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Will there ever be a realistic college movie?

posted 16 years ago by cpete10788
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I am so sick of how college is represented in virtually every TV show and movie. It's beyond stereotypical. It seems like no one in Hollywood has ever been to college or set foot on a college campus. College is not non-stop partying, and fraternities and sororities do not rule the campus. In fact, no one really cares about fraternities and sororities except for the people in them. Some people may go to their parties once in a while, but that's as far as it goes. College is a much more serious place than most people believe, and the majority of students take their studies seriously and make them the number one priority. This is not to say that people don't party and have fun, but they don't do it all the time. The people that try to party all the time usually end up dropping out. Maybe this is just my university, but I'm pretty sure that most are like this. I'm pretty sure that if there ever was a realistic college movie it would be pretty boring. I know that they use the stereotypes to make the movies entertaining, but come on. It's getting a little ridiculous.

[–] thegunslingingdude 16 years ago

Who wants to watch a movie about people taking studies seriously?

[–] CicadaSystem 16 years ago

If it's done by David Simon then yes. Guy can make anything interesting and realistic.

[–] minime2770 15 years ago

I completely agree with you.
That'd be so boring!
But my point is just a question...is college really like that?
Honsetly, I'm a college senior and headed off to start my own college
experience next year and frankly, I don't drink or party too much.
A little, but not enough to get drunk or ****faced. I always get good grades and am pretty much your high school nerd. My boyfriend on the other hand, is entirely different. He has attended many parties, and often drunk. I'm just worried that our relationsihp would end badly because of this? Are the parties really that intense? That many sluts?

[–] elcamino88 16 years ago

Whats a realistic college movie?..attending class and studying..wow how intersting, i'll happily let them film me.

[–] wrathofachilles 16 years ago

The TV series Undergrads came close, but even that had some exaggerated or unrealistic elements.

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[–] Timstuff 16 years ago

Honestly, the most realistic movie about college life from the last 10 years that I can think of is Spider-Man 2. Peter Parker spends his time trying to get good grades instead of getting boozed up and exposing himself to herpes, which is what people who actually succeed in college are like. People who go to college for the parties are the ones who flunk out because they never study and their grades are crap.

[–] Forlornxdrifter 16 years ago

Maybe you guys just havn't been to any good college's. I've been to some where the alchohol flows like a river. Maybe their academic program sucks, but it's still technically a college.

[–] Pulpmariachi 16 years ago

Wonder Boys is pretty accurate. Never mind the persepective of a teacher.

It's okay if this world had a billion saviors; there's so many things to be saved.

[–] Donttestme1822 16 years ago

Dead man on campus

What, me worry?

[–] turtle_love 16 years ago

If college is so much more serious, then please explain to me why people never post pictures of there friends and them studying? Yet, there are pictures of them on Facebook/MySpace of drinking and playing peer pong in college.

[–] kristinafuentes 16 years ago

im a college sophomore, and i mean yea we study and do work...but i mean the parties are just as crazy as the ones they show in the movies sometimes. and if uve seen the movie you'll see that this takes place duing the weekend. unless your takking a massive load of classes, you are not gonna stay in studying.

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[–] kris-myhre 16 years ago

Ive always felt it was part of some fancy sneaky conspiracy.
Show comedies where college is parties, sluts and enemies becoming friends and every moron in school will want to go to college. Thus tricking people into getting higher education under the guise that they wont really be getting any education at all.
Then jump out and go "hah hah!" pointing maniacally.

[–] solidviper102010 16 years ago

here's the thing where I went to college there was a big party scene and I think a lot of college's have that but it is optional. I know a lot of people that chose to stay away from that scene. The problem is that movies like this and so many other present college free-love and hardcore partying as a nesecity. It reminds me of an old Simpson episode where Homer does to college and had watched a bunch of "college-like" movies and was slightly disappointed to see the reality was not quite the same