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      <title>Film:Old School</title>
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<strong>Title:</strong> Old School<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 2003<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> Todd Phillips<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> Three men relive their carefree college years by killing off as many brain cells as possible in this over-the-top comedy. Mitch (<a href="/players/P___200995/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Luke Wilson</a>) returns home from a less-than-pleasant business trip one evening to discover his wife, Heidi (<a href="/players/P____42230/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Juliette Lewis</a>), involved in a <I>ménage à trois</I> with two blindfolded strangers. Feeling less than welcome at home after this, Mitch rents a house near the campus of a nearby college; two of Mitch's old college buddies, Beanie (<a href="/players/P___225542/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Vince Vaughn</a>) and Frank (<a href="/players/P___224449/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Will Ferrell</a>), stop by to cheer him up. They soon become regular guests at Mitch's place, despite the fact that Frank only recently wed Marissa (Perrey Reeves), while Beanie and his wife, Lara (<a href="/players/P___263428/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Leah Remini</a>), are busy with two kids. Beanie decides to throw a housewarming party for Mitch, and since Beanie sells audio equipment for a living, he's able to trick out the big bash with a massive PA system and an appearance by <a href="/players/P___298988/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Snoop Dogg</a>. Mitch soon finds he's the not-entirely-willing proprietor of the school's leading party spot, which raises the ire of Pritchard (<a href="/players/P____57008/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jeremy Piven</a>), a dean at the college who was the target of Mitch, Frank, and Beanie's abuse when they were all students. Pritchard arranges to have Mitch's neighborhood zoned into a student housing district, but Beanie and Frank respond by forming a fraternity and making Mitch's home their headquarters. Mitch, however, is not enthusiastic about the idea, especially as he's trying to impress Nicole (<a href="/players/P___341613/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Ellen Pompeo</a>), a beautiful divorcee who is less than enchanted with Frank and Beanie's "party hearty" lifestyle. Old School director <a href="/players/P___106394/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Todd Phillips</a> knows more than a bit about the seamy side of fraternity life as director of the infamous unreleased documentary <a href=/films/116037/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Frat House</a>. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 101<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 100<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 12<br/>
<strong>Number of discussion threads:</strong> 5<br/>
<strong>SpoutRating:</strong> 3<br/>
</td></tr></table>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:15:34 GMT</pubDate><spout:Title>Old School</spout:Title><spout:Year>2003</spout:Year><spout:Director>Todd Phillips</spout:Director><spout:Plot>Three men relive their carefree college years by killing off as many brain cells as possible in this over-the-top comedy. Mitch (&lt;a href="/players/P___200995/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Luke Wilson&lt;/a&gt;) returns home from a less-than-pleasant business trip one evening to discover his wife, Heidi (&lt;a href="/players/P____42230/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Juliette Lewis&lt;/a&gt;), involved in a &lt;I&gt;ménage à trois&lt;/I&gt; with two blindfolded strangers. Feeling less than welcome at home after this, Mitch rents a house near the campus of a nearby college; two of Mitch's old college buddies, Beanie (&lt;a href="/players/P___225542/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Vince Vaughn&lt;/a&gt;) and Frank (&lt;a href="/players/P___224449/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Will Ferrell&lt;/a&gt;), stop by to cheer him up. They soon become regular guests at Mitch's place, despite the fact that Frank only recently wed Marissa (Perrey Reeves), while Beanie and his wife, Lara (&lt;a href="/players/P___263428/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Leah Remini&lt;/a&gt;), are busy with two kids. Beanie decides to throw a housewarming party for Mitch, and since Beanie sells audio equipment for a living, he's able to trick out the big bash with a massive PA system and an appearance by &lt;a href="/players/P___298988/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Snoop Dogg&lt;/a&gt;. Mitch soon finds he's the not-entirely-willing proprietor of the school's leading party spot, which raises the ire of Pritchard (&lt;a href="/players/P____57008/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Jeremy Piven&lt;/a&gt;), a dean at the college who was the target of Mitch, Frank, and Beanie's abuse when they were all students. Pritchard arranges to have Mitch's neighborhood zoned into a student housing district, but Beanie and Frank respond by forming a fraternity and making Mitch's home their headquarters. Mitch, however, is not enthusiastic about the idea, especially as he's trying to impress Nicole (&lt;a href="/players/P___341613/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Ellen Pompeo&lt;/a&gt;), a beautiful divorcee who is less than enchanted with Frank and Beanie's "party hearty" lifestyle. Old School director &lt;a href="/players/P___106394/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Todd Phillips&lt;/a&gt; knows more than a bit about the seamy side of fraternity life as director of the infamous unreleased documentary &lt;a href=/films/116037/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Frat House&lt;/a&gt;. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide</spout:Plot><spout:TimesTagged>101</spout:TimesTagged><spout:taglevel>Tag Target (&gt;10)</spout:taglevel><spout:Numberoflists>100</spout:Numberoflists><spout:NumberOfBlogPosts>12</spout:NumberOfBlogPosts><spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads>5</spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads><spout:SpoutRating>3</spout:SpoutRating><spout:FilmCoverURL>http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u50580y82zz.jpg</spout:FilmCoverURL><spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL>http://www.spout.com/films/Old_School/221302/default.aspx</spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL><spout:type>Film</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: The Goods</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/goughdrop/archive/2009/8/15/43535.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u50580y82zz.