“From the makers of Waiting…” may be the worst marketing hook since “In the tradition of Laurel & Hardy, Abbott & Costello… Danson & Mandel“. It’s like selling Tess on Roman Polanski’s rape charge.
But College has bigger problems than pedigree. For starters, it’s the acting debut of Kevin Covais, the dweeby American Idol contestant who made it into the finals thanks to the highly insincere support of VotefortheWorst.com (good luck succeeding where the much cuter Colleen Haskell failed). Then, there’s the trailer, which exposes the film as a knock-off of a knock-off, i.e. PCU. Though the Hart Bochner-directed (he negotiates million-dollar deals for breakfast) comedy at least had an engaging Jeremy Piven performance and a pretty amusing Starland Vocal Band gag, the idea of a “pre-Frosh” getting repeatedly humiliated during a campus visit was based in no reality I know. Way to steal the least appealing element of a mediocre Animal House retread.
Frankly, watching this trailer makes me nostalgic for Delta House. You’ll be shocked to learn that College is scheduled to open on Labor Day weekend.
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What a hideous poster.
yeah i never seen PCU, but i heard the ace parliament tune on the soundtrack STOMP!
Beaks wrote about this unimportant piece of non-news? Further evidence that Phil is hiding from the talk-back population.
"It's like selling Tess on Roman Polanski's rape charge."
that, my friend, is fucking hilarious! funnier, i'll bet, than any joke in this terrible, terrible movie.
PCU may have been a rip-off, but that movie is in fact a good comedy. It's funny (which is more than most "comedies" in general can say), it's got interesting performances from Piven and Favreau (not to mention that black guy that ended up being the blind guy in "Becker", but we'll ignore that). The plot may be a little light on logic, sure; but Animal House wasn't exactly a map for the Hero's Journey, either. Citizen Kane didn't kill the flashback for use in film, and Animal House didn't kill the college movie for a genre. PCU isn't something to deride; just enjoy it.
Wow. Sean really likes PCU.
PCU is the GREATEST FILM EVER MADE. Not counting the porn spoof of Super Mario Bros., Super Hornio Bros.
They must've shit-canned Phil Owen already.
waiting was much better than clerks 2. Which ain't saying a whole lot because clerks 2 was fucking terrible. But yeah, if asked which shit-bucket I would pick, waiting would have my vote.
Great, another anti-Indy 4 article. What is your problem??!!
If you think Waiting was better than Clerks 2, then you are probably over 30 and still waiting tables, either that or you work at McDonalds and the way Kevin Smith mocks your line of work just gets under your skin. Porch Monkey 4 Life!!
Someone needs to champion one of the unsung heroes of this genre. King Frat baby! Oh that Grosso, will he ever learn?
No love for "Waiting"? Shame on you faggots!
I gotta agree with Josh. Has the whole world gone nuts (like Richard Dreyfuss)? Nice Delta House ref.
Is that a photo of Devin? He has a severe drinking problem, ya know. WHERE"S PHIL OWEN!??
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