I'm sure it's a good movie, but unfortunately I saw it as part of a Swarthmore tradition. You see, a viewing of The Graduate is a traditional event right at the beginning of your college career and also when your own graduation is drawing near, and it's a scheduled event with dozens of people attending. Watching a movie with 50 other people who know all the lines will absolutely ruin the movie. Particularly for a movie like The Graduate which isn't really very funny or exciting or anything (it's a good movie. It's just not a comedy).
One segment particularly annoyed me when we heard The Line.
Quote:
Older relative: Now I've got just one word for you...
Audience: PLASTICS!!! Yaaaay!!! *whistles* *claps*
Me: Could you please shut up so I can watch this movie?
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So yeah. It's a nice enough movie. But don't watch it at Swarthmore.
P.S. Mrs. Robinson is dead.
