Hey folks, Harry here... Well this flick is Sony's big bet for counter-programming opposite FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING.... a spoof of a genre that has become a spoof... the Teen Flick. UGH... Apparently at this stage it starts off funny and loses steam long before it is over. This is the debut film of Joel Gallen, who directed such Television Shows like MARIAH CAREY'S HOMECOMING SPECIAL and DIXIE CHICKS ON THE FLY!!! Oh man, I say we see this instead of FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING.... I mean, this sounds fantastic... really good.... um... uh, well, just um... read for yourself... haha. .. uh, here ya go....
Harry,
I'm not sure if you really care about this one or not but my buddy dragged me to a screening tonight in Burbank. I didn't know what the movie was until I got there. I was hoping for American Pie II but instead got Not Another Teen Movie. Imagine the disapointment on my face. Okay let's get to the point. The movie follows in the footsteps of Scary Movie. It makes fun of almost every teen movie we know from the 80's and 90's and has just about every cliche you can think of.
I saw a little bit of Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Better off Dead, American Pie, She's All That and Jaw Breakers (or Heathers if you like the 80's version). Various teen cliches were thrown in also-- token black guy, token red-neck fat guy (Eric Jungmann from varsity blues), token blond snobby bad guy (Paul Walker type guy) and several others that you really wouldn't care about.
Anyway, the opening scene pays homage to the opening seen from American Pie. Pretty damn funny I have to admit. The character introductions were pretty funny too.
Jamie Presley plays the part of a bitch cheerleader a la Bring it On and Jaw Breakers. And yea she is hot-- to say the very least.
In fact pretty much all the girls that had noticeable parts were hot. I think all of them had boob jobs too. Oh yea and while I'm thinking about it; they did have some breast shots -- several times in fact. I'm wondering if they'll keep that in and risk losing millions of dollars because of an R rating.
Okay I'm probably typing too long so I'll try to cut the rest short. Not Another Teen movie is no where in the same league as American Pie, Breakfast Club, Say Anything, or any of the classics that we love. It doesn't try to be either.
What it does is get a few good laughs out of you on a very silly level. You won't be bothered by the story because there really isn't much of one. There doesn't need to be one either because it needs plenty of room to make everyone laugh. The writting is pretty silly and after about 45 minutes it got a little repetitive.
The audience seemed to like it a lot in the beginning and then the laughs started to die out by the end. I guess I'll just consider this a warm up for American Pie II.
Dr. Death
