You know how they care about beauty? They always have and they always will. But what Legally Blonde raises are the standards, because she is blonde, she is beautiful and she is smart and hard-working.
Although the initial goal was quite silly, going to Harvard not because she is ambitious, but because of a guy, but the path of finding your self-worth and being true to yourself.
First of all sorority goals. Just recently there was a lot of talk about how sororities only care about money, they promote it heavily on TT, even get brand deals and to me as an overseas outsider lost the initial goals of what it represents. Sure thing you need at least some money, but they make it the main goal instead of anything else.
By the first scene I almost felt envious that everyone was so supportive of their sister. Here we don't have such a thing as soririty, so I have no idea how it should be, how it was before and what it became now. But just from the outsider's pov I like the spirit in this movie.
Elle (haha like magazine) is a daughter of a wealthier family, she could stay the way she is, but being dumped makes her motivated to prove that she can get into Harvard, not to mention law school. A pretty shallow reason that we have at the beginning.
Her friends may seem a bit shallow and represent the cliche view on women, but they are quite supportive of Elle's goals. I mean it is such a short but heart-warming scene where basically everyone around her is so happy for her achievements.
Interesting wardrobe choices follow along. If you pay attention to it you can see how Elle changes from her pink to more serious attire, but still leaving it looking fashionable. With time it changes more and more, the same her character changes as well to conform some other image before she reverses back to her pink. In a way it shows her inner true self. She can be a fashionista and a lawyer.
Because she does find this path quite hard. Instead of impressing a boy she now works for herself, even if eventually she finds out that she is still discriminated and targetted because she is a beautiful woman, which makes her doubt herself, her own worth. Were her achievements all thanks to her beauty or her own hard work?
I like the part where women lift other women up. Even relationship between Vivian and Elle transforms into friendship. I completely forgot Jennifer Coolidge was in this one, but hey, don't they have a great friendship too. Even if it has some sort of "romance" thankfully it's a pretty background love line that does not influences her decisions. Something that I'd love to see in a movie like Devil Wears Prada, which is suss, but it would be perfect if it had different relationship line.
This movie has so many good moments about it. Simple and direct.
RATE: 9/10.
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