Best College Movie
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The Paper Chase......pretty good movie about law school.
Dead Man's Curve. No not the song, the 1998 movie. Actually the movie was stupid and sucked....but one scene was fantastic. The "Beer Hunter" scene.
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* “Getting Straight” (a great movie, but possibly dated now)
* “The Paper Chase” (this movie scared/shocked a lot of my friends who were applying to law school)
“The Graduate” was shown to us en masse during my freshman orientation (in David Lawrence Hall waaay back when it was still named the Common Facilities Bldg).
* “The Paper Chase” (this movie scared/shocked a lot of my friends who were applying to law school)
“The Graduate” was shown to us en masse during my freshman orientation (in David Lawrence Hall waaay back when it was still named the Common Facilities Bldg).
Animal House may be the best movie ever made, so it's the obvious winner in this category.
Anyone remember watching this movie on HBO?
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There is no doubt it is my favorite comedy ever. For a movie as old as it is, it totally stands the test of time. Absolutely brilliant performances from so many characters
Yes. Goose from top gun was the male lead in this. Snuck into East Germany.
"Real Genius" was the most CMU-like movie I've ever seen. Way too real. Watching it or "Silicon Valley" on HBO gives me PTSD.
I don't know if there's any movie in the world that holds up worse than "Revenge Of The Nerds", like half of the pranks would get you registered as a sex offender in today's world. And rightfully so, it's probably the rapiest movie ever released. It's still hilarious, but yeesh.
I echo the picks elsewhere though, "Animal House", "Old School", and "Back To School" are all awesome. "The Social Network" sort of counts.
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That’s right. Good memory. I didn’t look at picture in post I responded to. I would have known if I’d looked closer at pic.
Real Genius was on the other day and it still holds up! Back to School is still great and sadly the last good movie Rodney made.
Yeah Revenge of the Nerds is crazy to watch now, the cameras spying on the sorority, the revenge porn of Betty, Booger saying he was hitting up Jr. High Schools for a date, and Louis flat out raping Betty in the fun house.
I was wondering if Real Genius would get some love.
Another 80s movie that would never even get pitched let alone made today is Soul Man. World is probably better for it!
Another 80s movie that would never even get pitched let alone made today is Soul Man. World is probably better for it!
We could start a whole thread of favorite Animal House quotes.
“ ... and ... could you get three dates for my friends?”
1. Animal House
2. Back to School
3. Revenge of the Nerds
4. Old School
A lesser known but excellent college flick: Breaking Away, filmed entirely in Bloomington IN and on the IU campus.
In what way was that a college movie outside of the fact they were all Michigan alums 10 years out of college?
That’s a strong statement that I happen to agree with.
I forgot that one. Great movie. John Wayne and Donna Reed. Sort of reminds you of the plight of Pitt football for the past four decades. The coach knows what it takes to win and the college administration will only ply by the rules while their competition is beating their brains out and laughing all the way to the bank.
This movie is the ultimate metaphor for Pitt Football.
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