Baja is opportunistic from a social point of view

I recently watched this movie. I liked the action and the story wasn't boring. It was watchable and entertaining.

However, one thing that struck me which I see quite common in these types of movie is the female lead. They are always the popular chick involved with the popular guy in the school and she falls for the new guy. Then the popular guy and new guy has a tiff that ends up as the main story.

Now looking at Baja, she was a nobody when she came to the school and when Ryan shows interest in her. She stays with him knowing his personality and when she runs into Jake, she decides to call it quits with Ryan and hooks up with Jake. Since she was the one who dumped Ryan, she wouldn't have lost popularity and Jake was becoming popular in school by then. So she just jumped from one guy who was losing popularity to the newcomer who is gaining it.

That was not her intention. But from a social point of view, she didn't lose anything with switching boyfriends. Ryan was pretty popular at the end of the movie.

Question is, she knew Ryan. She knew his attitude and personality. It wasn't a revelation when Jake was bullied into the fight at Ryan's place that Baja set him up for. It was Ryan showing his dominance as always. Now why didn't she break up with him until Jake showed up? Because she liked her popularity. It's not like she didn't have self confidence until Jake gave her some. Heck, he barely gave her any at all. She just jumped from one ship to another because she saw a better option available. Kind of bugs me in characters like that.

And why is it that the new guy doesn't hook up with a girl that is social outcast instead of the popular girl/cheerleader in these kinds of movies? :D

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