Though in most cases hate is too strong of a word, let me tell you, I f--king hate being a tourist. I love going to new places, sure, but doing anything that falls in the vicinity of oh, you have to see/do/go/eat at/be a f--king asshole near _______ makes me die inside. Instantly. Maybe it's growing up in Hawai'i, where tourists are like cockroaches, unwelcome but apparently necessary. Or maybe it's the fact that despite the contents of this blog, I'm not a huge fan of looking like a clueless dickhead.
Oh, and if I did ever manage to go to some tourist trap...I sure as Hell wouldn't want to do it again.
The preview looked like it was possibly the right kind of stupid, but hours after catching the new Vacation theatrically, I'm thinking this one might be better served on the small screen. It's probably not as bad as you've heard, but the Griswold's latest family outing is like any trip with two kids: not as much fun as you'd hoped it would be.
The plot is secondary, as everyone knows it's simply a rehash of the first Vacation film. That ain't the problem. While the first one (in faint retrospect, anyway) felt like a cohesive story about a relatively believable family, the second one shits all over that idea and opts for a series of nonsensical gags instead. Yes, the plan is to still get to WallyWorld, but along the way it's like a loosely connected string of SNL skits. Some bits are hilarious, some utterly cringe-worthy, while all of them manage to last just a little too long.
Okay, Blogger Guy, enough with the bullshit: is it funny? Obviously I can only speak for myself, but there were at least two scenes I couldn't breathe during, I was laughing so hard. The rest of the film was like putting a clown on a horse: Steady chuckles.
Oh, f--k off. I took a shot, okay?
Oh, and if I did ever manage to go to some tourist trap...I sure as Hell wouldn't want to do it again.
The plot is secondary, as everyone knows it's simply a rehash of the first Vacation film. That ain't the problem. While the first one (in faint retrospect, anyway) felt like a cohesive story about a relatively believable family, the second one shits all over that idea and opts for a series of nonsensical gags instead. Yes, the plan is to still get to WallyWorld, but along the way it's like a loosely connected string of SNL skits. Some bits are hilarious, some utterly cringe-worthy, while all of them manage to last just a little too long.
Okay, Blogger Guy, enough with the bullshit: is it funny? Obviously I can only speak for myself, but there were at least two scenes I couldn't breathe during, I was laughing so hard. The rest of the film was like putting a clown on a horse: Steady chuckles.
Oh, f--k off. I took a shot, okay?