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/152906/default.aspx'>GoughDrop</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/goughdrop/default.aspx'>GoughDrop Blog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 8/15/2009 10:15:34 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Piven finally finds a vehicle where he can play to his strengths. After the problems with Smoking Aces and his other recent feature attempts, Jeremy Piven wisely chose a role that audiences can accept him in. The Ari Gold typecasting works in Piven's favor with The Goods. The script is full of hystercal gags and funny jokes. There are plenty of lame stabs in the comedic dark, but when every scene has a funny moment, you can't help but walk away with a satisfied smile. I don't believe that I've ever seen a film with the sheer number of jokes and gags that The Goods offers. Piven is perfectly cast as the maestro of car salesmen. Will Ferrell makes another gut-busting cameo as his dead best friend. James Brolin and David Koechner have a hysterical storyline of unrequited bi-curious love. But the scene stealer of this romp is Kathryn Hahn in a portrayal of a sex-starved sales seductress. It's not Wedding Crashers, 40-year Old Virgin, or Old School, but it's definitely in the strong second tier of modern comedies. The Goods: The Don Ready Story(2009)The 40-Year-Old Virgin(2005)Wedding Crashers(2005)Old School(2003)<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:15:34 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>GoughDrop</spout:postby><spout:postto>GoughDrop Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>8/15/2009 10:15:34 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Piven finally finds a vehicle where he can play to his strengths. After the problems with Smoking Aces and his other recent feature attempts, Jeremy Piven wisely chose a role that audiences can accept him in. The Ari Gold typecasting works in Piven's favor with The Goods. The script is full of hystercal gags and funny jokes. There are plenty of lame stabs in the comedic dark, but when every scene has a funny moment, you can't help but walk away with a satisfied smile. I don't believe that I've ever seen a film with the sheer number of jokes and gags that The Goods offers. Piven is perfectly cast as the maestro of car salesmen. Will Ferrell makes another gut-busting cameo as his dead best friend. James Brolin and David Koechner have a hysterical storyline of unrequited bi-curious love. But the scene stealer of this romp is Kathryn Hahn in a portrayal of a sex-starved sales seductress. It's not Wedding Crashers, 40-year Old Virgin, or Old School, but it's definitely in the strong second tier of modern comedies. The Goods: The Don Ready Story(2009)The 40-Year-Old Virgin(2005)Wedding Crashers(2005)Old School(2003)</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Weekly Theme for August 10: Happy Birthday!</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Weekly_Theme_for_August_10_Happy_Birthday/625/43490/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u50580y82zz.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/119628/default.aspx'>mercurial</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/625/discussions.aspx'>Weekly Theme</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 8/11/2009 10:14:46 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong>   Seeing as how it was my birthday this past weekend I thought this week's theme should be about films featuring characters that are enjoying or hating their own days of birth. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Amazing film that takes place during a family's matriarchs birthday party on a magnificent antebellum plantation estate. Good Will Hunting - The end of the film in which the main characters birthday leads to a final decision about which direction to take in his life. Boy A - A troubled boy is released from juvenile prison on his 18th birthday and forced to come to terms with the real world that he has been closed off from for so long. The Boys in the Band - A group of men get together to celebrate their friends birthday and it turns into an all out war of words. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - The whole magical world is revealed to young Harry Potter on his birthday and a generation of kids wishing like hell that when their birthdays rolled around that a flying letter from Hogwarts would be flown into their living rooms by an owl. Sixteen Candles - RIP John Hughes. The film that helped launch Molly Ringwald into our hearts and gave hope to every nerd praying to hook up with someone from the cool crowd. Eye for an Eye - The film that made me paranoid about opening the door for strangers; a young girls birthday is disrupted by a demented Keifer Sutherland when he bursts in the door and does all kinds of horrible to her. Harold and Maude - Probably one of the most depressingly heartwarming films about enjoying life and making birthday memorable. What's Eating Gilbert Grape - Probably one of the most just plain depressing depictions of a birthday: a morbidly obese mother bound to a couch in front of the television eating cake and smoking cigarettes. The Hours - Another film about how depressing birthdays are and how so many people feel like marking the day with suicide. Cloverfield - A birthday celebration is interrupted by a giant monster. Nothing cool like that ever happens to me. Old School - An example of probably one of the most amazing birthday parties thanks in large part to Snoop Dogg and Will Ferral. Parenthood - Seeing this is a kid I always wished my dad would have been cool enough to dress up like a demented cowboy and run amuck for one of my birthdays.   <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:14:46 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>mercurial</spout:postby><spout:postto>Weekly Theme</spout:postto><spout:postdate>8/11/2009 10:14:46 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>  Seeing as how it was my birthday this past weekend I thought this week's theme should be about films featuring characters that are enjoying or hating their own days of birth. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Amazing film that takes place during a family's matriarchs birthday party on a magnificent antebellum plantation estate. Good Will Hunting - The end of the film in which the main characters birthday leads to a final decision about which direction to take in his life. Boy A - A troubled boy is released from juvenile prison on his 18th birthday and forced to come to terms with the real world that he has been closed off from for so long. The Boys in the Band - A group of men get together to celebrate their friends birthday and it turns into an all out war of words. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - The whole magical world is revealed to young Harry Potter on his birthday and a generation of kids wishing like hell that when their birthdays rolled around that a flying letter from Hogwarts would be flown into their living rooms by an owl. Sixteen Candles - RIP John Hughes. The film that helped launch Molly Ringwald into our hearts and gave hope to every nerd praying to hook up with someone from the cool crowd. Eye for an Eye - The film that made me paranoid about opening the door for strangers; a young girls birthday is disrupted by a demented Keifer Sutherland when he bursts in the door and does all kinds of horrible to her. Harold and Maude - Probably one of the most depressingly heartwarming films about enjoying life and making birthday memorable. What's Eating Gilbert Grape - Probably one of the most just plain depressing depictions of a birthday: a morbidly obese mother bound to a couch in front of the television eating cake and smoking cigarettes. The Hours - Another film about how depressing birthdays are and how so many people feel like marking the day with suicide. Cloverfield - A birthday celebration is interrupted by a giant monster. Nothing cool like that ever happens to me. Old School - An example of probably one of the most amazing birthday parties thanks in large part to Snoop Dogg and Will Ferral. Parenthood - Seeing this is a kid I always wished my dad would have been cool enough to dress up like a demented cowboy and run amuck for one of my birthdays.   </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: 420 Hangover Cures</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/hautecritique/archive/2009/7/16/43073.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u50580y82zz.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/150938/default.aspx'>hautecritique</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/hautecritique/default.aspx'>The Haute Critique on Spout</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 7/16/2009 3:01:37 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> It’s mostly a blur. At some point, there was someone’s house. One guy was laying on the floor with a tiny dog licking his face while he giggled uncontrollably. A friend of a friend was picked up and creeping everybody out, and Heather Graham might have called the police on him. That is when I left. Was that my bachelor party or someone else’s? Or, was I watching The Hangover?

