Angus, thongs and perfect snogging.

**beth** · 26-07-2008, 11:37 PM

Originally Posted by Olleh

Plus, the lead girl has got a maa-haaa-sive nose. The storyline was crap, the ending was predictable and well, I just generally didn't like it. I also realised I was the only male in the 250-seat (full) screen.

I loved how the BBFC referenced it...

The language includes a non-aggressive use of 'bi'tch' in a song title ('Bi'tch in Uniform') that a boy says he wrote for a girl when he was 'pissed off' with her. There are also plenty of uses of 's'lag', 'sl'ut' and 'sla'pper' as terms of mild abuse for a girl that the main character and her friends dislike. This language is never used aggressively and is just a part of the film's teen-speak.
The sex references include discussion of thongs, 'bazoongas', whether or not touching your own breasts was 'lesbiany' and the relative merits of the sliding scale of 'snogging'. Alongside these verbal sex references are some brief visuals of a girl stripping down to her underwear in her own bedroom, watched by her jealous rival. BBFC guidelines at '12A' state that 'sex references may reflect what is likely to be familiar to most adolescents but should not go beyond what is suitable for them' and these sit well within those limits.

Aha, classic.

she's meant to have a huge nose

it's in the book that she thinks her nose is big.

**Misawa** · 26-07-2008, 11:39 PM

I'm sure the actress was flattered.

**beth** · 26-07-2008, 11:41 PM

Originally Posted by Misawa

I'm sure the actress was flattered.

i doubt she cares, she's making good money out of it.

~~edible~~ · 27-07-2008, 03:51 PM

I havent seen this yet, but I'm going to see it next Saturday and have seen a few clips/trailers so this is what I'm basing my post on.
The film is based on the the first two books by Louise Rennison, "Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (original name of film) and "It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers" but alot of the things have been changed and that's annoyed me, it says that Robbie and Tom are twins, they're not. It's supposed to be a girls school that Georgia goes too, whilst the boys go to Foxwood. Jas does not have a flicky annoying fringe anywhere in the book. Dave the Laugh isnt introduced in the first book, Sven and DTL are hardly in it at all. Georgia is meant to be have a big nose and I think they casted her really well, she was exactly how I imagined her to be. And also, they got rid of Mabs, Ellen, Jools and made a new character called Namita so they werent all white people and from what I've seen, Namita is not at all like Ellen whom she is supposed to be based on, she is not like "Erm, yeah... Isn't like... erm..." etc. And they havent made Wet Lindsay slimy or wet looking in the slightest, she's actually very pretty in the film.
I bet the majority of people that go and see this will not have read all nine books like myself and many other people I know.

Yes, it is aimed at teenage girls, that's the audience of the books too. It's bound to be teenage girls liking the book.

Also, I find it rather rude how whoever said that women have bad taste in films, that is so sexist. That obviously means everything that men like is right and brilliant.

If you're a teenage girl who hasn't read the books, I suggest you do as I think they'll be much more funnier and better than the film.