Sofia Coppola's most recent silver screen release, Bling Ring, offers more golden nuggets of wisdom than the Dali Lama. A list of the most striking life lessons will follow this brief plot summary, so stay tuned.
Bling Ring follows stereotypical Los Angeles teenagers Nicki (Emma Watson), Chloe (Claire Julien), Sam (Taissa Farmiga), and Marc (Israel Broussard) as they and their "ring leader" Rebecca (Katie Chang) engage in a year-long spree burglarizing celebrity homes, namely that of Paris Hilton. The tale is based on the 2008-2009 burglaries of celebrity homes in the Hollywood Hills by a group of rebellious teenagers who stole more than $3 million in goods from the homes of Paris Hilton, Audrina Patridge, Rachel Bilson, Orlando Bloom and Lindsay Lohan among others. Normally I might feel sad for the "victims," but their closets overflowing with jewelry worth hundreds of thousands of dollars somehow give a comical vibe to the story. I have to applaud their selection of celebrities to screw over- seeing their exorbitant amount of belongings recreated on screen made me ever-so-slightly nauseous. Naturally, they could only evade the authorities and the justice system for so long, and I don't consider it a spoiler that they all eventually get caught.
1) If you are 17 and unemployed, don't post pictures of yourself holding fanned out $100 bills to Facebook. I hoped that one was a no-brainer, but I guess not.
2) Don't leave your wallet loaded with cash in your car with the doors unlocked in front of your house. May as well put a neon sign above it saying "ROB ME"
3) Don't leave your keys under your welcome mat, Paris Hilton.
4) In general, doing a bunch of cocaine and robbing homes is not the best idea.
See? Chalk full of advice!
Bling Ring follows stereotypical Los Angeles teenagers Nicki (Emma Watson), Chloe (Claire Julien), Sam (Taissa Farmiga), and Marc (Israel Broussard) as they and their "ring leader" Rebecca (Katie Chang) engage in a year-long spree burglarizing celebrity homes, namely that of Paris Hilton. The tale is based on the 2008-2009 burglaries of celebrity homes in the Hollywood Hills by a group of rebellious teenagers who stole more than $3 million in goods from the homes of Paris Hilton, Audrina Patridge, Rachel Bilson, Orlando Bloom and Lindsay Lohan among others. Normally I might feel sad for the "victims," but their closets overflowing with jewelry worth hundreds of thousands of dollars somehow give a comical vibe to the story. I have to applaud their selection of celebrities to screw over- seeing their exorbitant amount of belongings recreated on screen made me ever-so-slightly nauseous. Naturally, they could only evade the authorities and the justice system for so long, and I don't consider it a spoiler that they all eventually get caught.
1) If you are 17 and unemployed, don't post pictures of yourself holding fanned out $100 bills to Facebook. I hoped that one was a no-brainer, but I guess not.
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| Not Intelligent |
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| Better Choice of Bills |
2) Don't leave your wallet loaded with cash in your car with the doors unlocked in front of your house. May as well put a neon sign above it saying "ROB ME"
3) Don't leave your keys under your welcome mat, Paris Hilton.
4) In general, doing a bunch of cocaine and robbing homes is not the best idea.
See? Chalk full of advice!
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