Recommend (or don't) a movie thread v2

[Yamer]

Happy Gilmore 2 was way better than I expected.

The original is one of my favorite comedies if all time, so the nostalgia worked perfectly for me. I was the target audience and I'm not ashamed of that in the slightest.

[fotze2]

It insisted upon itself.

[btimbit]

Was nonstop fan service and was exactly what I wanted.

Also the golfers were awesome. Never though Scottie Scheffler could be an actor, lol

[Locke]

I'm curious as to what people were expecting? Its a Sandler film. On Netflix. A sequel 30 years later.

Then look at Sandler's recent body of work.

What kind of film were audiences anticipating? Sandler has even straight-up said that he's just pumping out content to satisfy his Netflix contract.

It was never going to be great.

[fotze2]

And John daly drinks hand sanitizer only by the end. Felt like a stand up comedy show with 57 comedians with some plot surrounding it.

It’s got to be one the highest earning casts in history.

There has to be at least 15 people that also cameod I need to research for. Did see those horse face girls are his real life daughters.

[Yamer]

Kinda feel like the jersey he wears to the mini-golf course was a tribute to Johnny.

And did anyone catch Sean Avery and Chris Chelios?

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Scottie, John Daly and Will Zalatoris battling it out for the best golfer cameos. Making Zalatoris the grown up caddie from the first movie was a stroke of genius.

I mean yeah it's a dumb callback fan service movie that's entirely about the cameos. Why anyone would expect anything else is beyond me.

Only thing I don't get is Bryson being on the "good guys" team for what is essentially a full on hit job on Liv.

[AC]

I enjoyed the call-backs and cameos from the first movie, the golfers didn't really register with me as I don't follow the sport but I appreciate they got so many to play and poke fun at themselves. But I wish some of the other comedic roles were filled by actual comedians or at least actors.

Guy Fieri, Bad Bunny, Eminem, Travis Kelce, Post Malone, etc.

I think if Bad Bunny was recast by someone funny or someone who could act it would have dramatically improved things... but oh well it was always going to be what it was. Just felt like a lost opportunity of sorts as the original is a classic and this could have been a good legacy sequel if were fine-tuned a bit more IMO.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by AC

I enjoyed the call-backs and cameos from the first movie, the golfers didn't really register with me as I don't follow the sport but I appreciate they got so many to play and poke fun at themselves. But I wish some of the other comedic roles were filled by actual comedians or at least actors.

Guy Fieri, Bad Bunny, Eminem, Travis Kelce, Post Malone, etc.

I think if Bad Bunny was recast by someone funny or someone who could act it would have dramatically improved things... but oh well it was always going to be what it was. Just felt like a lost opportunity of sorts as the original is a classic and this could have been a good legacy sequel if were fine-tuned a bit more IMO.

This is pretty bang on. I wasnt expecting much other than some cheap laughs and knowing that Sandler genuinely couldnt care less? This is about as good as it was going to get.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by AC

I think if Bad Bunny was recast by someone funny or someone who could act it would have dramatically improved things... but oh well it was always going to be what it was. Just felt like a lost opportunity of sorts as the original is a classic and this could have been a good legacy sequel if were fine-tuned a bit more IMO.

That's the one I wondered about the most, also probably because I don't know who that is. I was happy with 90% of the cameos but that role was important enough that I think it should have gone to an actual comedic actor. Like, imagine Sacha Baron Cohen as a bumbling caddy. Now that's a movie! The cameos did do a lot of the heavy lifting, no doubt.

Like if you didn't know who Scottie Scheffler is and what happened to him near the end just happened to some random guy, that's not nearly as funny if you don't know the backstory


But I still loved it

[fotze2]

I text random people I haven’t talked to in years. Play Ja Ja Ding Dong.

I didn’t care for the villain guy. Liv guy.

I liked the cucumber booze thing.

