MMS #5: Vacation to carry on the series name!

Yesterday, Vacation hit movie theaters across the country. It is the seventh installment of the National Lampoon’s Vacation series. Warner Brothers created the movie and are in charge of continuing on a famous and prominent movie series. The two main characters are Clark and Ellen Griswold. Most movies include their entire family from their kids Rusty, and Audrey to Eddie and Catherine Johnson. Clark and Ellen are played by Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo. These two have been in the entire series, which few have done in this series. Other famous actors in this movie are Ed Helms (Rusty), Chris Hemsworth, Keegan – Michael Key, and Christina Applegate. It is interesting to see this cast. It is chopped full of famous actors and actresses. Chris Hemsworth is famous for playing Thor in the Marvel films. Ed Helms is famous for his role in the Hangover series. Keegan-Michael Key is famous for his role in the TV show Key & Peele. Lastly, Christina Applegate is famous for her role staring alongside Will Ferrell in the Anchorman movies. That is quite a cast to go along with the living legend Chevy Chase. Chevy is getting up there in age, but is still just as funny.

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The plot of the movie entails Rusty and his wife taking their family to the famous Walley World. This is the same place that Rusty and Audrey went with their parents in one of the first films. The Griswold family makes a lot of stops as they travel out to California. The plot is basically the same as one of the first movies, except the main charter in this movie is Rusty instead of Clark. Rusty is grown up in this movie as he was quite young in the first films. The first film in the series was made in 1983. The reviews for this movie have not been very good so far. A lot of people think they are making too many of these movies. I think it will be very funny. Ed Helms is hilarious and the fact that this is a Rated R movie means they can use more crude humor. Sometimes that makes the movies funnier. Also, Chevy Chase is in this movie. Despite the fact that he is 71, his humor is still sharp and on point. I am probably not going to see this movie in theaters, but I look forward to watching in when it comes out on DVD.

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Link: http://variety.com/2015/film/features/vacation-jonathan-goldstein-john-francis-daley-1201550271/

 

 

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