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Great movie I have it on Dvd but I havent watched it in a while so I think I might put it on tonight. I love the scene with the steak lol
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"Roman you @*#$(#^$*&~~!!!!!!" "What did he say?" "Go faster." "OK." (floors it)
"...what old man wouldn't want a little girl kissing his cheek?" "A dead one; Bill died in the car on the way over here." (everyone freaks out)..."How could you do that!?" "I didn't do it, he did!"
"I remember being traumatized about a story my Uncle Roy used to tell about a family that went into the woods and was attacked by a band of escaped army psychiatric patients who'd been subjected to violent, hellish, torturous, behavior-modification experiments..."
Even with occasional adult moments, this is what a good family film's supposed to be, something the current studio brass should consider. I wish more film fathers these days could be in the mold of Chet Ripley, a good man who sincerely loves his family and goes the extra mile to do things with them (critics may come down on Hughes for bashing authority figures sometimes, but really, few Shermerian parents are bad upon closer inspection--blinded sometimes, but not bad, and often when they do realize they've made serious mistakes, they're sincerely eager to make it up as quickly as possible). Candy's in top form as always and is just a force throughout the picture; you have to applaud him for being willing to be dragged all over the lake, whacked in the face with a golf ball, and have a bear jump up and down on top of him all in the same picture. The rest of the cast is more than up to par as well (the raccoons included), so it's really a bit of a tragedy this doesn't get as much mainstream respect, it seems.
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Glad you mentioned this Muffy. One of the Hughes penned movies I tend to overlook but like a lot: Candy & Ackroyd made for a great double act.
I haven't seen that Wilson Pickett video since...too long to remember, probably the when it was first relelased. Not surprised Dan Ackroyd got in there since he's a big soul and blues fan.
Listen to the Bar-Kay's 'Soulfinger' and tell me what Ackroyd movie related theme it reminds you of.
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I overlook that this is Hughes too Kash. I always remember that Lampoons Vacation is but not The Great Outdoors and it's totally Hughes!
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Secret Admirer I like the way you lined up the quotes with the pictures....cracked me up! you just need a shot of the bbq on the deck and the hot dog quote and i'm happy!
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I just watched this while up north in Wisconsin and it made the movie even that much better! My wife and I were loving it. I forget how many great lines Roman has! I think it's just the way Akroyd is acting but so many of his lines make me laugh out loud.
"watch out for those Wisconsin rattlers!"
"don't get too far behind or the indians will get ya!"
"jesus chet I'm half drunk here!"
It renewed my love for this movie!
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Great quotes! Really enjoyed the picture quotes Secret Admirer. I need to watch this again sometime.
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Amazon has this DVD on sale for $5.99 right now for those of you that don't have a copy.
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"All kids like bugs...especially fireflies; their butts light up"
This is one of the lines from the movie that always made me laugh soooooo hard!!!
a little side story: I grew up in Missouri chasing fireflies to either rub their butt on my face like war paint or trap them in jars. When I moved up here to Washington people here thought they were made up?? So many people had never seen one in their life??? Such fond summer memories I have with "lighting bugs" I can smell what they smell like right now. Posts: 2912 | Registered: Jun 2003 | Site Updates: 26
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Secret Admirer... I'm thinking the firefly nation is glad Muffy moved to the Northwest! They were called lightning bugs in my area.. they probably changed their name just in case Muffy came looking for them.
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Oh my!! you guys made me laugh so hard! I'll throw lighting bug butts at all of you!
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