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21st Cent. Animal House

posted 12 years ago by hnewstadt
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I really liked it, and I'm 60. This is a modern comedy classic and most of you have completely missed the boat. Animal House and Caddyshack were pretty much panned out of the gate as well. Guess we'll just have to see. I predict sustained viewership on HBO.

If you think about it, without T-Rick showing up with the flamethrower and Angry Little Man taking his vengeance on the dad's Mercedes, these guys may have basically gotten away with it and still been on the news.

Also, it's great that they pretty much had to throw a real party to get this on film. There have got to be some great stories about that.

Finally, that scene at 9:40 pm where no one has shown up yet and they are wondering if anyone will show up, then five minutes later it is totally on - that was very real and I've seen it happen just like that more than once, and nearly on that scale.

[–] eternalhennessy 12 years ago

Um, no at any age.

[–] eddieinportland 12 years ago

It reminds me more of Bachelor Party staring Tom Hanks. The party starts of quiet and nice. Of time the party grows beyond control. The police show up and everything is trashed.

[–] Mr Blue-4 12 years ago

No.

Sir, I know "Animal House" and "Caddyshack". I was old enough to remember them when they first came out. They were funny then, and are funny now.

"Project X" is not funny, and is no "Animal House" or "Caddyshack". Get real.

[–] Schlepprock32 12 years ago

All of these movies are built around the same tradition...high school/college kids trying to get laid and the great lengths they go to achieve it. Whether it's Animal House, or Porky's, or Revenge of the Nerds, or American Pie, or Super Bad, etc., they are all stories that a lot of guys growing up can relate to. I never lied to a girl that I was her dead roommate's distant boyfriend, never peeked through holes in the girl's locker room, never went on a panty raid at a sorority house, never had a sexual encounter with a pie, and I never threw a midget in an oven, but I can watch any of these movies from different decades and have an appreciation for all of them.

[–] Mr Blue-4 12 years ago

"All of these movies are built around the same tradition...high school/college kids trying to get laid and the great lengths they go to achieve it."

Except....in "Animal House" and "Porky's" you have period films. They took place pre-sexual revolution when it was (presumably) a LOT harder to get laid.

Whereas "Revenge Of The Nerds" and "Superbad" were about the nerds or "losers" trying to get laid. ("American Pie" focused on a nice guy trying to get laid)

"Project X" would say it's of the nerds-get-laid school, but these guys have zero personality. Also, their party turns into a huge success right off the bat- how funny is that?

BTW "Porky's" is horrible and "Revenge Of The Nerds" is lame.

[–] suicidea 12 years ago

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They were funny then, and are funny now.
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Exactly my thoughts. Those films and Project X may have similar premises, but they are very different. Animal House, Revenge of the Nerds, American Pie, Can't Hardly Wait etc were crude but funny, they made you laugh. Project X is crude and unfunny. Simple as that.

Never be complete.

[–] The_Devin_G 11 years ago

It's not supposed to be funny, I didn't really find it funny, and I'm right in the age group that the film characters were. It's supposed to be about some kids who never really were popular, or even known, kids who never really had fun. And then, they manage to create one of the biggest and most awesome parties ever. What kid doesn't dream of that?

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