It's 2010... Enough already. - The Virginity Hit (2010) Discussion

[–] tibieryo 14 years ago

This is the first teen sex comedy I've seen promoted since American Pie. That was eleven years ago.

You say played out, I say camcorder teen sex com sounds like an interesting take on reviving a previously dead genre. Sadly, it still won't be Porky's.

It's 2010: I'm ready for another.

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[–] jacksonjackson 14 years ago

Superbad? Eurotrip? Sex Drive?

Even if the Virginity Hit is able to add bits of originality to this premise, it really just sounds like the usual "found footage" gimmick applied to the typical teen (or college student, adult, whatver) sex genre.

I'll bet the OP is right. Enough already.

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[–] benohmart 14 years ago

Actually, the shaky camera is played out. Time to move out of this fad.

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[–] t_ig2 14 years ago

Eurotrip fits into the teen sex comedy, but its not about loosing one's virginity. Superbad was the first main stream comedy about the subject since America Pie (many years earlier). I guess you could say Superbad was followed up by Sex Drive, but no where near as popular with critics or audiences. The genre isn't "played out" as long as someone can put an oringinal twist on the narrative.

The Untouchables, Once upon a time in America, Resevoir Dogs, Scar Face, Casion, Donnie Basco, Miller's Crossing, Goodfellas, and Pulp Fiction were all made within 10 years of each other, but I wouldn't say the gangster/crime genre was played out.

That being said, I very skeptical that this movie will be inventive enough to put its own twist on the genre.

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[–] pallybear 14 years ago

And nobody mentioned 40 Year old Virgin (funny movie) that makes you feel like a nerd if you haven't had sex.

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[–] xfastfurious15 14 years ago

yea but the 40 year old virgin isn't really a TEEN sex comedy...even if many teens saw it, which we have, all the characters are like 25 years old and up. the main character was 40 years old!!! not 17.

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[–] taijiquan12 14 years ago

The mistake on this thread is using The American Pie titles in the singular. People are talking like there was one, but there was a trilogy in theatres and three more even more mindless video versions produced, that's 6 movies about the same damn thing!

And the teen-sex thing isn't just a fixation in comedies, you see elements of it in drama, romance, and sometimes even sci-fi nowadays. You can't get away from Hollywood and it's desire to present teens and their "conflicted urges", etc.

It is played out, most of us are tired of it, and it's not breaking any ground or covering anything different anymore.

A lot of people may knock it for creating cliches and catchphrases, but Napoleon Dynamite was original, at least, it was a teen-oriented comedy that didn't rely on solely on the characters trying to bone before prom.

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[–] arkast 14 years ago

the description of this movie seems like a rip off of The Girl Next Door(2004)..

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[–] t_ig2 14 years ago

Only the first American Pie focussed on losing ones' virginity.
Napoleon Dynamite: the story of an outsider trying to gain acceptance and love...not original. Realy if you watch "Welcome to the Doll House" or some of Wes Anderson's work, you will see that Napoleon Dynamite isn't even that orginal in its direction. It did have some orginal jokes that played well with audiences. Over all, it was probably about as original as this film will be.

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[–] taijiquan12 14 years ago

I never saw Napoleon as wanting acceptance, I don't quite know where you got that, he was pretty set in his ways and comfortable being the way he was, willing to get bullied over it.

It would've been textbook and typical had there been a standard "hot chick" that the jock was into that he also wanted, thus prompting him to go through some sort of string of supposedly entertaining events to get her admiration. That would be your quintessential teen comedy, Napoleon Dynamite did not center itself entirely around romantic or sexual themes. They were present but they did not totally define the movie, unlike this movie, the American Pie series, or the countless other teen or marketed-to-teen comedies that have flooded the market since the 80's.

That is what I believe most of this thread is frustrated about, teen-oriented sex driven comedies that put so much of the plot and importance on sex, and create 90% of the plot and subject matter around it. It's not that we're prude necessarily, it's just that there are plenty of people sick and tired of seeing it. It's a pop culture standard that's worn out it's welcome.