In comic book jargon, it is the gutter. That blank space between the sequence of images that allows your brain to fill in the gaps. Your imagination searches through the universe of possibilities based on the visible evidence.

The Hangover translates this to the big screen. The main difference is he Dali-esque absurdity of the evidence. You see, Doug is getting married on Sunday. He and a couple of friends, along with the bride’s brother, head off for Friday night in Vegas (baby). We see them toasting to the night to come, then the film breaks and resumes late Saturday Morning. The writers take a crack at what would be the most perplexing evidence to wake up to, and then let it slowly ravel.

There are times when it is so funny, you can’t keep your eyes open. There are also times where it is so cringe inducing, you can’t keep your eyes open. For all the shut eye, however, there is a fair amount of the movie you will actually watch. And with a little buzz to stretch one chortle to the next, it can be a belly-aching experience.
I can strongly recommend blazing it up for The Hangover, but be warned. While it does have the boundary busting humor of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, it is thin on charm. The movie is all about alcohol and date-rape drugs. Where the mushroom Vegas trip in Knocked Up toys with the senses, Jaegermeister leaves the rust on this razor blade.
A special shout out does go to Zach Galifianakis. His turn in this movie is special. Not special like Leonardo DiCaprio in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. Ok, a little like that. He owns the character to a terrifying degree. After this film, I wouldn’t want to meet either of them without their parole officer present. No asylum, insane, political or spiritual, could hold him. Alan (Galifianakis) is excruciatingly cracked and honest. He is a never ending barrage of words and actions that range from brilliantly stupid to utterly revolting. His challenge to decency forces you to define lines that are, otherwise, never pondered. And, at altitude, that feeds the munchies in your subconscious.

If you have worn out your copy of Old School and don’t feel like watching Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Knocked Up or any other in that litany, give The Hangover a spin. With a bit of herbal seasoning to cover up the tasteless bits, it’s a yummy, if not wholly, just desert.


No related posts. Originally posted on:The Haute Critique<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:01:37 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>hautecritique</spout:postby><spout:postto>The Haute Critique on Spout</spout:postto><spout:postdate>7/16/2009 3:01:37 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>It’s mostly a blur. At some point, there was someone’s house. One guy was laying on the floor with a tiny dog licking his face while he giggled uncontrollably. A friend of a friend was picked up and creeping everybody out, and Heather Graham might have called the police on him. That is when I left. Was that my bachelor party or someone else’s? Or, was I watching The Hangover?

In comic book jargon, it is the gutter. That blank space between the sequence of images that allows your brain to fill in the gaps. Your imagination searches through the universe of possibilities based on the visible evidence.

The Hangover translates this to the big screen. The main difference is he Dali-esque absurdity of the evidence. You see, Doug is getting married on Sunday. He and a couple of friends, along with the bride’s brother, head off for Friday night in Vegas (baby). We see them toasting to the night to come, then the film breaks and resumes late Saturday Morning. The writers take a crack at what would be the most perplexing evidence to wake up to, and then let it slowly ravel.

There are times when it is so funny, you can’t keep your eyes open. There are also times where it is so cringe inducing, you can’t keep your eyes open. For all the shut eye, however, there is a fair amount of the movie you will actually watch. And with a little buzz to stretch one chortle to the next, it can be a belly-aching experience.
I can strongly recommend blazing it up for The Hangover, but be warned. While it does have the boundary busting humor of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, it is thin on charm. The movie is all about alcohol and date-rape drugs. Where the mushroom Vegas trip in Knocked Up toys with the senses, Jaegermeister leaves the rust on this razor blade.
A special shout out does go to Zach Galifianakis. His turn in this movie is special. Not special like Leonardo DiCaprio in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. Ok, a little like that. He owns the character to a terrifying degree. After this film, I wouldn’t want to meet either of them without their parole officer present. No asylum, insane, political or spiritual, could hold him. Alan (Galifianakis) is excruciatingly cracked and honest. He is a never ending barrage of words and actions that range from brilliantly stupid to utterly revolting. His challenge to decency forces you to define lines that are, otherwise, never pondered. And, at altitude, that feeds the munchies in your subconscious.

If you have worn out your copy of Old School and don’t feel like watching Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Knocked Up or any other in that litany, give The Hangover a spin. With a bit of herbal seasoning to cover up the tasteless bits, it’s a yummy, if not wholly, just desert.


