Jane Shepard Reviews

"I was in another world.... A world of, twenty thousand girls...."

And, no, I'm not calling for the 'frontier psychiatrist'.... Although there will be extreme rambling ahead.... I just think that it's funny. I really was in a different world. To think that "The Matrix" and "The Phantom Menace" were *also* released in 1999....

The very same year.... The *time* was the same-- but it was in a different world....

But, you know, I'm thinking that I like this world better.

And, you know, at one point I almost got to like George Takei-- I guess that that's halfway between thinking that Patrick Stewart or one of the real captain guys are the best, and thinking that the best sci-fi flicks are the ones that Ben Stiller is in on-- but one of the things that really did it for me is when I read about how George snuck away from "Star Trek" during the hiatus to do this wacko Vietnam movie with John Wayne.... that was like, wow, all these political drama queens really *are* all the same.... And he got what he deserved, too, because he made it back late, and they had to invent another character to fill in for him, who stuck around to dig into his screen time.... Which must have been easy, really, to invent another one of him, because all of those bridge officers were freakin' carbon copies, anyway.... That's why all the three real characters wanted to do was get off the bloody bridge-- thus the impossible improbable away team with every scrap of command talent in it, lol.... And, at the end of it, even Spock wrote a book called, "I Am Not Spock", because it's just all so damn embarrassing, when you really look at it.... To be honest, it's really way more cool to watch Ben Stiller fight Jonah Hill with a flashlight....

And, now, I think that I'd even take a Jerry Stiller commercial, or Jerry Seinfeld, for that matter over.... well, *any* war-in-space, really.

But, the point being, that hearing about *that* escapade put a pretty deep dent into my respect for George, but when I realized that Alyson Hannigan-- in 1999 still only the *future* Lily Aldrin-- spent her time away from the vamp killer, or whatever she called herself, to be in "American Pie"....

It was like she created a whole other world.... a 'brand new day'.

"I may be numerless; I may be innocent
I may know many things; I may be ignorant
Or I could ride with kings, and conquer many lands
Or win this world at cards, and let it slip my hands
I could be cannon food, destroyed a thousand times
Reborn as Fortune's child, to judge another's crimes
Or wear this pilgrim's cloak, or be a common thief,
I've kept this single faith; I have but one belief:

I still love you
I still want you...."

*smiles*

*smile lingers*

*sighs*

*laughs*

{Shit, and I didn't even *realize* that "Brand New Day" was *also* released in 1999....

OMG, and "Frontier Psychiatrist" was recorded in 1999 and released 2000.... Wow, the gods are being *entirely too helpful* right now-- this is kinda creepy....}

{Other thoughts: And Alyson Hannigan is in band! *I* was in band! And I didn't take Latin; I took French. ^^

And, okay, official spoiler: Carlisle kills Dumbledore. :P

No, really. Watch this movie. Now you know what it's like with Dumbledore as your father. Now imagine Carlisle as your father. Difference? Yes.

And, you know what they say-- apple pie. It's as American as.... *American Pie*.}

And, you know, "American Pie" is what it is-- it's an average movie. {I mean, this is *not* "The 40-Year-Old Virgin"-- that movie is a *classic*.}

But it's an average movie that I like, and thoroughly approve of.

Because it's about the real world-- and even the mighty old gods must live in the real world.... even if it has been a thousand years since.

So, there's that, you know.

(8/10)

"You realize we're all going to go to college as virgins. They probably have special dorms for people like us."

I doubt anyone would watch a comedy like this with hopes of it being a masterpiece. In all fairness, American Pie is not even close to being a masterpiece but at least it's a good slice of fluffy entertainment.

This American teen sex comedy is about a group of four teenagers; Jim (Biggs), Chris (Klein), Kevin (Nicholas) and Paul (Thomas). Like most American teenagers, all four are obsessed with sex. But they're in their final year of high school and they all remain virgins much to their dismay.

Despite trying desperately hard to lose their virginity, all four are unable to score with a girl. But the four guys soon develop a pact; that they will all lose their virginity by the night of their senior prom. But as fate would have it, the boys encounter overwhelming obstacles during their attempts at "becoming a man".

The film falls squarely into the coming-of-age genre. It is able to grasp the attention of its target audience because the portrayal of high school life is something that common teens can relate to.

Who knows, perhaps the film will invoke nostalgic memories in the minds of adults about their teenage years and the raging hormones of their youth.

I think the film succeeds in accurately portraying high school life, but the filmmakers are more concerned with raunchy gags rather that witty humour. I've never been an overall fan of sexual humour, so the film wasn't entirely to my taste. The use of humour that includes cracks about masturbation and other things in that vein get very tedious due to how frequent they are. I very rarely, if ever, found myself laughing.

The whole film is very stupid and embarrassing at times. There are some particularly explicit scenes (one including an apple pie...fans of the movie would know what I'm referring to), and a whole heap of foul language mixed in there as well.

The bottom line about American Pie is that it's a bit of simple light-hearted entertainment. It contains a disappointingly low number of laughs but contains a plot most of us can relate to. It's incredibly stupid and it's highly coarse at times as well. If you're a fan of these disappointing sex comedies then you'll probably enjoy it. If you want a bit of entertainment, you'll like it. But it's nothing more than an average film. Look out for a very sneaky reference to The Graduate.

Yeah, it's a bit raunchy and kinda dumb, but it gives out some great laughs and was a good time with the full house I saw it with in the theater. Silly and over the top, but I guess you can find a good outcome with friendship and the end of your high school years

Actually, can't we all compare our group of buddies in high school and parallel them to these guys? I know I can. Except none of us did anything dirty with an apple pie. None that I know of.

Movie I Love to Watch. The original is the best, and this teen comedy revitalized an entire genre with the story of a quest for the teenage Holy Grail, sex. Stifler's mom also introduced the world to the MILF, the single greatest acronym to come out of the verbal slang movement.