It’s been a week since I watched Tina Fey’s “Mean Girls” for the first time, and I still don’t understand what all the hype is about. 

The movie is mediocre at best. There’s minimal character development and the whole plot is centered around a conflict that happened years prior to when the movie is set.

 Maybe it’s just the kind of movie that’s only funny when you’re in sixth grade and probably shouldn’t be watching it.

The 1989 movie “Heathers,” however, is one of my favorite movies of all time. It stars Winona Ryder as Veronica and Christian Slater as J.D. They alone, in my opinion, are enough reason to love ”Heathers.” 

Other than the cast being amazing, there is the use of color throughout the film. Each of the three girls named Heather have a color assigned to them, as well as Veronica.

Heather Chandler is more or less the Regina of the movie. She wears red throughout the film to symbolize her power, aggression and intensity. There are also red lights used to show when something menacing is going to happen or a character is showing one of the traits listed above.

Heather Duke wears green throughout the movie, but after Heather Chandler dies, she begins to wear red to show that she’s taking the newly dead Heather’s place. The green symbolizes ambition, greed and jealousy. She’s jealous of the power Heather Chandler has, so when she dies she jumps at the chance to take her place.

Heather McNamara wears yellow to represent her loyalty and cowardice. She does whatever the other Heathers tell her to, and she doesn’t ever stand up for herself.

Veronica Sawyer is the main character and wears blue to show her trusting and intellectual nature. There are also blue lights used throughout to show something significant is happening. 

Another thing that I enjoy about the movie is the way it touches on difficult subjects such as toxic relationships with significant others, friends and parents. It also touches on suicide. Unlike Mean Girls, it has more complicated conflicts and the characters learn to deal with them in ways that are healthy.

I won’t give too much about the plot away in case anybody wants to watch it for themselves. It’s available on Amazon Prime and Hulu. It’s rated R for various mature themes. The running time is approximately one hour, 45 minutes.