Like a Boss

What I learned/recalled after watching American Pie while doing some Christmas Gift Research online:

• Mark, Tom, & Travis from Blink 182 are in this a bit more than I remembered.
• I almost forgot that John Cho (Cpt. Sulu) was the “drunk dude” who started the whole M.I.L.F. acronym! Well, at least, he’s the one who made it popular from the film.
• God, Chris Klein is the WORST in this movie. I don’t care if his character was supposed to be a meat head. His scenes are all excruciating!
• The whole “internet sex fail” sequence is still pretty funny.
• Tara Reid was once natural and attractive.
• I wish I had a friend, like Natasha Lyonne’s character, in High School.
• Jennifer Coolidge played a “Cougar” almost too well.
• Shannon Elizabeth is the 2nd worst actor in this.
• The soundtrack is a perfect snapshot of late 90’s popular music of the time.
• When this came out in ‘99, I was working as a projectionist at a new-at-the-time 30-plex AMC. I worked on a saturday night when they were having a “Sneak Peek” a week before its official release. The hype amongst the kids was so large, that we had it play in 4 theaters. The thing was, we only had one print. I won’t get into specifics, but let’s just say that we had to link 4 projectors to play simultaneously. On top of that, we had to send the print back afterwards, which meant, NO SCRATCHES were allowed. The film had to be run manually versus automatically, so whoever was in charge of that part of the theater had to stay there the whole duration of the showing. Oh did I mention that person was me? The amount of pressure and stress I put myself through that 100 minutes was retarded. I’ll never forget how this movie put me through the ringer and initiated me into the world of a projectionist.