That was the the line that jerked my tears when I saw the romantic comedy film "Ten Things I Hate About You". For me, it was the best chick flick / teeny bopper movie (or whatever you call it) during its time as it went along She's All That (Rachel Leigh Cook), Drive Me Crazy (Melissa Joan Heart) etc. I liked the movie simply because it didn't star bubble-gum-pretty actresses; and I'm not saying Julia Stiles, who leads on "Ten Things", isn't pretty. She's just a cut above the rest when you follow her film career. The movie also sound-tracked the songs "I Want You To Want Me" (Letters To Cleo) and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (Gloria Gaynor) which make it even better than the other teen flicks.

Syempre, the best ingredient of the movie for me would be Kat's poem 10 Things I Hate About You which was written by Karen McCullah Lutz & Kirsten Smith.

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10 Things I Hate About You
Kat Stratford

I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair.
I hate the way you drive my car.
I hate it when you stare.

I hate your big dumb combat boots, and the way you read my mind.
I hate you so much it makes me sick; it even makes me rhyme.

I hate the way you're always right.
I hate it when you lie.
I hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry.

I hate it that you're not around, and the fact that you didn't call.
But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you.
Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all.

Karen McCullah Lutz & Kirsten Smith

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While this blog isn't meant to be a 6-year old film review, here are some bits you may've not known about the movie and why I like it so much:

"Ten Things" is basically an adaptation of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. On Shakespeare's play, the two sisters in The Taming of the Shrew are named Katherina and Bianca, while the two sisters in Ten Things are named Katarina and Bianca. Katarina and Bianca's last name is Stratford, making reference to Stratford-upon-Avon, the English town known worldwide as the birthplace of Shakespeare. Katarina's suitor in Shakespeare's play is Petruchio of Verona becoming Patrick Verona in Ten Things. In Ten Things, the high school is named Padua, the city in which Shakespeare's play is set.


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