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My main complaint with this movie (spoilers)

posted 10 years ago by harveyblunts
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Any time you have a fraternity in a movie, it seems like you have two options. Either the fraternity is evil and lame (and usually the "top frat on campus"), or the fraternity is cool and fun. This movie depicted a frat of the latter variety. Efron and Franco come across as genuinely good guys, their parties look fun, and they generally convey a positive vibe. They are effervescent. So the conclusion of the movie, where the Radnors "win", ultimately feels anticlimactic. This could be seen as a metaphor for the inevitability of maturation in one's life, but it ultimately leaves the viewer with the feeling that the plot ends too abruptly. We grow to like the fraternity as a character, and don't get any resolution to its story. It's disheartening.

The movie has some laughs, but the plot is too shallow. It feels underdeveloped and rushed. There's also not enough variety in the scenery, which makes it feel small.

[–] DoctorShemp 10 years ago

There was enough resolution of the frat. It was mainly about the two main guys, and they were pretty developed by the end. Did you really need for the big dick guy to have an "arc"?

Also i liked that there was minimal scenery, a movie feeling "small" isnt a bad thing. Its also realistic because in your daily life you pretty much are in the same places. Where else would the need to go for the plot?

[–] olliemankz 10 years ago

I think your analysis was great and well-put ... do you write movie reviews for a living?

However, think Animal House. Or, at least, that's what I was thinking. For me, the biggest lack of resolution was that we never found out whether or not Teddy made it onto the board ... although I'm not even sure what that was for; would have to rewatch movie. Lack of variety in locales did not bother me. Love the movie myself :)

[–] SamoanJoes 9 years ago

I'm not saying this was high art, but it seemed that the filmmakers actually had a story to tell rather than have frat boys having sex with women and competing with a rival fraternity.

[–] Room_On_Fire 9 years ago

I thought the frat was shown as equally obnoxious but with likable or reasonable members. The resolution felt complete and I was fulfilled. Franco probably succeeds in life and Efron struggles after getting a late start on real life.

"Oh, my God. Bear is driving! How can that be?!"

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