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      <title>Spout Post: Best College Flick Quotes?</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Best_movie_quotes/Best_College_Flick_Quotes/17/38308/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u50580y82zz.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/122321/default.aspx'>seely</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Best_movie_quotes/17/discussions.aspx'>Best movie quotes</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/12/2008 2:22:43 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Maybe its just because I am of college age, but "college movie" quotes always seem particularly funny and memorable to me.  Whether its Fandango, Old School, Animal House, Accepted, PCU or something not quite centered specifically around college like Waiting, these movies all seem to share a lot of common themes and hilarious quotes.  Any favorites?  I'll start it off.  You're wearing the shirt of the band you're going to see to their show?  Gutter, don't be that guy. (Jeremy Piven to Jon Favreau in PCU) Earmuffs! (Vince Vaughn, Old School) I'm going to go Waco on you! (PCU) These, Tom, are the Causeheads. They find a world-threatening issue and stick with it for about a week. (Jeremy Piven in PCU) Nick, T-Dog. You guys are so one dimensional.  (Bishop, Waiting)Well @#$^ you, Whitey. (T-Dog/Andy Milanakis) You're my boy Blue!  You're my boy... (Will Ferrell, Old School)  Yours?<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:22:43 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>seely</spout:postby><spout:postto>Best movie quotes</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/12/2008 2:22:43 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Maybe its just because I am of college age, but "college movie" quotes always seem particularly funny and memorable to me.  Whether its Fandango, Old School, Animal House, Accepted, PCU or something not quite centered specifically around college like Waiting, these movies all seem to share a lot of common themes and hilarious quotes.  Any favorites?  I'll start it off.  You're wearing the shirt of the band you're going to see to their show?  Gutter, don't be that guy. (Jeremy Piven to Jon Favreau in PCU) Earmuffs! (Vince Vaughn, Old School) I'm going to go Waco on you! (PCU) These, Tom, are the Causeheads. They find a world-threatening issue and stick with it for about a week. (Jeremy Piven in PCU) Nick, T-Dog. You guys are so one dimensional.  (Bishop, Waiting)Well @#$^ you, Whitey. (T-Dog/Andy Milanakis) You're my boy Blue!  You're my boy... (Will Ferrell, Old School)  Yours?</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: 10 Underrated College Movies</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/8/26/34417.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u50580y82zz.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/9325/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog on spout.com</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 8/26/2008 6:01:05 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> 
I never went to a normal college, never lived in a proper dorm or experienced fraternity hazing or even rush week from an inside viewpoint. I went to an urban art school and then a commuter school. And though I grew up in a college town and later worked on the campus of another college I didn’t attend, I feel like I don’t have the proper perspective with which to judge most college movies and college kid characters as being true to life. This probably explains why I enjoy so many bad movies set in colleges and/or involving college students. I bet I could even check out a double feature of The House Bunny and College and have a good time at the movies.
Of course, I do have some semblance of good taste, and I also recognize that none of the following movies are anywhere near the quality of my favorite college movies (including Harold Lloyd’s The Freshman, the Marx Brothers’ Horse Feathers and the Frat Pack’s Old School), or even the beloved Animal House, which I regrettably find to be highly overrated (no, that doesn’t mean I dislike it or think it’s bad or unfunny). The ten movies on today’s list are merely guilty pleasures that I can’t stop appreciating no matter how hard I try or how old I get.

 
Teen Wolf Too - Certainly basketball is overused in high school and college sports movies, but following hoops with boxing gloves was an odd choice for this Teen Wolf sequel. It was almost as bad as having the popular jock character be on the wrestling team or, worse, a diver (see Back to School below). But despite the change of sport, the repeat of plot and the unfortunate recasting of the character “Stiles”, Teen Wolf Too has at least one enjoyable element: Jason Bateman. Even before he won our favor with Arrested Development and roles since, Bateman was quite a likable presence here. Sure, it’s not as good as the first movie, but does it really deserve that paltry 2.6 rating on the IMDb?

Back to School - Having gone back to college after a long hiatus, I have a very special place in my heart for this movie. But I’ve had multiple levels of appreciation since first seeing it 22 years ago. Originally, as a kid, I just liked Rodney Dangerfield. In high school, my favorite character was “Derek,” the freaky friend played by Robert Downey Jr. Later, I got into Oingo Boingo/Danny Elfman and favored their appearance. And almost finally, when Kurt Vonnegut became my favorite writer, his cameo was the coolest thing in the world (as an added bonus: Keith Gordon, who plays Dangerfield’s son in the movie, went on to direct an adaptation of Vonnegut’s “Mother Night”). In a way, the movie isn’t too underrated; it has a decent 6.1 rating on the IMDb and a very good 87% on Rotten Tomatoes. Still, I’m always shocked that more people aren’t huge fans.

PCU - I’ve already claimed my pre-hip appreciation for Jason Bateman (I even loved Valerie/Valerie’s Family/The Hogan Family, so there!), and now I must admit to having been a fan of Jeremy Piven since the beginning, too (Lucas has always been one of my favorite teen movies). I don’t know how often it’s watched these days, but looking back on it now, PCU seems to be a great souvenir from its time. Also, I’ll always remember it as the movie that taught me not to wear a band’s t-shirt to their concert and informed me of the fact that at any given time, there’s either a Michael Caine or a Gene Hackman movie being aired on television.

Midnight Madness - I know it’s considered a cult classic now, but it truly deserves to be an actual classic. Is it not as popular or as widely seen as other college movies because it involves a college activity that isn’t centered around drinking or sex (there is at least the Pabst brewery)? When I first went away to college, I was nailed to the X (meaning I was straight-edge and didn’t drink or do drugs), so I would have loved it if there’d been scavenger hunts instead of keggers (actually, where I went, there wasn’t either), even if I’d already been arrested while participating in a hunt in high school. By the way, speaking of underrated scavenger hunt movies, where’s the DVD release of Scavenger Hunt already?

Up the Creek - I guess not everyone has an appreciation for movies featuring Stephen Furst, despite his prominence in the king of college movies, Animal House. He followed that by appearing in both of my beloved scavenger hunt movies (see #4) and then later reuniting with his Delta brother Tim Matheson in this movie, which as a kid I always thought of as like a live-action, R-rated remake of Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown.

Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise - It lacked the boobs and the bush, and its premise was pretty weak, even for being something of a redo of the first film’s plot. However, if you’ve ever seen the subsequent sequels, it’s clear that it could have been worse. Personally, I like the parts with James Hong, Bradley Whitford (always a well-played snake) and the song “No on 15″ (see the video above).

Higher Learning - I tend to hate movies that so categorically divide the supposed social hierarchies of high school and college — maybe I just went to an abnormal high school, but it never seemed that distinct to me — and I don’t especially like the way this movie defines people by the music they listen to, but I have as much appreciation for Higher Learning as I do for The Breakfast Club and Crash, each of which I consider to be more about using thin characters as vehicles for ideas rather than about real people and a narrative story.

