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If she's such a tomboy...

posted 15 years ago by RedGoldDragon23
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...why is her make-up/skin/hair/wardrobe "perfect"? I understand this movie is meant to be "just for fun", and to an extent I enjoyed it in the sense that it's completely unrealistic and silly, but in the world of a film there has to be a sense of continuity and believability.

Sydney claims she doesn't have much dating experience (or any). Yet she's obviously beautiful, sexy and an all-around fun girl. There's no WAY this girl hasn't at least been asked out or had a couple dates in her life. Girls who have far less charm and aesthetics have boyfriends all the time. Are we really expected to believe that just because she likes construction, doesn't have a mother or a lot of girlfriends that she is THAT clueless? She's obviously witty, so what's the deal here? Why is the world being depicted as overly vapid? Where was she in high school?

The movie is rife with nauseating stereotypes that try to take themselves seriously to the point that you just want to turn it off. (The ending sequence with all the "groups" on campus was just awful) Not to mention that Rachel was a total caricature of herself, with no humanity or interesting features. Come to think of it, everyone was pretty 2D.

One film that uses stereotypes in a way that works but doesn't take itself too seriously is "Mean Girls". Things typically make sense in the context of that film because the jokes and parodies stretched to encompass bits of reality and familiarity, but here I kept going "COME ON".

Anyone else feel that way? I just had to rant. :)

[–] CaptHayfever 15 years ago

I'm chalking it up to bad designers & a weak director.

[–] jane-09 15 years ago

I can't answer the hair and wardrobe part, but it is 100% possible she could have never gone on a date.
She gets nervous around guys she likes, and a lot of the time the girls that most people would call beautiful don't get as many dates, because guys are too afraid to ask them out. At my school the geeky not so attractive girls would always have boyfriends who were also geeky and not so attractive while the prettier girls rarely did.

- "What would you call that hairstyle you're wearing?"
"Arthur. "
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[–] puck_you 15 years ago

GEORGE HARRISON

I’ve been to paradise but I’ve never been to me.
"My father? He saved us all."

[–] merlinsbearddd 15 years ago

The date thing is totally understandable. I wouldn't be surprised if she never got a date. Like it was said before, guys are always afraid to ask out the prettiest girls in school. That's actually the case with my best friend. She's literally one of the most beautiful girls I have EVER seen, and she didn't get her first kiss until junior year. She's only had one boyfriend, and I know for a fact that other guys are too scared to ask her out.

[–] OlePammy 15 years ago

I can believe the whole dating thing. I agree with the poster above me, but here's another reason. I had a friend just like her, but she only went on a few dates, the winter formal, jr. & sr. prom. This girl was beautiful, she was sporty and she was just completely fun and care-free, but she didn't know how to act like a girl that a boy can date. Meaning she was a little too tomboyish that guys saw her as "another one of the guys" that they could hang or play football with. She even came up to me and some of my friends and asked us if we could give her some "girl" tips. She had no idea how to react and be romanced when a guy would try. Guys could relate to her, and she was definitely approachable, but she just didn't know how to act like a lady.

I James McAvoy

[–] cleo_ella99 14 years ago

I don't buy that a girl like sydney could be seen as "uncool". I mean, why should a tomboyish girl be looked down upon? I thought that her being so sociable, friendly, cheery and all would make her the popular kind among guys. In fact isn't that what is valued nowadays? And the thing about her being able to throw a football should make her more popular, and not something that's seen as tomboyish and uncool. In my school the sporty girls are always the popular ones, AND they're supposed to be hot. It's the geeks who can't play sports.

[–] Sheshie 14 years ago

Well in the movie we learn that she grew up on a construction site. A lot of male influences and very little female influence. Her mom died when she was 9 and when she first meets Dinky she says she didn't have a lot of girlfriends or sisters. So honestly I can see how she has no dating experience. It's not so much as she is a tomboy but that she was never really shown to be anything else.

[–] the_wandering_moniker 14 years ago

why do you have to be one or the other? just because your a tomboy doesn'tmean you can't apply makeup. and dude it's based on a fairy tale. of course it's rediculous. but somtimes you just want to watch a simple feel good type of movie and not get bogged down it plot. i'm the fist to admit it's a total cliche of a movie, but it's still one of my faves.

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[–] ThoseLittleRabbits 14 years ago

just cuz a girl is a tomboy doesnt mean they r always dirty. i dated a tom boy and she wasnt dirty. she knew how to keep her face clean an her clothes clean, but she never wore make up. and even though she dressed in jeans most of time she knew how to doll herself up if she really needed to for something speical.

i am amazing..you should know this

[–] CatelynTullyDidNothingWrong 14 years ago

Agreed. I hate that girls who are into looking nice, fashion, makeup, magazines, etc. or whatever are always portrayed as bitchy and preppy or bimbos.

In reality, it's usually the "tomboys" who claim to hate makeup and "girly" stuff and are the b*tchiest ones.

"Rawr, I'm a dinosaur!" No. Rawr, you're an idiot.

[–] catarinaloss 10 years ago

In reality, it's usually the "tomboys" who claim to hate makeup and "girly" stuff and are the b*tchiest ones.

That's just not true.

[–] BittanyG 9 years ago

No, I agree. The ones cute on the outside are the meanest. And, so if you're a tomboy you're undateable and you need to cute yourself up to be dated? Get real! The world isn't like that.