National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)'s comments

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essaywhu

The problem with comedy is that what is funny changes over time, so I feel like this film is shrinking in stature. Some comedies age less than others which is why Some Like it Hot still seems pretty fresh. Comedy is weird, and I can’t even think of one from the last 10 years or so that is considered to be great. Maybe What We Do in the Shadows, which is now 8 years old.

This one still makes me chuckle a little throughout the film, mostly involving Belushi, but a lot of the other characters don’t really make me laugh. I still like it but I’m not dying of laughter or anything.

1 year 9 months ago

moviesmylife875

I love the whole damn thing! Always been a favorite! I find it very funny and entertaining!

3 years 2 months ago

Siskoid

Animal House is the prototypical frat movie, and that's not a subgenre that's aged very well (movies like Neighbors basically make them antagonists instead). Part of it is the celebration of overdrinking, part of it is the frequent lack of consent in sexual situations, all of it played as a joke. And of course, frats seem to be about organized bullying, whether that's internal hazing or elitist frats vs. blue collar frats. At the time, I think Animal House got away with it because the story was set at a remove from when it was made. It was saying, hey kids, you know how your dad is always on you ass? Well, this is what he was like in college. Today, the past is a bit of a blur and that statement may be lost on us. We're left with a watchable enough college comedy made up of vignettes where Delta House gets up to various shenanigans while the villainous Dean of Students tries to get them closed down. I like a good anti-authority story as much as the next guy, but I like it better when there's a positive place to put those energies. This is just goofing. I liked some of the visual gags. John Belushi seems central, but he's just a a kind of classic Fool floating around. But this wasn't the university experience for me, so the story didn't really do it for me.

3 years 7 months ago

Kublai Khan

It's amazing to watch this movie and and see how so many films were influenced by and/or pay homage to it. That's what makes it a classic.

7 years 4 months ago

On cinema at the cinema

FOOOOOOOODDDD FIIIIIIIGHHHHTTTTTTT!!!

7 years 7 months ago

radoslav1948

Best part about this movie was John Belushi - A true comedic genius, that literary saved the movie for me, he had a little screen time, but every scene he participated in was a pure gold. Rest In Peace!

9 years 8 months ago

EKORNFUGL

Ohhh, the classics baby!

9 years 10 months ago

Joker of Gotham

Good comedy movie, some parts are very funny and some parts are very stupid, the best scene in all the movie it´s the shout scene, great song and nice soundtrack
3.5/5

11 years 1 month ago

ricko

Old school does it so much better!

11 years 7 months ago

Warrison

best part of the movie was the sound track. apart from that a little disappointing. after all the hype I expected more.

11 years 9 months ago

ChrisReynolds

Weak plot padded out with scenes that end up having little relevance to other events in the movie, almost like a collection of frat house and college themed sketches. That wouldn't be so bad if the scenes were funny, but the movie only managed to raise two or three laughs from me. The main characters often came across as unpleasant and vindictive, and their lying, cheating, stealing and misogyny put me firmly on the side of the Dean.
The soundtrack's pretty good though, and the acting's OK for the most part, if a little broad.

11 years 9 months ago