"Holiday Adventures" series (National Lampoon's Vacation) is a road comedy series with road comedy as the main elements, accompanied by family and family and other elements. The first version of the movie "Holiday Adventures" is adapted from John Hughes (John Hughes). Hughes' short story "Vacation '58" published in National Lampoon .
The series contains six movies and one short film, they are:
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"National Lampoon's European Vacation" (1985)
"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" (1989)
"Vegas Vacation" (1997)
"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2" (2003)
"Vacation" (2015)
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"Hotel Hell Vacation" (2010)
In 1983, "Holiday Adventures" was directed by Harold Ramis, and John Hughes was re-adapted from his short story "Vacation '58" published in "National Satire" magazine , by Chevy. Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo starring; the film is about the actor Clark Griswold who wants to spend more time with his family Therefore, a holiday trip to Walley World was planned. However, just like most holiday trips, various unexpected accidents followed one after another, resulting in a series of stories.
After the film was released, it was widely acclaimed and won more than 60 million box office in the United States. Of course, it was a sequel plan. From 1985 to 2015, five more works were born in the series. And a short film.
From the story point of view, most of the movies in this series are basically based on the gourd. The two main components of road comedy are "road" + "comedy". The "road" part means that the environment in which the story occurs is usually not It is fixed, and the most direct expression is through travel and journey; and the "comedy" part indicates that the story that happened will produce laughter, or the overall expression is positive.
In the "Holiday Adventures" series, the actor Clark Griswold planned a vacation trip to Wally Park in the first part, and won Europe for winning the grand prize in the second part "European Holidays" Free travel plans, and in the fourth "The Adventures of Vegas", it was to go to Las Vegas, and in the sixth "The Adventures of Vacation", Clark’s son Rusty Griswold (Rusty Griswold) re-lead his family to Wally Park; it can be said that the main story of this series is basically around travel. The beginning of travel is also the beginning of contradiction; and the end of travel is also the end of contradiction. New The beginning of life.
The output of the "comedy" part of the "Holiday Adventures" series is basically all based on Chevy Chase's comedy talent and the setting of the script itself; Clark Griswall played by Chevy Chase De is a very typical image of a middle-aged man. He is conscientious and wants to pay more for his family, so he has always hoped to plan the most perfect family trip and prepare the most perfect family dinner at Christmas; at the same time, he is also a man Very ordinary men, while loving their wives, when they meet hot girls in sports cars, they can't help but start a conversation. In "The Adventures of Vegas", they will be confused by their own desires. Drug addiction; it is the image of ordinary people who are close to life that makes these vacation experiences real and interesting.
The word-of-mouth of the "Holiday Adventures" series is not a straight line graph rising all the way, from the first "Holiday Adventures" to the popularity of the subsequent sequel "European Holidays" is traveled entirely for the sake of travel, losing what the previous work contains. The word-of-mouth decline caused by the theme of family affection, followed by the unexpected rise in word-of-mouth caused by "Crazy Christmas Holidays", which changed its previous road style and turned to a pure family comedy focusing on the family core, and later in 1997, "Vegas". The word-of-mouth of "The Adventures of Sri Lanka" broke again, and until the last in 2015, this series was relaunched under the name of a sequel, which belonged to the change of the cast to re-interpret the 2015 version of the first "Holiday Adventures" that year. Please, no matter how critics criticize this series, the sequel will always be produced, and the audience will always be happy to join in. The Griswold family story will continue, and this is the charm of road comedy. .
Road comedy is a very emotional movie. It uses the time of a movie to lead the audience to travel around Dachuan and Hebei, travel around the world, and understand different customs. This is probably why many movies are now spread all over the setting. The world, the framing is also traveled all over the world; this kind of movie brings the audience into the perspective of the role, and mobilizes the audience’s emotions through the plot, picture, and environment, allowing the audience to travel around the world and experience the whole world without leaving home. Culture has become a "kaleidoscope of eyes"; and the comedy part ensures that the audience can enjoy the joy of the movie during this journey. As for the audience's judgment on the quality of the joke, it depends on the script. Strength.
Audiences who like comedy are roughly divided into many types. Some emphasize the rationality of emotional lines, and some just want to laugh happily. For road comedies, the setting of the plot will also be incorporated into the audience’s judgment and thoughts, wherever they go. The stories that happen, the interaction of each segment, and the unexpected setting of the episodes can all affect the quality of the film and the audience’s perceptions. Whether the emotional line is implanted or not, whether the interaction between the characters is mechanical, is in the current situation. Nowadays, it is not so important in the category of comedy.
The "Holiday Adventures" series is composed of six works, leading the audience to appreciate no less than ten famous scenic spots. At the same time, the classic image of Griswold family has also been linked with this series and the place of travel. It will change at any time, and the Griswolds will get old. Rusty grew up and became a middle-aged man like his father. The head of the family in 2015 is no different from the one in 1983; The "Holiday Adventures" series does not represent a road comedy, nor can it be called a comedy series that has been popular all the way, but just like a holiday in life, there will always be unplanned things happen, like family in life, conflicts and disputes Sacrifices coexist, and after understanding the mapping of road comedy to real life, you will find that the end of the journey is just a concept. The process of traveling and the gains we get from it are the most interesting part of the adventure. .
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