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But is this a comedy? I didn't laugh once. Didn't chuckle once. Didn't even smile. Could it be because there wasn't an original moment? And this is the trailer where all of the good stuff should be.
I guess I can add wondering why Hayden Panettiere would do a movie like this to the list of things I just don't understand about her (along with her liberal politics and why she decided to deface her body with a large, ugly, and misspelled tattoo).
rtl - July 7th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Shes as cute as she is unoriginal. Wow a tatoo? In 2009? That'll seperate her from the pack. I think if a woman want to show she controls her body she shouldn't succumb to following the pack of that gross short-sighted fad.
Looks another crappy gotta-miss comedy to me. Another nerdy guy tries to get uber-hot chick (but I wonder how it'll pan giving that in the trailer it looks like she already has a boyfriend)
The Original K - July 7th, 2009 at 2:00 am
Ooooo. Evil violent military guys as the protagonist's nemesis.
Don't know about you, but I don't think there's been a good "Teen Movie" since the 1980's. I bet you could name half a dozen off the top of your head! Try that with the new version teen movies……………Maybe I'm just really old………………Even Sean "Spicolli" Penn had a great one back then……………
I also noticed the bad guy had a hummer and the good guy a crapmobile.
These films are like getting crosses burned on your lawn they're so filled with hate.
Is there one movie in existence where the military guy wins the girl in a situation like this, and isn't seen as a brute If there is one, I can't recall.
I totally agree…I think part of it back then was that the actors were more unique (for lack of a better word). When you compare something like some of John Cusack's early movies like Say Anything or Better Off Dead to the stuff that's crapped out every 6 months now, there's no comparison. Or, even as typical as this will be, anything by John Hughes (I hate using him as an example because EVERYBODY uses him as an example).
And those movies were campy as well, but in a more fun sort of way. They didn't fall into the same traps as all the teen movies do now…like for example, is it some law now there has to be some sort of humor involving three-ways?
I'm only 28, however I have a lot of appreciation for the older comedies that, while still hormonally driven in some ways weren't so, I don't know, vulgar about it.
I haven't, but I'm sure its plot is intelligent and deep enough to take up the whole back of the dvd case when it hits stores a month after it leaves theaters.
I thought there were a few decent ones around the turn of the millenium like "Cant' Hardly Wait", "10 Things I Hate About You", and the American Pie movies. Lately though? Can't think of any but I'll admit I don't see as many movies as I used to and its not a genre that's real high on my list.
Can't think of any movies though on the small screen there was an episode of "NCIS" this season where we see flashbacks to Gibbs' hometown and we see that he was bullied by two guys who grow up to be the sheriff and an important local businessman while Gibbs leaves town to join the Marines and meets the love of his life in the process.
I totally forgot about Can't Hardly Wait…that movie was pretty fun. I never saw 10 Things, though. The only thing I really liked about the American Pie movies was Eugene Levy, but that's also because I'm an SCTV fan from way back.
ManicOtter
+1 for Better Off Dead….
Campy is a perfect word to describe movies of that era. Your right about the actors also. There were some very unique choices back then! Valley Girl with Nic Cage is a perfect example. If you watch it now it's funnier than it was then, just for the simple fact that Cage still has hair!
Even "Animal House" was considered a teen flick. Nothing in the past 20 years comes even close to that one!
Now I do feel old……."Dirt in one hand and me in the other. Which ones older?"
We won't even discuss my trip to Amoeba Records (in the heart of Hollywood) with Donny Osmond's recording of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat!"
Last year's teen comedy Sex Drive was the funniest one I've seen in at least a decade. You have to be willing to put up with some seriously adult humor, but it was flat out hysterical. Supposedly Superbad is really good as well, although I haven't gotten around to seeing it yet.
However, I agree that the days of teen comedies that you can actually watch with your teen is pretty much over.
Yeah, I was about to say that I would consider 10 Things I Hate About You a classic of the genre. It did it better than any other teen movie of that decade, even American Pie, which I felt was trying way too hard to be edgy. Everyone in "10 Things" was cast perfectly, especially the dad of the two polar-opposite female leads. Unfortunately, he agreed to the spinoff/reboot TV abomination that is going to be on ABC Family. I hate to see him ruin such a great role.
I see your complaint and although I agree, I offer two remedies: Not Another Teen Movie & Mean Girls. Both were very original and great in there own unique ways. Ignore the fact that Not Another Teen Movie sounds like of the Scary/Date/Epic/Disaster Movie series, as the two are not related in anyway. For exampe NATM actually understands the conventions and tropes of teen comedies and ruthlessly dissects them rather then just throwing them onto the wall hoping they stick.
