When I'm sad, I enjoy watching light romantic movies. Preferably from the 80s. But everybody kept recommending me Easy A and finally I watched it. And you know what? That was exactly what I needed. It seemed just like a John Hughes movie (who is mentioned in the movie as well) - with some drama, with some life questions and with a happy ending where the guy gets the girl and drives away on a lawn mower.
So what the movie is really about? Well, it's basically about a girl who lies to her friend that she slept with a guy and rumor starts spreading and then she helps out and lies for some other people and finally the whole school is thinking that she is a slut who sleeps for money and has STD. (Well that escalated quickly) But it wouldn't be a light romantic movie if it didn't have a happy ending and like I said, it does. So everything turns out fine in the end.
It seems like a really simple movie, so why the hell am I writing about it here? Well first of all, because I can. Secondly, I liked that this movie was not some kind of cheesy movie about puppy love how most romantic movies seem to be.
The movie for me is how your reputation can change so quickly from one thing to another and how gossip travels so fast that you can't even keep track. Aaand. The topic that is always relevant to nice people - how long are you going to be nice and how much you can let people step on your reputation while you're helping out other people? I think that there's always the last straw and the rule that the needs of many outweigh the needs of the few sometimes is not right. Especially when you're talking about yourself. Nobody wants to be in the few part. Nobody wants to get hurt. But that happens. I think the important part is while helping people out not to forget, that you are the person you are going to live the rest of your life and your decisions reflect mostly on your life. It is not OK, to be hurting yourself in case of others. Of course, I'm not saying that being nice and helping out is bad. But it should come both ways, not just from one side.
Another topic is personal life and it's publication. In the world of Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Tumblr and so on, personal life is not very personal anymore. But I think this is why it's even more important in keeping your privacy. And it is about time that people would respect the privacy boundaries. The information accessible to others is only what you approved, not what people gathered around. The only legit information about a person is what the person said himself and there are always two sides of the stories. Of course, it is quite different if the person lies and there's lies on top of lies and in order to set everything straight you need to crumble down the whole fortress of lies (caution: feelings might get hurt). In this time it's also very important to have somebody who you can trust, somebody who you can talk to. But most times the hardest decisions you have to make yourself.
I really enjoyed watching this movie. And I would recommend it for a evening with ice-cream. You can easily watch it together with any John Hughes movies or alongside 10 things I hate about you. Why? Because this movie has some layers that you're left to think about when it's over and it puts a smile on your face. And those are the best movies to watch when you're sad.