Reasons why The Kissing Booth was a terrible movie
1. the idea that there are good men and bad men and women need the good men to protect them from the bad men (&themselves) -> this ideology shouldn’t even exist anymore. It’s stems from the 1800s and earlier when women didn’t have any rights to protect them so if they didn’t find a good husband they’d be on the street and likely raped and killed.
2. Dead mom and ditsy dad -> a way overused cliche, the mother has to be absent so that the teenage girl looks independent and mature +clueless father so she appears to be on her own, then she can be sexualized. Elle is sexualized throughout the entire movie.
3. Beauty and the Beast -> Elle is a beautiful girl who challenges society (“don’t tell me what to do” & this will be in my next point too) while Noah is the quiet, handsome, brute, who can’t help but get into fights, secretly really smart, rides a motorcycle
4. “don’t teLL ME WHAT TO DO” -> she said, right before she does the opposite of what he says, and then she does exactly what he says wtf
- ladies, if a guy ever hits his car and yells at you to get in, DON’T
> and DO NOT fuck him afterward
- let’s be honest, if a girl ran shirtless through a guys change room they’d probably do a lot worse than hoot and holler, she’d get gang raped
5. Elle, poor Elle -> they give you this female lead and she says all this girl power stuff so you believe she is a strong female character, but then she’s put in these traditional, sexist situations where she’s actually the complete opposite
- oh and women are so ditsy we can’t tell the women’s washroom from the men’s
6. Who would actually volunteer to do a kissing booth blindfolded???
7. Lee is a fake -> “you were the only thing that I had that he didn’t. Now he has that too.” So much for being her best friend, he totally just objectified her!!!!! Plus, why can’t he just be happy for his brother, why do they have to be rivals, that fight they have over Elle where she just cries was the second stupidest thing I’ve ever seen after this quote. Like fuck off Lee.
8. The OMGs -> a trio of mean, catty, fake girls, and ofc one of them has to be black. And naming them was ridiculous too. Plus, Mia would so not be popular in 2018 with her eyebrows like that
9. A list of minority characters in this movie: Gwenyth (the mean black girl), the Asian girl that looked like a kid with the crazy braces, two guys that MIGHT have been gay even though it wasn’t really represented. That’s all.
10. The Grand Gesture -> Noah Flynn was such a douche for cantering Elle out in front of everyone (including Lee) at prom. I’d personally hate being put under pressure like that, and isn’t that overdone yet Hollywood?
11. This scene was straight out of Seinfeld
In conclusion, The Kissing Booth was just behind with the times. I watched it with my Mom because a lot of girls of all different ages (I was recommended by a ten year old and an eighteen year old) said it was really good and cute. But there were so many times throughout the movie that my Mom and I just stopped and looked at each other because of these Redflags I listed above. I’m actually so sad that so many young girls thought this movie demonstrated a perfect relationship (as no relationships in this were good). I believe that every single one of us is smart and strong, and I just want to bring awareness to this. Girls, indulge yourselves in the feminist movement, in the LGBTQ+ movement, in any anti-racism movement, and more, because all of it affects you. And remember, you can be strong and badass if you want, you can be delicate and badass if you want, you can be both, you can be anything you want to be.