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Memorable, crazy movie

Did you people see the same film I saw?

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

I, for some reason, loved this movie. The absolute funniest part, though, is the commentary track. It features only some of the male cast members, who dish on the girls, so it's a little one-sided. These guys obviously loved working with each other and it shows in their comments. They spend the entire movie not talking about the movie and it's hilarious. They take cell phone calls, take a meeting on the phone with one of their agents, talk about other movies (including a great spoof on "Good Will Hunting") and end up punching each other out during the commentary session. Their take on one of the extras in the movie is also very funny, but I hope the guy never listens to it. Check it out!

However, "Going Greek" is not a well-made movie in any way. Sure, muchleeway should be afforded to any filmmaker who sets out to make a film, withsuch low budget constraints. In the end, the film fails to do exactly that which it set out to do, make people laugh. Even with leeways given to the filmmakers, this film is so horrible and a waste of time that I can't even believe I wasted a whole Saturday night watching it. I have only written reviews for a few other movies, but I was so moved by this flop that I just had to write one here. There is obviously little thought put into any of the female characters. They are all weak and stupid. What could have been a great movie with a great premisewas wasted on a horribly cast, horribly written, and yes, horribly directed, gritty movie that doesn't even have good music. Even a low budget film can find good indi bands and good music. More careful analysis, testing, and more attention to films would've helped this film out immensely. There is a reason this is a straight to video production. Rent it if you like, but just know you have been warned. One interesting moment is the Director commentary on DVD. He isactually a well-spoken gentleman with a lot to be said about film-making.

...having seen this movie, I must disagree with most of the other commentators. This film is quite bad in just about every basic aspect.For one, instead of having a strong story that drives our heroes Gil and Jake to strive for inclusion at the expense of their dignity, we have nothing more than a series of episodic gross-out gags and ruses, not to mention a slapped-on romance. The razor-thin plot consists of fraternity brothers inducting Gil in hopes that Jake would join the fraternity as well and, with his former football skills, beat a rival fraternity (of which we know nothing of, by the way) in a football game that exists only because there was a need for an uplifting and climactic ending.Second, the gags are gross in the extreme, yet they are neither funny (thanks to poor timing aided by the aforementioned episodic approach, despite well-done delivery) nor disgusting (Yes, every conceivable example of displaying people's by-products is in this movie.). Some of the humor is good only when taken out of the context of the film, but for the most part it is just plain sad, because it leaves little for the audience to fill in with their imagination.Third, the bad-enough one-dimensional stereotypes that unfortunately are the characters are in addition plagued with an air of arrogance and self-importance. Moreover, some of the characters are not completely fleshed out and, because of it, they miss moments that could've been ripe with humor. For example, Charlie Talbert gives a memorable and hilarious comedic performance as Dooly, but even that can't save his poorly written on-screen persona. (Early on he says he "likes pussy", but near the end it shows that he is clearly a homosexual. The actual problem is that there is no comedic arc to discern whether that was the case all along, he developed a taste for it, or if he was bi.) Try as I might, these problems couldn't be ignored and ultimately soured the film for me.I gave the film a 3: The lowest rating you can go + Basic principles of film-making are followed + Charlie Talbert.

The t-comm department here at Ball State has a series of "professionals in residence". Usually boring, they surprised us with a screening and Q&A with a hollywood filmmaker.Never heard of the guy or the movie before the show, but figured it had to be better than the usual talking corpses we get.Just to clarify my background, I'm an Aussie transfer student enjoying a year out here in corn country. I've enjoyed one or two fraternity parties, and maybe one or two sorority sisters, but never really went in for all the greek hardcore lot.This number didn't change my mind, but it definitely gave me a few ideas to take back to Oz next year.All's I can say is that this movie is flat out hysterical. The characters all had a sense of realism that you never find in American comedies anymore... Where are you Albert Brooks???...Anyway, I really enjoyed the film and the director and one of the actors (BSU alum Corey Person) stayed after for a really funny Q&A session in which they talked about the trials and tribulations of getting a movie made.All in all, a really well worthwhile film.