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Vacation review
Posted on 7/30/15 at 10:02 pm
Posted on 7/30/15 at 10:02 pm
Saw Vacation on Tuesday night. Wasn't planning on seeing it, at least not in theaters, but a friend of mine is in it and she insisted we get a group together and watch it. I went in with extremely low expectations - based off of previews and preliminary RT ratings which at the time it was at 11%.
Have to say I was pleasantly surprised. Once I tabled the idea of comparing it to the original and just watching it on its own I really had a good time. Laughed out loud at least a dozen times. It bounces back and forth between smartly written jokes/scenes and some real duds and overreach. Overall I was happy with the final product, Ed Helms played the part well. Chris Hemsworth's storyline was pretty hilarious. And there were a few gags that really worked to balance out the toilet humor and shock stuff that I didn't think worked.
Worth a matinee ticket price IMO.
Have to say I was pleasantly surprised. Once I tabled the idea of comparing it to the original and just watching it on its own I really had a good time. Laughed out loud at least a dozen times. It bounces back and forth between smartly written jokes/scenes and some real duds and overreach. Overall I was happy with the final product, Ed Helms played the part well. Chris Hemsworth's storyline was pretty hilarious. And there were a few gags that really worked to balance out the toilet humor and shock stuff that I didn't think worked.
Worth a matinee ticket price IMO.
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Posted on 7/30/15 at 10:05 pm to Rohan2Reed
Saw it tonight and thought it was funny.
Posted on 7/30/15 at 10:07 pm to Lakeboy7
IGN gave it an 8.0
Posted on 7/30/15 at 10:08 pm to Rohan2Reed
The preview looks like constant lazy physical nonhumor with 0 witty writing.
Is that accurate?
Is that accurate?
Posted on 7/30/15 at 10:11 pm to Breesus
There is some of that absolutely. But all-in-all I think the finished product is better than simply lowbrow physical comedy. There's funny scenes not in the preview that work really well.
Posted on 7/30/15 at 10:12 pm to Rohan2Reed
I'm not emotionally invested in the first one and the previews look kinda funny so I might check this out. The mostly terrible reviews are a turn off though.
Posted on 7/30/15 at 10:17 pm to Brosef Stalin
My wife didn't really care for it outside of a couple scenes. I think it definitely appeals to a person with a certain type of personality / sense of humor. I'd say if you like 40 Year Old Virgin and Hot Tub Time Machine you'd enjoy Vacation. It's not The Great Outdoors or Airplane, but it's better than the stoner comedies of recent memory a la Superbad or Pineapple Express .. and a nice reprieve from the Judd Apatow snoozefests.
Posted on 7/30/15 at 10:20 pm to Rohan2Reed
Meh, I don't like most comedies anyway and I will watch almost no modern ones. I miss the cleverness of the ole 80s comedies where the filmmakers could trust the audience to not be brain dead idiots.
Posted on 7/30/15 at 10:26 pm to Rohan2Reed
I saw the movie in theaters as well and I thought it absolutely sucked. There was a ridiculous amount of toilet humor in the movie.
Posted on 7/30/15 at 10:31 pm to Rohan2Reed
Good to hear, however I´m not paying money to see that thang.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 7:19 am to Rohan2Reed
I'm pretty excited about it.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 7:29 am to athenslife101
You must be fun at parties
Posted on 7/31/15 at 10:02 am to Clark W Griswold
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Clark W Griswold
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I'm pretty excited about it.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 10:29 am to athenslife101
I have a feeling it will remind of We're the Millers which I thought was funny
Posted on 8/1/15 at 1:56 am to Rohan2Reed
I thought that it was great. Hit all the right notes for humor and nostalgia.
Helms did much better than I expected.
Helms did much better than I expected.
Posted on 8/1/15 at 2:45 am to Rohan2Reed
I thought it was good. I laughed pretty hard throughout.
Posted on 8/1/15 at 10:07 am to Rohan2Reed
If Anthony Michael Hall was in it I'd go watch it
Posted on 8/1/15 at 10:12 am to Rohan2Reed
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Once I tabled the idea of comparing it to the original and just watching it on its own I really had a good time.
AH - but they're not asking me to come see a wacky new family vacation product. They're asking me to watch the new Vacation movie. And I say, "No thank you."
(Seriously, though, glad you don't feel it was wasted money or that your experience wasn't ruined by comparing it to the original.)
Posted on 8/1/15 at 10:15 am to Rohan2Reed
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I'd say if you like 40 Year Old Virgin and Hot Tub Time Machine you'd enjoy Vacation. It's not The Great Outdoors or Airplane, but it's better than the stoner comedies of recent memory a la Superbad or Pineapple Express .. and a nice reprieve from the Judd Apatow snoozefests.
Wow - a barrage of imagery there.
And, like everything else, results very:
40 Year Old Virgin? Never finished it.
HT Time Machine? Made it 10 or 12 minutes, maybe. Really unfunny to me.
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The Great Outdoors
I know it is beloved, but "Meh".
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Airplane
Obviously one of the best comedies of all time - initially started the modern campy/satire/parody film craze.
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Superbad
I really liked (maybe not loved, but really liked) this film.
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Pineapple Express
I don't get it. Not funny.
So, I'm all over the place on your barometers, baw.
Posted on 8/1/15 at 10:29 am to Rohan2Reed
It would have been mentioned by now if Christina Applegate pays an homage to Beverly D'Angelo and drops her top so I'm guessing that's a no. 
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