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[–] whowhatwherewhenwhy 14 years ago

Hmm, it's not so much that the topic is "played out" - I refuse to give credit to the idea that a theme so broad can be entirely tapped - I think it's all in how something is executed. If the movie is really good and original, it doesn't matter that it's a "teen-sex movie" or a "vampire movie" or whatever. If it's a GREAT teen sex movie, if it's a GREAT vampire movie, they can keep churning them out and I will have no qualms about it.

For example, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind might be described by some people whose job it is to pigeonhole products as "romantic comedy". Now if you were to avoid it just based on the broad sweeping description, because you are soured on rom-coms by Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey movies, you would be doing yourself a disservice.

This movie might suck (haven't seen it), but dismissing a whole genre of movie because it's been done badly so many times is wrong. Look at how many terrible dramas, action movies or thrillers are made every year. Sometimes you have to wade through Lifetime Original Crap to get to Shawshank.

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[–] taijiquan12 14 years ago

I see what you're saying, and it's not that I disagree, and I don't think that any genre is played out for good, and that's not what I meant about the teen-sex comedy genre.

I guess I meant that I personally and it seems many others are sick of this niche in the comedy genre.

What you mentioned, drama, action, thriller, those are broad genre definitions that can cover a wide range of movies. And yes, there is certainly equal potential for crap and classics within.

However, I'm not talking about comedy in general here. I'm talking about this certain type of comedy being very popular, exposed, and rehashed in the past 10 plus years especially. I don't think the whole of the comedy genre is shot to hell, and I'm not saying any teen-sex romps should never be made ever again. However I think that the possibility of making one that is truly "great" lowers as the quantity increases.

It's simply starting to become the same situations, scenarios and stories that have been done a thousand times before. It doesn't seem to me that a movie like this is even trying to do anything different with the genre. Maybe if they did something like approach teen-sex from another perspective or offered something new it wouldn't be so frustrating. But that really doesn't seem to be the case. I say it's time for a break.

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[–] t_ig2 13 years ago

"I never saw Napoleon as wanting acceptance, I don't quite know where you got that"

First, believe when I say I'm not trying to be rude or mean, but don't say "I don't know where you got that." It makes it sound as if you're trying to prove your point by making the other person look stupid. It's an added comment that dosen't really develope the conversation. We're all just a bunch of people who don't know each other, so let's try to be cool. If I say something that makes me sound like I'm patronizing, just let me know.

Second, I agree that he is "pretty set in his ways" but was he not trying to gain acceptance from Pedro and Deb? If he wasn't then why else would he draw a picture, deliver a cake, dance on stage, or buy a suit?

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[–] seanspike 13 years ago

Worst. Example. Ever.
Two completely different genres. The crime/gangster drama genre has potential to tell a million different stories and not feel similar. Where as teen sex comedy (particularly the story of losing one's virginity, which i think the OP stated) is smaller and has the same niche. Guy (or girl) wants to lose virginity. Finally loses it at the end. The end.

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[–] default003 14 years ago

this movie looks okay from the trailer, im not expecting superbad or american pie type quality but this looks like it can work

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[–] lynyrdskynyrd 14 years ago

My thoughts exactly! This looks so stupid!

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[–] blue__yoshi 14 years ago

I work in the video store and there are at least 1 or 2 of these movies released PER MONTH. Over ten years that adds up to AT LEAST 120 teen comedies revolving around losing your viginity or some variation of it. Thankfully most go straight to video. But the OP is right - this genre is officially PLAYED OUT. Revive it again in 10 years but this generation has lost it long ago.

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[–] lynyrdskynyrd 10 years ago

Wow that's way too many, more than I ever would have imagined.

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[–] connor_sniper 14 years ago

With how many kids still watching these movies its hard to just stop making them. The movies still profit well in this generation. I am not opposed to these movies but to some degree I admit there are too many. I'll still end up seeing this with my friends more than likely but that's what a movie like this is for, getting a bunch of your friends together and go waste 90 min watching a raunchy comedy. Hell my favorite movie is Pulp Fiction and some of the other top movies (for me) are Goodfellas, Casion, and Hurt Locker.

I enjoy serious quality movies. However I can accept movies like Piranha 3-D and teen sex comedies for what they are: 90 min of laughable entertainment.

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[–] OBIEttTRICE 13 years ago

this movie really wasn't that bad. there were more laughs in it than the usual hollywood crap. 7/10

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