so what's wrong with being an 18 year old virgin?

Unfortunately yes that is what theyre doing. Society has found its so easy to market sex and violence that its gone out of control. This movies bad, but the movies that make it into the theatres half the time are just as stupid with the same wannabe catchers, sex and action. I have an issue with the way sex is portrayed in movies, which is always on a wishful thinking basis of a male director. Its been like this for decades, the famously bad exploitation films of the 70s, the slasher films that wouldnt have been made if there wasnt a naked girl in the movie. Society needs to wake up and stop being brainwashed by primitive money making schemes. Its disgusting how they can ruin something so beautiful, and people dumbed down enough support it. Then again, by people i pretty much just mean teenage boys (or men with that mentality), or girls trying to be "one of the guys", subconsiously thinking its the only way to be equal. Sorry for the rant, but this crappy movie debate is the tiniest tip of the iceberg. And no there isnt anything wrong with being a virgin when youre 22 let alone 18! dont feel bad or embarrased, if anything you should be proud of yourself. Now if you were like 35 i might ask why you havent felt the need but youre a long way off.

One more thing, stupid movies like these, when they get popular and become part of a culture have effects on people, anyone who denies this is extremely ignorant. Anyone wonder why theres so many teenage girls who think they wont be "cool" if they havent had sex? Its because of movies like these! Even completely rational thinking teenagers (oxymoron?) fall victim to peer pressure. Eg, take in this movie where the chick wouldnt show her tits and was called lame. What kind of backwards world has this turned to??

^LMAO, I'm 25 so I'm still a decade off that mark!

I just... I dunno. I guess I have a rather asexual personality, don't want to have kids yet, rather focus on work for now, etc. It doesn't particularly bother me I just wonder how rare for a virgin to be at this age is.

I haven't seen this movie, don't plan to, but it is amusing how a movie with this title even exists.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w04uHPfnik
DANCE MUTHA****A! DANCE, DANCE, DANCE!

Yeah, it sends out a pretty terrible message, as does every movie like this. No doubt that it influences teenagers/kids. And it's just wrong. I really don't think people should grow up worrying about getting laid before they turn 18.

And I'm with you -- I also have the mindset of wanting to lose it to a person I love in particular, not just the first girl I had a shot with. Things like these encourage the opposite, for sure, and that's in my opinion not right.

"I'll die unless you kill me!" - Ethan Hunt

You asked, I'll answer:

Q: What's the big deal about sex?

A: It is a fundamental human experience; one that requires (when correctly undertaken) a fair amount of social skill and at least the allusion of empathy. It is the most direct and complete form of interpersonal communication. It is really, really fun.

"What about," you might ask, "folks who only have sex when they're wasted or as a kind of tagging-for-sport?" To that, I would reply that those people are equally maladjusted because they also are avoiding the intimacy and affection inherent in the act (again, correctly undertaken).

Movies like this show a person's compulsion to have the full human experience and the typical teenage tendency to mistake form for function; signifier for sign. The girl in this film recognizes that she's missing something and does her best to seek it out. And, in the end, she finds that <spoiler>she was missing the connection, not merely the penetration.</spoiler>

Q: Are you a freak for waiting for "the right person" rather than "getting off with some drunken skank"?

A: In a sense, yes.

You're a freak for believing in this false dichotomy. You're a freak for believing there is a "right one" instead of a "right way" for any arbitrary pairing.

Q: Is that what this movie is trying to tell everybody?

A: Yes and no. It is perhaps telling you that you're a freak for not understanding that you're missing out on a basic human experience, but it doesn't go into detail to tell you that you're a freak for these absurd, mistaken believes you seem to hold.