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Summary: Format Problem
Review: I love this movie, but why isn't it in widescreen?
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Summary: You'll laugh until you cry, best "vacation" movie.
Review: I first saw this movie in the theatre with my Dad when it was released. He laughed so hard, I thought he was going to have an asthma attack. I bought the movie and we watch it every year as a tradition. I have family members who act like Clark Griswald's relatives, so I can actually relate to the characters in this movie (Scary eh?).There are so many great moments of comedy in this movie, the huge Christmas tree, overcooking the turkey until it explodes, and the Yuppie neighbors that despise Clark with a passion. Chevy Chase is great as the Dad with the high expectations for a great Christmas and of course, the actual event never quite measures up to his hopes. And that is what makes it funny. I give this one 5 stars.
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Summary: THEY DON'T MAKE 'EM LIKE THIS ANYMORE
Review: I love the entire Vacation series, but this is my favorite. The ensemble cast, all stars in their own right, play off each other perfectly. Chevy Chase is incomparable as the sentimental family man striving to overcome a certain geekiness that makes him both sympathetic and lovable. Doris Roberts (from Everybody Loves Raymond) and Diane Ladd (mother of actress Laura Dern) are the mothers-in-law who, when not squabbling, are complaining about their health problems. The droll Juliette Lewis and Johnny Galecki (David on Roseanne's show) are great as the Griswold offspring. Julia Louis-Dreyfuss and her screen husband "Todd" are the perfect yuppie foils for Clark's escapades. Randy Quaid (Eddie) is arguably the most gifted actor of the bunch - from playing it straight as LBJ to this role as Clark's dimwitted country cousin, Quaid proves no role is beyond his range. Dedicated fans should be able to match the following gems with the characters speaking them: "Get off me you little fungus!" - "I've got hemorrhoids, isn't that terrible!" -"Do you see this mole on my neck? Does it look like it's growing?" - "Don't worry - he's just yackin' on a bone..." Every time I watch this I laugh my behind off. And I definitely agree with Eddie that "It's a good quality item..."
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Summary: The Quotable Griswalds
Review: I bet your Christmas plans never quite work out right. The Griswalds'
plans never work out either. Clark wants an old-fashioned family
Christmas. Somewhere between Cousin Eddie showing up and the tree
catching fire, everything goes wrong. The Griswalds are just as funny
as they are in the other National Lampoon vacation movies (skip Vegas
Vacation). The best character of all has to be Randy Quaid's 'Cousin Eddie'.
He and Chevy Chase are at their best in this movie. This movie is hilarious from start to finish. This is one of the funniest Christmas movies ever made; actually, it's
probably one of the funniest movies ever made, period. I watch it at
least once or twice a year, and so does everyone else in my family.
Christmas isn't Christmas at my house if nobody quotes Clark or Eddie
at least once. Everyone has at least one favorite line. If you're
starting your collection of Christmas movies, make this one of your
first buys.
Rating:
Summary: The Quotable Griswalds
Review: I bet your Christmas plans never quite work out right. The Griswalds' plans never work out either. Clark wants an old-fashioned family Christmas. Somewhere between Cousin Eddie showing up and the tree catching fire, everything goes wrong. The Griswalds are just as funny as they are in the other National Lampoon vacation movies (skip Vegas Vacation). The best character of all has to be Randy Quaid's 'Cousin Eddie'. He and Chevy Chase are at their best in this movie. This movie is hilarious from start to finish. This is one of the funniest Christmas movies ever made; actually, it's probably one of the funniest movies ever made, period. I watch it at least once or twice a year, and so does everyone else in my family. Christmas isn't Christmas at my house if nobody quotes Clark or Eddie at least once. Everyone has at least one favorite line. If you're starting your collection of Christmas movies, make this one of your first buys.
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Summary: A fantastic comedy!
Review: Chevy Chase stars as Clark Griswold, a family man who's determined to have a wonderful Christmas for his family. From the 25,000 lights on the house, an embarrassing cousin, a Christmas tree going up in flames, a squirrel getting lose in the house, plus many more mishaps, it's not that simple. It's been somewhat of a tradition in my entire family to watch this movie every year at Christmas and we've been doing so for as long as I can remember. Everybody should own a copy of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. As it says, "yule crack up!"
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Summary: Very funny, needs more extras, but widescreen not necessary
Review: Like others here, I really enjoyed Christmas Vacation, and I thought it was very funny. My favorite scene was when Clark calls his boss every name he can think of when he doesn't get his bonus. (Who wrote that?) I agree that this is a pretty basic DVD with hardly any extras. Instead of production notes, I would like to see deleted scenes and especially bloopers! However, I do not believe this movie needs to be widescreen, and I am a big fan of widescreen formatted movies. The fact is, there are two kinds of widescreen: anamorphic, which has an aspect ratio of 2.35:1, and Academy Flat, which is 1.85:1. Christmas Vacation is of the latter type. Academy Flat movies are actually filmed in an aspect ratio very close to television anyway, 1.33:1, and later cropped in the theater during projection. So a full screen version of an Academy Flat movie is actually showing you more than what was in the theater. Academy Flat is really not that wide, so you're not adding a lot to the experience when you get a widescreen version. That's why many Academy Flat DVD's are released full screen.
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Summary: A classic for the Holiday season
Review: Yet another in the great Vacation series. The Griswolds have the whole family over for what most would perceive to be the "A-typical" Griswold family Christmas. This is a must have for the Christmas season.
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Summary: Side splitter!
Review: Third in series of movies about the Griswold family. This one is about their Christmas vacation. Clark Griswold, the father, is planning on giving his family the best Christmas vacation ever. Only, one problem, Clark's family is coming! From the exploding sewer system to the wrapped up cat you'll be rolling on the floor and grabbing your aching sides while watching as what was supposed to be the greatest Christmas in Griswold Family history turns into total and utter disaster!
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Summary: The funniest National Lampoon film.
Review: National Lampoon's Christmas Vcation is ne of the funniest movies I have ever seen. It's the third installment in the Vacation saga. it is the funniest of the four. It follows Clark Griswold, who wants to have a good old fashion family Christmas. Well he doesn't exactly get just that. It is areaolly funny movie...
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