Talk:EuroTrip

Berlin scenes

According to German version of this page, the Berlin scenes were shooted in Warnemünde (Germany, north of Rostock). 134.94.241.104 12:21, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Cut down

I've tried to cut the length of the article by summarising the plot but i'm not sure if it needs any more work? 82.0.120.146 23:25, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Innacuracy in "Trivia"

I have changed the following: "In the opening credits Ireland is shown covered by the Union Jack, as if it is a part of Great Britain. This is wrong, as Ireland is an independent republic and not a part of Britain."

Ireland, in any form, has never been part of Britain. As is correctly pointed out below, Britain refers only to England, Scotland and Wales. This was superseded with the inclusion of Ireland and the formation of the United Kingdom. Today Ireland refers to the Republic of Ireland, not Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Please, get it right!

While it is incorrect to refer to England as an "Island," the collective states that compose to the United Kingdom are not, in fact, called "England." England is only one state of Britain. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this what they tought me in school.

You think that's bad? In the opening sequence they've coloured the Republic of Ireland in with the Union Flag. That must really piss off the Irish.

• That's right. England, Scotland and Wales make up Britain. Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland make up Ireland, but the United Kingdom is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Legally, only the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom are countries. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are dependant countries, so when Americans refer to England as a country, they are mistaken 82.0.120.146 22:41, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Removed the following, for obvious reasons: *A most foolish mistake is in the opening credits when all 32 counties of Ireland are disgraced by been shown with a union jack flag.26 of these counties rightly remain a republic while the other 6 are still ruled under the tyranny of Queen Elizibeth the second.

Evilteuf 19:02, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Im sorry if I was a little harsh but it should be put down in goofs that Ireland is not a part of britain.

Stereotypes

i'm not completely convinced that the person who wrote one the stereotypes section is an idiot, but he (or she, ha ha !) is certainly on some politically correct trip here. not that the movie wasn't significantly stereotyping, but i think some things here are a bit on the side of drawing blood from a strone: long lines at a paris museum = french are boring? white smoke from a chimney signifying the election of a new pope = italians believe anything? how about the fact that these events were devices to set up some actions in the plot like the nude beach (wasn't that a knee-slapping scene) and getting mieke's attention in the vatican? anyway, he forgot to mention the fact that the blonde girl in the beginning who was tricked into rubbing her nipple, much to the delight of whoever that long-haired blond guy was, is a commentary on how all blondes -- no wait, how all girls, no wait, how all americans, no, all humanity is very idiotic and prey for sexual predators. also that all dark-skinned italian businessmen are, apparently, homosexuals. all americans can't hold their absinthe. all penpals are really jessica boehrs. all german step-children draw little moustaches on their faces and pretend to be hitler. now honestly, this is one of the most important films to come out of hollwood in in the last 30 years, let's not have such nonsense on the wikipage. [all people to discuss stereotypes are losers] this is all a distraction and people are dying from war and famine -- good day!

I confess to not having seen Eurotrip, but it seems to me that its catalogue of national stereotypes is the most interesting thing about this otherwise unremarkable teen movie. The list seems to have been removed from the article, however. If I ever see this (I'll have to be pretty bored first), I'll come back and do my own. — Trilobite (Talk) 02:34, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I agree that the thing about stereotypes shouldn't be included. I just saw the movie, and it really wasn't that prevalent. Anyone think we should keep it? Also, I changed "Mieke's brother" to Mieke's step-brother". Nappy

First off, I agree that the stereotypes section at least needs a lot of work. I tried to fix most of the horrible grammar and spelling problems and make it clearer and more coherent, but I still think the content could use a lot of work. I do have one question though: how does the first bullet, about Ohio, have anything to do with the European stereotypes? --HarmonicFeather 07:25, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

I also agree that the "humor section" about stereotypes shouldn't be included. It made this wiki entry too long for the topic. The movie is a comedy, not a documentary, so trying to debate a work of comedic fiction would require a section like this in every comedy movie. And wikipedia does not want to go down that route....

actually white smoke really means a new pope was elected. that has nothing to do with superstition. The movie was way over the top with stereotypes. Too a degree that some scenes were cut out. In Germany for example the little boy poses as Hitler joke. And I highly doubt the italian was left an italian in the version shown in Italy. If a section about this really needs to be included is another question.--Tresckow 02:57, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Unfinished

