This Movie made me Feel Old

Rating: 1/10 (10 August 2001)

American Pie was the FIRST teenage/high school flick I saw in my life where watching it actually made me feel old. I was 23 pushing 24 when I saw AP in theaters in '99. Before that I could still watch teen flicks and even high school flicks, even though I was no longer a teen and no longer(thank God) in high school. No problem whatsoever. But I guess in '99 I realized it had been 6 years since I was in high school, and these goofy teen flicks got repetive and boring to me. The teens in the theater were laughing their heads off, probably thinking that AP was brand new and original, when in reality it is old, old, old, tired and cliche.
I saw AP with two friends, one guy was exactly my age and I looked at him and knew he hated AP for the same reasons I did. My other friend was still 20 at the time, and he was laughing his head off. Poor guy, I guess he can be forgiven, when you are 20 a lot of people still think of themselves as "teens" and can still watch movies like this. I know I could,.....until 23. Millions of REAL teens in 1999(unlike my friend who was 20) will cherish "American Pie" as "their film" a hallmark of their growing years and something that made them "come of age". I guess I had "Dazed and Confused" and even "Clueless". But AP will always be remembered by me....it was a coming of age piece for me. It was the first teen flick I watched where I just sat and stared at the screen trying to remind myself to laugh and stop feeling so old watching this. Since AP, I realized I could NEVER watch a teen flick again without feeling like an old geezer. Trust me, you think it won't happen to you....wait till you turn 23, or even 22.