fact about national lampoon go to the movie and a. k. a. national lampoon movie madness represent1 . the movie be poor and even by lampoon typical standard . 2. it not funny . 3. no one go to see a movie . so and after i finish watch it and i begin wonder why on earth it call national lampoon go to the movie and and why it be ever conceive and much less actually make . it would be like call austin power an american guy go to the movie . how lame . he isn not american and and he doesn not go to movie . none of the character in lampoon so call atire be funny and and none go see movie and which cause a bit of a problem . i have hop it would be something in the vein of mystery science theater 3000 and but it isn not . this be national lampoon first film after animal house and although you couldn not tell it from the quality of film . poorly developed and rough and amateurish by any standard and it induce headaches not a good sign for an 89 minute movie that seem double the length . i have notice a pattern . really bad movie be typically rename and this little disaster fall under that category . it have two separate title probably to help try and promote it to people too stupid to remember how bad a panning it receive from home video critic in 1982/83 . hmm and movie madness i have never hear of this movie before . let rent it . and then and the realization represent hey and wait a minute and this be just national lampoon go to the movie . it be shelve by mgm or ua and never to be release into theater or dvd while it occasionally pop up on television a few time per decade and which be just about the only place you will manage to find it . it split up into three story a parody of self enlargement video and butter and corporate ruthlessness and and police brutality or cop buddy film ( i guess ) . the first segment star peter riegert ( animal house ) a a frustrated guy who divorce his wife and do some other stuff . i be not sure what because it be so boring my mind start to drift . until the sex scene pop up . part ii be about an exotic dancer rap by a stick of butter ( do not ask ) who decide to become queen of the margarine so she can cut off the supply of dairy product . ouch . this contain the only funny line in the movie represent only i can make love with my son . if you think that doesn not sound very funny and youre right it not . and just imagine it the highlight of this film . part iii be about a cop who chase down a serial killer ( christopher lloyd ) only to lose his nerve and shoot the guy . it do contain one funny scene but it extremely over act only lloyd really exhibit any humor and play his character dry and compassionate and yet strangely surreal . the part where he choke his victim and the meek cop stand by watch it all unfold and at least and evoke a chuckle or two . it a shame to watch such a cast of semi famous name resort to low standard . the writer of each segment clearly believe that theyre be very ironic and clever by spoof so call stereotype the fault be that the movie become one huge contradiction and favor the standard t and a instead of plot while crude humor instead of witty dialogue while desperate performance instead of inspired one . it easy to see that none of the actor be enthral with the material and mutter their line and often so embarrassed they can seldom make eye contact with the camera . the movie isn not funny and a i say before . i laugh once and at only one line and and even then it be a halfhearted one . two chuckle and a smile and and a very weak laugh . compare to movie madness and a number of other decent comedy seem like regular laugh track . i like national lampoon vacation series ( or and at least three of four installment ) and and their classic animal house and but their recent slew of direct to video bomb such a golf punk ( with that great comic genius tom arnold ) provide a good example of why their magazine go out of print more than a decade ago . it get really old and really fast . sad to see a new film and call gold digger and be be release with their tamp of approval . it like condemn a film before it even hit theater maybe they should start not advertise their name all over the place distributor represent this movie be bad . it get the national lampoon stamp of approval . that will teach you not to make something so awful next time . forget the death penalty . just stick a bunch of criminal in a room and make them watch this over and over every day for a month . it so bad that i can not even begin to explain it putrid vileness . i give up .