As someone who didn't grow up in the 70s and am not America, all I know of National Lampoon was the Vacation movies and every time I tried to understand if there's any chronology or some sort of link between the movie, I got lost.
So one of the best things about this movie for me, was to understand the history of National Lampoon.
Obviously some persons and events were left out, but like they say in the movie, they needed to squeeze it in order to tell a story.
Another great thing is the casting. Either it was spot on like Forte performance or looked alike like Rick Glassman as Harold Ramis.
I think that this movie deserved more time to develop it's character, because they feeling is sort of there but it feels like much more things happened of screen than on screen.
So when some key characters split from Doug, it doesn't hurt as much as it should.
One critic said, that David Wain the director and John Aboud Michael Colton the writer, covered more ground that they intended.
It's starts as a biopic and then turns into a periodical piece about the National Lampoon and we are not really really with Doug and not completely with the Lampoon's events.
IMO, the fact this movie was created within Netflix, held it from going through a more cinematic treatment that would have brought the movie into a higher level in terms of story.
Netflix rarely do good movies, it's just a very wet funded Hallmark production that lacks a strong dramatic engine in 99% of it's productions and this is a great examples.
Nonetheless, Doug Kenney characters is fascinating and understanding the importance of the National Lampoon, help to reclaims it's place in shaping comedy for the past 50 years.
So one of the best things about this movie for me, was to understand the history of National Lampoon.
Obviously some persons and events were left out, but like they say in the movie, they needed to squeeze it in order to tell a story.
Another great thing is the casting. Either it was spot on like Forte performance or looked alike like Rick Glassman as Harold Ramis.
I think that this movie deserved more time to develop it's character, because they feeling is sort of there but it feels like much more things happened of screen than on screen.
So when some key characters split from Doug, it doesn't hurt as much as it should.
One critic said, that David Wain the director and John Aboud Michael Colton the writer, covered more ground that they intended.
It's starts as a biopic and then turns into a periodical piece about the National Lampoon and we are not really really with Doug and not completely with the Lampoon's events.
IMO, the fact this movie was created within Netflix, held it from going through a more cinematic treatment that would have brought the movie into a higher level in terms of story.
Netflix rarely do good movies, it's just a very wet funded Hallmark production that lacks a strong dramatic engine in 99% of it's productions and this is a great examples.
Nonetheless, Doug Kenney characters is fascinating and understanding the importance of the National Lampoon, help to reclaims it's place in shaping comedy for the past 50 years.