Animal House
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| 109 minutes, Rated R |
“My
advice to you is to start drinking heavily.”
That’s what the boys of the Delta House fraternity plan to do in National Lampoons Animal House. The
movie accurately portrays almost every high schooler’s fantasy of how college
life is supposed to be; wild parties, and plenty of shenanigans with almost no
consequences.
Freshman Larry Kroger (Tom Hulce) and Kent Dorfman (Stephen Furst)
are looking for a fraternity to pledge, but after being rejected by the stuck
up Omega’s, they decide to stop by the Delta House. Before even stepping
inside, they are greeted by half a mannequin thrown out the window, and the
movie shifts from a polite comedy, to a rude and vulgar film that you would
never want to watch with your parents.
Despite
being on “double secret probation” from Dean Wormer (John Vernon) and the
threat of being expelled from school, the Deltas fight for their right to party.
Here, the Delta House frat brothers are the slobs,
led by Otter (Tim Matheson) and Boone (Peter Riegert),the smart ones, and are
joined by troublemakers like Bluto (Belushi) and D-Day (Bruce McGill). The snobs
in this film are the Omegas, who will do anything and everything to get the
Deltas off campus.
Comedies
seem to have a different type of humor than they did 30 years ago, Many people
that have seen the movie recently argue that the humor isn’t comparable to
comedies nowadays. However, Animal House paved the way for future films, with
its anything-goes spirit and free-for-all atmosphere. And, in spite of what you
might've heard, it's still awfully funny.
The film is 109 minutes and rated R.
I just saw a clip of Animal House after reading your blog post and I agree, the humor from then is not the same as the humor from now. However, Animal House almost seems like the father of most comedy movies today, and I think I will check it out when I get time. Thanks for the review Rachel!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this movie. I agree with Bhavin that this was probably the beginning of the era of comedy movies that we know. But still, the comedy in Animal House I feel like was slightly more pure than the comedy in recent comedy movies. It's hilarious!
ReplyDeleteI've never seen this movie but I've heard my host parents mentioned it. They said it was very classic. The college life plot sounds very interesting. Now that mid-term is over, I'll definitely check out this movie and get a taste of the old-fashioned humor
ReplyDeleteThis seems like an old movie and I never heard of it before. I want to watch this movie sometime in the future. I also realize that the type of humor are changing so I hope that I can understand this movie
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