It’s amazing how one little thought, idea, or action could have seriously shortened some of my favorite movies or solved most of the characters’ problems. Examples:
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory:
It’s amazing how one little thought, idea, or action could have seriously shortened some of my favorite movies or solved most of the characters’ problems. Examples:
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory:
I love the National Lampoon one, only because I love all those movies. Calling ahead would have helped, but then they wouldn’t have been able to tie a dead woman in a rocking chair to the top of their car, and really, what kind of vacation is that if that can’t happen?
That really is vacation enough in and of itself.
Those are so awesome! I just watched House on Haunted Hill last month because it was on Netflix. I LOVED the Vincent Price movies when I was a kid and cut my horror teeth on all the classic Price/Corman movies. But watching them again, OMG. SO. BAD. So deliciously awful!
Now if I can only find Wrestling Women vs The Aztec Mummy. Even back then I thought it was awful. I’ll bet it’s a riot now!
I watched House on Haunted Hill a couple of weeks ago on Netflix for the first time. I thought the creepy blind ghost/maid lady was really effective but the skeleton puppet didn’t work in this day and age. However, I liked the movie – it was one of those plots where you’re like “suuuurree…” but I certainly wasn’t bored.
Yay Five Minute Movies! How about:
“Maybe I should talk about Fight Club. And probably to a therapist. Hopefully they can prescribe some proper medication to help me deal with my anxiety.”
Ha! Love this.
Excellent!
Lol, yes, the crux of many movie plots is a bad decision. This has always driven me nuts- but when I think about all the dumb stuff I do on the regular, and the resulting chaos, I realize these type of plots are not so farfetched.
Hindsight is always 20/20 or really more 20/50, but still.
But if he bought real food, then he wouldn’t end up running the chocolate factory and having all the money. But then again, certain children might not have become blueberries or floated away and such, so maybe it is a safer option. Ooh, but he never would have met the Oompa Loompas! Nope, buy they candy, Charlie. Do it!
Yeah, I thought about that – it was best for him to have bought the chocolate for sure – he’s now a candy millionaire. And I would have also most likely bought some chocolate in the same position. But it WOULD have really shortened the movie.
I love 5 minute movies, but you know if Clark calls Wallyworld, he’ll just end up making a horrible trip to somewhere else.
Very good point, as the sequels clearly proved.
You are a genius and so entertaining.
Thank you, I’ll be adding that to my resume.
Apollo 13: “Bad news, men, NASA cut the funding for the program.”
Ha! Nice.
The fact that they didn’t call Wally World always bothered me. Of course, people were a lot lazier before the Internet. And I once drove an hour to a tradeshow… that was the next day. Not a lot of room to talk.
It’s always bothered me, too. Of course it also doesn’t make sense that an entire amusement park would be shut down temporarily.
Ha! I just watched House on Haunted Hill – yeah, who agrees to that, especially for a measly 10K?
Looks like several of us took advantage to it’s availability on Netflix! I would never do that, 10k is nice but spending the night in a house with ghosts, but more importantly, strangers – no.
I was my daughter’s age, 16, when I saw Vacation the first time. I remember saying to my friends, “dude, this is dumb. My dad doesn’t leave the house for burgers without calling to see if they’re open”.
Here’s one:
Serpico: “Hey, look, I’m gonna go get a coffee and a doughnut while you guys take your bribes. I didn’t see nothin'”.
Serpico is one I haven’t seen.
You dad obviously never dragged you across the country to a closed amusement park – good on him!
National Lampoons Vacation was the reason my dad made us take all of our family trips via car. With no air conditioning. And furry seat covers. Driving through the deserts in Nevada.
This is still my favorite scene- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DiEr2xYfDk
Hopefully you didn’t have to eat any pee sandwiches.
You should do movie swaps – in this case, drop the Griswolds in House on Haunted Hill!
hehehe
Or Charlie could win a golden ticket to the haunted hill house – not nearly as fun for him!