We’ll be pigs!
It’s not likely many people would call National Lampoon’s European Vacation the best of the Vacation series. Despite solid directing by Amy Heckerling and an all-time great recurring cameo from Eric Idle, the movie was too high concept, trying to horn in a subplot involving international money laundering or something on the story of the Griswalds taking a family vacation around Europe.
Despite this, the movie does have some important life lessons to impart. So, inspired by an HBO Max compilation of travel tips from the film, here are a few of those lessons.
Hey look kids, there’s Big Ben, and there’s Parliament… again.
For when you keep asking your coworker for clarification but keep getting the same extremely unhelpful response.
Those bells haven’t rung in years.
For when there’s no way you can explain what’s about to happen but know it’s going to be bad.
Rusty, you don’t want to look like a rooster do you?
For when you are just incredibly confident in how you present yourself to the world and want others to feel likewise.
Clark, why don’t we just forget the “Pig-in-a-Poke” itinerary, and just play it by ear, like normal people?
For when you can no longer manage to operate within the confines of so-called “society” and must break free from all the constraints imposed on you at all costs.
Cinematic Slant 