Did we actually finish this article? :O Is there nothing more that can be said about this movie? Shall we stoop to adding goofs? - Stormscape 9 July 2005 06:44 (UTC)

Oberlin College

As an Oberlin Alumn, I wound up being coerced into seeing the movie because of the references to Oberlin itself and its supposed appearance at the end. However there are several faults of course lending to this movie's general though hilarious ignorance. Obviously the bird's eye view of the college is some college I've never seen before, also the main character mentions going to Oberlin as a pre-med. There is no Pre-med option at the school (though there is a hospital on campus) though many do graduate and continue their education to work in the medical field. Lastly, coed rooming, was in talks to be made available the year after Eurotrip was released on dvd, and only available to the minority of married students on campus outside of the Asia House Apartments (whether it was made an option I am unaware of as I graduated and had no married firends who lived on campus). Freshman, like at most other institutions are very restricted with their living conditions unless they are over the age of 23. The banner in the dorm room at the end though is an Oberlin banner with the correct school (though not athletic) colors. You can't win 'em all.

In response to the previous poster, Mieke clearly states that there was a mix-up in her room selection. They thought it was a guy, and therefore they roomed her with Scott. -joe

First off, thanks to me for wikifying this discussion section =) With regards to Oberlin College, to the original poster: RELAX! I think most aerial shots of campuses in movies are Harvard. I'm sure the only reason they chose to set the ending of Eurotrip in Oberlin College is because it sounds like Berlin and they didn't care about anything else regarding Oberlin. F15x28 06:23, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Soundtrack

It seems that the soundtrack list in this article is more complete than the official soundtrack itself; that's quicte cool. However, how complete is the list? Is there any song missing? In particular, is the German song played in the Vandersexx scene listed (the lyrics count 1,2,3,4 in German)? --Pinnecco 23:29, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

No, it's not listed, because it's original and made for the movie by the composer, James Venable. On his website VenableMusic, you can download that clip (without movie dialogue). It's only about a minute long, though. It's under "Vandersexxx."ChesterG 09:41, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

There's also a mistake in the trivia refering to the songs in the movie. When they drive to Berlin you can hear the song "99 red ballons" by the Band Goldfinger, who covered it from Nena

Synopsis

The detailed synopsis listed by destination was deleted on 1 June 2006 by 66.238.170.40, I restored it since I cannot think of a valid reason why it would be deleted, and replaced by a humor section and a very vague and short summary. -- AirOdyssey 04:40, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

The detailed synopsis does itself need summarized into a paragraph or two; this isn't supposed to be Cliff Notes Jon 14:03, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Goofs section deleted

It's a comedy, no good comedy writer ever lets something as mundane as reality get in the way of a good punch line. Jon 14:03, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Since the Goofs section is still in, I wonder if this is something worth adding: During the scene with the german truck driver, the subtitles sometimes do not match with what he says. It's one line actually. He says:"Wenn ich auch nur in die Nähe von Berlin kommen sollte, werd' ich verhaftet." (If I come just even close to Berlin, I'll be arrested.) The subtitle reads "I also sexually assaulted a horse in Berlin." Is this a goof to be added? 82.83.109.39 15:58, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I noticed that one too... I gues they thought the horse thing would be more outrageously funny :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.94.73.110 (talk) 03:44, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Train Station

In the trivia section, it reads.

"When they are boarding the train station in Paris, the scene was actually filmed at Milano Stazione Centrale, recognizable from the "Ferrovie dello Stato" signs and ticketing machines; moreover, the train station looks exactly like the one in Milan."

The last sentence is unnecessary and redundant. What it basically tells us is: Instead of Paris, the scene was filmed at the Milan train station, which looks exactly like the train station in Milan, which is why we know it is the same station. 190.42.51.154 04:35, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

• Then go ahead and delete it :-) AirOdyssey (Talk) 14:37, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Drinking Age

It is actually incorrect to say that the UK has a drinking age of 18, we have no drinking age as, for example, the US does, where people drinking under that age can be prosecuted. Our 18+ rule only applies to the purchase of alcohol, or the drinking of it in a bar - in your home or any other place, anything goes. There are also other parts to this law, such as it being illegal to give alcohol to persons under 5 years of age and the power police have to take alcohol from under 18s if they are drinking on the streets.

However, in the film they were in a bar, so I'm not sure how relevant this is to the article. Just felt it needed to be clarified, as the movie writers were not completely wrong. 62.56.72.7 (talk) 15:00, 26 November 2007 (UTC)