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Generally speaking, I don’t
mind juvenile comedies. In fact, my lifestyle seems to influence
them, if not encourage their existence. Who wants to see a
2000 year old story about Jesus Christ nailed to the cross
when you can see glistening European jugs? Church is free
and there's a Bible in every hotel room in America. Nope,
I'll spend my 10 bucks elsewhere.
In case the "buzz" about Eurotrip hasn’t
hit the streets yet, let me summarize. Our hero, Scotty, played
by Scott Mechlowicz, is dumped on high school graduation day
by his slut-whore girlfriend, and shortly afterwards, and
quite coincidentally, he discovers his German pen pal, with
whom he has been corresponding for several months, is a hot,
tasty chick he must now visit. Convinced he’s in love,
Scotty heads to Europe with his buddy, Cooper (Jacob Pitts)
and soon meet up with a couple other friends, Jenny (Michelle
Trachtenburg) and Jamie (Travis Wester). Together, they all
have their little misadventures as they make their way towards
Berlin in search of penpal amour Mieke (Jessica Bohrs), Madcap
hilarity ensues. This stuff practically writes itself.
Essentially, the studio emptied out the fridge on overused
juvenile comedy characters in this movie. Scotty’s the
guy who needs to cut loose just one time in his life, but
ends up being a rather prolific tool. Cooper is the wild and
crazy semi-stoner, and he certainly seems that way (f you
happen to be Mormon). Jenny is the nerdy little sex kitten.
And Jamie…well, who gives a crap.
Look, I'm not complaining. I'm easily entertained. But even
unoriginal juvenile comedies must be criticized no matter
how stoned you are in the darkened theater with your pen and
notepad. This movie is filled with silly European stereotypes.
Oh wait, that's not a criticism. I actually liked that part.
Unfortunately, even with the occasionally entertaining stereotypes,
there’s a needless and annoying plot device that somehow
rears its ugly head: Scotty’s quest for love.
Right when I think the kid is going to be interesting, he
starts musing about his little Sauerkraut dumpling. I hate
when these movies end up being about love. This movie genre
is all about sex, not love. The audience knows it. The producers
know it. Did the writers not get the fucking memo? Love has
no place in a teenage sex comedy. Especially among those slutty
European types.
Allow me to straddle the fence for just one second, because
I have something useless to say. If the love angle was an
excuse only to have a dream sequence featuring David Hasselhoff
crooning one of his German “hits”, then it served
its purpose. Most critics will maintain that the movie’s
theme song, “Scotty Doesn’t Know” was the funniest
part. I adamantly disagree. Inserting David Hasselhoff into
a dream sequence as Scotty imagines dirty Eurosex with Mieke
serves as a ubiquitous reminder that Hasselhoff’s success
in Germany is as creepy as it is hilarious.
Overall, was the movie worth the price of admission, especially
for the sad, demented demographic, which includes myself and
my community college-educated peers. It was worth it to hear
the funny theme song, seeing a French street performer getting
kicked in the silk purse, a handful of witty one-liners, and
a scene featuring full frontal male nudity.
Or I guess you can see that Jesus movie instead, but I heard
it's really not that funny.
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Eurowench
Jessica Bohrs and lovestruck idiot Scott Mechlowicz in Eurotrip
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