The film of the week this time is ANIMAL HOUSE.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/

Animal House is one of those films that many have tried to imitate over the years. It is still the best comedy about college. I have no idea how accurate it is to how college life is, but it's a damn movie so who cares? Let's get the obvious out of the way first. John Belushi as Bluto is one of the funniest film characters ever. Everything from his facial expressions to the way he delivers his lines makes me laugh. A lot of comedies don't age well over the years. Satire especially tends to date very fast since it can make fun of something that people cared about at the time.

This is one of the few comedies that has aged very well over the years. Heck I actually find it funnier now since I see so many comedies that try to do what Animal House did years ago. The film is low brow with it's humor, but for some reason it never feels insulting to our intelligence.The characters are one dimensional, but they are written so damn well that it doesn't matter. Even the gross out humor like the famous zit scene makes me laugh quite a bit, and I don't tend to go for gross out humor. This is a bit of a safe choice for film of the week, but I was also in the mood for something light. Just because I love a good indie or foreign film, doesn't mean I can't enjoy something goofy and fun.