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I feel like I'm way to old for that movie.  In that, I would rather be actually assaulted in the groin, then sit through it.

The TV spots make this look like it could crack the top 10 list of atrocities committed by mankind during the last 100 years.

Wow they took the joke from scrubs.

I love the shot in the trailer/ads of the dog bouncing on the trampoline.  She/he just looks so chill.  

Other than that dog, not interested.

This looks like the broiest, douchebaggiest, most Halo and Dave Matthews-loving movie ever. I am not in anticipation.

Maybe it's just my youthful vim and vigor, but this looks like a right fun time at the old cinema.

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Originally Posted by Splatoon 

Maybe it's just my youthful vim and vigor, but this looks like a right fun time at the old cinema.

Get off my lawn!  And take Renn with you!

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Originally Posted by MrBananaGrabber 

 

Get off my lawn!  And take Renn with you!

YOU'RE NOT MY DAD!

Maybe this is a sign that my childhood sucked, but what is this thing where all movies about teens are automatically saying that all high schoolers held keggers, and everyone always went? Is this a more modern thing? In my suburban (possibly sheltered?) upbringing, there weren't many of these, since they had to either happen under remarkably tolerant (and kinda shitty) parents, or they occurred when parents were absent. I grew up next to one of the most popular girls in school, and she always had big parties, but in four years, she only had something like three keggers, and even then it was on the down down low.

I am not trying to be a mom about this either, but these movies seem to DEPEND on the idea of underage drinking. This used to be sort of a taboo. Now it's kind of a guarantee. It's kind of weird, considering you had to go to "Superbad"-type lengths to score beer as a high schooler for these types of things, and even in that movie, it was easier than usual (though those laundry detergent beers had to have melted everyone's stomachs, right?).

I saw the trailer for this after "21 Jump Street" and just wondered, is underage drinking just a fact of life now? Have I contributed a preposterous Princess Kate-sized amount of non-thought to this?

Pull the rods from your collective asses!

I've never been to a party even remotely resembling this in my life, I don't drink, and am the last person to enjoy these kinds of people in any real-life setting- that shit doesn't matter. If you'll watch something like The Hangover or Jackass or Superbad, then you've got no reason to not watch this. In fact, if you gave your money to Hangover 2 but can't be bothered with this film, you've got NO excuse. It's exceptionally well made, and the fact that it is a hyper-unrealistic high school fantasy-gone-wrong is entirely the point.

Don't worry Gabe, your impressions seem fairly consistent with mine.  Most people go through a fairly low key youth, under the impression that somewhere not far away other people are having some mythical party existence like they heard about on TV.  Yet it moves away, rainbow-like, the closer they try and get to it.  I think some people do live this life, but they are vanishingly few in reality (hardly enough for a big party, you'd think.)

Anyway, sidebar sociology.  How often do you guys hear about parties like this?  Hundreds of people going nuts in the street, gatecrashers, the works.  Do they happen often where you are?  'Cause these actually do happen in Perth in the outer suburbs quite a bit, especially since the advent of the internet and social media.  Someone advertises a party on facebook and word gets around and before you know it hundreds of drunk people are at your house.

The one in the film seems mostly pretty cheerful (until the fire, car-pool etc).  These aren't quite so in the youthful highjinks category and go bad almost immediately (and re the trailer, I can't really see a crowd that size turning up to anyone's suburban home and the entire street not calling the cops immediately. No wasting time with finger pointing demands).  Then it's riot police, horses, helicopter etc.

I have a theory that I'm trying to confirm, that these happen ten times more often in Perth than anywhere else in Australia.  It's kind of a big deal everywhere else, but here it's like a footnote in the news if they have some footage.

Are they so rare that if they happened Jimmy Kimmel would cover it? (although admittedly there's probably more amusing events in this one than crowds of bottle hurling idiots)

Sorry that did jack shit for me.  And it's got nothing to do with having a rod up my ass it just looks like every other "kid has a party that goes wrong" movie that I have seen.

On the plus side I to enjoyed boncing dog - in fact he should get his own movie.

I hope the twist ending is a werewolf eats all the teenagers, and then he and bouncing dog live happily ever after.

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Originally Posted by MrBananaGrabber 

I hope the twist ending is a werewolf eats all the teenagers, and then he and bouncing dog live happily ever after.

How about the final scene being a shifty-eyed bulldog wearing a gas mask and releasing a stadium size canister of nerve gas?

There could be countless sequels.

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Originally Posted by Gabe T 

Maybe this is a sign that my childhood sucked, but what is this thing where all movies about teens are automatically saying that all high schoolers held keggers, and everyone always went? Is this a more modern thing? In my suburban (possibly sheltered?) upbringing, there weren't many of these, since they had to either happen under remarkably tolerant (and kinda shitty) parents, or they occurred when parents were absent. I grew up next to one of the most popular girls in school, and she always had big parties, but in four years, she only had something like three keggers, and even then it was on the down down low.

 

I am not trying to be a mom about this either, but these movies seem to DEPEND on the idea of underage drinking. This used to be sort of a taboo. Now it's kind of a guarantee. It's kind of weird, considering you had to go to "Superbad"-type lengths to score beer as a high schooler for these types of things, and even in that movie, it was easier than usual (though those laundry detergent beers had to have melted everyone's stomachs, right?).

 

I saw the trailer for this after "21 Jump Street" and just wondered, is underage drinking just a fact of life now? Have I contributed a preposterous Princess Kate-sized amount of non-thought to this?

This reminds me of a frequent conversation my friends and I have:

"Where were girls like that when we were in high school?"

"Not talking to us."

"Oh, right."

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This reminds me of a frequent conversation my friends and I have:

 

"Where were girls like that when we were in high school?"

"Not talking to us."

"Oh, right."

Yeah, except I was at pretty much all those high school jackass gatherings, especially at the home of that girl who lived two doors away.

We're not all miserable nerds here at CHUD.

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Originally Posted by Gabe T 

Yeah, except I was at pretty much all those high school jackass gatherings, especially at the home of that girl who lived two doors away.

So what happened?

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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson 

So what happened?

From upthread-

"In my suburban (possibly sheltered?) upbringing, there weren't many of these, since they had to either happen under remarkably tolerant (and kinda shitty) parents, or they occurred when parents were absent. I grew up next to one of the most popular girls in school, and she always had big parties, but in four years, she only had something like three keggers, and even then it was on the down down low."

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Originally Posted by Gabe T 

Yeah, except I was at pretty much all those high school jackass gatherings, especially at the home of that girl who lived two doors away.

We're not all miserable nerds here at CHUD.

Lol. You're such a cool dude.

You know, there's a middle ground between "super cool dude" and "didn't go to ANY parties."

Frankly, I probably wouldn't have gotten into a lot of those parties if I didn't live two doors away from that girl.

I'm sorry, are you guys REALLY interested in how cool I was or wasn't in high school?

I went to plenty of awesome parties as a teen that didn't involve a single trace of alcohol.  I've never had alcohol in my life unless you count First Communion, and I've had plenty of fun without it.  As a teenager, a huge night for my friends was dinner at Chili's and a midnight showing of Rocky Horror.

See this is where I think Britain gets it right.  We don't have to host keggers as teenagers at 18 we just got to the pub.