I watched American Pie for the first time after deliberately avoiding it for the past fifteen or so years. I hated it before I had seen it, and then I found myself laughing from start to finish, and I hated myself for laughing at it for the first few minutes or so. Then I just said, “screw it” and watched the rest with glee. I felt like I was in high school again. I have no plans for seeing any of the sequels, or any of the direct to video films either.
The first movie is pretty great. The theatrical sequels are so-so. The straight-to-DVD sequels are poor excuses for nudity.