THIS ONE TIME AT BAND CAMP
 May 1st, 2008
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funny, amusing
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plot is a little predictable at times
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Yes
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♥♥ American Pie Presents Band Camp ♥♥ American Pie Presents Band Camp is a comedy/romance film which was released in October 2005. The film was directed by Steve Rash who also directed Bring It On All Or Nothing (2006) and Bring It On In It To Win It (2007). American Pie Presents Band Camp has a BBFC rating of 15 because the film contains some sexual content, nudity, crude humour and language which isn't suitable for younger viewers. American Pie Presents Band Camp has an estimated run time of approximately 94 minutes.
Band Camp doesn't really have a huge plot basically the film mainly focuses around Matt Stifler (Steve Stifler's younger brother) who gets caught messing around with the school band's musical instruments. After he is caught he is sent to the school counsellor who is Sherman aka The Sherminator. Sherman hated Matt's older brother Steve so he decided to make Matt's life a misery and sends him off to Band Camp at Great Oaks. Before Matt goes to Band Camp he orders lots of video equipment so as he can get some live video footage to make a film which will make his brother Steve Stifler proud of him and so as he can become part of the family business which is named Stiffmeister Productions. American Pie Presents Band Camp is the fourth American Pie film following the success of the previous three films in the sequel. As the name suggests this fourth instalment is about Band Camp, however none of the famous faces from the previous American Pie Films such as Michelle, Jim, Stifler and Finch appear in this sequel, the only characters whom appear in this sequel are Mr Levenstein aka Jim's Dad who is played by Eugene Levy and Sherman aka the Sherminator who is played by Chris Owen.
I was really excited when I heard Band Camp was being released but my excitement soon turned to disappointment when I discovered that none of the characters from the previous three films would appear in this one. I wasn't going to watch Band Camp because of this, but I did watch it and again I wasn't disappointed because Band Camp was just as good as the others.
One of the main reasons I thought Band Camp was as good is because Tad Hilgenbrink played the part of Matt Stifler brilliantly. I had never seen a film with Tad Hilgenbrink in it before, so I had no idea of what his acting capabilities were like before watching Band Camp, but his acting performance in Band Camp amazed me because he played the part excellently and was so much like Steve Stifler (Seann William Scott) who appeared in the previous three American Pie films. Tad Hilgenbrink's performance was almost like a mirror image of Seann William Scott's right down to his facial expressions, actions, cocky one liner jokes and idiotic erratic behaviour. Most of Matt Stifler's cocky one liner gags provide the most laughs in the film, most of the time he manages to somehow say cock and asshole in most sentences which are most commonly used to insult other members from different bands. One of my favourite quotes from Matt Stifler is "How's that taste, Vande-cock? Mmmm... good, huh? Warm and salty? Yeah, it's a CUM-pletely new formula! 100% Stiffy Juice! SPF 69!" This quote was used when he was getting his own back on one of the band leaders from another band. Another one of the main characters whom I thought played a particularly good role in the film was Arielle Kebbel who played the part of Band Leader Elise. Having seen Arielle Kebbel in a few films such as The Grudge 2 and Reeker prior to watching Band Camp and rather liking the roles she played I thought it was rather different seeing her portraying a teenage school girl within a comedy role. Kebbel played the part of Elise rather well; although in one particular scene in Band Camp where she was a little drunk I didn't think that her acting skills were good enough to convince the viewers that she was in fact drunk. Apart from that I thought her acting throughout the film was pretty good; I liked the role of her character because she was a leader and wasn't too bossy, she had more of a sensitive side but she could also loosen up and have a laugh and a joke.
Most of the other characters throughout the film also played particularly good roles I think that there was only one actress whom I didn't really like and that was Angela Little who played Sheree, I didn't think that her acting capabilities were entirely convincing and believable. The character she played was also a little annoying and the accent which she was putting on was also annoying and unrealistic in some sense. In most of the film there was a lot of choreographed scenes filmed with the various different bands at Band Camp. I think that the choreography was reasonably good and all of the actors performed well in this part of the film, especially as they had to play musical instruments and do a marching routine at the same time. Most of the actors/actresses also had to perform using musical instruments in most parts of the film, I'm not too sure if the actors learned to play the instruments especially for the role of the film or if these parts were mimed. I however thought that these scenes were very realistic and the musical parts were portrayed excellently, especially when the band were performing their music routine. Most of the songs which the band played were in fact ones which I had heard of, such as Born to Be Wild, Play That Funky Music White Boy and Pink's Get The Party Started. Other songs which were played by the band in the film were more of a classical nature but still enjoyable to listen too though.
The props and costume design for the film was also well thought out although there was one continuity issue which I picked up on at the beginning of the film. Matt Stifler went to band camp wearing a pair of black and white shoes a few seconds later he is wearing a pair of black sneakers. This happens very near the beginning of the film and it is quite noticeable. Apart from the minor continuity issue with the trainers, all of the costumes were quite nice especially the ones for the band members from the different bands when they were performing their musical piece for the Judges. I really liked this film, well I liked all of the American Pie films. I thought it was a really funny film with lots of jokes and funny scenes even although the plot was a tad predictable. But I think that the amount of jokes, pranks and cocky one liner jokes somewhat made up for the lack of detail in the plot. Matt Stifler was my favourite character in the film because he was so much like Steve Stifler (his older brother).
If you like comedy style films and silly practical jokes cocky one liner jokes then this is a film that you would really enjoy. American Pie Presents Band Camp DVD can be bought from Amazon and costs £11.97 brand new or a used copies start from prices as low as £0.98.
Director ~ Steve Rash
Release Date ~ 31st October 2005 (UK)
Run Time ~ Approximately 94 minutes
Cast
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Eugene Levy ~ Mr Levenstein
Tad Hilgenbrink ~ Matt Stifler
Arielle Kebbel ~ Elise
Jason Earles ~ Ernie
Crystle Lightning ~ Chloe
Jun Hee Lee ~ Jimmy
Matt Barr ~ Brandon Vandecamp
Chris Owen ~ Sherman
Lauren C. Mayhew ~ Arianna
Angela Little ~ Sheree
Rachel Veltri ~ Dani
Timothy Stack ~ Mr Nelson
Ginger Lynn Allen ~ Nurse Saunders
Russell Howard ~ Riggler
Carla Alapont ~ Leslie Thanks for reading
:o) Lisa x
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2008
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by (8%):
06.05.2008 22:56
I haven't got round to seeing this one yet.....
04.05.2008 02:42
I wasn't so keen on this one. Well reviewed though :) Electra.
03.05.2008 16:41
A funny film