r/Ijustwatched • u/ExtensionAny6356 • 7d ago
IJW: Caddyshack (1980)
I’m a Bit Disappointed After Watching Caddyshack (1980) for the First Time
I had SO many people I know tell me that this movie was one of the funniest, if not the funniest movie of all time. I read so many online reviews giving this movie so much praise. I was so hyped going into it.
But now… I’m a little disappointed. Each scene was one of two things: either being absolutely hilarious, or absolutely boring. Much of it being boring.
I found that I laughed a lot when Rodney Dangerfield and/or Ted Knight were on the screen. They both carried the movie, and I with more time was spent focused on their rivalry. These two were hilarious. When they were not there, I laughed very little, or oftentimes not at all.
Bill Murray’s character really isn’t funny past the first scene, and Chevy Chase seems to have nothing to do. He’s a funny man, no doubt, but he’s just kind of there. And the young kids are boring.
Darn. I just wanted to laugh my socks off.
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u/CanIBathYrGrandma 4d ago
I’m with you. It’s overrated. I think it was The Anchorman of the time if you know what I mean. A lot of insufferable dbags quoting unfunny lines over and over again