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Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Rate:
5
Viewed:
9/08
9/08:
Revenge of the Nerds is one of those films that fit the 80's very well but is no longer watchable today.
It's also thought of as a comedy classic which ran on television countless times back then, but now...wow, the movie is
quite dated. There are many misconceptions created about college. One thing is for sure: higher education
isn't about fraternities or sororities. One day, they'll be a thing of the past when deaths via alcohol poisoning
and hazing incidents have piled up so fast.
A rinky-dink college that populates seven thousand students doesn't become a national player in college football unless
we are talking about Division III which is full of jerkwater schools with obscure names. Oddly, there's hardly a scene of students
in class. Are the filmmakers telling me that Ogre is college material? Zoo is
where he belongs in. Not a single faculty member can be spotted except for a dean of something or the other.
During the competitions for the Greek council presidency, there's a lot of cheating going on, especially from the nerds who
have transitioned to sex offenders by installing video cameras in one sorority house. When the nerds arrive on campus at
the beginning, they're wearing coats and jackets as if it's late fall in the middle of August. That being said, global
warming is sure a reality.
All in all, Revenge of the Nerds is totally forgotten for lots of reasons.