College movies today seem to litter the silver screen every summer. These movies tell stories of seemily average college students going through their lives at college and coming across something extraordinary. One such example is the movie Accepted, in this movie we see the protagonist a kid named Bartlby (who names their kid Bartlby since like 1600 right?) inventing his own college that allows the students to teach themselves. If that were to happen there would be so many lawsuits and so many charges that it would send Bartlby to jail for a very long time instead.
Another movie that tells a college story is National Lampoon's Van Wilder. In this movie there is a guy who is afraid of the real world, something that everybody in college is feeling, but unlike regular people he spends 7 years in college, and over the course of this film we see him learning to cope with the real world with the help of one wicked beautiful news reporter from the school paper. In the movie there are many stereotypes of college kids that are almost never true. We see the nerdy fraternity getting the hot girls because they ask for Van Wilder's help. then when Van is almost expelled they all chomp at the bit to help him. Another is the party stereotype. in this movie every single party that Van is part of becomes a huge party with hundreds and hundreds of people. these parties are never broken up by the police, whereas in the real world these would be broken up by 11pm.
another thing that they show is college itself, it is never as they show it, especially here at csun. here, people show up for class then leave. at some schools a lot more people are around on a daily basis, but they arent doing anything like what the movies show. like one movie would be American Pie's The Naked Mile. this movie shows an entire college that lines up and runs for a mile completely in the nude. the best part is that it is sanctioned by the school. i may be mistaken here, but in no way would that be allowed at CSUN, or any other college i've ever been to.
the reality of college is there in these movies, but then the creators take it and turn it into something that an audience wants to see, almost like a fantasy. I personally have never been to a party with more than 350 people, and even that one with 350 got broken up before midnight.
-AK-
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Yeah man you gotta give it to hollywood they sure make college look great. Have you ever seen a dorm room in one of these movies? they are better than the apartment i can barely afford! hahaha i guess that's just how movies work...
JB
I think that college movies have both fact and fiction. The facts about college life (partying, drinking, etc.) is just exaggerated, perhaps to poke fun at college life itself. That is a way college movies are a part of popular culture, because they seem to be typically comedies that may contain sexual humor and a romance. I haven't seen too many of this type of movie, though. I hope that viewers of these movies don't get the wrong idea and believe that it is okay to goof off most of the time. These films are only a small peek at what can happen. College is, in fact, the next step to higher education. Is high school the best years of our lives, or is college? It would depend on how valuable we make our time in either point of our lives.
I completely agree with you. These movies never fail to exaggerate "college life." Could it be that they want to attract students to go to college? And yet, usually, these college students are the drop-out types, or the types who doesn't give a damn about school and hard work. It's all about parties, as you mentioned. It is true that some sorority/fraternities initiate, but not in that context. Most clubs and orgs (at least, to once I've been a member in at CSUN) follow the school's guideline of no hazing and few, if not, no alcohol at all. All these things are done outside the campus, and in secret.
Furthermore, I just have to agree that indeed these movies are fictional. It serves only to humor our highschool drop outs.
Anna Buhay
There might be alot of fiction in some of those college movies, but some Party schools are somwhat similar to those that they portray
in films for example
SanDiego State
Santabarbara
Party schools
-daniel
Yes, college movies do have fact and fiction. One college movie I can think of is the "Revenge of the Nerds". In this movie we see the factions between "Nerds" and the "Cool People". According to my college experience I never seen these subcultures. In the movie, people make fun of nerds who are smart. In reality, we admire college students who are brilliant. The fact of this movie is that two main characters start college confuse and looking for a direction in life. In the same way, freshmen college students are looking for a start in their college life.
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