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Did we go into the city and pub-hop? Did we take in a tour of the Guinness Storehouse? Did we tour Dublin Castle, or wander freely through the lush countryside?
No to all of those things.
It was raining. We were tired. So we went to the Mall and a Movie.
We saw the terrible (but still embarrassingly funny) "Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging." Based on a couple of books (the first with the unlikely title "Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging"). Yes, this fourteen year old girl was pretty much a complete disaster as a fourteen year old girl. I cringed through the first hour and a half. The last thirty minutes weren't bad, and it ends pretty perfectly (and rather predictably).
But unless you are a tween yourself, a lot of this will seem completely ridiculous, over the top, and cringe-worthy. And also, we've all done shit like this and don't really want to relive these awkward dreadful moments of time. But there were some funny bits - she goes to a costume party as a stuffed olive. Actually, a fairly good costume (if a completely horrible choice of a costume to wear to party where there'd be BOYS).
The self tanning scene, the self hair dye scene, the bit with trying to pluck her eyebrows. Yeah, all of that seemed a bit too familiar (in my own case it was an unadvised incident with Nair when I was about fifteen - but I was the only witness to that particular debacle, and let me tell you it scarred me for life). Never tried the hair dye thing, the promise chemicals kind of freak me out.
Big message of the movie? Be yourself. As much of a disaster you may or may not be, you are good enough. So yeah, rent it on a day you need something fluffly, light and shallow. Because Georgia and her (wacky, weird) friends are good for a laugh. And the cat that played Angus (yes, Angus was the cat) was the most patient animal I've ever seen on screen.
No to all of those things.
It was raining. We were tired. So we went to the Mall and a Movie.
We saw the terrible (but still embarrassingly funny) "Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging." Based on a couple of books (the first with the unlikely title "Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging"). Yes, this fourteen year old girl was pretty much a complete disaster as a fourteen year old girl. I cringed through the first hour and a half. The last thirty minutes weren't bad, and it ends pretty perfectly (and rather predictably).
But unless you are a tween yourself, a lot of this will seem completely ridiculous, over the top, and cringe-worthy. And also, we've all done shit like this and don't really want to relive these awkward dreadful moments of time. But there were some funny bits - she goes to a costume party as a stuffed olive. Actually, a fairly good costume (if a completely horrible choice of a costume to wear to party where there'd be BOYS).
The self tanning scene, the self hair dye scene, the bit with trying to pluck her eyebrows. Yeah, all of that seemed a bit too familiar (in my own case it was an unadvised incident with Nair when I was about fifteen - but I was the only witness to that particular debacle, and let me tell you it scarred me for life). Never tried the hair dye thing, the promise chemicals kind of freak me out.
Big message of the movie? Be yourself. As much of a disaster you may or may not be, you are good enough. So yeah, rent it on a day you need something fluffly, light and shallow. Because Georgia and her (wacky, weird) friends are good for a laugh. And the cat that played Angus (yes, Angus was the cat) was the most patient animal I've ever seen on screen.
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