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Desperate attempt to "Ferris Beuller" the film


It's obvious that the scenes of a smart allecky Sean Astin commenting on the action (filmed a year after the initial filming) was an attempt by the creators to cash in on the success of the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". The thing that makes it desperate is the fact that the character Sean Astin plays in the camping movie is absolutely nothing like the character making the commentary. There is none of that wise-ass, sarcastic, humorous nature in the character that Astin plays, but suddenly it is all there in the scenes filmed the following year (after the release of Ferris Bueller). Not only do those added scenes conflict with the character traits of Alan (the character played by Astin) but they also interrupt the flow of the movie.

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I guess the concept of a person changing after going through events that he goes through in the movie, is lost on you, huh? Alan is narrating the movie a year or two after the actual events. So of coarse he isnt going to be the same shy little boy that he is throughout most of the flim.

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I just watched this flick for the first time, and I totally agree. Those stupid narration scenes were so out of place and random. You could just tell they were added in as an after-thought.

I think the movie would've been much better without them.

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