Seen any good movies?
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you can probably finish up in about 7 minutes.
Agree here. I liked the second one better than the first one. The scene that imitated the scene from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles where John Candy is listening to "Do the Mess Around" and wrecks the car....I laughed pretty hard at the Ted version of that.
Seven?? Lol. If this was in person, I would finish before Blake Lively even got her shirt off.
Exactly. They did several "tributes" in the sequel.
I liked the cameos a lot, too. Liam Neeson was awesome.
In regards to Ted 2, I'm of the opinion that it's extremely rare for a sequel to be better than the first. Empire Strikes Back is about the only one I can think of off the top of my head. And with comedies, my belief is even stronger.
I do think sequels can top the original, but with comedies, I can't think of a single one that is better than the original. I can't comment on Ted 2, as I haven't seen it (have seen the original, thought it was funny), but generally speaking, comedy sequels are weak.
I really also kind of hate this trend of doing a sequel to a movie that hasn't had a followup in many years. Namely, Independence Day and Ghostbusters later this summer. There are some exceptions that work (Toy Story 3, Star Wars 7, Creed) but for each of those, there is a Dumb and Dumber 2
As soon as they knew Will Smith wasn’t going to be involved this movie should have been canceled.
Ghostbusters was one of my favorite movies as a child. When I found out they were doing a complete reboot and not involving at least part of the original cast I was a little disappointed. I remember reading a long time ago that they had originally planned to do a third one with Chris Farley joining the cast. I’m sure that would have been great to see.
Surely you're not suggesting that Empire isn't the best movie in the Star Wars series. I'd hate to put you on ignore, but I'm a man of principle.
From what I've heard the original cast of Ghostbusters (sans Harold Ramis) do have cameos in the film, but they aren't supposed to be the same characters, just random New Yorkers. I want this movie to be funny, because I have enjoyed other things that those actresses have been in, but the trailer hasn't really done it for me. I hope I'm wrong though and it turns out to be really funny/entertaining. We will find out soon enough.
While I agree that it's gonna be fairly lousy, I'm still gonna see it because Independence Day is one of my favorite movies from my childhood.
I could agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong.
I thought Independence Day sucked. Bill Pullman as President - totally not feeling it. Also, that movie was about 90 minutes longer than it needed to be.
No one on the planet except you believes that.
Man was I disappointed by that. The original Joe Dirt is probably a top 10 comedy for me. I thought it was hilarious and it's one I quote frequently. I never saw the second one but a friend of mine told me it was terrible.
That's my understanding too. If they would have written a small roll for a couple of them to be teachers or something like that for the new cast I might have been willing to pay to see it. I’m with you on the trailers. They just don’t look that great.
Take away the Hoth battle (a very cool collections of scenes) and Empire Strikes Back is dull. Yes, it advances the storyline. Yes, Yoda is introduced and yes Luke learns directly from Darth Vader that he's his son, but in terms of action it just doesn't compare with A New Hope or Return of the Jedi. It just doesn't. The asteroid field scene? Decent. Everything once they get to cloud city.....boring.
The original is great, but I'm not paying to see the new one. The trailers look horrible. I'll catch it on HBO or Netflix.
You gotta admit his speech near the end is pretty good though.
I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one. I'm not going to say you have bad taste though.
You have bad taste.
American Pie 2 and Austin Powers 2 were both slightly better than the originals I'd say. Both then slipped with the 3rd movies though.
American Pie 2 was AWFUL!
The Spy Who Shagged Me was okay. It actually helped propel the first film into a more prominent status. The first AP film wasn't a blockbuster and did better after released on video. The 2nd AP film was released to much more fanfare. Goldmember was abysmal.
American Pie 1 had the Shannon Elizabeth scene. Nothing in any American Pie movie since has come close to how good that scene was.
Austin Powers 2 has some good things, like Fat Bastard and Mini-Me but the first one is just more clever and outright funny in my book. It's not a huge drop off, but every Mike Myers franchise follows this pattern: First one-terrific, second one-not bad, third one-geez, let it die
Dude you're an idiot. The originals were so much better.
So you're going to ignore every other component of the movie, including the parts you specified, and judge it primarily as an action flick? I could probably match you in a debate countering that point alone. Hell, the light saber battle between Luke and Vader is the most significant one in the entire series, and arguably better than the one with Darth Maul. I'll also point out that the movie was 75% over by the time they got to Bespin.
Godfather part 2 may be better than the first, and that's saying something because the first Godfather was the best movie ever.
On a comedy sequel note, I have been watching Jackass 3 on tv this evening, all of those movies are roughly the same level of funny. They aren't great but some of the bits are pretty funny
Coincidentally, The Godfather Epic was on HBO tonight. It's a chronological 6-hour Godfather I & II, with deleted scenes. I kinda like it better. I liked the scene where they "named" Hyman Roth.
I watched it a few nights ago. First time I've seen either one of them. Had to split it up into two viewings though. That's too much to watch all at once for me.
