Thoughts on American Pie movies
 

I've only ever seen the first one, as it was a pretty fun and entertaining teen comedy movie and a decent coming of age story.

Are any of the following films worth seeing or should I just stop here? Since Jason Biggs is currently voicing Leonardo in the cartoon, I thought it was only fitting to revisit the movie that made him famous.

The main movies are fun, although I've not seen the last reunion movie.

The spin-offs, terrible.

American Pie 1 and 2 are great. American Wedding is decent and overall fairly entertaining. Haven't seen band camp or any other spinoff but general consensus is that they're terrible.
2 and Wedding are worth looking up if anything to to see what happens after they graduate.

Never had an appeal for them and never will. Just not my cup of tea.

It's great that American Pie did for a whole new generation what Fast times at Ridgemont High did for the 80's.

I was a senior in high school when the first one came out and I loved it! But they seemed to go downhill from there which each one being worse than the last. My oldest niece, 11 years younger than me, was in high school when the spin offs were released and absolutely loved them. To me, they seemed like R rated versions of made for TV Disney movies and just seemed stupid (weren't most straight to DVD anyway?). Although I was probably no longer the target age demographic LOL. American Reunion was virtually unwatchable to me last year. That all being said, I still can sit down and enjoy the first for as classic a story as it is. And to CyberCubed's last comment, I still love Fast Times at Ridgemount High anytime! It was a great movie when I first saw it in the 90's and it's still a great movie today. In fact, just watched it again this past 4/20!

Book of Love was the only one I hated. The main movies are all pretty good and the rest are watchable, except BOL.

Possibly the single most overrated comedy film(s) of all time, honestly. I know a lot of people compare it to 80s movies with similar themes, but the difference is that the 80s versions were clever. American Pie was 90% gross-out humor and 10% Shannon Elizabeth's tits. The sequels just felt like xeroxing. I never saw any of the DVD spin-offs. I don't *hate* the original, it's worth watching every once in a while, but it's the most overrated comedy I've ever seen. It's just not *that* funny, aside from the "Holy Sh*t I can't believe they got away with that" factor.

Funny story, I got dragged to see the original with a bunch of friends when it came out. Near the end when Alyson Hannigan tells Jason Biggs where she stuck her flute, some guy in one of the front rows JUMPED out of his seat, started jumping up and down pumping his fists in the air screaming "YEAH! YEAH! F*CK YEAH!!!" and then ran up the aisle and out of the theater, never to return. Everyone kind of laughed awkwardly for a second and got quiet, kinda like "Um, yeah, so that just happened," and then my friend said really loud "I guess he had to go rub one out?" Whole place died. :lol: It was worth sitting through the movie for that. And for Shannon Elizabeth; she never looked that good again.

Oh, man, that's hilarious, Leo.

I agree that the franchise as a whole is overrated, that's for sure. But looking at individual comedies, I would say something like Napoleon Dynamite or Anchor Man is much more overrated. American Pie at least had a plot and a cast of characters whom most people can relate to at that point in their lives.

O- and loved your story BTW :lol:

You're nuts. NUTS, I tell you!

agree with u there

Her body was unreal in the movie. Entirely skinny frame and huge boobs. I didn't see the movie back in 1999....as I was only like...14 or something at the time....but I know if I did that scene would have been burnt into my mind forever.

I can only imagine what it must have been like for all the 13-15 year olds who saw American Pie in theaters back in 1999.

HATE them. Really dumb movies that only appeal to the lowest teenagers with bad taste in actual stories and characters!

At the end of the first one, they do this whole speech about how great it is to keep their virginity until the right time and make it special for their love to give out the message to teenagers that sex is not the most important thing in the world. Great for you movie, I actually have some respect now that you decided to be smart about this and give a good moral - what happens next? They ALL get laid that very night!

Bullsh!t.

They were all 18 and seniors in High School, I don't see the problem.

That's cool. I can't convince you otherwise, that was just my opinion. I thought the movie would be smarter and have a good moral but sad to say otherwise...

They're the kind of comedy movies that get less funny the older you get.

it was a good flick . it did show a tame side of high school at the time. i was also class of '99 like the dudes in the movie and there were 5 of us in my main group of friends as well. But i went to a high school in california with gangs, drugs, violence, just more hood life. but it did capture a feeling / vibe that was present where i was at.

Loved fast times at ridgemont high. that movie to me was spot on! more so than american pie.

It was a decent moral. The kids waited to have sex until they found someone. The only questionable one was that one kid who had sex with the mother of his friend.

Eugene Levy is the only good thing in those movies.