Netflix is a loser
By Araceli Correa
El Rodeo Staff Writer
El Rodeo Staff Writer
On September 7, 2018 Netflix released another teen romance film Sierra Burgess is a Loser. The film centers around Sierra, played by Shannon Purser, an intelligent girl who doesn’t care much for appearances. Sierra is portrayed as a ‘band geek’ who is constantly being scoffed at by head cheerleader Veronica, portrayed by Kristine Froseth.In one scene Sierra is putting up signs for her tutoring sessions, Veronica sees this and rips the poster and takes all the numbers.
The movie continues into Veronica having lunch with her friends at a local restaurant. A boy, Jamey, from another school approaches Veronica and attempts to flirt with her. Jamey asks for her number and Veronica hands him the paper with Sierra’s contact information.
Sierra is in her bedroom working on homework when she periodically receives a text from an unknown number. She opens the message and discovers its from a guy who has mistaken her for somebody else. The following day she discusses her messages with her best friend Dan, RJ Cyler. Dan confronts Sierra about catfishing people and Sierra ignores his input.
She continues to text Jamey and pretends to be someone else. She then discovers that Jamey believes she is Veronica. Sierra befriends Veronica in order to catfish Jamey. The rest of the movie follows the problems they endure while catfishing Jamey.
When the trailer first premiered, many people were excited to see Noah Centineo and Shannon Purser in another hit Netflix film. However, once the movie had aired, people had mixed reviews. Many were upset about the fact that trailer did not match the movie whatsoever. There were also several inappropriate jokes.
Many twitter users had tweeted their opinions about the film. For example, user Nyle DiMarco says “So one of my close friends ‘deaf’ brother is in Sierra Burgess. Only to find out the deaf characters was written and used for a terrible joke.” and user Maria Pompeo says “Guys. This film is a BAD film. It perpetuates the idea that if you manipulate everyone in your life because you believe the world.”
Although there was backlash, some people like Heth say “Sierra Burgess is a Loser is probably one of my favourite films of all time finally a mainstream female lead character U fully relate with kidos to @shannonpurser for brilliantly embodying Sierra Burgess. Amazing movie, amazing cast 11/10.”
Overall the movie had the right intentions, but it was more focused on Veronica’s and Sierra’s friendship. There were also any unnecessary offensive scenes.
The movie continues into Veronica having lunch with her friends at a local restaurant. A boy, Jamey, from another school approaches Veronica and attempts to flirt with her. Jamey asks for her number and Veronica hands him the paper with Sierra’s contact information.
Sierra is in her bedroom working on homework when she periodically receives a text from an unknown number. She opens the message and discovers its from a guy who has mistaken her for somebody else. The following day she discusses her messages with her best friend Dan, RJ Cyler. Dan confronts Sierra about catfishing people and Sierra ignores his input.
She continues to text Jamey and pretends to be someone else. She then discovers that Jamey believes she is Veronica. Sierra befriends Veronica in order to catfish Jamey. The rest of the movie follows the problems they endure while catfishing Jamey.
When the trailer first premiered, many people were excited to see Noah Centineo and Shannon Purser in another hit Netflix film. However, once the movie had aired, people had mixed reviews. Many were upset about the fact that trailer did not match the movie whatsoever. There were also several inappropriate jokes.
Many twitter users had tweeted their opinions about the film. For example, user Nyle DiMarco says “So one of my close friends ‘deaf’ brother is in Sierra Burgess. Only to find out the deaf characters was written and used for a terrible joke.” and user Maria Pompeo says “Guys. This film is a BAD film. It perpetuates the idea that if you manipulate everyone in your life because you believe the world.”
Although there was backlash, some people like Heth say “Sierra Burgess is a Loser is probably one of my favourite films of all time finally a mainstream female lead character U fully relate with kidos to @shannonpurser for brilliantly embodying Sierra Burgess. Amazing movie, amazing cast 11/10.”
Overall the movie had the right intentions, but it was more focused on Veronica’s and Sierra’s friendship. There were also any unnecessary offensive scenes.