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Adults: avoid this one like the plague

posted 19 years ago by Skvoznyak
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My daughter found this movie and brought home a DVD copy; figuring what was coming I reluctantly sat down to watch it with her based solely on a.) seeing G. Gordon Liddy as a camp inspector, and b.) the idea that time with my daughter which is worth any amount of pain (just barely, in this case).

This movie isn't just predictable, it isn't just bad, it's beyond description. Even a fairly big-name cast can't save this bomb. To sum it up: one of the things that must be done to save the camp from financial ruin is to make a rap video - and that idea was suggested by a girl whose bunk is adorned with Metallica and Cinderella posters and who is almost never seen without her Motley Crue t-shirt. The cast, and therefore the rap video, features the kid who played Urkel on that insipid sitcom that has the cop in "Die Hard" as the father, and - this is worth remembering - this kid is actually cast as one of the cooler kids in the camp.

Benefit from my experience and learn from my pain. No matter how much you love your kid(s), there has to be a better way to spend time with them than watching this movie. Juggling chainsaws in traffic, for instance.

Skvoznyak
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[–] serval26 18 years ago

Even when I was a kid and a fan of most of these child television stars, when I first caught this movie on tv, I DESPISED it. It is pretty horrible. It was written by adults that obviously had no respect for kids' intelligence- it really pissed me off as a kid!

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[–] mahalannah 18 years ago

ok i will admit that i LOVED the stupid movie when i was a teen just like i will admit that i LOVED The New Kids on the Block. i still have a crazy thing inside of me that makes me want to every once in a while watch this movie. I guess it is not so bad if you have fond memories attatched to it (like watching it practically every day for six moths).

so parents, yes it is cheesy and lame but the kids will like it and even if you have no attatchemnts, you might like to sit and watch it to see who will pop up and laugh a bit. but it really isnt THAT bad.i have seen much much worse films for kids.

"I'm Inigo Montoya...you killed my father! Prepare to die!"

[–] dickjones87 18 years ago

This movie is not for anyone too old or too young. It is not for 45 year olds and it is not for anyone that did not grow up in the 80s or early 90s. If you were a kid in 1990 then you will find nostalgic value in this movie.

[–] GumWrapper 15 years ago

I lost my virginity to the Camp Cucamonga rap

[–] Gidiousmusic 14 years ago

Lady! (Skvoznyak)

Okay, so your daughter bought it on DVD..... alright?

Sounds like YOU are too old to enjoy it and your daughter is too young!

You really had to be around the casts age to enjoy it when it came out!

SO for you to make a comment about it saying that you're daughter bought it on DVD- whatever! You are full of sh*t lady!

[–] CommanderGrond 14 years ago

Hey Gidiousmusic you need to re-read the op what she actually said was "My daughter found this movie and brought home a DVD copy" She never said purchased, bought ect she pretty much says she was at somebody's house and they had made a DVD copy or she borrowed it ect and it is for sale on DVD here
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6659547

[–] Skvoznyak 13 years ago

Holy crap, that's the dumbest post I've ever seen in imdb.com. Wow.

You didn't even get my gender right, which was the first of multiple incorrect assumptions. Unbelievable.

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"Now having beer at a bar near you"

[–] TheLightFantastic 11 years ago

Meh..it's not that bad. I've seen movies that are far, far worse. I didn't see this when it first aired in 1990. I don't know why because it would have been right up my pre-teen alley. I saw this for the first time as an adult and didn't recoil in horror. While it's not Citizen Kane, it is fairly enjoyable and cute like most teen movies from that era. I don't watch it daily but when I'm in an 80s/90s mood, it scratches that itch.

I gotta say though, anyone who calls Family Matters (you know, the sitcom with the cop in "Die Hard" as the father) "insipid" probably isn't going to like something as fluffy and cheesy as Camp Cucamonga. That should have been your clue right there. Oh, and I'm fairly certain Jaleel White (ie "kid who played Urkel") did this film before he became a Family Matters regular, so he wasn't typecast as a nerd just yet. As such, it's not totally implausible that he played a cool kid in this film.