There’s no movie I’ve seen more in my life than “Animal House.” It’s incredibly quotable, legitimately hilarious and an easy watch with an incredible cast. In college there were numerous times it would just be playing at the place I lived when nothing was going on or in the background while we were playing cards
I’m not here to slander the movie. It was filmed in a different time and you can acknowledge that some things that happened in the movie aren’t really funny anymore.
For example, glorifying sex with a 13 year old would probably not happen today or be laughed at as much if you just saw it for the first time
There are other crimes that happened in the movie that are more borderline as to whether or not you could do it today or not. John Belushi being a peeping Tom at the sorority house is certainly one of them. I tend to think that with the right actor, most people today wouldn’t care.
There are a lot of other crimes in there that aren’t problematic and easily could be part of a movie today. Stealing from the super market is one
I’d have to think as to what the criminal charges would be for impersonating a deceased person’s fiance, but it’s probably something
Smoking marijuana is thankfully not illegal now, but it was at the time and led to one of the best quotes ever.
And of course the final parade scene has destruction of property, cruelty to animals, theft, assault, battery, reckless driving and many more crimes that play out in a hilarious way.
I still think the movie holds up. I’m probably missing another 20-30 crimes and off the top of my head there’s underage drinking, speeding, trespassing, hazing, more animal cruelty, more battery, more theft and more disorderly conduct. Hopefully people can still enjoy the movie for what it is, even if we know certain parts of the movie are not acceptable by today’s standards.