Some favorite cult classics
teen movies and like Clueless, Mean
Girls, The Lion King, She’s the Man,
“O,” and 10 Things I Hate About You
are based on books, highly accredited books too.
The late 90s movie, Clueless, starring Alicia Silverstone
and Paul Rudd was based off of Jane Austen’s Emma. The
similarities of Mr. Weston / Miss Taylor romance that is promoted by Cher the “Emma.”
The movie ends with their wedding. Harriet Smith is Tai, Mr. Elton is Elton,
and there are more counterparts. The portrait of Harriet Smith is the photograph
Cher took of Tai that winds up in Elton's locker.
Mean Girls, starring
Lindsay Lohan was based off a non-fiction book called The Queen Bees and the Wannabes. The movie was made to try to stop
high school girls from fighting with other high school girls. The book focuses
on how girls should survive cliques, boyfriends, and bullying. All of the
characters are original.
The Lion King was
based off of William Shakespeare’s
Hamlet. Simba, Hamlet, the son of the King Musafa, King Hamlet, goes
into exile when his jealous uncle, Scar, Claudius tricks him into believing
that he was responsible for his father's death. This is similar to Claudius
killing King Hamlet and becoming the King.
She’s the Man, starring
Amanda Bines and Channing Tatum is based off of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Viola pretends to be her
brother Sebastian. Duke is in love with Oliva. Viola falls in love with Duke
while pretending to be Sebastian. The same plot and names as character in Twelfth Night.
“O,” starring Mekhi Phifer,
Julia Stiles, and Josh Hartnett is based on William Shakespeare’s Othello. The names give it away;
Desi-Desdemona, Owen- Othello who is African-American; just like the Moor of
Venice is dark skinned. Iago is Josh Hartnett’s character Hugo who destroys
Owen by the same plot as Othello. Owen
chokes Desi to death, similar as Othello smothers Desdemona with a pillow.
10 Things I Hate About You, starring Julia Stiles and the late Heath Ledger is based off
of William Shakespeare’s The Taming of
the Shrew. The “shrew” refers to Katherine, and her anti-social ways. The
father Kat and Bianca of restricts Bianca from dating without Kat dating as
well. Cameron tries to find Kat a date so that he could date Bianca, which is
similar to the plot of the play.
Is your mind blown?
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