As of January this year, I fell in love with law-related movies, of which "Legally Blonde" is one of those movies I have watched.
This movie is not just about law; in fact, it is about a homecoming queen Elle Woods, who ventures into Harvard Law School in order to restore her broken relationship with Warner Huntington III—her ex. Elle Woods, who is the homecoming queen of her sorority, president of the Delta Nu, and a fashionable blonde beautiful lady, is heartbroken by her boyfriend's sudden decision to end their relationship because of his career pursuit. This breakup leaves her completely shattered, so that she refuses to eat, bathe, or leave the comfort of her room.
Elle informs her friends in the Delta Nu and her parents of her decision to take the LSAT for Harvard Law School but is dissuaded by her parent, who believes that law is only for serious and ugly people, of which she is none of those. Despite this, she prepares for the exams because she believes that if she gets into law school, her ex-Warner would see her as a serious person and their relationship would be restored. There is nothing she wants more than to become Mrs. Huntington III
Her hard work pays off, and she is admitted into the school. However, the opposite of what she expected happens. She sees Warner with another lady—Vivian, whom he affirms to be his fiancée. Elle is hurt! She tries to patch things up with him but is amazed that he never saw her capability. She stops trying to get his attention and focuses on getting better in her studies to prove to him that she could really do it! That she could really study law and emerge great!!
While in school, she meets a kind guy, Emette, who tells her things she needed to know about the professors, and Paulette, a nail technician whom she helps get her dog back from her ex-husband.
She performs well in class activities, up till the strictest female professor, Strombwell, secretly admires her. To Warner and others' amazement, she is among the students to help Professor Callahan with his new case, state v Brooke Windham, for the murder of her husband. Elle, who knows Brooke, says she couldn't have killed her husband because she does exercise, and exercise gives endorphins, which in turn makes people happy. She singlehandedly finds out that Brooke is not the killer, but she does not tell anyone, not even Professor Callahan, her boss, about Brooke's alibi.
Before the conclusion of the case, Elle decides to leave Harvard after Callahan made a pass on her. She admits to Paulette that the only reason she was in Harvard in the first place was to fix her broken relationship, which turned out to be a wasted effort.
Brooke is informed by Emette that Elle quit because her professor made a pass on her, but she could get her to come back if she fires Callahan and hires Elle as her attorney. She agrees to the plan, fires Callahan, and hires Elle Woods.
Being her first time in practice after months in school, her first approach doesn't go well, but as things seemed to get bad, she becomes better, and at the end, she proves Brooke's innocence beyond unreasonable doubt and her stepdaughter, who admitted to the crime, is guilty.
In as much as I would have loved to give the full details of the movie, I prefer not to because I want you to watch it! Watch to see how Elle smashed the crooked case. How she uncovered the truth in a minute!! And what will happen between her and Emette!!
What I learned from the movie:
The first time I saw the movie, I said to myself, "It would be about a beautiful young blonde lady in the legal practice whom many want as their attorney." But the movie is much more than that.
I learned that there is nothing we can't do if we put our mind to it. Just like Elle. Though her first motive for going into law school was to restore her broken relationship, she knew what she wanted and went for it. Another is when she realizes that Warner underestimates her academic capability and tries to prove to him that she could be a serious law student, which she eventually became. Elle was in the position to most people would have just given up___ being an homecoming queen, and a president of a large sorority. I mean, that would have been enough for her to be sluggish with her reading but, she wasn't because she understood that there are different steps to various greatness and if one wants to get there, they have to be determined.
Sometimes, the people we sacrifice for are not worth it. It's good; Elke's sacrifice was a good one. It turned out well for her, but then, Warner wasn't worth it in the first place.
Believe in others, especially when they show efforts. Emette believed in Elle. He believed she could handle the Brooke Windham v. State case even though she was still a student and he was in the position to take up the case.