Revenge of the Nerds (1984)

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Absolutely Brilliant!

Blistering performances.

I was late to the party, though I grew up on films like this I never got round to watching the Revenge Of The Nerds movies but I'm really glad I finally did.I expected Porkys (1981), I expected a semi-brainless raunchy 1980's comedy but what I found was SO much more.With an immensely talented varied cast ranging from those who became huge stars like John Goodman to underrated talents like Curtis Armstrong this near perfectly crafted comedy benefits from an outstanding cast who make the film that much more special.Side splittingly funny, well written, excellent 80's soundtrack, feel good vibe and without excess T&A the Revenge Of The Nerds ticks every box twice and entertained me in a way I never expected and haven't experienced from a comedy like this in recent memory.I personally cannot wait to get around to the sequels and find out what our Nerd friends get up to next.

I really enjoyed the movie but it stereotypically targeted people who are smart, weak and dresses plainly. I mean, anyone can get bullied regardless of what you look like or act towards people especially when it comes with personality. Also for being a bad guy, you most likely be the one who likes doing rough sports and looking down on people. Sure, anyone can be bully especially smart people if they tried! That's just my opinion on movies like this.Moving on, I honestly didn't know John Goodman got involved in this movie and boy, he looked fine for being an average weight man. This was like before he became really heavy but still, he's a great actor! I liked how in the end, Soriaty girl Betty Childs and Lewis finally became a couple. It does remind you of "Grease" a bit except there was no transformation involved unfortunately for Lewis lol! It does prove to you that you can find love regardless of who you are and what you look like!

Revenge of the Nerds is a comedy about nerdy freshmen trying to obtain a most basic level of respect that would be needed for adequate human decency. Here, we will see that, regardless of the ending, the nerds never got their revenge.The stereotypical jocks, the Alpha Betas, have no reason to hate nerds. From the beginning, the character "Ogre" merely pigeonholes two innocent freshmen as "nerds." The motive behind the character is never laid out. I surmise it is a cultural standard for the 1980's to hate nerds, and we as the audience are expected to understand that. This is the crucial point that one must remind himself of constantly as he watches this movie. To watch this movie in the 21st century is to endure a staggering barrage of prejudices against race, sexual orientation, and of course against those with high IQs. In fact, watching this movie now will jar your perception about prejudices in general; it will make the viewer say, "Hell, I didn't even know that was something worth being prejudiced about." The viewer will simply shake his head and ask, "Why?" And I say now: why? Why was there just so much hatred against intellectualism in the 1980's that Hollywood devoted a full-blown movie to it? This question is virtually screamed when analyzing Dean Ulich. Dean Ulich is a self-identifying nerd with no backbone (note that nerd and no-backbone are not synonymous, although that's apparently a stereotype in this film). Dean Ulich runs a school where an entire building on campus burns down, and he brushes it off. He moderates a Greek council where there is no such concept as conflict-of-interest. Obviously, if this were real life, the Dean would have been impeached and sued in civil court for a motley of negligences, ranging from a house on campus being broken into and overrun with pigs to condoning an entire police force from looking the other way as soon as it has to do with fraternities (what else would campus police do then?).Overall, it's difficult to muster the suspension for disbelief when people are spying on girls in the the bathroom (illegal wiretapping), impersonating as someone else while having sex (rape), and cheating their way to win in the school's most important social competition (using illegal drugs in a competition, especially when "trichloro-methylene", if real, would be an extremely dangerous drug for consumption). The antics will prevent suspension of disbelief, and if the 1980's were really like that at college, then God help all those born with the savage moronicism of the almighty Alpha Betas running through their veins. The prevalence of this Idiocracy is supported by at least three sequels, none of which can be readily memorable.A couple of miscellaneous points about the movie (SPOILERS HERE): 1. They couldn't find a nerd who could actually play the violin??? 2. When they call for a nerd gathering, the first person to come was not a nerd... 3. The only way the nerds won were with the backup of the very masculine black Lambds. This, for all intents and purposes, ruined the point of the entire movie.

(Credit IMDb) At a big campus, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits resolve to fight back for their peace and self respect.I've seen all four movies. This is by far the best of the lot. I have a weakness for cheesy 80's films. For some reason, I'm in love with the 80's, especially movies. Everything was so simple back then. This movie really shed new light on how nerds were viewed. They went from hated to revered by the public because they were painted as underdogs. Obviously, there are still many nerds being bullied to this day, but it isn't as frowned upon as it was back then. Let's face it, who hasn't wanted to see a bully get bested by the underdog? That's what is so great about this movie. Robert Carradine is very memorable as Lews Skolnick, reprising his role in three more sequels, two of them STV. Anthony Edwards is a blast as his best pal Gilbert. He'd be reduced to a mere cameo in the second movie and written out of the 3rd and fourth movies altogether. Curtis Armstrong is amusingly uncouth as Booger. Ted McGinley plays a terrific jock. John Goodman has a role as a coach. The rest of the cast do fine as well. Overall, if you put your expectations aside, you should have fun. It is much better than the wildly overpraised Animal House. Followed by three sequels. Avoid them all except Revenge of The Nerds III6.5/10