Heath Ledger is such a babe. I just need to get that out
there. I find his face enchanting and I just want to kiss it anytime he’s on
screen. Anyway, moving on.
Feisty teenager, Kat (Julia Stiles), just wants to get
through high school with the minimum amount of contact with the assholes that
seem to populate the place. Her sister, Bianca (Larisa Oleynik), wants to be
able to date but their father is rather protective and so she can’t date until
Kat does. And because this is a ‘90s film, it inevitably ends up meaning that a
boy is paid to date the girl. And he then falls in love with her.
I know the heart wants what it wants and it doesn’t need to
explain or justify itself but I cannot understand why Cameron likes Bianca. She
forgets his name immediately upon him telling her it and she shows no interest
in him whatsoever. Obviously she ends up liking him and they’re cute together
but I just don’t get why he was so focused on her to begin with when she barely
even looked at him. I always wish in films the person would just go “right, s/he
isn’t interested, I’ll move on.” But that might be too sensible. And it's not as if people are that good at doing it in real life, so maybe it's too unrealistic to expect it to happen in a film.
Beautiful angel Patrick (Heath Ledger) is paid to date Kat
but you can see right away she intrigues him and that he likes being around
her. When he tries to pretend he’s casually bumping into her at the concert and
he watches her dancing, the way he’s smiling is a clear indication it’s more
than just about the money for him. I just love the scene when they’re in the pedalo and he’s saying
how he gets her attitude and that he can see she thinks if she disappoints
people straight off then she doesn’t have to live up to their expectations. And
then he says she messed up because she never disappointed him. Ugh, he is so
smooth. I would be smitten. Hell, I am smitten and it’s just fiction.
“Don’t let anyone ever make you feel like you don’t deserve
what you want.”
8/10
