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tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Mon November 19, 2018 10:20 pm

You mean at the end?

Also, holy crap how did this thread go for over a year without a bump?

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Mon November 19, 2018 10:21 pm

Yes. The milkshake scene is so stupid.

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Mon November 19, 2018 10:22 pm

I would say it’s totally intentional. I love it. Anderson is aiming for absurd comedy and he achieves it perfectly.

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42081

i don’t care for david yates

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Mon November 19, 2018 10:25 pm

I just feels like two actors acting at each other. Takes me completely out of it. I feel nothing.

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Mon November 19, 2018 10:26 pm

BurtReynolds wrote:

I just feels like two actors acting at each other. Takes new completely out of it. I feel nothing.

Have you ever watched melodrama? I feel like it’s in a similar vein. Acting with a capital A. I’m into it.

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Mon November 19, 2018 10:29 pm

Yeah I'm way into it too. Perhaps worth mentioning that ice cream and milk shakes were still quite a novelty at that time, so his fixation on the milkshake as a metaphor for oil works for me.

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Mon November 19, 2018 11:08 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

I just feels like two actors acting at each other. Takes new completely out of it. I feel nothing.

Have you ever watched melodrama? I feel like it’s in a similar vein. Acting with a capital A. I’m into it.

Even by melodramatic standards it feels over the top to me.

bart · **Joined:** Tue January 08, 2013 10:23 pm **Posts:** 3235

BurtReynolds wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

I just feels like two actors acting at each other. Takes new completely out of it. I feel nothing.

Have you ever watched melodrama? I feel like it’s in a similar vein. Acting with a capital A. I’m into it.

Even by melodramatic standards it feels over the top to me.

Bro do you even Sirk

Simple Torture · **Posted:** Sat December 08, 2018 9:44 pm

Time for my yearly contribution to this thread: Christmas Vacation is just okay.

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42081

Simple Torture wrote:

Time for my yearly contribution to this thread: Christmas Vacation is just okay.

my dad thinks randy quaid is the funniest person alive

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Sat December 08, 2018 9:52 pm

Christmas Vacation sucks, but Randy Quaid is really great in it.

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Sat December 08, 2018 9:53 pm

We want to watch a holiday movie tomorrow. Thinking Bad Santa as neither of us have ever seen it.

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42081

tragabigzanda wrote:

We want to watch a holiday movie tomorrow. Thinking Bad Santa as neither of us have ever seen it.

it's filled with holiday cheer...enjoy!

wease · **Posted:** Sat December 08, 2018 10:33 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Christmas Vacation sucks, but Randy Quaid is really great in it.

I’ll overlook that first statement due to the fact your second one is spot on.

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Sat December 08, 2018 10:37 pm

It's deeply bizarre to me that the big injustice the audience is supposed be with Clark on is that his boss doesn't give him a big enough bonus to buy a pool. The 1980s were a very different time.

Simple Torture · **Posted:** Sat December 08, 2018 10:40 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Christmas Vacation sucks, but Randy Quaid is really great in it.

The only line I consistently laugh at is, "Are you serious, Clark?"

@SkitchP · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 8:43 pm **Posts:** 9875

And I don't think it was as beloved as it is now until after it had been out for like ten years. Its just kinda funnyish.

Strat · **Posted:** Mon December 10, 2018 10:37 pm

You fucking monsters

Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Mon December 10, 2018 11:03 pm

I don't know if Christmas Vacation is objectively good or funny, but it's my favorite Christmas movie. Mostly because my family watches it every year. There are some great lines that still make me laugh.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

It's deeply bizarre to me that the big injustice the audience is supposed be with Clark on is that his boss doesn't give him a big enough bonus to buy a pool. The 1980s were a very different time.

This stands out for sure.

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