Easy A (7.5/10)

On an unrelated note I was watching "Green Lantern" when the video quality started to get tiresome (damn megavideo) so I decided to go with the next movie I was going to watch about half way through what was so far a nothing special super hero movie. The next movie was this one and I enjoyed "Easy A" more for benefit sake.

I want to call out the biggest flaw in your movie before I start anything. Critics and audiences all agreed that this fact in the film never made sense. How come Emma Stone's character Olive is mostly ignored in high school? Seriously she's the perfect girl. Smart, funny, charismatic, pretty (big time) and kind. Emma Stone and character a like are a catch. Anway on to the movie.

I decided to give this a shot after watching Emma Stone do a fantastic job in "Paper Man" and having seen this film's director's last movie ("Friend With Benefits"). For what it was worth it was fairly enjoyable. Emma Stone kicks some serious ass in this movie as a girl who decides after a rumor spreads about her to act like a "slut". She'll say she's slept with the guys who give her gift cards and in turn the guys look cooler for it. It's a new idea to the film and the fact it plays of The Scarlet Letter I thought was pretty funny. The movie loses a lot of steam in it's final third though. Also the guy she's had a crush on since 8th grade is too... prince charming. No homo (hate that expression still) but he's like the perfect guy. It would have been better for Olive to end up with a nice average guy (much like the people she's helping out). It's entertaining but only if you like Emma Stone, Golden Globe nomination well deserved.

7.5/10
Recommendation: Emma Stone fans watch it, otherwise you can pass it by. Did feel like a needed a manly movie after so... there's that.