I actually did, because a good friend gave it to me for my birthday a few years ago. (and I am–barely–north of 40) Here's something to note: my local used book store wouldn't take it in trade. Wouldn't. Take. It. In. Trade. It was not my sort of thing, and I will be skipping the movie. It was Just. Dumb. So dumb it wasn't even offensive, just…Dumb. I hope the author got a decent payday out of it. But I think teen movies are generally hard to love after your own era, because they just don't resonate without the personal nostalgia.
My local library never got the novel this film is based on but I would like to read it one day.
And speaking as someone who'd love to write an epic (and R-rated) teen comedy one day (I wrote a first act a few years ago – it's as big as a phone book!), all I can say after watching this trailer is, "Really? That's all they've got?" Every bad teen comedy that comes out only inspires me more. But like one screenwriting blog said, I should be aiming for greatness, not simply crap plus one.
And I agree with one of the posters above. In the late 90s, we did get American Pie (I like the second one better… Wedding, blah), 10 Things I Hate About You, and Can't Hardly Wait which I guess has become a minor cult classic.
Oh, one more thing… I mentioned this on another thread several weeks ago… I hate when parents are portrayed as total idiots. I know I never read the novel this is based on but seeing a perfectly good character actor like Alan Ruck (who I saw live on stage in The Producers) playing what I'm sure will be a typical clueless father annoys me!
Can't Hardly Wait is indeed a cult classic, if for no other reason than the Paradise City scene. You forgot, however, the grandaddy of them all, Not Another Teen Movie, a film most of my friends and I can still watch and say each character's lines along with them.
idjk - July 7th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
I think there may have been an Elvis movie where the military guy (Elvis) got the girl
hope&changemyass - July 7th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
what a perfectly horrid film.
Carole H. - July 7th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
I agree that the casting of 10 Things I Hate About You was terrific! Just re-watched it recently–it holds up. Nice "Taming of the Shrew" adaptation with a great soundtrack.
Bilwick - July 7th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
She was on Lettermasn last night plugging the movie. Cute thighs–or is she too young for me to notice?
Farbar - July 7th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Officer and a Gentleman….but that's kinda iffy. Technically the Navy guy (Geer) was military but we're still stretching here.
I don't think she's 21 yet, but she is legal. And apparently Heroes will have her involved with lesbian experimenting next season, with the fans being the ones to decide how far she goes. That won't end well.
She's cute enough, but she can't act her way out of a paper bag. It would be nice to see her do something entertaining before she hits her sell-by date. I mean, she can only market the legal jail bait angle for so long. She's the vanilla version of megan fox. Come on, her entire image is based on wearing cheerleader outfits. How much of a fet is that?
It was TV instead of a movie but I think the 2 or 3rd season of Smallville had the jerk quarterback realizing he was shallow and going off to fight in Iraq instead of pursueing a football career. He leaves Clark Kent to watch his girlfriend who Clark's been pining over the whole time, basicaly creating a 4 year cock-block. So he doesn't actually get the girl, but I'd count it as a technical win since he stops Sups from getting the girl.
H. Wood Bigshot - July 7th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Why, this formulaic piece of crap has never been done before…never…not even once by the absolute nerd -burgers -with -cheese that run Hollywood…
Yeah, she's cute. She was great in the first season of Heroes (Save the cheerleader, save the world–great tag line!). Sadly Heroes jumped the shark and so did she (and I didn't even know that she got a big ugly tattoo). There might be some laughs here (even despite the military types being the bad guys), but because Hayden Pinheaderette is the star I'll pass.
The thing I noticed was how far away she sat from the creep. Look for it on Youtube. She's pressed right up against the far side of the chair, as far away from him as she can be.
Hayden Panettiere—isn't she the dimwit bimbette who stood up in front of a camera (such poise!) to say "F**K YOU George Bush, with a mouthful of otherchoice vulgarities while making a pro-Obama commercial to be shown on YouTube? Cute maybe, but she's crude, coarse, and vulgar. She's been trying hard, but she'll have to stand in line … but I won't. I won't spend a dime to watch her.
Winston Smith - July 11th, 2009 at 8:40 am
I suppose I'd prefer young women "control" their bodies with tattoos not abortions.
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She's gorgeous.
But is this a comedy? I didn't laugh once. Didn't chuckle once. Didn't even smile. Could it be because there wasn't an original moment? And this is the trailer where all of the good stuff should be.
I guess I can add wondering why Hayden Panettiere would do a movie like this to the list of things I just don't understand about her (along with her liberal politics and why she decided to deface her body with a large, ugly, and misspelled tattoo).
Shes as cute as she is unoriginal. Wow a tatoo? In 2009? That'll seperate her from the pack. I think if a woman want to show she controls her body she shouldn't succumb to following the pack of that gross short-sighted fad.
