Movie Suggestion: Christmas Vacation

My suggestion for our movie is Christmas Vacation.

Ok, ok, so I know it's April; nowhere near Christmas.

But this movie can be watched year round! 

For those who haven't seen the movie, it tells the tale of family man Clark Griswold and his plan to have a good ol' fashioned family Christmas. Despite all his efforts, everything starts to go awry, and before you know it, the redneck cousins have shown up, the in-laws are taking over the house, the Christmas tree is burned down, the boss is kidnapped, and SWAT team is in the living room.

The Griswold family reminds me somewhat of the Wolff family. For one thing, they are an average middle class family. They don't really want for anything, but Clark, played by Chevy Chase, just wants a little slice of the good life. He puts a down payment on a pool , but the problem is the family does not have the money and is counting on Clark's Christmas bonus to cover it. However, without warning his employees, the boss has decided to cut the Christmas bonuses this year. The boss also reminds me of Krugeur, in appearance (I pretty much pictured Clark's boss when I read the play) and behavior because of his stinginess. Instead of stealing from the boss, however, Cousin Eddy's misunderstands Clark's comments to mean he want to steal the boss from his home on Christmas Eve. The movie shows the differences between people who have a whole lot and those that are only average.

I feel like the movie is also a comment on society and how wrapped up in the superficial part of Christmas. Everyone gets wrapped up in buying presents and spending a lot of money, when it should really be all about family.

So although it isn't quite Christmas yet, I think that this would be a hysterical movie to watch for entertainment and an interesting movie to try and dissect for the purposes of our class.