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It is funny. It is sarcastic. it is critical and boy will you laugh and laugh and laugh.
Don't watch if you are a dean at a school.
Eric Stevenson
A lot of people don't seem to realize that National Lampoon had literally dozens of films under their name. Looking back, it does in fact seem like this was the best. This movie is a great example of how everything continually builds on itself. There's this one scene where guys are shown hitting golf balls into various things, including a pot of soup. Later, we see Bluto finding that same golf ball in a pot of soup. Then he eats it!I have heard many goofy stories about college fraternities. I admit that I have barely seen any college comedy movies. There just don't seem to be that many famous ones around. My favorite joke is probably at the end when a playboy bunny crashes into a boy's room causing him to say, "Thank you, God!". It helps that we can great music throughout the whole film. The fact that the characters are quite likeable helps. ***1/2
FilmBuff1994
Animal House is a great movie with a very well written plot and a stellar comedic cast. Being the first of its kind, the film is so iconic that it inspiree comedy films that are still being made today, the frat house, gross out type films that come out continuously now. It has a fun vibe to it throughout and never gets too tied down to its plot, tossing it aside in favour of long, hilarious sequemces. I did feel, however, that the majority of the characters were not established enough. There is really no lroper development given to anyone, which I know waa probably intentional, but it just made it difficult to route for them at times, cause we were not fully aware of who they are as people. The cast is all around terrific and have a great presence in their individual roles. The highlight is, without any doubt, John Belushi, who steals evety scene with his spontaneous, flamboyant energy. The man was clearly a brilliant comedian and it is always a pleasure to watch him onscreen. Great fun from beginning to end. Hilarious and easy to watch, I would certainly recommend Animal House to anyone looking for a good comedy.
A college frat house toss aside work in favour of shenanigans.
Best Performance: John Belushi
zhongzl-kelley2014
I have no critiques about the story-telling techniques. The acting is realistic, angles are comfortable and fluent, music is light and uplifting, but some values preached by this film is serious unacceptable to the society.First of all, let's look at all the characters that prevail in this movie: the infamous fraternity Delta, in which of course there are no African Americans, Asians, homosexual members or others. So clearly diversity is not a theme of the film.What kind of people thrive in Delta? Low-graders, drunkards, trouble-makers, people who indulge themselves in excessive sex life and endless partying and a brotherhood that is based on breaking the law and causing extreme discomfort to everyone around them. And of course the handsome-looking chef of a prominent fraternity makes a farce out of himself by believing a vicious girl's lie and is convinced that his girlfriend is stolen from one of the Delta members, and his girlfriend miraculously fall for the retard Delta member. And the good-looking uniformed officer gets himself knocked down from a horse, and his horse dies of a heart attack.In this film, doing things without thinking about consequences is bravery, alcohol overdose and obscene sex fantasy are the beauty of youth, trespassing the rules of society equals to thinking outside the box and breaking the status quo, and the high-achievers are the ones to be defeated, the losers are the ones with glare of heroes. I respect freedom of speech, I really do, but I still think the director needs to kneel to the ground and apologize to whoever come to believe any core values expressed by this film after watching it. However, I am forced to comment on the comedy elements of this film. Many classic lines from this film will always resonate in my brain during my college life. If the crew didn't try to use film as a tool to justify their twisted values, this film might have a really high rating.
AD