Well, is it that time of year for cookie cutter teenage comedies already?
Looks another crappy gotta-miss comedy to me. Another nerdy guy tries to get uber-hot chick (but I wonder how it'll pan giving that in the trailer it looks like she already has a boyfriend)
Ooooo. Evil violent military guys as the protagonist's nemesis.
Welcome home Iraq vets.
I think I have to go hunt some whales that day.
Don't know about you, but I don't think there's been a good "Teen Movie" since the 1980's. I bet you could name half a dozen off the top of your head! Try that with the new version teen movies……………Maybe I'm just really old………………Even Sean "Spicolli" Penn had a great one back then……………
I also noticed the bad guy had a hummer and the good guy a crapmobile.
These films are like getting crosses burned on your lawn they're so filled with hate.
I found out that this is based on a novel. Anyone read it?
Oh man, this looks awful! Not gonna be a classic teen movie, which is too bad, because I think we're due one soon.
Pfft! LOL!
That is what I was thinking.
Is there one movie in existence where the military guy wins the girl in a situation like this, and isn't seen as a brute If there is one, I can't recall.
I totally agree…I think part of it back then was that the actors were more unique (for lack of a better word). When you compare something like some of John Cusack's early movies like Say Anything or Better Off Dead to the stuff that's crapped out every 6 months now, there's no comparison. Or, even as typical as this will be, anything by John Hughes (I hate using him as an example because EVERYBODY uses him as an example).
And those movies were campy as well, but in a more fun sort of way. They didn't fall into the same traps as all the teen movies do now…like for example, is it some law now there has to be some sort of humor involving three-ways?
I'm only 28, however I have a lot of appreciation for the older comedies that, while still hormonally driven in some ways weren't so, I don't know, vulgar about it.
I haven't, but I'm sure its plot is intelligent and deep enough to take up the whole back of the dvd case when it hits stores a month after it leaves theaters.
I thought there were a few decent ones around the turn of the millenium like "Cant' Hardly Wait", "10 Things I Hate About You", and the American Pie movies. Lately though? Can't think of any but I'll admit I don't see as many movies as I used to and its not a genre that's real high on my list.
Anybody want to start a betting pool on how low this movie's score will be on Rotten Tomatoes?
Can't think of any movies though on the small screen there was an episode of "NCIS" this season where we see flashbacks to Gibbs' hometown and we see that he was bullied by two guys who grow up to be the sheriff and an important local businessman while Gibbs leaves town to join the Marines and meets the love of his life in the process.
I totally forgot about Can't Hardly Wait…that movie was pretty fun. I never saw 10 Things, though. The only thing I really liked about the American Pie movies was Eugene Levy, but that's also because I'm an SCTV fan from way back.
Haha, that's pretty priceless that they wouldn't even take it in trade.
ManicOtter
+1 for Better Off Dead….
Campy is a perfect word to describe movies of that era. Your right about the actors also. There were some very unique choices back then! Valley Girl with Nic Cage is a perfect example. If you watch it now it's funnier than it was then, just for the simple fact that Cage still has hair!
Even "Animal House" was considered a teen flick. Nothing in the past 20 years comes even close to that one!
Now I do feel old……."Dirt in one hand and me in the other. Which ones older?"
We won't even discuss my trip to Amoeba Records (in the heart of Hollywood) with Donny Osmond's recording of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat!"
Last year's teen comedy Sex Drive was the funniest one I've seen in at least a decade. You have to be willing to put up with some seriously adult humor, but it was flat out hysterical. Supposedly Superbad is really good as well, although I haven't gotten around to seeing it yet.
However, I agree that the days of teen comedies that you can actually watch with your teen is pretty much over.
Agreed the 80s was king in this arena, but thought Mean Girls was pretty damn funny.
Yeah, I was about to say that I would consider 10 Things I Hate About You a classic of the genre. It did it better than any other teen movie of that decade, even American Pie, which I felt was trying way too hard to be edgy. Everyone in "10 Things" was cast perfectly, especially the dad of the two polar-opposite female leads. Unfortunately, he agreed to the spinoff/reboot TV abomination that is going to be on ABC Family. I hate to see him ruin such a great role.
I see your complaint and although I agree, I offer two remedies: Not Another Teen Movie & Mean Girls. Both were very original and great in there own unique ways. Ignore the fact that Not Another Teen Movie sounds like of the Scary/Date/Epic/Disaster Movie series, as the two are not related in anyway. For exampe NATM actually understands the conventions and tropes of teen comedies and ruthlessly dissects them rather then just throwing them onto the wall hoping they stick.
