Visiting my parents for the holidays, had some friends over for Nog and the recipe was inspired by the film, so I figured why not. Full disclosure, this is the first of the Lampoons any of us had seen.
Ended up really enjoying myself with the film! The sense of humor is very old school, soooo much slapstick, but undeniably funny. I was familiar with Chevy Chase from Community, so it was fun watching him in his younger years and it actually kinda feeling like the same character presented in a different light? It was definitely a product of its time, but even the sleezier moments fit the actor the way we had come to know him. For as crummy as a person as he is, Chevy did play a very convincing rootable protagonist (adultery jokes aside).
The one part of the movie that didn’t hit with literally anyone was Cousin Eddie. I’m not entirely sure what it was, but the style of humor that he was written with just… didn’t get a single laugh from the five of us who were watching, meanwhile the film was laugh-out-loud funny until his arrival. It recovered after a while when other characters took the reigns back (the great aunt pledge of allegiance caught everyone so off guard it was hilarious). I think the one part of Eddie that actually got some interest was his kidnapping of the boss at the end, because of how freaking crazy it was.
Everyone was in solid agreement that we loved the neighbors too. The fact that they dressed like full blown villains, but really were just trying to live their lives while their neighbors keep dunking on them… so much sympathy for that poor couple haha
Vacation (1983) European Vacation (1985) Christmas Vacation (1989) Vegas Vacation (1997)
I absolutely love these movies. Currently watching Christmas Vacation at the moment. To me that is an all-time great holiday movie. I do not count Christmas Vacation 2 and the new vacation with Ed Helms from a few years ago to be in this grouping.
As a 4 movie group, I think it is the best comedy movie series IMO. In general it might be one of the best!
So after watching Christmas Vacation with my family on Christmas Eve, I decided to try my hand at a sciencey type of video analyzing what would really happen to Clark during the sled scene. I'm pretty sure I got some things wrong, so feel free to correct any mistakes in my math. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSwbBaK4mCI
She's not even anything like my usual type.
The evil CEO saw the error of his ways and the police didn't shoot anyone
Light up your holidays with Chevy Chase live on stage plus an audience Q & A following a screening of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. After the showing of the holiday classic on the big screen,the celebration will continue with actor Chevy Chase (Clark Griswold).
https://nippertown.com/2021/10/25/chevy-chase-is-coming-to-the-palace-for-national-lampoons-christmas-vacation-screening/
