National Lampoon's European Vacation & Vacation 2015!

On Saturday night just past I watched the National Lampoon's European Vacation. If you've read my previous post you'd know that the weekend before I watched the original Vacation. Good Lord, they've done it again. This movie was so hilarious. You've got to watch it.

However I will say, that the European Vacation wasn't quite as funny as the first one, but still it was very, very good. Oh Clark, sweet innocent Clark. Why do you always end up in trouble? Chevy Chase is so funny he really needs to be in more movies. Even though he's kind of old now, it would still be cool if he had some cameos here and there.

SPOILER ALERT: I absolutely loved the part where they all had matching berets with their names on them. So funny. I actually want one. Not to mention the ending of it, that was so good. If you haven't watched it, please, you have to! Want to watch the trailer for European Vacation? Click here.

I cannot wait to watch the next one, Las Vegas Vacation. I can't imagine what they'd get up to there...

So, I actually, very literally (as I write this) just came back from watching the new Vacation. MY GOD. You have to watch it.

 

I have to admit though, it wasn't quite as funny as the original, maybe about as funny as the European Vacation, But it was so good. I could not wipe the smile off of my face for the entire duration of the movie. There was one thing that bugged me a little. When I say this I don't think I'm giving too much away, but throughout the movie there is a truck 'chasing' them. Now, this may seem like something fun to add to the plot for you guys, but for me I felt like I was having deja vu.

Only about an hour before watching Vacation, I was at one of my university lectures where we had to watch "Duel" which apparently was one of Steven Spielberg's first movies. (By the way if you get the chance you should watch that because it was pretty good too.) The uncanny resemblance between this old Spielberg movie and the Vacation movie are very close. At least the parts where the truck is there. But when it is revealed what the truck is doing, I kind of feel as though the writers had twisted Spielberg's idea into a comical ending. You've got to go watch both of the movies now to see what I mean.

Chevy Chase in this movie. The scenes he was in are the reason I live. Ok, maybe that was a bit extreme. But seriously, Chevy in this movie, even though it was a small role, it was so good and made the film just that little bit better. I really don't want to give to much away for those who haven't yet watched it, but the idea is Clark Griswold and his wife now have a B&B. there is this hilarious shot where, instead of changing the bed sheets, Clark just sprays the old, dirty sheets with some disinfectant spray. Classic Clark.

 

There are so many other things I really want to talk about but I don't want to ruin it for the people reading this. I will tell you though, it starts out with the opening sequence just as the other Vacation movies do. Holiday Road song and a montage of pictures. Great way to start. I kind of still don't get how they can sort of steal National Lampoon's ideas for their own movie though. There must have been a lot of copyright papers signed.

You guys, you have to watch it, although there was a lot more dirty jokes (and swearing, might I add) in it then the previous ones, there was still a lot of the same innocent humour used the originals. Definitely go see it, you won't be disappointed. Watch the trailer here. And when you see the end... you will notice they've set it up so they can do a European Vacation remake. It was a bit of a weak ending. But still, if they remake European Vacation, I am on board.

Until Next Time...
Morgan ^^