Happy Together - No, I’m not referring to the Wong Kar-Wai film. Rather, the 1989 movie starring Patrick Dempsey and Helen Slater. Maybe it’s just the fact that my only college roommate was a girl. But that was intentional, unlike the scenario of this movie. Prior to its relevance to my life, though, it was merely great for featuring Supergirl (and Billie Jean) topless.

Pumpkin - After so many high school and college movies in which the handsome guy or pretty girl ultimately falls for the “ugly” guy/girl, it was quite an interesting concept to have the “ugly” one be a mentally handicapped, as well as socially handicapped, person.

Road Trip - Thanks to Martin Lawrence and Raven-Symone, I now have to specify that I don’t mean College Road Trip. I also have to note that I think it would be a much better movie if Tom Green wasn’t in it. Also, compared to Old School, which was also written by Scot Armstrong and Todd Phillips and directed by Phillips, it’s got about a tenth of the laughs, if even that much. Surprisingly, however, Andy Dick is actually tolerable in Road Trip and not in Old School. Is it just me, or should DJ Qualls be doing better for himself these days?
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I never went to a normal college, never lived in a proper dorm or experienced fraternity hazing or even rush week from an inside viewpoint. I went to an urban art school and then a commuter school. And though I grew up in a college town and later worked on the campus of another college I didn’t attend, I feel like I don’t have the proper perspective with which to judge most college movies and college kid characters as being true to life. This probably explains why I enjoy so many bad movies set in colleges and/or involving college students. I bet I could even check out a double feature of The House Bunny and College and have a good time at the movies.
Of course, I do have some semblance of good taste, and I also recognize that none of the following movies are anywhere near the quality of my favorite college movies (including Harold Lloyd’s The Freshman, the Marx Brothers’ Horse Feathers and the Frat Pack’s Old School), or even the beloved Animal House, which I regrettably find to be highly overrated (no, that doesn’t mean I dislike it or think it’s bad or unfunny). The ten movies on today’s list are merely guilty pleasures that I can’t stop appreciating no matter how hard I try or how old I get.

 
Teen Wolf Too - Certainly basketball is overused in high school and college sports movies, but following hoops with boxing gloves was an odd choice for this Teen Wolf sequel. It was almost as bad as having the popular jock character be on the wrestling team or, worse, a diver (see Back to School below). But despite the change of sport, the repeat of plot and the unfortunate recasting of the character “Stiles”, Teen Wolf Too has at least one enjoyable element: Jason Bateman. Even before he won our favor with Arrested Development and roles since, Bateman was quite a likable presence here. Sure, it’s not as good as the first movie, but does it really deserve that paltry 2.6 rating on the IMDb?

Back to School - Having gone back to college after a long hiatus, I have a very special place in my heart for this movie. But I’ve had multiple levels of appreciation since first seeing it 22 years ago. Originally, as a kid, I just liked Rodney Dangerfield. In high school, my favorite character was “Derek,” the freaky friend played by Robert Downey Jr. Later, I got into Oingo Boingo/Danny Elfman and favored their appearance. And almost finally, when Kurt Vonnegut became my favorite writer, his cameo was the coolest thing in the world (as an added bonus: Keith Gordon, who plays Dangerfield’s son in the movie, went on to direct an adaptation of Vonnegut’s “Mother Night”). In a way, the movie isn’t too underrated; it has a decent 6.1 rating on the IMDb and a very good 87% on Rotten Tomatoes. Still, I’m always shocked that more people aren’t huge fans.

PCU - I’ve already claimed my pre-hip appreciation for Jason Bateman (I even loved Valerie/Valerie’s Family/The Hogan Family, so there!), and now I must admit to having been a fan of Jeremy Piven since the beginning, too (Lucas has always been one of my favorite teen movies). I don’t know how often it’s watched these days, but looking back on it now, PCU seems to be a great souvenir from its time. Also, I’ll always remember it as the movie that taught me not to wear a band’s t-shirt to their concert and informed me of the fact that at any given time, there’s either a Michael Caine or a Gene Hackman movie being aired on television.

Midnight Madness - I know it’s considered a cult classic now, but it truly deserves to be an actual classic. Is it not as popular or as widely seen as other college movies because it involves a college activity that isn’t centered around drinking or sex (there is at least the Pabst brewery)? When I first went away to college, I was nailed to the X (meaning I was straight-edge and didn’t drink or do drugs), so I would have loved it if there’d been scavenger hunts instead of keggers (actually, where I went, there wasn’t either), even if I’d already been arrested while participating in a hunt in high school. By the way, speaking of underrated scavenger hunt movies, where’s the DVD release of Scavenger Hunt already?

Up the Creek - I guess not everyone has an appreciation for movies featuring Stephen Furst, despite his prominence in the king of college movies, Animal House. He followed that by appearing in both of my beloved scavenger hunt movies (see #4) and then later reuniting with his Delta brother Tim Matheson in this movie, which as a kid I always thought of as like a live-action, R-rated remake of Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown.

Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise - It lacked the boobs and the bush, and its premise was pretty weak, even for being something of a redo of the first film’s plot. However, if you’ve ever seen the subsequent sequels, it’s clear that it could have been worse. Personally, I like the parts with James Hong, Bradley Whitford (always a well-played snake) and the song “No on 15″ (see the video above).

Higher Learning - I tend to hate movies that so categorically divide the supposed social hierarchies of high school and college — maybe I just went to an abnormal high school, but it never seemed that distinct to me — and I don’t especially like the way this movie defines people by the music they listen to, but I have as much appreciation for Higher Learning as I do for The Breakfast Club and Crash, each of which I consider to be more about using thin characters as vehicles for ideas rather than about real people and a narrative story.

Happy Together - No, I’m not referring to the Wong Kar-Wai film. Rather, the 1989 movie starring Patrick Dempsey and Helen Slater. Maybe it’s just the fact that my only college roommate was a girl. But that was intentional, unlike the scenario of this movie. Prior to its relevance to my life, though, it was merely great for featuring Supergirl (and Billie Jean) topless.

