I’m not sure how I ended up watching A Futile and Stupid Gesture—I hadn’t even heard of the National Lampoon—but I’m glad I did.
It was a comedic biopic of Doug Kenney’s life with the best B-list celebrities. In many ways, it serves as a prequel for both Saturday Night and Animal House, capturing the chaotic genus behind the films.
One thing to note is that the wig game was ironically crazy.
Well, of course, Morgan Freeman would play God, Jennifer Aniston would look stunning, and Jim Carrey would be right in his element. I didn’t love it, I didn’t hate it, and I could have survived without it – although it’s always fun watching Carrey act his guts out!
I watched this across the span of three days: on the first day, I watched about 3/4 of the movie. The plot was fun, the main characters’ chemistry was hot – what’s not to enjoy? Then, I fell asleep.
I can’t say I could remember half of the movie the following morning. So I went a whole day without thinking about it, which led to the third day: I remembered I needed to finish watching it, and so I did.…
There wasn’t a moment when I knew what was going to happen next; I was startled with every twist and turn in the best way.
Lots of swearing & good ideas from Rain.
Definitely worth a rewatch, preferably after watching the whole film series.
