I hate how movies are so laughably unrealistic. For example, the 'prom' at the end. Suddenly out of nowhere, all the students break out into well choreographed dance to Fatboy Slim. Seriously, give me a break. I know movies are movies, but how is that even realistic whatsoever?
shareAlso what's really unrealistic is during the football (soccer) scene when Zach misses the open net - and preston & dean look at him in shame... in real life they would have laughed their asses off at him for missing that shot!
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USHER WAS THERE FOR THE LOVE OF PETE. GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It is also highly unrealistic that anybody would find Rachael Leigh Cook unattractive before she had the "make over".
shareThe whole Fatboy Slim dance was very fun to watch.Love the song too.Obviousley they were taught to dance like that, I doubt that all of them knew how to dance but thats my faveroute part of the film.
shareHaha speaking of no one seeing that Laney was cute, wasn't there a scene in Not Another Teen Movie where they said that Janey "has glasses and a ponytail" like it was the most disgusting thing ever? It clearly made her unattractive. That's the best knock on this movie EVER.
When I was 13, I thought this movie was amazing, and then I... stopped being an idiot. I really think the only GOOD movie from that era of teen movies was Ten Things I Hate About You, though. So many classic characters (ie Mr. Morgan, Mr. Stratford, Ms. Perky, Kat...) and actually good and realistic dialogue!
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this movie may have unrealistic points, but i don't find the dance scene completely unbelievable. its just like now at dances when soulja boy comes on. everyone knows the dance and joins in.
the fact that laney had been ignored for so long is plausible. in high school you may be gorgeous, but if you dress out of the norm or participate in counter culture activities, your beauty is hidden.
There are hundreds of reasons why this movie is unrealistically bad, and they have all been listed (the fact that Paul Walker smokes openly on campus, the fact that Freddie Prinze Jr wears clothes that no one in high school wore, Im speaking of course about in the intro when he gets out of his car, and so forth). As far as the dance scene goes, Im sorry but no dance club is that good in high school. The two things that get me the most about the film are:
1. What was the point of Usher's character? All he did was pop in and out, make a comment, and that's it. It's almost like he auditioned for one of the leads, got turned down, and so the producers wrote him this role to compensate. And I like Usher, don't get me wrong, but I don't understand why he was in the film. And also, what school has a full time DJ? Doesn't he have classes to go to?
2. It blows my mind that Anna Paquin agreed to do this film. She is easily more talented than 9/10ths of her costars in this film. She won an Oscar, and yet she did this film. She could have played the lead I'm quite sure. It hurts to think about it really.
Oh and as far as the pizza scene goes, I don't care how tough the captain of the soccer team is, he tries to make me eat that, I would have kicked his ass. And if I couldn't, my friends would have. Seriously, it was three to one, and yet they backed down. WTF?
"I am the Lizard King. I can do anything."- Jim Morrison
The problem is when you have a film that's sort of realistic but doesn't go all the way there, or vice versa- it's much safer to either suspend reality altogether and go with it, or go for credible and stick with it. There's a sort of uncomfortable middle ground at times, which these kind of films can fall into, where it doesn't make its mind up.
If you want to mix the two, it's much better to have a setting which is basically realistic and then throw in one element that's fantastical, as a neat "what if" exploration.
It's a bit of a leap from this to what I'm about to suggest, I know, but take a look at a film like Carpenter's The Thing. The setting, characters, plot and all the trappings are totally credible and believable, yet you have a shape-shifting alien creature as the central threat.
Where do we put that in the scheme of realism? I think that's the perfect example of how to mix reality and fantasy together. I would say, for all intents and purposes, it's a realistic film, not a fantastical one. It would have been totally ruined by unlikely coincidences, mythical weapons and so forth.
That's the uncanny valley that has to be avoided at all costs.
Although, to be honest, my major gripe with this film- as with so many others like it- is the overall premise: that someone who is an individual, has their own style, their own spirit and their own character, can really only be truly happy when they've had all of that personality erased and joined the beige-coloured world of average meathead drones and unthinking good girls. What the heck kind of message is this to be constantly sending out? "Don't be the lone survivor in the shopping mall; come out and let the zombies turn you into one of them, you know it makes sense."
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the fact that Paul Walker smokes openly on campus
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I didn't find the dance sequence all that unrealistic. I grew up in the time of YMCA, the Macarena, and they've even played the Time-warp at dances i've been to and everyone knew the dance moves to those. Sure we weren't even close to the level these guys are but what director is going to say hmm lets make this movie realistic so have a few people dance off beat so it doesn't look so choreographed. As for the smoking i knew tons of people who got away with smoking on campus.
share1 it just a movie
2 the only thing unrealistic is Freddie character naked getting his diploma
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"I hate how movies are so laughably unrealistic. For example, the 'prom' at the end. Suddenly out of nowhere, all the students break out into well choreographed dance to Fatboy Slim. Seriously, give me a break. I know movies are movies, but how is that even realistic whatsoever?"
lmbo!!! Soooo true!
Realism? You were expecting realism from teen romance comedy? I don't think the director was going for realism with a choreographed dance sequence. Stick with documentaries; they try very hard not to entertain.
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Yeah, I truly can't stand when people try to overanalyze movies and complain that they're too "unrealistic." Um, hello, movies are part of ENTERTAINMENT! Entertainment is something that is supposed to ENTERTAIN you, you know, make you smile and laugh at life once in a while. Every single thing doesn't have to be taken so goddamned seriously. Loosen up once in a while, people. It wouldn't kill you.
shareSo you're saying: "Be silent, be still."
shareOr how about the whole school voting for a dork like Laney, who they apparently despise, just because she took of her glasses, put on a slutty dress and ran away from a party like a crybaby.
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