The first American Pie movie was one of the first of the really raunchy teen comedies of the late 90s. A genre that included 'Cant Hardly Wait', 'Shes all that', 'Road Trip', 'Euro Trip', and 'Van Wilder' (among many others).
American Pie, however, was the first movie of my generation (that I remember), to introduce us to High School/College age sexuality in a most hilarious and appealing way, an intriguing, mystical world of where partying, sex and friends seemed to be the cornucopia of life. It made me look forward to the next five years of growing up, it made me excited about life, much like I suspect the John Hughes movies of the 80s did for their 12 year old viewers. American Pie will always live on in my heart, not just as a great movie, but as a point in my life when I was learning new things about life and looked forward to getting older.
Needless to say none of the sequels could hold a candle to the original... in fact most were completely unwatchable.
This newest effort, American Reunion, tries to resonate with those memories. It invites us to relive those moments, to reminisce with adoring nostalgia of how we felt at that age. I find it fitting that we do so along with the original characters as they also go through the same process on screen.
Will this movie be a classic? No, never. It cant be. Classic movies break new ground (among other things, a discussion for another time).
Will this movie be good? Almost assuredly so, barring any kind of truly magnificent fuck up from the writer[s?] or director.
I invite everyone to try to watch this movie with someone who you saw the original one with for the first time.
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