tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231662012909029852.post8451257824615843728..comments2023-10-21T03:14:36.351-07:00Comments on Fishmuffins of Doom: Women in Horror: All the Boys Love Mandy Lanetitania86http://www.blogger.com/profile/05006085054045307591noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231662012909029852.post-73260882630213942402014-08-25T22:20:27.508-07:002014-08-25T22:20:27.508-07:00I knew before going in that she was the killer (or...I knew before going in that she was the killer (or at least one of them) and that it would be revealed near the ending and yet when it came, instead of being letdown when that part came, I was happy that it meant that there was actually something to the Mandy character. I agree that she was bland the entire movie. I couldn't even dislike her throughout because there was just nothing to her. No motivation, bloodlust, bitterness, fear turned hatred, psychoses, she was just dead inside. Except that I've seen some characters play an inner void and they made it breathtaking and deep while Mandy was just one note. <br /><br />I didn't get why all the boys loved Mandy either. The other girls were just as pretty and love them or hate them, they had personalities. We knew what each girl that wasn't Mandy was feeling. Fears about their weight or having too much pubic hair or wanting a certain boy to like her or wanting to live. I felt like if Mandy died she wouldn't even care. There was nothing to illicit strong emotion from her. She just existed. Maybe that really is what being dead inside would be like. She transcends sociopathy because she doesn't just have no remorse for others but doesn't care about anything at all, not even herself. <br /><br />I had a lot of sympathy for the girl she stabbed because we saw her fighting for her life. It may not have been a fulfilling life and she may have been a bully and gotten bullied and used snorting and sex to get through the day but there was fire there. She was flawed but gave her all to try to stay alive. Only to be killed by Mandy, who was as much of a walking dead as a zombie. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10829334562338889414noreply@blogger.com