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How realistic was this?


I really loved this movie but i was wondering how accurate a depiction it is of an american teenager?Can a party like this ever happen?Has it ever happened?Would you go to such a party and would you enjoy it?Do all american teens drink beer like water and do all guys and girls just wanna get laid.


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It could happen, absolutely. However, a house with hundreds of drunk teenagers wouldn't end well. Bad things would happen like stealing, breaking things, fights, and even deaths. Also the police would probably have arrived earlier and cancelled the party (the "lets-all-hide-in-the-back-and-pretend-there's-no-party-here" part would probably not work IRL..).

It has happened, this movie is losely based on a true story (search Corey Worthington) but I don't think his party was a wild as it is portraited in the movie.

I would enjoy it, yes. As long it didn't go overhand. I don't think everyone would though. Some people prefers crazy parties, while others think a 20-people gathering would be way better than this.

Your last question, no. It's just a movie. There probably are american teens that is like that, but not everybody. I'm not american myself btw.

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Close to a thousand people being quiet while under the influence of drugs and alcohol would probably not work? This was the most ridiculous part of the entire movie. That many intoxicated people would have included several nobody could have kept quiet, short of killing them, no matter what. Many of that crew would have never gone behind his house and many more would have been actively trying to "help" him deal with the police.

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Check out what happened to a home owned by ex-NFL pro Brian Holloway recently in upstate New York. What made this incident even worse was the fact this was a break-in and not an invite that gets out of control.

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This movie was very realistic. I personally believe it's not only one of the best from the found-film genre, but , perhaps one of the best 'period piece films' that defines our current generation perfectly.

Tweets tip off former NFL player about teens partying in his home
September 19, 2013

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/19/us/new-york-teens-house-party/index.html

About 300 teenagers are realizing they picked the wrong place to throw a wild party after breaking into a former NFL player's second home and causing more than $20,000 in damage.

Brian Holloway, a former offensive tackle for the New England Patriots, was in Tampa, Florida, over Labor Day weekend when his son told him he was receiving tweets about a party at their home in Stephentown, New York, Holloway said.

"I thought it was a joke," he told CNN on Thursday.

But Holloway soon realized there was an underage party at his home.

"I'm looking at these tweets and they're saying, 'I'm partying with the NFL.' 'I've never seen so much alcohol in my life', 'I can't wake her up', 'Oh we're being busted. We gotta hide. Get rid of all the drugs.' " he said.

Holloway contacted police, but by the time they arrived, the damage was done.

The partygoers broke and stole multiple items, put holes through walls and spray-painted graffiti throughout the home.


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I think if this was in the 70's up to mid-90's, this is realistic! Baby Boomers and Generation X'ers partied hard and any teen that was somebody in those days was not home on Friday and Saturday nights! But these are lame-ass, sheltered, entitled, pasty-faced twerps called Generation Y that grew up with their parents hovering over them and using texting and social media to communicate! Their idea of being badass is ear gauges, energy drinks, skateboarding, and the like. Or the more decent and conservative ones hang out at coffee houses.

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