[Jason14h]

Villain and Caddy were 2 huge misses that prob could have taken it to a very good comedy level

The villian seemed lazy . You needed a shooter”esque” villian for this film

[Dion]

Jurassic Park - Rebirth was a total bust. Nothing earth shattering in it worth talking about. Just a plot a grade school kid could come up with. Too simple and and boring. Worst of the Jurassic Park movies.

[jg13]

Originally Posted by Locke

I'm curious as to what people were expecting? Its a Sandler film. On Netflix. A sequel 30 years later.

Then look at Sandler's recent body of work.

What kind of film were audiences anticipating? Sandler has even straight-up said that he's just pumping out content to satisfy his Netflix contract.

It was never going to be great.

I don't find that true at all.

His recent work on Netflix were Hustle and Uncut Gems and both were incredible.

Hustle 2022: 94% critic RT and 3.6/5 letterboxd
Uncut Gems 2019: 91% critic RT and 3.9/5 Letterboxd

He is more than capable of being in great movies.

If you're talking specifically about Happy Madison productions, yeah they've pretty garbage with the exception of Happy Gilmore (original) and Billy Madison.

As a fan of the original where I would put it in my top 20 comedy films of all time I was hoping for something that didn't rely on every single joke from the original to try to make it funny.

[Ashasx]

I thought a lot of the same jokes could have been made without having such a ridiculous over the top story line that jumped the ship versus the original (which I admit was also ridiculous, but not to this degree). I didn't need to see cameos from people like Eminem and Post Malone when they had nothing to do with the original anyway.

It needed more Shooter and a better villain. And I don't know what the hell was going on when they were filming this, but the whole movie looks like absolute garbage. Everything was oversaturated. I thought the issue was my television but it wasn't.

[Huntingwhale]

Happy Gilmore 2 was pretty funny although dumb as expected. The 4 idiot sons/brothers were hilarious to watch.

Saw Fantastic 4 in theatres yesterday. I don't follow the MCU universe that much, nor have any idea where this movie fits in the grand scheme of things. Still, went in blind and had a great time with it. Story was easy to follow and the CGI was really well done. Good action romp.

[Cappy]

Happy Gilmore 2 was basically what i expected.

The main story line seemed sort of "Lebron James' Space Jam" with the "maxi golf" style. Certainly an attempt to attract a new audience vs filling the whole of white men in the 30s and 40s, maybe?

A few cheesy jokes (Mr. Larson's kid and mom was basically a skit done by a 12 year old) but some hardy chuckles out of me in other jokes (I laughed hard at Shooter reading "The Shining" and his delivery).

I don't know much about professional golfers outside of a few of the players. So some of the easter eggs were over my head, but there was some funny stuff.

Shooter McGavin was easily the highlight of the movie, and should have been used more. A story about the two of them teaming up to beat some up and comers would've been pretty good.

Ill probably never watch it again, but I'm not regretting having seen it.

[Engine09]

I'll watch it eventually but I've come to loathe anything Sandler puts out, Grown Ups was so f'ing bad it made me angry, just pure excrement. On the flipside, Punch Drunk Love and Uncut Gems are incredible films and he's fantastic in both. He just sucks at writing and producing.

[#-3]

I actually really liked the comedy in Happy Gilmour 2, much more than i excepted. It's weird to say but I didn't enjoy how much more fantastical it was compared to the original, aside from the whole Maxi golf thing it was a good follow up.

Best jokes by far were the golfers, I don't know all of them that well. But obviously the John Daley being the fat drunk old uncle of gold, and Scottie Scheffler getting arrested where great self owns, that you could see coming from a mile away and still landed. Really impressive how decent of actors all of the golfers were compared to other singers/athletes who get these cameos.

[woob]

OK I've watched Happy Gilmore a bunch of times, and also watched and loved all of Modern Family. How the heck did I not figure out that Julie Bowen is Virginia Venit?? I am not a smart man sometimes.