American Pie Presents Beta House Essay

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American Pie Presents: Beta House I remember being on my first so-called date. I was in 6th grade at the time, hanging out with a 7th grade boy in the basement of his house with no parental supervision. That should have been the first red flag. My parents did not allow me to watch any of the American Pie films at home, so the boy put in American Pie Presents: Beta House because that was his favorite of the films. It was the unrated version. He said it was hilarious, that I absolutely had to watch it, and that I would be missing out if I didn’t. I now understand why that was the cinematic favorite of the pubescent, hormonal, pre-teen boy. I am never taking movie suggestions from a 13 year-old boy ever again. In the first 10 minutes of American Pie Presents: Beta House, I saw exactly the things I was not supposed to see. There is an embarrassing moment with full frontal nudity in a co-ed shower in which the character Eric sees a naked girl and uncontrollably pees everywhere due to extreme nervousness. After leaving the bathroom, Eric walks in on his very large roommate having sex with an equally large girl. The girl blows bubbles with a piece of bubble gum while bouncing completely naked on top of the roommate. The couple talk to Eric nonchalantly, oddly …show more content…

I was too young and very naïve the first time I watched the film, but it was definitely a learning experience. It made me learn for myself what I could and could not handle watching. It made me determine for myself what was appropriate and inappropriate for me to watch. It made me respect my parent’s ruling whenever they said I could not watch certain films and TV shows. It made me think about how I felt about sex and the Catholic teachings about sex that I grew up with. Watching this film matured me mentally and helped me to be able to say confidently that I am not totally comfortable with films of this extreme sexual

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