We've had football.
We've had more than our share of baseball.
But golf?
Is that even a sport?
And should there be movies about it???
Amazingly, the two best golf movies I've ever seen almost both made the countdown.
Tin Cup would easily land in the Top 150.
But I could not deny the humor and zaniness of Caddyshack.
I told you Harold Ramis would be back.
In this, his directorial debut, he could have hung it up, because it doesn't get much better than this. Thankfully he didn't, but he could have.
For those that have never seen the film...
As the catchphrase goes: It's the slobs versus the snobs.
You have a wonderful uppity country club and all of their members plus their caddies. Then one day, a member with the requirements, but not the class... shows up and turns the country club upside down.
The film stars a who's-who of comedic actors of the late 70s/early 80s. Most will agree that Bill Murray steals the film as the groundskeeper, and he does.
However the main thrust of Rodney Dangerfield as the outsider trying to fit in, against Ted Knight's uptight judge carries the main momentum of the film.
As I've said before, the better you want your hero to be, you better have an equally entertaining villain.
Ted Knight brings bluster and fire to his performance, literally playing the straight man to the zanies, and it works perfectly. Look at the picture for this film. He is literally losing his cool on camera, and it's hilarious. He is the perfect foil for Dangerfield (and Chase) in the film, and was a casting stroke of genius.
Strangely, the slowest drag in the film comes when they put Murray and Chase in the same scene together. What should have been comic gold kind of grinds to a halt, and is only mildly amusing. Otherwise, the movie is hilarious, and will likely be quoted for all time on golf courses around the world...
"It's in the hole!"
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