The Original Kid Cairo wrote:
I believe Caddyshack to be a godawful, unfunny movie in every phase of the word.
Rodney Dangerfield was a one-trick pony and aside from a few chuckle-worthy lines here and there, was not funny.
Chevy Chase took one mediocre year on SNL where he pissed off EVERYBODY and turned it into a multi-million dollar career making bad movies (while continuing to piss everybody off). And in 2012, all his contemporaries still hate him. Was never funny. Still isn't.
Movie probably would've been better with Steve Martin in there somewhere. But it likely still would've sucked because the concept sucked.
Caddyshack is a classic example of Hollywood saying, "Hey let's get all these supposedly funny people on set and slap a movie together." That happens quite often nowadays, but not so much in 1980.
In closing, fuck Caddyshack.
i'd like to somewhat echo these statements although i'm already on record for not being crazy about "caddyshack". the thing is, it's like "stripes". at the time, there was this big hooplah about the ushering in of new comedic actors and both "caddyshack" and "stripes" took full advantage of this.
these movies are the equivalent of the judd apatow runoffs we are getting now.
but "caddyshack" isn't a good film. it's a string of unrelated amusing comic actor showcases. the film's plot is extremely thin, the execution is shoddy and unfocused and let's not forget the ONLY good characters are the ancillary ones and the damn villain. that doesn't make for a classic. this movie's going to lose a lot of its "classic" status as it gets older...and it already is. i highly doubt 20 somethings these days regard "caddyshack" a classic in the way they would still say "animal house" and "ghostbusters" are. and for good reason. those are good movies.
"caddyshack" has its moments but it is something i'd rather watch the youtube mashup of the "best bits" of than put in on and watch from beginning to end. in a way, i think of it like "monty python and the holy grail" (another overrated mess). now, i liked "holy grail" but it is not a good *movie*. "life of brian" is the best thing MP ever put out besides "flying circus". anyone who says otherwise is a fucking ANTWERPFUCKER.
i'm not saying you can't like "caddyshack" (spaulding!), but when people like Kid and I shit all over it...just fucking accept it!