| Wet Hot American Summer
Boy, This Sure Is A "Campy" Movie! HA! Get It?! |
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| Henry-Played by David Hyde Pierce. Naturally, he's a geeky guy who catches the eye of Beth. He also saves the day in a geeky manner. Beth-Played by Jeanne Garofalo. She's the camp director. Falls for Henry. Majority of the funny scenes in the movie had her in it. Coop-Played by Michael Showalter. Sort of geeky kid who wants to date Katie. He has really weird hair. Katie-Hot chick who's dating Andy. She also sort of likes Coop but can't make up her mind. Andy-Played by Paul Rudd. Jackass who's dating Katie. But he cheats on her all the time. Kills a lots of kids. Victor-Self proclaimed stud who's actually a virgin. Is also the only one who can navigate down a river. Gene-Played by the one dude from Law and Order: The 19th Show. A weirdo Veitnam vet who says off the wall things. Gail-Played by Molly Shannon. Divorced camp counciler who cries a lot. Ends up with a kid. Just see the movie. McKinley-Played by Michael Ian Black. Is secretly gay and has a graphic sex scene with a guy. Susie-Played by Amy Poehler. Snotty chick who's in charge of the talent show. Ben-Also in charge of the talent show. The rest of the campers-Various kids ranging from geeks who save the camp with Henry to a kid who never showers to the jocks who play a weird game of capture the flag. |
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| I was lucky enough to never go to summer camp. I got enough humiliation at high school, why do I need people to pick on me during the summer. No, I stayed home, ate ice cream, and watched "Mystery Science Theater 3000". And now look at me!
"Wet Hot American Summer" is a spoof movie of sorts of 80's teenage movies that may or may not center around a camp of some sort. And they really throw in everything. From geeky kids to dance off's to falling in love to weirdo's that work at the camp. It's August 18th, 1981 and it's the last full day of camp at Camp Firewood. The movie takes place on the one day, which is awesome. I love movies like that. And there's a shitload of stories going on so keeping track of them is gonna be difficult. There's Coop, who's in love with Katie, who's dating Andy. Andy is a jerk and constantly cheats on Katie with other girls at the camp. Katie and Coop treat each other like the best of friends, but Coop "wants to feel her inside him". Then we got Victor, who goes around telling everyone he's a stud and bangs 30 girls a day when in all actuality he's a virgin. He wants to get it on with this one girl named Abby. But Abby is basically a slut and makes out with almost all the boys at the camp. Well, not all of them. There's McKinley, who's actually gay and is with Ben. We get a pretty graphic sex scene between them. Didn't see that one coming, did you? McKinley and Ben get married by the camp director Beth. Beth, meanwhile, is falling in love with nerdy Henry. Henry comes to the camp and teaches science stuff to all the nerds. He then discovers that a piece of Skylab is going to fall and crush the campers if he and the nerd's don't do something about it. There's also a talent show going on, put on by Susie and some other dude. Beth asks this really weird kid named Steve to be part of the talent show. He agrees. See? I told you there's a lot going on in this movie. Didn't wanna believe me, huh? There's also the weirdo Gene who was a Veitnam vet and says really weird things while yelling at people for no reason. He, seriously, ends up humping a refridgerator. And he talks to a can of vegetables. Coop, wanting to get with Katie, is trying to convince her to dump Andy, but she won't, even though they kissed and probably did other things off camera. Not wanting to give up, we get the obligatory training montage where Gene teaches Coop several things that don't really go together like dancing and running and catching a pea quickly. Victor, who's suppose to take some kids on a rafting trip, leaves the kids to go meet up with Abby. But he crashes the van so he has to hitchhike back to camp. Neil, the guy who went with Victor on the trip, goes after Victor cause Victor is the only one who can safely navigate the kids on the river. Beth and Henry finally get together, but Henry tells her about the piece of Skylab and constructs a weird looking machine made out of a garbage can, doughnuts, Spam, and other things found around camp. They track it, but they decide to try to divert it away from the camp, so they use a 20-sided die to do so. Just see the movie to get that. We also get to see the emotional problems of Gail, who recently divorced her husband and breaks down in front of some kids. They all make her feel better and Gail ends up dating one of them. Yet again, just see the movie. There is oh so much more to this movie that there is no way I can cover it all and justify it in a review. I really recommend you see it. But I will tell you my favorite part. It's when Beth finds out the kids on the raft are going to die and Victor's the only one to save them. So Beth and Neil frantically try to find him and they freak out, literally. They run and start trashing everything yelling "THERE'S NO TIME!!", while the kids are 5 feet away from a dangerous waterfall. That was just an awesome scene. I didn't care for the ending so much, cause we think Coop gets Katie but he doesn't. Instead he gets some chick we don't really see. And actually, I'm not entirely sure if he even got her. Just some chick came up to him and it ended. I dunno. I know it's a spoof and all but that was slightly dissapointing. Sort of like the end of the first "Spider-Man". Oh well. |
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| So see this movie for all the stuff I couldn't fit in this review and trust me, you'll thank me for it.
I wanted to review this movie for the following reasons: 1. My girlfriend told me to see it. 2. My best friend told me to see it. 3. Michael Ian Black & Michael Showalter are in it, and it was written and directed by Showalter and David Wain. They are some funny mofo's, yo. Now, one of those three reasons is the main reason why I wanted to see it. But so I don't hurt the feelings of my girlfriend, my friend, or David Wain's, I won't say which one it is. Make your own guess. 4 stars. |
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