Weekend at Bernie's 1989

"That's illegal. What you're doing is illegal."

I'm going to start by saying, this movie is 100% a guilty pleasure of mine. I think we can all agree that there are PLENTY of comedy movies that are most likely much better. To me, that doesn't matter. After all, this is one of the only few comedy movies I've watched so far. I know: ridiculous, right? I'm more of a TV show person, although now, with this movie/rewatching it, I'm beginning to get back into movies as well.

I know this isn't worth much, but this movie is one of the best comedy films I've seen, which isn't that many, hence what I said. Still, even once I've seen plenty of other comedy films, including ones a lot of people know about, as opposed to this one, I'd imagine, this one will still be "up there" for me. Call it nostalgia, stubbornness, naïveté, etc. It could very well be any of them. But it is what it is.

Anyway, moving on, the storyline of this film was super straightforward and maybe even "lackluster," and that's probably going to "downgrade" the movie as a whole for some people, and it probably has. But I don't think it needed to be "better." The most important aspect was the comedy, not the ins and outs of the storyline, how better it could've/should've been, and so on; for me, that landed.

Everything blew right on by, to where, out of nowhere, the film ended. I will say, though, that its peak was towards the end, comedy/entertaining-wise: after our main two characters found out the piece of information that we, the audience, knew from the beginning; well, not exactly the beginning, but close enough. That was when the film became even more entertaining; a big emphasis on 'more.'

• There didn't seem to be much of a soundtrack except the undoubtedly iconic 'Hot & Cold' by Jermaine Stewart, and it's a memorable song. Whatever your opinion(s) may be regarding the film itself, you have to admit: that song's pretty bumping. It finds a way to slither its way into your head; it's one of those songs.

• I never noticed this before, but Andrew McCarthy's character's last name is Wilson: and Jonathan Silverman's character's last name is Parker. Anything coming to mind right now? Deadpool = Wade Wilson, Spider-Man = Peter Parker. I'm probably grasping at straws, though. That was still an interesting correlation, intentional or not.

• Speaking of things I've never noticed before, Ted Kotcheff, the director of this film, made a cameo appearance as Richard Parker's father. I watched this film (in August of 2018) for the first time in a while. But that never registered with me until now. That shows how much a person can change/mature over the years, the brain's continual "evolution."

• I think the most commendable part of this film was the performance of Bernie Lomax's character and all the effort that must have gone into doing the scenes, after the fact, especially on the part of Terry Kiser, but also Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman. And let's not forget the stunt double who supposedly broke a few ribs during filming, during the ocean segment. Everyone involved deserves admiration for that.

Overall, this was a silly film regarding plenty of things; the premise of the film, how it progressed/unfolded, and so forth. To me, none of that negatively impacted the enjoyment I got from watching it. But I can completely understand why someone wouldn't like it that much, maybe even dislike it. Watch it and come to your conclusion.