Caddyshack vs Happy Gilmore
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raidermatt-728-303842 — 10 years ago(June 29, 2015 11:33 PM)
Caddyshack, but I do like Happy Gilmore.
Caddyshack had an overall stronger ensemble. Chase, Murray, Knight three of the greats. Even if you consider Sandler a great (debatable, but I can see it), the rest of the cast can't measure up to the Caddyshack guys. Julie Bowen is smokin' hot, Carl Weathers is a kick, and Christopher McDonald is ok, but overall just not as strong.
Also, both films are about how respect for others and social class do not correlate, but Caddyshack is much better at it. The plot might meander, but it does a great job of getting it's point across through different characters in different ways. HG is slicker and tighter, but it's more clumsy in it's themes (yes, I used themes when discussing a Sandler movie). Sandler beats you over the head with his "blue-collarness", but the movie doesn't really address the issues in any kind of realistic manner. Meanwhile, Caddyshack is much more real in the way it addresses social class, racism and even religion.
It helps that I worked in the golf industry for a time. Caddyshack, for all its slapstick, rings far too true in many ways. You would think some of the dialogue was over the top. Lines like "Some people just don't belong", "The Jew, the Catholic and the Colored boy", and many others you would think are just in there for effect, are actually spot on. I've heard things very close to this IN RECENT YEARS. In short, the movie is not only funny, but it "gets it". It gets the issues it is lampooning and it manages to do so in a truthful way.