Election
Again, I find it rather difficult to talk about this movie, because even though this is a (good) comedy, I was a lot into the seriousness underneath it. The main reason is that I could totally relate to McAllister (even though I didn’t really like him) and absolutely hate the character of Tracy Flick. You can say I’m not a very ethical person, but I really could understand why that frustrated teacher acted like that: After all, his bourgeois wife is utterly boring (in fact, the other woman was too, but at least she was a distraction) and his job isn’t all that great either, so he has no other choice than be envying Tracy Flick and hate her neurotic behaviour. I also rolled my eyes at Linda who really was the one who pushed him into betraying his wife and then went back saying how he take advantage of her. Oh my God. Poor guy. So I wouldn’t really say that he ‘deserved’ to be fired and dumped: I really think it’s his shitty environment that made him what he is.
I really liked Paul – he was, like, the shining star of the whole story, even though he was obviously dumb as hell. He was the only one who felt natural and neither emo nor neurotic. Hach *_* His sister, the emo girl, was the total opposite. Of course her character is supposed to be funny (and therefore, her lesbian tendencies are supposed to be laughed at – oh my God, her new love was so ugly *ahaha*), but actually she’s kinda strong and cool. Melikes.
Even though she’s perfect for “Naturally Blonde”, I think Reese Witherspoon excelled in this movie. She manages to do Tracy Flick’s distinctive facial expression so well that I was shocked. By the way, I knew about “Election” for about 5 or 6 years now. One of the girls in my class talked about it (that’s why I knew already about the ending scene with the little girl), and she also said that Tracy Flick is her biggest ideal. (Well, she really was a little bit like her, but in a more positive way…) Oh my God XD
Hah, in the end I didn’t talk much about the movie, and maybe it’s better like that. The movie makes me feel I’m a bad person, for some reason *ugh*
Some scenes were so hilarious (HAHAHA like Tracy jumping around in the hallway? She did it SO WELL!).
I was baffled by the automatic security belt in the car (The first time I saw it I didnt believe it XD), the shower in the teachers’ lounge and the telephone in the toilet…wtf? Oh, and the razor vending machine at the motel. And i loved how she had chewing gum in the jar instead of, like, candy or something.