The last installment of the American Pie trilogy, American Wedding is the most disappointing. It just didn’t have the same fun vibe as the previous two movies, though they did tap into that fun for a little during the bachelor party scene. The hijinks in general were more extreme, but they didn’t have the same impact. I think that before when there was a hijink, you usually felt some sympathy for the person. But in this movie, most of everything happened to or because of Stifler who you couldn’t possibly feel sorry for. I think that was my main issue with the movie. Despite that it’s about Jim and Michelle’s wedding, the movie continually focused so much more on Stifler, I mean waaaaay more, and this Stifler is him at his worst. We went from being the typical horny-jock-asshole to just being completely insane. Frankly, it’s a little uncomfortable, plus annoying. I get it that they wanted to show the evolution of Stifler from being insufferable to being almost decent, but why? He was always the slight antagonist and isn’t a part of the four friends. Oz isn’t in the movie at all and Kevin is barely present, and when he is he’s boring as hell. So they made Kevin a bigger pussy and they made Finch less sophisticated. At least we didn’t have to suffer another appearance by Vicky. On a brighter note, it’s sweet how they confirmed Jim and Michelle’s relationship is more than sexual exploration (not that it isn’t a part of it) and again showed the characters’ maturing process. It’s a little weird that the trilogy ended on so sentimentally and its sad that Oz wasn’t a part of it, but it was a good way of putting a period on this entire story.
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