Cinema #87: Do Revenge
Hey There!
I’m so excited to talk about this movie! When I saw the trailer I was so intrigued. I love Camila Mendes from Riverdale, so I knew I would enjoy this movie. It presents itself as a female-led revenge film, which in and of itself is fantastic and something that cinema seems to be lacking.
However, Once I received the twist and it became almost a whodunnit of the best way to get revenge on the “perfect” person, I knew it was truly something special. I could definitely see this becoming a cult classic.
The first thing I want to say about this movie is that it has to be the prettiest-designed movie I’ve ever seen. The set design, and the color grading, it’s amazing! The pastel School uniforms, and the prettiest locations, It makes me want to cosplay a student!
If you aren’t in the know, you are following two students on a revenge scheme. Drea and Elanor have both been wronged by students at the school and they decide to have each other get revenge on their respective opponents. Drea, the queen of the school, dating the most popular guy, gives him a solo sex tape that he asks for and then leaks it to the entire school.
(Which he denies) but he’s the only one who got it, so who else could have done it? Elenor, a recently open lesbian, was not only outed against her will during camp but also presented as a predator, so she wants revenge for that obviously.
The second thing about this film is its complex story. At its heart, it’s a revenge plot, but it’s so nuanced, by the time you make it to the end, those deserving that cold dish gets murkier and murkier. It’s a very meta look at just how far you’ll go to get exactly what you want. It has so many layers, and I was NOT ready for the twist.
If you haven’t seen it you absolutely should, if not for its beauty, or for its mess then at least to see how many homages you can point out!
The biggest thing for me was just the diversity, it felt like a real school full of complex and diverse humans interacting. Its so refreshing that we’ve finally moved away from films full of white people, especially with white people as the focus. With the genre being this generations teen movie, it’s really nice to have more than just the token black kid.
Have you seen Do Revenge?
Until Next Time,
Moriartie
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