So, this will probably be one of those nights that I will never forget, nor will I ever get the hours back no matter the run time. Now, Harold Ramis the most famous comedic writer behind such great classics such as Caddyshack, Stripes and Ghostbusters, has done such great work over the years along with such memorable performances like Egon Spengler. For which leads to the events of Vacation and no not the one with Ed Helms that movie doesn't count, I'm talking about the original Vacation film starring Chevy Chase as probably one of the dumbest men on the planet moreover never understood why Beverly D'Angelo should of just left him or pushed into traffic. Alright, getting back to the point I realized that I haven't seen this movie or may have seen bits and pieces and deep down I realize how much I hate the Vacation movie franchise after watching Vacation hell I began to understand why I will never watch Christmas Vacation ever again.
Basically the movie is about a man who is a stubborn jack** played by Chevy Chase decides not the logical idea to take an airplane all the way to a fictionalized Disneyland, he decides to drive in entire family from Chicago all the way to California, which is like why can't you just take a plane for many reasons it's the early 80's so Airplane tickets are really cheap to purchase instead of today's ticket prices and let's be honest you know the rest.
I'm sure everyone loves these movies, and I am not going to judge them for loving these movies, but this movie alone it really wasn't anything to do with Harold Ramis direction or anything against the cast, it was more to do with the story itself moreover the film itself just brought back terrible memories growing up, I mean it the young Russell felt like me. I mean the entire film just felt like life was sucking the life out of me, I mean in fairness I never remember my childhood in some degree I do remember taking family trips that where not the best of times. But this movie alone while watching it I was like "oh dear God", I began to have flash backs of the many vacations I had over the years that where not in the best of things. The movie itself was created by John Hughes who also written the first two Home Alone films for which I loved growing up furthermore Vacation itself was based on a short story by Hughes himself for which I guess was based on his experience and he transitioned into this movie. Now, look I understand that everyone loves Vacation and Christmas Vacation, but me I just can't watch these two movies ever again because as a grown man who is thirty-six years old and begins to remember really bad memories of not so great vacations and really I can never in a million years watch these movies ever, and after watching Vacation I couldn't sleep at all like the anxiety just kicked my ass so much that I couldn't even breath for which lead to another movie that Harold co-written and directed that helped me breath easily and went to sleep easily as well.
Oh, hey look everyone I decided to watch Caddyshack after Vacation, what a coincidence huh? So, again right after watching a horrible nightmare that was Vacation, I had such a bad anxiety attack, it was probably around maybe 3:30 in the morning and I honesty couldn't sleep at all so in what probably the best decisions I've ever made, I decided to watch Caddyshack. Harold Ramis first movie moreover a beginning to a beautiful friendship between Ramis and up and coming comedic star Bill Murray. The funning thing about this movie is that even though Chevy Chase was in the movie, this was probably the best and only good comedic performance I can watch of him for many reasons that he plays a Zen-womanizing golfer who just doesn't give a s**t is great to watch plus playing a role model to Michael O'Keefe's Danny Noonan. Now, I'll admit I'm not a fan of Rodney Dangerfield but like Chevy Chase this is the one film I'd rather watch him in and not anything else that he was in. So, anyway let's dive right into a movie that helped me get a good night's sleep despite my bedtime becoming around 5:30-ish in the morning.
Danny Noonan (Michael O'Keefe), a teen down on his luck, works as a caddy at the snob infested Bushwood Country Club to raise money for his college education. To gain votes for a college scholarship reserved for caddies, Noonan volunteers to caddy for a prominent and influential club member (Ted Knight). Meanwhile, Danny struggles to prepare for the high-pressure Caddy Day golf tournament while absorbing New Age advice from wealthy golf guru Ty Webb (Chevy Chase).
The interesting fact about the movie is that originally the movie was supposed to be about the Caddy's in the suburban golf course, but then they acquired all of these big-time actors the whole story about the caddy's they decided to take all the time and effort to focus on the actors like Chevy Chase and Bill Murray. Though in truth, the movie is really about just one Caddy which is Michael O'Keefe's character for which is really about him from the first act to the final act, and though you may not believe that it's really true though there so many stuff that they changed but deep down it's really about Danny Noonan and his quest to find out what he wants to do or what to find in life. In fact they in one of the original scripts the ending was that Danny won the big bucks and went off into college but comes across a pretty lady and goes with her while carrying her golf clubs, and granted I would of liked that ending but deep down when you watch the movie's ending you can tell by heart that he was defiantly going to college after winning the big bucks from Ted Knight's character. The difference when it comes to comedy, between Vacation and Caddyshack was when watching Vacation sure you as a viewer can laugh at the slapstick comedy when you’re a teenager or god knows still laughing at it when you’re as old as me, but the thing about it is when I watched it maybe as an immature teen sure I can laugh at it but once you get older and experience life then re watching it feels like your reliving a complete nightmare and watching Vacation at my age really felt like that moreover I'm close to realizing that I won't ever watch Christmas Vacation nor the first two Home Alone movies because really deep down I love my family but there were sometimes I wanted to kill them, and watching movies like Vacation I can't do anymore. Though with it comes to Caddyshack I'm a working man, I was raised in the working class though deep down I do have dreams but in all honesty I will always be working class, anyway movie on Caddyshack is really the working class putting up with the snob fest which is the upper class, and you really in a grand sense relate to that because we've all had one of those jobs where we've got to put of with those a-holes who think the world revolves around them and to be honest that's funny furthermore makes me feel good inside and that you're not the only one in the whole world that doesn't have to put up with that. With this movie, it's probably the only Chevy Chase movie I can watch because his unique way of not giving a s**t or his infamous one liners are just perfect to watch, but when it comes his performance in Vacation I just look at him as one of the most stupidest man alive, moreover if I was Russell I would jump out of the back and begin strangling him for how stupid he can be, especially with his decision making. Though let’s face it Bill Murray is way better at comedy than Chase because he had a long movie run as Chase had so who cares. I have to say, yes Rodney Dangerfield has some pretty good one liners, but watching him on screen I don't know whether he's a normal guy or a bunch of scientist were able to draw this bombastic cartoon and brought him out of the pages and that was Rodney Dangerfield, for which I'm thinking that's really what happen because I don't know how he was able to have a carry on in the film world. So, that was my night of pure madness honestly I'm pretty confident I learned a valuable lesson, never watch any John Hughes work, as I've said before this wasn't Ramis fault for directing Vacation in my point of view I just think that any of Hughes work which includes dysfunctional family comedy is never my cup of tea moreover never re-watch movies or shows that give you bad memories to relive it's just not worth it.
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