American Vandal (2017) / NETFLIX
In an age where people are addicted to dramatic documentaries such as “Making a Murderer”, this documentary let’s you know it takes itself seriously, about not taking itself serious, about taking itself serious.
We follow the story of a high school degenerate, Dylan Maxwell, after getting suspended for spray painting a phallic symbol on 27 cars in the faculty parking lot. Twenty seven dicks. That’s a lot. One student, Peter Maldonado (played by Tyler Alvarez), is not convinced that Dylan did it. He seeks out truth, documenting everything, and leaving no stoned unturned. Seriously, down to logistics of getting a hand job on a dock without anybody seeing it and coupled with a timeline that doesn’t make sense.
This movie is filmed in a true documentary style. Honestly, it’s better done than most documentaries. Although you will laugh, a lot, its sucks you in and makes you believe it’s real. You have to remind yourself every couple of minutes that you’re really watching a mockumentary of a crime involving spray painted dicks on cars. 27 dicks, to be precise. The film also takes classy jabs at the youth of today, especially with Dylan’s YouTube channel with the Wayback crew, the cheap thrills of the kids today, and the First World problems plaguing this generation.
Lies, betrayal, emotions, trust, conspiracy, it’s all here, and as the kids say, “It’s funny AF”.
Television Duds
I only have one dud this month and that is Fuller House on Netflix. As a huge fan of the original, Full House, and a new fan of the reboot, this season fell flat. This season was cheesier than ever, the quips were extremely predictable and just too peachy clean for me. To my surprise, there will be 2 parts to season 3. The first 9 episodes were released in September and the other 9 will be in December.
Of course I will continue to watch, but it’ll be my lunch break guilty pleasure, just not a regular Stephanie binge.
Sup, Nerds! 