6 Movies That Made Me Want to go to Camp

June 12, 2011 2:00 pm     Posted in Entertainment, Galleries, Headliners  Courtney - Bridgewater State University g+ page


By Courtney

Every summer, until I was 14, I would beg my parents to send me to sleepaway camp. I would promise I wouldn’t call home and told them I could handle being in the woods for a couple of weeks. And every summer I got the same answer, no. So I did what any other pre-teen would do, hung out at the mall, hit up the beach, and watched movies that made me feel like I was at summer camp.

Now before I go on, I should tell you I finally got my experience at sleepaway camp, I worked as a Unit Leader for an entire summer at a girl scout camp in Virgina. And can I just say, what a rip off! Besides having the exact cabins as Parent Trap (we almost put one of the counselors furniture on the roof just because) it was NOTHING like the movies. So if you missed out, don’t worry…you didn’t miss much.

Still, every time I see camp rock (my sister’s 12, she watches it..I just happen to be in the same room), or any other crazy camp movie I can’t help but wish I was 10 again so I could have my very own camp adventure.  So, since it’s almost that time of year again, here are 6 movies that made me want to go to camp:

5 Comments on "6 Movies That Made Me Want to go to Camp"

  1. shari says:
    Sun, 12th Jun 20113:12 pm 

    being a camper at sleepaway camp is awesome! some of the best memories of my childhood are from my camp in the middle of nowhere in florida. my current best friend is a girl that i met there when i was 12 :)

    love the list! wet hot american summer is my favorite movie of all time, so kudos for putting it on there! camp nowhere and the parent trap were two of my absolute favorite childhood movies so yay for them too (although i think everyone should have to watch the ORIGINAL parent trap at least once!!)! lol my boyfriend thinks i'm crazy for never having watched heavyweights.

  2. amanda says:
    Mon, 13th Jun 20115:49 pm 

    i went to the camp in the parent trap, and let me tell you, it was AWFUL. you do not want to go there!

  3. elena says:
    Thu, 30th Jun 20114:55 pm 

    Seriously, am I the only one tired of galleries? I'd like it better if it was in normal form, on one page, without clicking through pages that load just a lil bit too slow and somehow never manage to fully load properly…

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