Pumpkin - After so many high school and college movies in which the handsome guy or pretty girl ultimately falls for the “ugly” guy/girl, it was quite an interesting concept to have the “ugly” one be a mentally handicapped, as well as socially handicapped, person.

Road Trip - Thanks to Martin Lawrence and Raven-Symone, I now have to specify that I don’t mean College Road Trip. I also have to note that I think it would be a much better movie if Tom Green wasn’t in it. Also, compared to Old School, which was also written by Scot Armstrong and Todd Phillips and directed by Phillips, it’s got about a tenth of the laughs, if even that much. Surprisingly, however, Andy Dick is actually tolerable in Road Trip and not in Old School. Is it just me, or should DJ Qualls be doing better for himself these days?
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      <title>Spout Post: A 'Step' in the wrong direction</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/usesoap/archive/2008/7/28/33203.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u50580y82zz.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/113227/default.aspx'>usesoap</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 7/28/2008 10:23:35 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong>   I get the whole arrested development-style of comedy invading theaters of late.   &ldquo;Old School&rdquo; and &ldquo;The 40-Year-Old Virgin&rdquo; really opened wide the door of such man-boy-based humor. So it was only logical that the star of the former and the director of the latter get together to produce yet another trip to Neverland, where modern-day Peter Pans can dance with their Lost Boy compadres.   The result is &ldquo;Step Brothers,&rdquo; which teams Will Ferrell with John C. Reilly as two men in their 40s whose remora-like existence is severed when their single parents decide to marry. Where Judd Apatow's &ldquo;Virgin's&rdquo; lead was more of an introverted geek who otherwise led a normal, self-sufficient life by societal standards, Ferrell and Reilly play two infantile sluggards whose puerile, petulant behavior and refusal to let go of their parents' proverbial hands would cause Oedipus himself to proclaim, &ldquo;Man, those guys are messed up!&rdquo;   Ferrell and Reilly play Brennen and Dale, who are in their fourth decade of life and still prone to tantrums, wearing Chewbacca masks and asking permission to sleep in bunkbeds. Not only is this behavior from adults (from anyone other than Adam Sandler, who has established an entire filmography on it) not funny, it's hard not to wonder if they do not suffer from some sort of mental retardation.   For they do not approach the world with childlike wonder and amusement, but rather hissy fits and unprovoked aggression. In fact, almost every laugh that manages to escape from &ldquo;Step Brothers&rdquo; icy, mirthless grip comes from incidental scenes which do not even feature the leads &ndash; a band that sticks to only 80s-era Billy Joel tunes, Brennen's picture-perfect younger brother and his shellacked family of Aryan-like purity.   All of this seems fertile turf for Ferrell and his co-conspirators Reilly and director Adam McKay, who collaborated on &ldquo;Anchorman&rdquo; and &ldquo;Talladega Nights.&rdquo; But unlike &ldquo;Brothers,&rdquo; those two films had some sort of narrative drive (thread-thin as they were), with wacky environments in which to work &ndash; a 70s-era newsroom and the NASCAR circuit, respectively. By setting the film in a simple suburban environment, there is little else to occupy our minds and force us to focus on just how disturbingly odd these two grown men really are.   Escaping from the travesty of what tries to pass as comedy is Mary Steenburgen as Brennan's mom (who, at 55, has never looked more radiant) and character actor Richard Jenkins as Dale's dad, both of whom play their enablers with a tad more dignity than this picture deserves.   There is also some inspired support from Adam Scott, ensconced in smarm as the younger, more successful brother, and Kathryn Hahn, making her debut as Scott's repressed wife both wring their lines for all they are worth.   The film's R rating gives the cast the freedom to swear like sailors on shore leave, but hearing the F-bomb deployed from Steenburgen's mouth is more sad than amusing. I am certainly the last person to chide others for gutter talk, and it can be effective when used properly, but dropping it into normal conversation just to hear it echo sounds desperate, not shocking.   Ferrell and McKay have helped to create one of the internet's most amusing avenues for up-and-coming humor, called FunnyorDie.com. The premise is simple: Users can upload a comic clip, and allow the public to vote into &ldquo;Immortal Status&rdquo; or swing the scythe.   If &ldquo;Step Brothers&rdquo; was posted among some of the other subversive, hysterical clips that now populate the site, it would not last a week.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:23:35 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>usesoap</spout:postby><spout:postto>usesoap Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>7/28/2008 10:23:35 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>  I get the whole arrested development-style of comedy invading theaters of late.   &amp;ldquo;Old School&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;The 40-Year-Old Virgin&amp;rdquo; really opened wide the door of such man-boy-based humor. So it was only logical that the star of the former and the director of the latter get together to produce yet another trip to Neverland, where modern-day Peter Pans can dance with their Lost Boy compadres.   The result is &amp;ldquo;Step Brothers,&amp;rdquo; which teams Will Ferrell with John C. Reilly as two men in their 40s whose remora-like existence is severed when their single parents decide to marry. Where Judd Apatow's &amp;ldquo;Virgin's&amp;rdquo; lead was more of an introverted geek who otherwise led a normal, self-sufficient life by societal standards, Ferrell and Reilly play two infantile sluggards whose puerile, petulant behavior and refusal to let go of their parents' proverbial hands would cause Oedipus himself to proclaim, &amp;ldquo;Man, those guys are messed up!&amp;rdquo;   Ferrell and Reilly play Brennen and Dale, who are in their fourth decade of life and still prone to tantrums, wearing Chewbacca masks and asking permission to sleep in bunkbeds. Not only is this behavior from adults (from anyone other than Adam Sandler, who has established an entire filmography on it) not funny, it's hard not to wonder if they do not suffer from some sort of mental retardation.   For they do not approach the world with childlike wonder and amusement, but rather hissy fits and unprovoked aggression. In fact, almost every laugh that manages to escape from &amp;ldquo;Step Brothers&amp;rdquo; icy, mirthless grip comes from incidental scenes which do not even feature the leads &amp;ndash; a band that sticks to only 80s-era Billy Joel tunes, Brennen's picture-perfect younger brother and his shellacked family of Aryan-like purity.   All of this seems fertile turf for Ferrell and his co-conspirators Reilly and director Adam McKay, who collaborated on &amp;ldquo;Anchorman&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;Talladega Nights.