I agree. As a kid, I might have said Home Alone or The Santa Clause, but as a husband and father, it's Christmas Vacation.
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30 years later and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is still the most realistic and brutally honest depiction of Christmas ever in a movie.
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I actually found the way they have the boss change his mind about the Christmas bonus (shamed by his wife when she finds out what a cheapass he is) fairly realistic, that probably would be the only way to get through to someone like that.
Clark is a great character, a loving father who tries way too hard. I'm not a father but he seems very relatable to me.
Clark is a great character, a loving father who tries way too hard. I'm not a father but he seems very relatable to me.
I wanna add that one of the most hilarious and subtle jokes in the film is at dinner and Clark is hyping the kids up about Santa and Eddie is absolutely floored by what he's saying and spits out "you serious Clark?"
It's an ongoing year round quote for me. And then it's followed up with the dog yacking up a bone.
It's an ongoing year round quote for me. And then it's followed up with the dog yacking up a bone.
I remember watching this movie with my family every year growing up. As I got older, there was a time where I thought I was too cool for this movie. As a fully realized adult, I really truly love this movie.
The family is supposed to live near Chicago, but they go get their own Christmas tree somewhere that has mountains. I like to believe that Clark was so hardcore that he drove to Colorado or something and back just for the tree.
I know I saw the first vacation movie at least once as a kid and I barely remember it. Really have been meaning to rewatch it for years. Probably hasn't aged well lmao.
But yeah I love the Christmas movie and see it just about every year. Guess it says something that most of the humor aged well, but I cringe when I get to the mall part.
Yeah this thread is really making me want to try to get a rewatch on. Have to wait for after Christmas though. It feels wrong otherwise.
this part where he can't decide which side to put his arm through the ladder is one of the funniest bits of physical comedy of all time
it fucking destroys me every time i watch it
It shows a pretty good understanding of that situation for sure.
this part where he can't decide which side to put his arm through the ladder is one of the funniest bits of physical comedy of all time
it fucking destroys me every time i watch it
Things are a bit different in the states. Their taxes are lower but you pay out the nose for stuff we don't even consider.
And yeah their houses (outside of big cities) tend to be much bigger than UK houses, even in working class places.
Home Alone at least makes it a contest. The films are very different so it's hard to compare them, but Home Alone is an all-time great Christmas movie
It's fucking weird, and it creeps into threads seemingly at random. I totally understand the whole "Fuck the 1%" mentality, but as you said, we're at the point where some folks on Era seem to hate the middle class too. Like, anyone with even a little bit of expendable income deserves to die in a fire.
I'm poor as fuck, living on state-funded health care and I have zero hatred or I'll-feelings towards folks earning a good living. Like hey, good for you. Hopefully I'll get to that point one day myself.
In the meantime I ain't gonna waste time getting angry at the 1st world problems of Clark Fucking Griswald XD
The ignore button helps a lot with this. There really isn't that many people like this, it's just the same people making every topic about their little mission.
Clark Griswald, that 1% man drives only the most luxurious vehicles
he drives a station wagon not a Mercedes
he drives a station wagon not a Mercedes
He was bamboozled into that car.Clark Griswald, that 1% man drives only the most luxurious vehicles
he drives a station wagon not a Mercedes
Just had my yearly watch of the movie. So good. I think i have been watching it every year sround christmas since i was 8-10 years..so i have been watching it every year for at least 20 years.
I don't think it's that bad. It's an alright return on a "dead" series at the time compared to the one we got a couple of years ago and other revivals we have gotten this decade. It's not as hillarious or genuine as the first three, or at least 1 and 3, but it's fine.
I think the biggest issue I have with the movie is the one people are mentioning, that Clark is kind of a sexist douchebag in a couple prominent scenes in the first third of the movie. Once they move past that it's good.
My favorite part is that like all good Christmas movies the real villain is increasing economic precarity and the hoarders of wealth creating that condition.
My favorite part is that like all good Christmas movies the real villain is increasing economic precarity and the hoarders of wealth creating that condition.
"Gotta eat, take my back pill!"
haha, I love this scene. I also had this Bears hat back in the day.
this part where he can't decide which side to put his arm through the ladder is one of the funniest bits of physical comedy of all time
it fucking destroys me every time i watch it
OMFG... thisisresetera.gif
Who is doing more to erase the middle class? The Republican Party or Resetera Edgelords? Too close to call...
You consider his house a mansion? What in the world. It's a normal suburbia house.
Only on era can we have a thread about a movie where a dude breaks the sound barrier on a sled with a proprietary cereal sealant devolve into bickering about the right and middle class. You all are a bunch of nutbags and need a more productive outlet for this feux rage
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Yeah they are both required holiday viewings which makes them equal in my mind
Al Bundy's house is about the size of the Grizwald's, from the establishing shots of it. Does that mean Al Bundy is rich, too?