She's the Man is a great movie that is impowering in many ways. While being incredibly funny and whitty with it's comments, it also sends the message that girls can succed in a man's world. It is based off of the Shakespeare play ' the twelfth night' . In the movie there is a girl named Viola and she loves soccer. Her school cuts the girls team and the guys won't let her play on their team. Viola's brother is Sebastian and he is following his music to London, So Viola goes to Illyria ( a school) and pretends to be her brother so she can make the boys soccer team in order to play against her old school. Her roommate at Illyria is Duke Orsino, who is in love with Olivia. Once Olivia meets Viola, disguised as Sebastian, she falls for Viola, who starts to love Duke. We now have a twisted love triangle in which no one is happy.
This is the same as the play- the characters are based off of Shakespeares characters and the main plot of this movie, as the play, is love. There are other points to this movie I want to cover besides the love aspect. In the movie how Viola succeeds in undermining people's thoughts on girls against boys. In the second to last scene is the soccer game against Viola's old school and boyfriend. She ends up playing the last quarter of the game as a girl. Her hard work pays off in the end and they win the game. She defies the stereotypes made for girls, when she is more of a tomboy than a lady. It's all about girl power ladies. We aren't built like boys, they are built bigger and stronger but skill goes a long way. If we want to do something we are not limited in today's world. This is the message She's the Man sends. As in the words of Viola Hastings " no I will not wear heels, becasue heels are a male invention to make a woman's butt look smaller. And to make it harder to run away."
This is the same as the play- the characters are based off of Shakespeares characters and the main plot of this movie, as the play, is love. There are other points to this movie I want to cover besides the love aspect. In the movie how Viola succeeds in undermining people's thoughts on girls against boys. In the second to last scene is the soccer game against Viola's old school and boyfriend. She ends up playing the last quarter of the game as a girl. Her hard work pays off in the end and they win the game. She defies the stereotypes made for girls, when she is more of a tomboy than a lady. It's all about girl power ladies. We aren't built like boys, they are built bigger and stronger but skill goes a long way. If we want to do something we are not limited in today's world. This is the message She's the Man sends. As in the words of Viola Hastings " no I will not wear heels, becasue heels are a male invention to make a woman's butt look smaller. And to make it harder to run away."
She's the Man is one of my favorite movies, but the surprise to me is that it was based off of a Shakespeare play. I would have never guessed that it was based off a play but after you describing how the movie and play interact, it makes me want to go see the play. Not to mention that throughout the movie the main plot is love...which is something that I understand. Sebastian was following his love for music, while Viola was following her love for the sport.
ReplyDeleteI do like how you show that the movie isn't just about love but that Viola has skills and that she puts them to the test and ends up succeeding and proving what she could do. Just hearing what you have analyzed from this movie just makes me want to go watch the movie now.
Wow I would have NEVER in a hundred years known that this was based off of a Shakespeare play. That is very insightful. Where did you hear that? It's quite intriguing. I feel that you summarized the movie quite well. I think that the humor in the movie really makes it a smash, and the underlining message is very powerful for many little girls out there (women too).
ReplyDeleteI like how you incorporaterd that "She's the Man" is practically empowering girls. This movie is a good role model for all girls, because like you said, it shows that girls can do anything a boy can do and succeed at it. Viola is a good influence, she went to play for the boy's soccer team and ends up starting and being the best. What is a better influence than that? And who this was based off Shakespeare's play? I didn't. Good summarization.
ReplyDeleteI also had absolutely no idea that this was based off of a play by Shakespeare. I do think that this movie does a great job at relaying the message that girls can do anything boys can do, which is very important, especially to young girls who often feel inferior to males. I feel like you did a very good job summarizing this movie!
ReplyDeleteHahah, this was a brilliant blog post! I have to admit, I have actually seen this movie before, and I would have never guessed that it was based off of Shakespeare.
ReplyDeleteThis makes me wonder how many other movies have some Shakespearean references or roots to them...
I guess this really does just prove that you learn something new everyday.
I love this movie, and I would also suggest you watch Shakespeare in Love if you like movies about women who try to live in a man's world. It's true that men are much larger and have the capacity for being much stronger than women. However, I think it is important to be like Viola in this case. She stood up for what she believed in even though it went against the norm.
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