OT -- Top Party School (Princeton Review)
University of Illinois? Is this a joke? Have the reviewers ever been to Arizona State? Or Madison, WI for that matter?
Further proof that rankings mean nothing.
http://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=party-schools
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Shut" dynamic. Lol. Great reference. Bad movie.
Yes, it was bad, Kubrick people. Not saying he was incapable of good or even great, but that one was really bad.
The scene in the costume store was epic, though, Right? And -- boobies, so...
that Kubrick made that movie just to fuck with Tom Cruise. He divorced soon after.
I can't think of one other reason for the movie to have been made, except of course boobies.
Kubrick was bizarre. 2001 - meh; Clockwork Orange - WTF?!?; Full Metal Jacket -brilliant and undesevingly maligned. 2001 as "the best movie ever made" people are very odd to me. I just don't see it.
and I don't see it either. 2001 is a good movie, sure, but not one of his best.
Then again, I really like Barry Lyndon, so it's entirely possible that I don't know what the fuck I'm talking about.
No no no no no! 2001 was one of the great films of all time. That film was made in 1969 fergodsakes! The visuals even today are still brilliantly fresh. Kubrick was decades ahead of his time. There's an odd plastic sheen to the characters, I'll give you that...
Personally, my favorite is The Shining, with a nod to Dr. Strangelove.
August 4th, 2015 at 11:26 AM ^
You shut your mouth when you're talking to me.
Clockwork Orange is fantastically awesome.
August 4th, 2015 at 12:29 PM ^
Orange defies classification as "good" or "bad," "fantastically awesome" or "utterly ridiculous. it is the only movie that I have ever seen that really defies description. It is a product of (and a depiction of) pure insanity, to the extent that I cannot even seperate where the production ends and the depiction begins. I can't say it is "good," I can't say it is "bad." All I can truly say, again, is WTF!?!
But the people he was playing with were masters of the universe. Doctors are no different than the cleaning lady to people at that level of society.
Are you saying EWS was a really bad movie in comparison to Kubrick's other films, or a really bad movie in comparison to all films.
Because, if the latter, I'd have to greatly disagree. Tom Cruise's and Nicole Kidman's performances alone makes it a film worth watching.
it is all smoke and mirrors. It is glossy and exotic and some of the cinematography is pretty cool in the LSD sense, but it is ultimately devoid of any meaning and pretentous to a nauseating degree. It is bad art-house porn, you can catch a better version Eyes Wide Shut any night after midnight on Sundance(or in episode 6 of True Detective-Season 2)
It has seen a resurgence in critical acclaim recently but only because of his death. Just as The Crow was interesting for a decade because ot Lee's death so too has EWS held some lasting intrigue, but it is a 2 star movie and that is being generous.
August 4th, 2015 at 10:32 AM ^
pretty good article. I don't think it makes the movie any better though. For all that "manipulation" that Kubrick utilized, none of that apparent conflict came through on screen to me.
And "Cruise never did a movie with sexual themes again" right after the author references Magnolia!? Has the author scene Cruise's scenes in Magnolia? Better yet, has he seen any of Magnolia? Sex as exploitation is one of the primary themes of the movie.
I didn't watch it because it was a "Kubrick" film, but more so because it was a "Kidman" film and I enjoyed it thoroughly.
August 4th, 2015 at 11:06 AM ^
This is absoutely true. My buddy from Yale describes what are essentially coke-fueled orgies and S&M parties while there. Don't really see that type "party" occuring at MSU.
August 4th, 2015 at 12:46 PM ^
When I was in high school, we went to a model UN at Yale - I recall vividly a three-story beer bong being chugged endlessly by the students while I sipped on White Russians and then SoCo and orange juice.
/haven't touched Southern Comfort since...
August 4th, 2015 at 12:10 PM ^
Every college and university "partys", especially those with a significant Greek scene. I think the type of partying that is actually being ranked on this list is the former you mention - the middle to upper class kids overtly and mindlessly binge-drinking, blaring loud music, beer bonging, beer ponging, type of parties that occur at large houses/ yards and large bars typical of big public universties. The type of partying you see in college movies like "Accepted", "Neighbors" and "Old School". Of course there's a lot of cocaine at these type of parties as well.
I was thinking of trying to sell my son on U of I since we live in Illinois (he's never had any interest) but I don't think I could sell "janky."
August 4th, 2015 at 10:03 AM ^
Let's put it this way, I know several suburban Chicago kids with 27-29 ACT's, 4.0+ GPA's with plenty of other attributes getting declined, depending upon the school to which they apply. UofI has taken heat for it too.
August 4th, 2015 at 12:52 PM ^
This was definitely my experience as well, going back to 2008. I knew a couple kids that went to their prestige programs (engineering and accounting) but most that got into UofI's more selective schools ended up at Wisconsin, Northwestern or headed east.
Meanwhile, damn near all of the partiers ended up at Iowa or were stuck at NIU.
Did you actually answer all of those questions to get access, you are dedicated!
"Champaign is like West Lafayette, IN - but without the glamour."
Me.
Play ball!!
Better jail bait than masturbate.
/s
August 4th, 2015 at 12:48 PM ^
As "they" say here in rural Iowa, "old enough to go to the store, old enough to get bred."
going to rural Iowa.
the guys in some cases.
my hope is to black out before the 3s and 4s start looking good under the right light.
August 4th, 2015 at 10:00 AM ^
LOL. My niece goes there. She can't remember much these days...
August 4th, 2015 at 10:18 AM ^
For reference, UPenn was ranked the top party school recently by Playboy.. The rankings are all BS, but fun to argue over.
I was at Iowa this fall, and it's going to sound ridiculous, but the talent at that school was unbelievable. We were at the Rec Center, and 9/10 girls were absolutely beautiful. Completely shocking. With that being said the campus was completely dead when we tried to go out that night, soooooo I'm thinking theyre not the number 2 party school out there
August 4th, 2015 at 12:49 PM ^
I haven't partied in Iowa City, but you are correct. There are stunning women there - cream of the crop of Iowa :)
August 4th, 2015 at 10:41 AM ^
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August 4th, 2015 at 12:11 PM ^
its not nearly as "fun" as it used to be *started in '98, 2 year enlistment, finished in 04* but IV is still a good time
surprising number of Nobel laureates, too