Old School | | Cast : | Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn | | Director : | Todd Phillips | | Studio : | Universal Studios | | Format : | | | Released Date : | February 21, 2003 | | DVD Released Date : | June 10, 2003 | | Language : | English (Original Language), French (Original Language), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | Unrated | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
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| Rating |  | | Date | August 09, 2005 | | Summary | Frat-Boy Humor Only Goes So Far. | Content
 | Nice guy Mitch (Luke Wilson) has just found his girlfriend cheating on him. Puerile Frank (Will Ferrell) has recently married and may have gotten himself in over his head. And Beanie (Vince Vaughn), their cynical friend who is securely married with children, sees it all as an opportunity to party like they did when they were young. Trying to start anew, Mitch leases a house that happens to be right next to a college campus. At Beanie's urging, the house becomes party central for the nearby college students. In an effort to shut the parties down, the Dean of the university succeeds in having the house zoned for university use only. So the revelers declare themselves a fraternity -an equal opportunity fraternity that will admit any man of any age who wants to pledge. When the conniving Dean comes up with a new plan to shut them down, the guys will have to prove that they are a real fraternity or close their doors permanently.
To say that "Old School"'s humor is sophomoric would be an understatement. "Old School"'s humor is infantile. The audience is hit over the head with gross-out physical comedy, beer bongs, K-Y jelly wrestling, nudity, and four-letter words. And the film does not apologize for it. "Old School" spoofs and celebrates fraternity life. And some of it is funny. But the gags get tiresome, and boredom sets in only a third of the way through the film. It may be the lack of credibility, and therefore sympathy, in the characters. At no point in this film does it make any sense that Mitch is even involved with the fraternity. Or it may be that gross-out jokes fall flat after the first "oh, gross". But I found "Old School" to be a snooze. I wasn't impressed by any of the main characters, but there are a few supporting roles that may be worth mentioning. I like Juliette Lewis' swinging girlfriend character a lot. Ex-Late Late Show host Craig Kilborn does a very convincing obnoxious womanizer. And Ellen Pompeo jumps off the screen as Mitch's potential love interest, Nicole. The camera loves her, so I think we'll be seeing more of Pompeo in the future. If frat-boy humor is your thing, you might enjoy "Old School". Otherwise, I don't think that you will find the few good jokes and supporting performances worth your time. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 03, 2005 | | Summary | Earmuffs!!!!!!!!!!!! | Content
| Office Space used to be my favorite comedy but Old School completely destroyed it! It was absolutely hilarious! Just check out the hilarious cast! Luke Wilson! Vince Vaughn! Will Ferrell! Need I say more? But, this is Will Ferrell's movie! He is absolutely hilarious and delivers nonstop laughs every second that he's on screen!
We're Going Streaking!!!!!!!!
And for those of you saying that this isn't funny, come on! How isn't this funny? What about Will Ferrell naked? The trainquilizer? What about "Now drop and give me 10!!"?
What about when Will Ferrell gives a 6 year old child a toaster for his birthday? That Luke Wilson had given Ferrell for his wedding present!!!!!!!!! Hilarious! How isn't that funny??? Do you people have a sense of humor? Come on!
Oh and for those of you people saying that it's predictable.. NO DUH!!!!! All comedies are predictable! It doesn't matter if they are! They aren't supposed to be unpredictable or have good and original plots!! They're supposed to be funny!!!!! And that's what it was!!!! Hilarious!!! It was supposed to be funny!!!! It was FUNNY!!!! Who cares if it wasn't serious? It wasn't supposed to be!
I don't even need to talk about the plot because it doesn't matter! This movie blows away all other comedies!!!!!!!! Including Office Space! This is THE GODFATHER OF COMEDIES AND SHALL BE REMEMBERED FOREVER!! You'll laugh so hard that your stomach will be sore as will your throat!!!! Don't rent this!!!! Buy it!!! You'll want to rewatch everyday! Oh and if you thought that Harold and Kumar was funny, this movie is 10000000000000000000000000 times better! What an awesome movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 21, 2005 | | Summary | Old Sckool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | Content
| This movie is so F*ckin funny you will S*it your F*ckin pants
off. Don't watch this movie on a full stomach or you will
s*it.Buy this F*ckin DVD today.
g2g and buy this F*ckin DVD |
| Rating | | | Date | June 26, 2005 | | Summary | C'mon Snoop, Snoop a loop. | Content
| Imagine it, you come home from a buisness trip early, you find your girlfriend at home in bed watching some hard core amateur porn. It's ok if she's into that, but when the naked people emerge from the bathroom, and the guy shows up at the door asking if the.... Well you get the idea.
