Funny comedy, ruined by the message it carries

Rating: 6/10 (15 August 2000)

*SPOILERS , kinda. but its obvious how its gonna end. in a typical hollywoodian fashion.*
The movie deserved a 9. Its a funny comedy about senior high schoolers trying to get laid before the year ends, and I liked it. But I only voted a 6. Here's why: I could relate to Jim and the others throughout the whole movie, except at the end. Jim says "I'm tired of everyone hyping sex, I dont wanna do it anymore. To hell with it all" (close enough). Ok, if the movie had ended with at least ONE of the "good guys, normal guys" not getting laid, the message or moral would've been "ok, some guys make it, some dont". good. but it didnt. they had to have all the "normal" kids have sex, and the viewer,
if a male teenager, will leave the theater thinking "ok...so if i dont have sex while in high school, im a loser like Sherman" (that's what many thought, and that's what the previous reviewer Longtrip thought) . How screwed up is that? I mean, only a select 30% (im only guessing) of guys got laid at my high school, does that make the 70% remaining losers? No, but that's the message you got from American Pie. That you're like Sherman. (for the record, I didnt get laid in high school). I really wish at least Jim would've stayed a virgin, at least until the next year. Also...whats up with using 24/25 year-old girls to play the role of 18yo's? huh? Shannon Elizabeth is a PLAYMATE, yet they pass her as a regular 18yo student. The average teenage girl watching the movie will obviously notice the difference in looks between her and the sexy cast of American Pie, who's supposedly "normal average 18yo's". No way that'll help her self-esteem, in this f***ed up world where girls think that if they dont look like the girl on the cover of Seventeen, they'll scare guys away . So, both male and female teenagers that are like me (that are part of the aforementionned 70%), when leaving the theater, will walk out with a bad taste in their mouth.
I liked American Pie. Half-way through the movie, I was thinking that I'll be giving it a 9 here. but with the moral/message it has, I cant allow myself to give it more than a 6, sorry. Have a nice day, people. (oh, and sorry if I dont express myself as eloquently as some other reviewers)