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Finally got around to watching the 2018 miniseries Maniac which is pretty good. This left me wondering what else E̶m̶i̶l̶y̶ Emma Stone has done that I haven't seen. Easy A is a 2010 teen comedy film with a green Metascore, I believe is her first lead role, and would serve as a palate cleanser from my usual diet of drama and horror.
This is not a great movie. But it was fascinating to watch a decade after it came out. Both because Emma Stone went on to be a big movie star and because I doubt it would get made now, at least as a theatrical release. Even ignoring COVID-19, big studios (this is Sony) don't really do comedies anymore. Despite the release year there's a pre-GFC feel to this movie. Picturesque small town. No smart phones that I could recognise. The gay jokes or non-jokes are an interesting piece of a time where being gay was okay but everyone was still doing gay jokes or near enough. I'm going to dock it marks because early 20s Emma Stone was a little less attractive than I expected #shallow #wanker
You could do worse than watch this hungover on a Sunday as I did.
This is not a great movie. But it was fascinating to watch a decade after it came out. Both because Emma Stone went on to be a big movie star and because I doubt it would get made now, at least as a theatrical release. Even ignoring COVID-19, big studios (this is Sony) don't really do comedies anymore. Despite the release year there's a pre-GFC feel to this movie. Picturesque small town. No smart phones that I could recognise. The gay jokes or non-jokes are an interesting piece of a time where being gay was okay but everyone was still doing gay jokes or near enough. I'm going to dock it marks because early 20s Emma Stone was a little less attractive than I expected #shallow #wanker
You could do worse than watch this hungover on a Sunday as I did.
