Fact or Fiction: Hollywood Life LessonsAn interesting look at the life lessons Hollywood provides…

Submitted byBridget Walsh,

Resident Assistant,Colorado State University

Alcohol + Sex = BAD IDEA

Knocked Up FACT Just like in real life,

drinking and having sex can lead to some unwanted complications, whether it’s pregnancy, STD’s, or emotional distress.

Party It Up, You’ll Be Fine Tomorrow

Can’t Hardly Wait, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, American Pie

FICTION Unlike what the movies

show, there are consequences to drinking, whether it’s an MIP, a write-up, or at the very least a hangover

It Only Takes 1 (maybe 2) People To Save The World/Day

5th Element, Bad Boys, Rush hour, any action flick, really

FICTION It’s ok to ask for help. No

one expects you to solve all of your problems and everyone else’s problems on your own.

You Will Meet One Person, Fall In Love, And Live Happily Ever After

Any romantic movie ever created

FICTION Finding the right person is

difficult and takes time. When you meet the right person, you’ll know, but there’s no use trying to make someone who isn’t right, into the person for you.

Love is Tricky/Love Sucks

Eternal Sunshine, Garden State, A Lot Like Love

FACT Being in love takes

work and when it’s over, well, it sucks. But don’t worry, life goes on.

Kids Are Big Responsibilities

Daddy Day Care, Cheaper by the Dozen, Big Daddy, Raising Helen

FACT Taking care of kids is

a LOT of work. There’s a time to have kids, and college isn’t the time.

If You Start A Musical Number, Everyone Will Know The Moves And Join InMusicals FALSE Sadly, if you started

singing and dancing on the plaza, no one may join in. They might call the police, though. And the police wouldn’t join either…

Serial Killers, Freak Accidents, and Supernatural Phenomenon are all, actually, very common

Horror Films FICTION No, death will not hunt

you down. No, there aren’t really Vampires or Werewolves.

RA’s, though, are scarier then all of those combined.

If You Are In a Foreign Country, Everyone Will Speak Perfect EnglishJames Bond, Austin

Powers, The Italian Job, The Terminal

FICTION America isn’t the

center of the world and other countries speak different languages.

The moral of this story? While movies show great examples of what life is really like, you should

think twice before you believe everything you see.

Created by Bridget Walsh, Colorado State University RA