Dear Mr. Nolte/Breitbart – whoever, I just watched the trailer. You owe me 02:32 of my life back.
I actually did, because a good friend gave it to me for my birthday a few years ago. (and I am–barely–north of 40) Here's something to note: my local used book store wouldn't take it in trade. Wouldn't. Take. It. In. Trade. It was not my sort of thing, and I will be skipping the movie. It was Just. Dumb. So dumb it wasn't even offensive, just…Dumb. I hope the author got a decent payday out of it. But I think teen movies are generally hard to love after your own era, because they just don't resonate without the personal nostalgia.
My local library never got the novel this film is based on but I would like to read it one day.
And speaking as someone who'd love to write an epic (and R-rated) teen comedy one day (I wrote a first act a few years ago – it's as big as a phone book!), all I can say after watching this trailer is, "Really? That's all they've got?" Every bad teen comedy that comes out only inspires me more. But like one screenwriting blog said, I should be aiming for greatness, not simply crap plus one.
And I agree with one of the posters above. In the late 90s, we did get American Pie (I like the second one better… Wedding, blah), 10 Things I Hate About You, and Can't Hardly Wait which I guess has become a minor cult classic.
Oh, one more thing… I mentioned this on another thread several weeks ago… I hate when parents are portrayed as total idiots. I know I never read the novel this is based on but seeing a perfectly good character actor like Alan Ruck (who I saw live on stage in The Producers) playing what I'm sure will be a typical clueless father annoys me!
Can't Hardly Wait is indeed a cult classic, if for no other reason than the Paradise City scene. You forgot, however, the grandaddy of them all, Not Another Teen Movie, a film most of my friends and I can still watch and say each character's lines along with them.
I think there may have been an Elvis movie where the military guy (Elvis) got the girl
what a perfectly horrid film.
I agree that the casting of 10 Things I Hate About You was terrific! Just re-watched it recently–it holds up. Nice "Taming of the Shrew" adaptation with a great soundtrack.
She was on Lettermasn last night plugging the movie. Cute thighs–or is she too young for me to notice?
Officer and a Gentleman….but that's kinda iffy. Technically the Navy guy (Geer) was military but we're still stretching here.
Funny you mentioned Alan Ruck. He was in one of the better teen flicks of the 80s, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."
was gonna harpoon a few on my way out to snag some polar bear skins. Let's make it a picnic.
his pre-gerbil days
now that one is truly a classic.
ah, let us never forget Savage Steve Holland's opus, "Better Off Dead", and of course his other, "one Crazy Summer". Too bad he only made those two.
"It's got raisins… you like raisins…"
and throwing in Molly Ringwald at the end with her "F#$%ing Teenagers" comment was genius.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250224/
I don't think she's 21 yet, but she is legal. And apparently Heroes will have her involved with lesbian experimenting next season, with the fans being the ones to decide how far she goes. That won't end well.
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She's cute enough, but she can't act her way out of a paper bag. It would be nice to see her do something entertaining before she hits her sell-by date. I mean, she can only market the legal jail bait angle for so long. She's the vanilla version of megan fox. Come on, her entire image is based on wearing cheerleader outfits. How much of a fet is that?
It was TV instead of a movie but I think the 2 or 3rd season of Smallville had the jerk quarterback realizing he was shallow and going off to fight in Iraq instead of pursueing a football career. He leaves Clark Kent to watch his girlfriend who Clark's been pining over the whole time, basicaly creating a 4 year cock-block. So he doesn't actually get the girl, but I'd count it as a technical win since he stops Sups from getting the girl.
Why, this formulaic piece of crap has never been done before…never…not even once by the absolute nerd -burgers -with -cheese that run Hollywood…
As well as the underrated Class. Yes, I realize Andrew McCarthy's in it, but so's Jacqueline Bisset.
Yeah, she's cute. She was great in the first season of Heroes (Save the cheerleader, save the world–great tag line!). Sadly Heroes jumped the shark and so did she (and I didn't even know that she got a big ugly tattoo). There might be some laughs here (even despite the military types being the bad guys), but because Hayden Pinheaderette is the star I'll pass.
The thing I noticed was how far away she sat from the creep. Look for it on Youtube. She's pressed right up against the far side of the chair, as far away from him as she can be.
Hayden Panettiere—isn't she the dimwit bimbette who stood up in front of a camera (such poise!) to say "F**K YOU George Bush, with a mouthful of otherchoice vulgarities while making a pro-Obama commercial to be shown on YouTube? Cute maybe, but she's crude, coarse, and vulgar. She's been trying hard, but she'll have to stand in line … but I won't. I won't spend a dime to watch her.
I suppose I'd prefer young women "control" their bodies with tattoos not abortions.
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