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Oh clueless! i think every female who is under the age of 30 has seen clueless at least ten times. this film exaggerated they way kids in highschool act and interact with other people. i found it really funny that there are so many similarities with the tone of voice and inflection of the characters and their all together persona, with, in particular, females in highscool. the characters seemed to mirror an image in such a funny and correct manner. from my own experience ive noticed girls throughout highschool and college who acted and looked exactly like cher and dione and the gang. it seemed to be a lot about image. i think the movie did a great job spoofing that valley girl image that they were aiming for.

i also found it very interesting that amy heckerling actually studied kids in highschool in order to correctly imitate them. i honestly dont think you would have to study that for too long because there's not that much depth! hehe.. i also had no idea that amy heckerling was such a prodominant director. i had no idea she directed fast times, johnny dangerously, and look whos talking. those are movies of my generation and i can see a similarity now with all of the films that she has directed. they all seem to have a fun, young theme about them. clueless though i think has to be my overall favorite.

all of cher's problems seem to be at the center of the universe, as do all problems that teenagers have. whatever "problem" is happening in their life is the most important, pivitol, and life threatening problem. i think that many girls can relate to that because i think when you are a girl in high school those are the problems that are detrimental to your life because you have no life. this last viewing of clueless i was able to see that even though the girls were wrapped up in their own lives they were still trying to improve and add to thier lives. yeah they liked beiing the popular girls but it seeed as if there were an inherent sweetness to all of the girls.

i think this movie will forever be a classic no matter how silly and juevunile it seems to be. it is a homage to our generation!