Clark Griswold : There it is, kids. My motherland. Rusty Griswold : Dad, Grandma's from Chicago. Clark Griswold : Shut up, Russ.
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Puerto Rico, where I live, suffered its worst hurricane in its modern history on the 19th of September that left most of the island without electricity for months. And this is after another category 5 hurricane that left me without electricity for 11 days. I was without electricity for FIVE months, until yesterday that is, when the power was finally restored.
So here is the review for this movie, it's unchanged and unedited, as if that's somehow important. If you had told me me that this would be the last movie I watched in its entirety for the rest of , I would have called you crazy. Because it's ludicrous and absurd to assume that one will be without power for five months. I started watching Alien 3 on the night of the hurricane, but I only made it 15 minutes in before the power went out.
Moving on to the review. You know, I never once thought of this until I finished watching this movie. One of the most notable things about the Vacation franchise is the fact that Clark and Ellen's children, Rusty and Audrey, are played by different actors in every installment of the original franchise.
Rusty was the eldest in three of the original films, Audrey was the eldest in the Christmas movie. And it's like, how can these people not even keep track of their own continuity. And, really, in a way, the children played by different actors in every movie is one of the franchise's running jokes, at least "inside" jokes.
But, and this theory just popped in my head, as I mentioned, after finishing this movie, what if Ellen and Clark are foster parents and they switch out kids every so often. Every time they get a new pair of kids always one boy and one girl they always name them Rusty and Audrey, to avoid having to remember so new names every couple of years.
That's just my theory on the matter and it's not even a theory that I believe in myself, it's just something I thought of. But, again, that's neither here nor there. Where do I start with this movie? I suppose it should be by saying that I've seen every single one of the Vacation movies minus Vegas, since that looks awful. That wasn't the case for the longest time, since I could never actually find this movie anywhere.
I believe I watched the original movie and Christmas Vacation on Netflix. And I rented the reboot on DVD. But I could never find this one anywhere. It aired on tv and either it was already midway through, hence I couldn't DVR it, or I just saw it after the fact. I saved it for a rainy day, since I have not had WiFi since yesterday and I'm writing this on September 19th, since another category 5 hurricane is heading straight for us and I don't know how long I'll be without electricity for.
Was the long wait worth it? Honestly, I'm gonna have to say no. Having said that, I have always enjoyed the concept of Clark Griswold or Griswald being an overzealous father intent on spending every second of every minute of every hour of every day with his family while they're vacation. He wants everything to go according to plan, even if that means that his family might not necessarily enjoy something that is meant to be fun. I thought it has always led to some comical moments in the franchise throughout the years.
But, and I'll be honest here, this isn't one of John Hughes' who wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay best scripts. Not by a long shot. Part of the problem is that there's no real structure to the film. You could say that about the original Vacation.
But, to me, at least the original movie had some sort of goal for the characters to get to. They were on a road trip from Chicago to California to visit Wally World, a Disneyworld-type amusement park. Yes, you could say that there were shenanigans, but those shenanigans were meant to slow down the family on their journey to Wally World.
This was the vacation from hell. At the end of the movie, getting to Wally World isn't even a matter of actually wanting to go, it's a matter of pride for Clark. And I thought that made for a very entertaining movie. European Vacation, however, has none of that. It's just the Griswolds travelling through Europe being annoying American tourists. There's no real goal for them to get to. They just go to different countries where, invariably, they cause untold amounts of destruction and trouble.
Say what you will about Chevy Chase, and I certainly have in the past on my Twitter account. He's obviously a major fucking asshole, there's a reason he wasn't ever welcomed back to Community a show that revitalized his career but Dan Harmon was. But he was, and still is, a very gifted comic actor. I don't think he's better than, say, Bill Murray, but he's still a funny guy.
I think his career hit the skids in the 90s simply because people were tired of him, essentially, playing the same characters in shitty movies. It's not that the guy doesn't have talent, because he clearly does. Having said all of that, Chevy Chase is still one of the highlights of the film, but the original spark that was there in the first movie was gone two years later.
I think they gained some of it back with Christmas Vacation. I think the Christmas movie worked because it was something different from the first two movies. The unexpected bathroom guest in the London Hotel is Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, who is known for having portrayed Hagrid the Giant in all of the Harry Potter films. Clark can be seen wearing a t-shirt from Walley World, the Griswolds' destination in Vacation , in the scene set in Chicago, where he films Ellen in the shower.
Later, while the family is in Paris, Rusty is wearing a Walley World sweatshirt in the restaurant scene. The only original-generation Vacation film in which Cousin Eddie doesn't appear. He also did not appear in Vacation In the closing credits montage, there is a painting of Clint Eastwood, which originally appeared on the movie poster as well as VHS and DVD covers from Pale Rider , which was shown in theaters the same year as this movie.
William Zabka plays Audrey's boyfriend Jack in this film. Interestingly enough, he would also appear alongside Dana Barron Audrey from the first film in an episode of "The Equalizer Both appearances were at the insistence of Heckerling. Only Vacation movie where the actor playing Russ did not go on to have a successful acting career.
In Germany they are clearly in Bavaria. It was not heard during any interaction with local Germans. The actresses who play Audrey in the first Vacation movie and in this one have the same first name: Dana.
Gerard Depardieu was considered for the role of the cafe waiter. Five years later he would play a waiter in Green Card Christie Brinkley does not appear in this film as Clark's "dream girl" as she did in National Lampoon's Vacation and Vegas Vacation Along with Caddyshack II and Nothing But Trouble this is one of few films Chevy Chase has said he regrets starring in and thus his least favorite Vacation movie.
In the DVD commentary, Chevy Chase mentions that as of , he still has several items from this movie, including the complete "Pig In A Poke" pig costume, and the Walley World sweatshirt he wears throughout the movie. The literal translation of the Italian billboard featuring Ellen's half-naked picture is "The Lady in the Shower". Out of the four Vacation films this is the only one to take place outside the United States.
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