&amp;rdquo; But unlike &amp;ldquo;Brothers,&amp;rdquo; those two films had some sort of narrative drive (thread-thin as they were), with wacky environments in which to work &amp;ndash; a 70s-era newsroom and the NASCAR circuit, respectively. By setting the film in a simple suburban environment, there is little else to occupy our minds and force us to focus on just how disturbingly odd these two grown men really are.   Escaping from the travesty of what tries to pass as comedy is Mary Steenburgen as Brennan's mom (who, at 55, has never looked more radiant) and character actor Richard Jenkins as Dale's dad, both of whom play their enablers with a tad more dignity than this picture deserves.   There is also some inspired support from Adam Scott, ensconced in smarm as the younger, more successful brother, and Kathryn Hahn, making her debut as Scott's repressed wife both wring their lines for all they are worth.   The film's R rating gives the cast the freedom to swear like sailors on shore leave, but hearing the F-bomb deployed from Steenburgen's mouth is more sad than amusing. I am certainly the last person to chide others for gutter talk, and it can be effective when used properly, but dropping it into normal conversation just to hear it echo sounds desperate, not shocking.   Ferrell and McKay have helped to create one of the internet's most amusing avenues for up-and-coming humor, called FunnyorDie.com. The premise is simple: Users can upload a comic clip, and allow the public to vote into &amp;ldquo;Immortal Status&amp;rdquo; or swing the scythe.   If &amp;ldquo;Step Brothers&amp;rdquo; was posted among some of the other subversive, hysterical clips that now populate the site, it would not last a week.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Andy Dick Exposes Teen’s Breasts (Shocker!)</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/7/16/32639.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u50580y82zz.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 7/16/2008 5:00:36 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Is it just me, or does Andy Dick’s mug shot from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department look like a head shot from a Joker audition? Suddenly his part in Old School as Barry the Oral Sex Instructor is a lot less funny.
For anyone who doesn’t know Andy Dick was arrested this morning at 1:13 am for exposing a 17-year-old girl’s breasts outside of a Buffalo Wild Wings (yes, Buffalo Wild Wings) in Murrieta, CA. Police were investigating a call about  “an intoxicated male” urinating outside the restaurant. It was then, a police statement says, that Dick approached the girl and pulled down her tank top and bra.
But really? Is anybody shocked? It’s like the fake gasps that Pee Wee Herman masturbated at a theater. I’d be more surprised if a year went by without some Andy Dick genital story (no pun intended). The actor has reportedly exposed himself to audiences twice, was arrested for cocaine and marijuana possession in 1999, and in Feb., 2007 was forced from the set of the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” for continuing to rub Ivanka Trump after she asked him to stop.
Dick has already been released from the detention center upon posting the $5,000 bail. Ah, to work in the LAPD. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:00:36 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>7/16/2008 5:00:36 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Is it just me, or does Andy Dick’s mug shot from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department look like a head shot from a Joker audition? Suddenly his part in Old School as Barry the Oral Sex Instructor is a lot less funny.
For anyone who doesn’t know Andy Dick was arrested this morning at 1:13 am for exposing a 17-year-old girl’s breasts outside of a Buffalo Wild Wings (yes, Buffalo Wild Wings) in Murrieta, CA. Police were investigating a call about  “an intoxicated male” urinating outside the restaurant. It was then, a police statement says, that Dick approached the girl and pulled down her tank top and bra.
But really? Is anybody shocked? It’s like the fake gasps that Pee Wee Herman masturbated at a theater. I’d be more surprised if a year went by without some Andy Dick genital story (no pun intended). The actor has reportedly exposed himself to audiences twice, was arrested for cocaine and marijuana possession in 1999, and in Feb., 2007 was forced from the set of the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” for continuing to rub Ivanka Trump after she asked him to stop.
Dick has already been released from the detention center upon posting the $5,000 bail. Ah, to work in the LAPD. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Six Degrees of Separation #1</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Games/Re_Six_Degrees_of_Separation_1/598/32585/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u50580y82zz.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/92938/default.aspx'>magrebi</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 7/15/2008 4:36:08 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> [quote user="corvine"] Here are the rules:   Two actors, actresses, or directors will be chosen.  It is now your duty to try and connect the two using information on Spout (player pages and filmography).  The more elaborate or funny the connections, the better.  6 degrees of separation is your goal but you are not limited to 6.  Use Spout to search for the films to make your connection. Please indicate the person you are using as the connection and link the movie in which they appear.  Good Luck.   Here is the first one. Connect:   Seann William Scott   To:   Judi Dench     Please feel free to make your own Threads with new Connections.   [/quote]   ok, here we go (this was a group effort) Sean William Scott to Will Ferrel in Old School Will Ferrel to Emma Thompson in Stranger than Fiction Emma Thompson to Kiera Knightly in Love Actually Kiera to Judi Dench in Pride and Prejudice   BEAT THAT!    <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:36:08 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>magrebi</spout:postby><spout:postto>Movie Games</spout:postto><spout:postdate>7/15/2008 4:36:08 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>[quote user="corvine"] Here are the rules:   Two actors, actresses, or directors will be chosen.  It is now your duty to try and connect the two using information on Spout (player pages and filmography).  The more elaborate or funny the connections, the better.  6 degrees of separation is your goal but you are not limited to 6.  Use Spout to search for the films to make your connection. Please indicate the person you are using as the connection and link the movie in which they appear.  Good Luck.   Here is the first one. Connect:   Seann William Scott   To:   Judi Dench     Please feel free to make your own Threads with new Connections.   [/quote]   ok, here we go (this was a group effort) Sean William Scott to Will Ferrel in Old School Will Ferrel to Emma Thompson in Stranger than Fiction Emma Thompson to Kiera Knightly in Love Actually Kiera to Judi Dench in Pride and Prejudice   BEAT THAT!    </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: NYUFF Opens Tonight</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/4/2/26870.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u50580y82zz.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/19702/default.aspx'>Karina</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 4/2/2008 11:01:44 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> The 15th edition of the New York Underground Film Festival opens tonight with a film we’ve covered extensively since its Toronto premiere, Suroosh Alvy and Eddy Moretti’s Heavy Metal in Baghdad. The fest runs through April 8, and when it’s over, it’s over: though co-directors Kevin McGarry and Nellie Killian are said to be working on mounting a new event with a similar spirit, the NYUFF as we know it will cease to exist after this run.
