National Lampoon's Animal House

reminder of what is considered socially acceptable and what is not. The 1978 film Animal House, directed by John Landis, spins the social hierarchy of a college campus on its head for a flare of humor, but not without a serious subelement. In the scene where Eric”Otter” Stratton(Tim Matheson) and Donald “Boon” Schoenstein(Peter Riegert) take insult to ROTC officer, Doug Neidermeyer(Mark Metcalf) brutally hazing their fraternity pledge, Kent Dorfman(Stephen Furst) only to then start to embark in a game of golf to hit Niedermeyer and the horse he’s mounted on (19:44-22:21). In which Landis uses the film techniques, a low-angle…

National Lampoon’s: Christmas Vacation: A Worthy Classic Comedy In the film Christmas Vacation, there is a hilarious scene when Clark Griswold “played by Chevy Chase” and his family are out finding the perfect Christmas tree. They come across what Clark believes to be the family tree, but the family worries about the tree being too big. Clark reassures them that the tree isn’t big, it’s just full. Rusty worries about the tree not fitting anywhere, Clark tells Rusty the tree is not going to go…

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is a comedy film produced by Jeremiah Chechik in 1989, starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki, and Randy Quaid. This film is a slapstick comedy with some elements of clown comedy. This film uses comedic elements to create a comedic mood. Also, the director uses a family to create a more relatable experience so the comedy elements appear more comedic. The comedy elements used involve more physical comedy. In this film Clark…

Stoner is shown in a very nice house in a beautiful neighborhood. He enters his kitchen to find his father, who begins to yell at him and berate him. Stoner ignores this and proceeds on with his day. In the next scene, Pedro is shown waking up in a cramped living room full of children. Their socio-economic standing is clearly quite different. Later, as Pedro is driving, he sees Stoner on the side of the road, trying to get a ride. Thinking that he is a woman, Pedro picks him up. In the car they…