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National Lampoon's Vacation came along at the start of the video era, so I saw it so many times because choice was limited, and the movie was okay - I could never have claimed to have loved it, but it did win a semi-place at the outside regions of my heart. The doggie bit - the aunt who dies (Aunt Edna?) and they tie onto their roof-rack (that was pretty hilarious) and the fact that Clark Griswald had a screw loose. Chevy Chase was pretty funny in my eyes back then, although all he had was a few looks he'd throw, and his crazy manic schtick. But, like I said - it came along at the start of the video era and just stuck around. It was this, Ghostbusters or Stripes. "Take your pick kid. We aint got all day. And remember to rewind this time!"
Rushmore! Made me look at my list - how the hell is that not on it? Anyway, I really love Rushmore and you've all done me a solid voting it into the mid-tier. I probably never thought of it, and I don't have any Wes Anderson on my list - I recognize his films as comedy, but they're just not the kind of comedy I was going with, because there's rarely an out-and-out joke in his films, it's a whole funny feeling, and that's especially true in Rushmore, which forever wedded Bill Murray to Wes, because boy, he had a great part in that film and really gelled with that character - a kid's nemesis, romantic rival and in a strange way equal. This might be my second or third favourite Wes Anderson film overall.
Seen 37/48
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