So begins Old School, a story about men who have accepted societies entrapment of being an adult means that you cannot have any more fun, but they're going to fight it every step fo the way.
You have Mitch Martin (Luke Wilson) as a Lawyer who gets punched in the gut by finding out his girlfriend isn't all she appears to be, Bernard 'Beanie' Campbell (Vince Vaughn) owner of Speaker City, the guy who's worth "Three and a half Million dollars that the government knows about", and Frank Ricard (Will Ferrell) who in years the past was Frank the Tank, gives that up to be married and decides marriage may not be the best thing for him.
So after his break up from his girl friend Heidi (Juliette Lewis) Mitch finds a new place not far from Harrison University.
Beanie throws a "small get together" which means a majority of the campus shows up and there is a cameo by Snoop Dogg playing himself. During this time Frank reverts back to Frank the Tank drinking from multiple beer bongs ("It tastes so good when it hits your lips").
So when Dean Gordon 'Cheese' Pritchard (Jeremy Piven) shows up the next day to inform Mitch he has 30 days to vacate as the house has been rezoned to the Campus the idea for a Fraternity is born.
The recruits are the typical Frat rejects as well as some non college guys just looking to spice up their lives.
There's lots of sexual innuendo, and lots of drinking, etc etc. If you enjoyed animal house you're probably going to like this. Also a cameo by Andy Dick (as Garry) and Leah Remini (King of Queens) as Beanie's wife.
It's just a funny movie, and then the extras, you have the Inside the Actors Studio Spoof, the missing/deleted scenes, the commentary. If you've seen the movie a million times the Commentary will give further insight into this fascinating cinematic event. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 12, 2005 | | Summary | "Animal House" For The 20th Century | Content
| In 1978, a film was released called "National Lampoon's Animal House". The film was a hysterical look at a group of fraternity buddies at college out looking for a good time. The film made a legend out of then "Saturday Night Live" castmember John Belushi and became a comedy classic.
25 years after the release of "Animal House" came "Old School". Well, ladies and gentleman, you finally have the 21st century version of "Animal House". I mean seriously, consider the facts: both films have to do with old college buddies out to for a good time, and both feature showstopping performances by "Saturday Night Live" cast members (Will Ferrell is so funny in this film).
Mitch Mitchell (Luke Wilson) is a successful bsinessman with a beautiful home and an equally beautiful girlfriend (Juliette Lewis). But things soon come crashing down when he realizes that his girlfriend is cheating on him. Distraught, he moves out and seeks sollace from his friends Beanie (Vince Vaughn) and the newly married, ex - party boy Frank "The Tank" Ricard (Will Ferrell, playing the Bluto of this film). Their plan: to turn Mitch's new home into a college fraternity, where kids can enjoy loud music, alcohol and hot women galore. The plan becomes a huge success - until dean Prichard (Jeremy Piven, who is hysterical) intervenes, saying that Mitch's house is college property and he must move out. What ensues is an all out war to keep their beloved frat and the good times rolling.
"Old School" is chock full of hilarious and unforgetttable moments, including the opening scene where Mitch realizes his girlfriend is cheating on him, a KY jelly show that goes horribly wrong, and Frank getting shot in the neck with a dart. But none are more funnier when Will Ferrell takes of his clothes and begins streaking. The best part is when his wife catches him, forces him to get in the car and go home, when Will all of a sudden spits out, "Do you think KFC is still open?"
In addition to its strong main cast, it also features some great supporting roles and cameos by Elisha Cuthbert (Jack Bauer's daughter on the first three seasons of "24"), Snoop Dogg, Seann William Scott (Stifler from "American Pie"), and most hilariously, Andy Dick (I can't really go into detail about the latter's part).
I haven't watched all the extras, but I can tell you that the "Inside The Actors Studio" spoof is definitely worth the price of this dvd. "Old School" is a great film for everyone who enjoys fine Americsn comedy (and especially "Animal House" fans). |
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