One of my gal pals and I decided to order pizza and rent a movie this weekend. We chose a new release titled Sydney White - mostly because it seemed to be the kind of stupidly funny comedy we were in the mood for. It wasn't until after the movie that I realized we were watching what was intended to be a modern remake of Disney's Snow White. Let me explain the movie and you'll see...Sydney White is a young woman ready to enter her freshman year at Southern Atlantic University. Her mother, who died when she was just nine, was part of the Kappa Phi Nu sorority at the same college years ago. Sydney goes off to college with plans to pledge the same sorority as her mother to carry on her legacy. She soon finds out that greek life isn't what she thought and is banished to live with seven dorks in a house called The Vortex where outcasts at the university reside. Standing up against sorority President, the evil Rachel Witchburn, and with the love of fraternity cutie Tyler Prince, Sydney vows to run for Student Council President and give the university back to the students and away from greek row. At one point in the film, Tyler even kisses Sydney to wake her up in time for the debate after she had fallen asleep finishing a paper.
See the similarities now? The tag line of the film is even "freshman year is no fairy tale." Somehow I completely missed these hints and didn't discover the Disney undertones (though I doubt Snow White ever pledged a sorority). I discovered online through imdb.com that the working title for this film was "Sydney White and the Seven Dorks." It becomes obvious then, right?
It's a fun film. Like any college fraternity/sorority bit of its type, the plot is similar and there are certainly cheesy moments. But it was fun to watch all the same. Amanda Bynes used to annoy me during her Nickelodeon days, but she has grown as an actress.
Jillian
-photo courtesy of movies.yahoo.com-
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