Lindsay Rose<\/p>\n
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This article contains spoilers! If you haven\u2019t seen it yet, I\u2019d advise you to go do so.<\/p>\n
Where to begin? An empty house for a weekend, unlimited booze, an ex- army trained drug dealer, 2 DJ\u2019s, 12 year old security guards, a blow up bouncy castle, a gnome full of ecstasy and a nerdy AV kid hired to stay sober and film the whole thing, what could go wrong, right? I\u2019ll admit, going into the movie I had a few doubts. There\u2019s nothing
\nwrong with your classic party movie once in a while, but was I really going to
\npay $13 to watch a bunch of kids get wasted? No thank you. But I can honestly
\ntell you, as I sat with some of my best friends in that packed theatre and
\nagain with Laura Murphy (the second time, yes I did go and see it twice) I have
\nnever laughed so hard.<\/p>\n
To start, the movie does a great job of going in depth with the characters, yet still giving the movie its \u201cclassic party movie\u201d feeling. You meet the characters and get a great sense of what they\u2019re like, and their friendship with each other. Ultimately, getting to know those character\u2019s traits and quirks ends up giving you a better understanding
\nof why things turned out the way they did. They also show a great dynamic of a
\ntypical friend group, which makes the entire situation seem perfectly
\nrealistic.<\/p>\n
The realistic nature of the movie is the second reason it is so great. While watching the trailers, it\u2019s hard to believe that you, or anyone for that matter, could let their own party get so out of control. But the reoccurring theme of peer pressure (especially from every end of the spectrum) is the primary reason things escalate. The main character,
\nThomas, is initially pressured by his irresponsible friend, Costa, to throw a
\nbirthday party while Thomas\u2019s parents are away on vacation. He is then directed
\nby the fact that if Thomas were to throw the party, he\u2019d be giving all of their
\nunpopular friends a chance at getting a shot with girls who had never paid
\nattention to them throughout high school. Later, when the party begins to spin
\nout of control, Thomas is ready to take it down a notch. But with praise and
\napproval from the girl of his dreams and an infamous college baseball star,
\nhe\u2019s once again weakened from his initial judgement and good decision making.
\nAlthough Thomas knows it\u2019s probably a bad idea, he goes against his morals
\nthinking it will help him to achieve something he wants, which is something
\nmost teenagers can relate to.<\/p>\n
The fact that this movie is based on a true story is what makes this so insane and believable. In 2006, Corey Worthington threw a \u201cproject x\u201d where one death was recorded, the dog squad and air ring of the police force were called, neighbours cars and police cruisers were destroyed, and he was charged with $20,000 in fines. The only difference is, while Thomas is aiming for good intentions and is sorry for the trouble he has caused to those around him, Corey is a total brat. He appeared on an Australian news show wearing a baseball cap and obnoxious yellow sunglasses and told the host \u201cI won\u2019t take off my sunglasses and apologize, because I\u2019m famous now.\u201d<\/p>\n
All in all, I highly recommend this movie. Just a word of advice though: make sure you have plans after because I guarantee you aren\u2019t going to want to go home and take a nap. It\u2019ll keep you laughing for the full hour and twenty eight minutes, and make you want to go out and wreak some havoc of your own afterward. (Maybe not blow torching a neighbourhood or driving a BMW into a swimming pool kind of havoc, but you understand.) Oh, and if anyone decides to throw their own ragger, (project x style) you know I\u2019ll be there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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