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Claudia Kullolli Dr. Fielding ENGL 015 29 October 2014 Spring Breakers, A Wonderful Waste of Time and Money A phrase that is meant to excite people has never sounded so disturbing. “Spring break,” said by grill-wearing, rapping drug-dealer “Alien” is so repetitive and serial-killer-esque, yet it’s sadly the most interesting detail about this Harmony Korine movie. Once getting past the fact that Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, and Ashley Benson are a part of this awful creation, you unfortunately end up furious about the boring, lacking, sloppy, and excruciatingly painful storyline of this pointless and sickening drama/action-adventure. The plot, which is arguably absent, begins with best friends Candy, Brit, Faith, and Cotty, portrayed by Vanessa, Ashley, Selena, and Rachel Korine respectively, who aim for an unforgettable spring break adventure, and they sure get one. After robbing a restaurant to pay for their spring break adventures, they get thrown in jail only to be bailed out by James Franco’s “Alien.” They soon realize their hunger for a thrilling and exciting spring break will get them in all kinds of sticky situations, which may or may not be a good thing considering it’s probably what they were hoping for. This crime, booze, and drug-filled annoyance of a project only gets worse as scenes of nude girls “spring breaking” on the beach are cut in at almost the exact wrong times, having no significance to the un-developing storyline what-so-ever. But I guess since the…