It's a lot of work to make Christmas happen

[meliaesc@lemmy.world]

Okay, but i still understand what this post is about.

[classy@sh.itjust.works]

Well I wouldn't want to spoil too much if you wanted to watch. It's a comedy of errors movie, think like a Mr. Bean movie. Everything that could go wrong goes wrong. The family is all fighting, his Christmas lights outside are not working, his tree is burned, all host of crazy antics.

[lepoisson@lemmy.world]

Damn making me feel old over here with you not knowing Christmas Vacation. Great holiday movie. Worth a watch, a lot of people watch it as a tradition around Xmas time.

[pseudo@jlai.lu]

Don't feel old. I'm an avid watcher of film older than this but somehow I miss this. I just checked the french (very memorable) name to be should and no, never watch it. Well... It's on my list now.

[setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world]

Elaine and her husband were the real sympathetic characters.

Because it's a 1980s movie the fact they were a childless couple with a more modern home decor taste they were considered acceptable targets for comeuppance, despite having done nothing to anyone.

Clark is a self centered jerk. All of his action for the family were really more about keeping up appearances or being personally validated. He's awful.

[pseudo@jlai.lu]

Chevy Chase

*watch a recent photo of him* Yeah... I think I recognised him from somewhere. It looks like I have many old-school comedy to watch There is worst way to build an education.

[setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world]

He's an upper middle senior lower upper management type who is looking for a bonus payment (just for himself, not for his team) so he can improvement his anlready outlandish standard of personal living.

What's not to empathize with? I mean, we've all been there

[tacosplease@lemmy.world]

Many, many of us do recognize it. And I don't even watch a lot of movies. Also not your fault if you haven't seen it though.

[ikidd@lemmy.world]

Dailymotion

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[lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Chevy Chase very much was crazy

[pugjesus@lemmy.world]

They kidnap an exec though. At least a few bonus points for that.

[whiskytangofoxtrot@lemmy.world]

I thought it was the aliens.

[yesman@lemmy.world]

When I was a kid, I thought people who lived like that were just on TV. Middle class existence was as relevant to my experience as robot maids and talking cars.

Honestly I'm still a little suspicious. Hollywood contrivances are a history of how we think of ourselves, not of how we are.

[felixwhynot@lemmy.world]

They basically mind their own business the whole movie until Clark busts up their dining room!

They are a bit snobby, but really…

[setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world]

Cousin Eddy did that all on his own. Clark was too busy screaming at his family about not being able to pay for a pool.

[dumbass@leminal.space]

Ernest does Christmas is the superior Christmas comedy.

[shardikprime@lemmy.world]

Die hard and home alone 1/2 are the objectively superior Christmas movies

[thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world]

I'm actually rewatching it now, and Clark was minding his own business after getting the tree and Todd makes a snide comment about the size of the tree unprovoked, and Clark just bounced back at em. Then their next scene when Clark is putting up lights they kinda low-key hope he hurts himself.

No idea who exactly started the illwill between the neighbors but the yuppie couple certainly aren't played as the innocent victims

[imadethis@lemmynsfw.com]

I mean, if you really want it...

[possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip]

I liked the grandma in this movie