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Pie a la mode
In keeping with the other half of the cinema-sex spectrum, we went to see American Pie tonight. Now I confess that I would not have seen this movie if I hadn't been planning to write about it on Wednesday night. In fact, when we left the house, I was gritting my teeth at what I was about to undergo in the name of "research."
Quite possibly many of you feel the same way - "Teen comedy about getting laid, right? You couldn't drag me to see that." Certainly the movie has not been pitched to adults.
That's a shame, because the movie is actually a lot better than you may think.
Oh, it's bumpy at the beginning. I squirmed as I had to endure one of the few kinds of Uncomfortable Conversation Kubrick didn't use - Ridiculous Male Braggodocio. Looking at the behavior of Our Heroes at the beginning of the film, I was reminded of all the reasons why I originally soured on the entire male species - all the stupid games I refused to play and all the stupid things I refused to say ... all the things I backed so far away from because I refused to be one of them that it wasn't until ten years later that I started catching up.
But, you know what? They figure it out. They realize it's not all about sex; they figure out how to stop being assholes and start being humans. Some men don't ever learn this. And after about the first half hour the movie is a lot of fun.
Why, it even has a piece of toilet humor I thought was funny! And that's really saying something. It also has an amazingly hilarious sequence involving a webcam (never mind the pie - the funniest bits weren't even mentioned in the trailer).
It has one of the funniest single lines ever delivered: "Say my name, b**ch!" That isn't funny here, out of context. It may even look offensive here. But trust me, when you hear it in the film, you'll laugh.
Most importantly - and I'll be going back to this theme on Wednesday - the female characters know what's what. They pretty much have the boys figured out and are not falling for it - at least, not unless there's something worthwhile in it for them. They aren't clueless, and for the most part they know what they want.
The boys are even aware that reciprocation is expected of them - including one sequence where a boy performs oral sex on a girl. (It's not shown directly, silly; this movie is actually rather tame about these things, preferring to leave the sex to implication.) Aussie will be happy, I'm sure, to see good precedent being set for the next generation.
Oh, yes, and condoms are used throughout - in fact, they're handled as if they're an assumed thing.
Really. It's a good movie. It's not Porky's. Go see it.
© Columbine
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