Ed Halter ran the festival for ten years, taking it over for co-founder and future Old School director Todd Phillips (yes, seriously). Halter has an obit of sorts at the Village Voice, in which he makes it clear that NYUFF isn’t ending because it has to financially. “It’s a conscious decision: There’s no rent hike to point to, no defunding agency to blame…True to its indie-rock genealogy, the NYUFF has always functioned more like a band than a traditional arts organization…Sometimes, a band just decides to call it quits—and hopes to go out in style, while it’s still got the knack.”
That said, NYUFF may not have worn out its welcome, but––to extend the indie-rock metaphor––this fest ending in 2008 is sort of like Pavement shutting down after Terror Twilight: things haven’t become embarrassing yet, but the enterprise has started to drift somewhat from what its core audience fell in love with. The way Halter describes NYUFF’s glory days, it’s apparent that it’s an event that was pegged to (and helped disseminate) a zeitgeist that may no longer really exist:
 (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:01:44 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Karina</spout:postby><spout:postto>Karina on SpoutBlog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>4/2/2008 11:01:44 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>The 15th edition of the New York Underground Film Festival opens tonight with a film we’ve covered extensively since its Toronto premiere, Suroosh Alvy and Eddy Moretti’s Heavy Metal in Baghdad. The fest runs through April 8, and when it’s over, it’s over: though co-directors Kevin McGarry and Nellie Killian are said to be working on mounting a new event with a similar spirit, the NYUFF as we know it will cease to exist after this run.
Ed Halter ran the festival for ten years, taking it over for co-founder and future Old School director Todd Phillips (yes, seriously). Halter has an obit of sorts at the Village Voice, in which he makes it clear that NYUFF isn’t ending because it has to financially. “It’s a conscious decision: There’s no rent hike to point to, no defunding agency to blame…True to its indie-rock genealogy, the NYUFF has always functioned more like a band than a traditional arts organization…Sometimes, a band just decides to call it quits—and hopes to go out in style, while it’s still got the knack.”
That said, NYUFF may not have worn out its welcome, but––to extend the indie-rock metaphor––this fest ending in 2008 is sort of like Pavement shutting down after Terror Twilight: things haven’t become embarrassing yet, but the enterprise has started to drift somewhat from what its core audience fell in love with. The way Halter describes NYUFF’s glory days, it’s apparent that it’s an event that was pegged to (and helped disseminate) a zeitgeist that may no longer really exist:
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      <title>Spout Post: NYUFF Opens Tonight</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/4/2/26869.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u50580y82zz.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 4/2/2008 11:01:31 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> The 15th edition of the New York Underground Film Festival opens tonight with a film we’ve covered extensively since its Toronto premiere, Suroosh Alvy and Eddy Moretti’s Heavy Metal in Baghdad. The fest runs through April 8, and when it’s over, it’s over: though co-directors Kevin McGarry and Nellie Killian are said to be working on mounting a new event with a similar spirit, the NYUFF as we know it will cease to exist after this run.
Ed Halter ran the festival for ten years, taking it over for co-founder and future Old School director Todd Phillips (yes, seriously). Halter has an obit of sorts at the Village Voice, in which he makes it clear that NYUFF isn’t ending because it has to financially. “It’s a conscious decision: There’s no rent hike to point to, no defunding agency to blame…True to its indie-rock genealogy, the NYUFF has always functioned more like a band than a traditional arts organization…Sometimes, a band just decides to call it quits—and hopes to go out in style, while it’s still got the knack.”
That said, NYUFF may not have worn out its welcome, but––to extend the indie-rock metaphor––this fest ending in 2008 is sort of like Pavement shutting down after Terror Twilight: things haven’t become embarrassing yet, but the enterprise has started to drift somewhat from what its core audience fell in love with. The way Halter describes NYUFF’s glory days, it’s apparent that it’s an event that was pegged to (and helped disseminate) a zeitgeist that may no longer really exist:
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</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:01:31 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>4/2/2008 11:01:31 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>The 15th edition of the New York Underground Film Festival opens tonight with a film we’ve covered extensively since its Toronto premiere, Suroosh Alvy and Eddy Moretti’s Heavy Metal in Baghdad. The fest runs through April 8, and when it’s over, it’s over: though co-directors Kevin McGarry and Nellie Killian are said to be working on mounting a new event with a similar spirit, the NYUFF as we know it will cease to exist after this run.
Ed Halter ran the festival for ten years, taking it over for co-founder and future Old School director Todd Phillips (yes, seriously). Halter has an obit of sorts at the Village Voice, in which he makes it clear that NYUFF isn’t ending because it has to financially. “It’s a conscious decision: There’s no rent hike to point to, no defunding agency to blame…True to its indie-rock genealogy, the NYUFF has always functioned more like a band than a traditional arts organization…Sometimes, a band just decides to call it quits—and hopes to go out in style, while it’s still got the knack.”
That said, NYUFF may not have worn out its welcome, but––to extend the indie-rock metaphor––this fest ending in 2008 is sort of like Pavement shutting down after Terror Twilight: things haven’t become embarrassing yet, but the enterprise has started to drift somewhat from what its core audience fell in love with. The way Halter describes NYUFF’s glory days, it’s apparent that it’s an event that was pegged to (and helped disseminate) a zeitgeist that may no longer really exist:
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