{"id":12318,"date":"2020-03-26T12:51:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T19:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=12318"},"modified":"2020-03-31T13:39:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T20:39:26","slug":"stay-home-take-a-virtual-spring-break-with-these-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/virtual-spring-break-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay Home &#038; Take A Virtual Spring Break With These Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the coronavirus <a href=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/longest-movie-franchises-and-their-run-times\/\">keeping us all inside our homes\u00a0for the time being<\/a>,\u00a0everyone from college partiers to vacation-desperate\u00a0parents are\u00a0woefully canceling\u00a0millions of spring break travel plans.\u00a0In fact, lately it feels like all fun has been canceled.\u00a0But fear not, my\u00a0fellow\u00a0vacay-seekers. For what do we do when we need an escape from reality? Watch movies, of course!\u00a0Transport your pajama-clad self to sandy beaches and sun-drenched pools\u00a0when you flip on these fun-in-the-sun movies and\u00a0throw yourself the best\u00a0damn\u00a0virtual Spring Break party\u00a0your living room has ever seen.\u00a0Spray tan optional.<\/p>\n<h2>1. 22 Jump Street<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qkBx0gMGuhY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum reprise their roles in the sequel to <em>21 Jump Street<\/em> as the world\u2019s most okay-est\u00a0cops in the\u00a0undercover\u00a0Jump Street program.\u00a0This time the boys are sent to college to uncover the source of a popular\u00a0yet dangerous new street drug. When word gets out that a big shipment is arriving in Mexico for Spring Break, they suit up in their\u00a0board shorts and bro gear to seize the stash and catch the dealer.\u00a0As far as sequels go,\u00a0this one\u00a0holds up well for what it is\u2014a funny and unrealistic crime movie.\u00a0Hill and Tatum play so well off\u00a0each other as they lean into the\u00a0increasingly blurred line of\u00a0police partner\u00a0and life partner, and their\u00a0loyalty gets tested once again\u00a0when\u00a0Tatum gets a little too into his cover as a college jock.\u00a0Pour a drink, kick your feet up and\u00a0zone out.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Spring Breakers<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/imDML4om8z8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpring break,\u00a0bitches.\u201d This unexpectedly dark tale follows four college girls (led by Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens)\u00a0who will stop at nothing, including multiple felonies, to have the best Spring Break of their lives. It deserves to be in here based on title alone, but it&#8217;s definitely a Harmony Korine movie. If you hit play expecting a lighthearted getaway movie like I did, you\u2019re going to be in for a visceral shock to the system. The raging party scenes that are standard fare for a party movie are kicked into high gear with lurid drugs, sex and violence and they\u00a0unapologetically\u00a0bare\u00a0no semblance of innocent fun. The seriously disturbing adolescent\u00a0behavior is\u00a0punctuated by odd\u00a0voiceover calls to grandma and James Franco\u2019s creepy AF portrayal of rapper\/drug and arms dealer dubbed \u201cAlien.\u201d\u00a0It\u2019s one of those movies that you can\u2019t stop watching because you want to see where the outrageousness goes next.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NMKD_tM6Fyo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Another\u00a0sequel with a Spring Break setting, this \u201880s\u00a0comedy\u00a0takes place back when \u201cnerd\u201d was a dirty word\u2014the ultimate insult. This movie\u00a0brings the nerds of Lambda\u00a0Lambda\u00a0Lambda\u00a0down to\u00a0sunny\u00a0Florida for a fraternity convention.\u00a0When\u00a0the Alpha Betas,\u00a0their suave\u00a0and recently scorned\u00a0enemies,\u00a0find out the nerds are\u00a0in town and\u00a0staying at their hotel,\u00a0the\u00a0Alphas\u00a0set off on making the\u00a0Tri-Lambs&#8217;\u00a0dream\u00a0getaway a\u00a0nightmarish\u00a0disaster.\u00a0Of course, the nerds\u00a0decide they\u00a0won\u2019t take the bullying lying down.\u00a0Will the sportscoat-clad, pocket protector-wearing nerds outsmart the cool guys and\u00a0come out on top? Spoiler alert: yes. Will there be some silly antics to entertain your couch-ridden self along the way? Also,\u00a0yes.<\/p>\n<h2>4. Spring Breakdown<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/neyVsErfkwc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ok so, full disclosure, I have not seen this movie, but considering it didn&#8217;t really make it past Sundance, I think we can let me slide on this one. The fact that it\u2019s called\u00a0<i>Spring\u00a0<\/i><i>Breakdown<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i>and stars Amy Poehler, Parker Posey and Rachel Dratch alone makes it worthy of this list. Posey gets sent to accompany her boss\u2019 daughter\u00a0on Spring Break in South Padre, TX.\u00a0Her\u00a0two\u00a0gal\u00a0pals (Poehler and Dratch) tag along in an attempt to shake up their monotonous lives and\u00a0play out\u00a0the college experience they never had. While there, they run into some conflict about fitting in with the cool\u00a0crowd\u00a0but the biggest draw comes from the comedic trio\u2019s witty jabs\u00a0and delusional hijinks\u00a0as they let loose and\u00a0attempt to hang with much younger college kids. Add it to your watch list.<\/p>\n<h2>5. Where the Boys Are<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4OZzJji7E1U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The original 1960 version of <em>Where the Boys Are<\/em> basically invented Spring Break as we know it. But I&#8217;m going with the 1984 version, which is way different than the original but a little more modern. Four friends head to Fort Lauderdale for Spring Break planning to have the time of their lives. This is an &#8217;80s movie, so of course each one is a bit of a stereotype: the prude (Jennie), the party girl (Carole), the snob (Sandra) and the sex-crazed (Laurie). In between all the laughs and trying to get it on, the girls grapple with love and misunderstandings, life and misadventures. Okay, so <em>maybe<\/em> it won a Golden Raspberry Award \u2013 I&#8217;m not saying this is a seriously great movie. But it&#8217;s seriously fun, and right now, that&#8217;s exactly what we want.<\/p>\n<p>Want more movies recs for while you&#8217;re social distancing at home? Check out our list of <a href=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/more-classic-movies-to-finally-watch\/\">5 classic movies to finally watch<\/a> now that you have the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the coronavirus keeping us all inside our homes\u00a0for the time being,\u00a0everyone from college partiers to vacation-desperate\u00a0parents are\u00a0woefully canceling\u00a0millions of spring break travel plans.\u00a0In fact, lately it feels like all fun has been canceled.\u00a0But fear not, my\u00a0fellow\u00a0vacay-seekers. For what do we do when we need an escape from reality? Watch movies, of course!\u00a0Transport your pajama-clad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":12327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[40,37],"class_list":["post-12318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial","tag-featuredpage","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12318"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12326,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12318\/revisions\/12326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}