Scary Movie 2 ReviewsScary Movie 2
All your favorite SCARY MOVIE characters are back in a laugh-packed sequel that scares up even more irreverent fun than the original! Marlon Wayans (SCARY MOVIE, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM), SHAWN WAYANS (SCARY MOVIE, DON’T BE A MENACE…), and Anna Faris (SCARY MOVIE) lead a stellar cast that takes extreme pleasure in skewering Hollywood’s most frightening feature films and spoofing popular culture! Also starring Regina Hall (SCARY MOVIE, LOVE AND BASKETBALL), Christopher Kennedy Masterson (TV’S MALCO
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Review by Peter A Griffiths for Scary Movie 2
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Hi, I’m from the UK and I’m not sure what US critics think of Scary Movie 2, but the UK critics hate it. I don’t though, I thought it was better than the first movie ( which is my favourite comedy ) and it’s a brilliant movie.
The first scene featuring their re-make of the Exorcist had me laughing so hard as well as everyone else in the cinema. The undertaker is also a funny character with his disfigured arm which adds many scenes of laughter.
Sure, the plot is kinda weird but it’s very funny and mocks those films we love including “Hannibal, Charlie’s Angels, House on Haunted Hill and Mission Impossible 2″. The scene where Cindy and her new love interest are trapped in a walk-in freezer (Hollow Man) mocks that tear-jerking scene in Titanic (where Leo and Kate are freezing in the water) and made me laugh very hard.
So, anyway, go and see it and I’m sure you’ll love it. I will definitely buy the DVD of it.
Review by Mark for Scary Movie 2
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This is pretty bad movie. The first scene where the spoof “The Exorcist” is admittedly extremely funny, if you enjoyed the original “Scary Movie”. However it all goes downhill from there, with a weak, disjointed plot and [bad] jokes. Also the movie was extremely short, I was out of the theatre an hour and a half after the showtime, and that’s including 4 or 5 trailers and a couple of ads. However, the movie’s shortness is more merciful than anything.The plot, such as it is, has the same cast from “Scary Movie” staying at a haunted house over a weekend. This is all set up by Tim Curry, playing an evil college professor whose motives are not really explained. Suffice it to say that some spooky things happen and there are parodies of The Exorcist, Poltergeist, Hannibal, The Haunting and Charlie’s Angels, among others. The plot is much more disjointed than “Scary Movie”, which is, in and of itself, kind of scary.I’m writing this as someone who really enjoyed “Scary Movie” and who was very disappointed seeing “Scary Movie 2″ on opening night. Don’t bother seeing this in the theatre. If you enjoyed “Scary Movie”, you might like renting it for a few scenes, but the laughs are few and far between. 2 stars is a fair rating, it’s very weak, but there are a few good laughs.
Review by Laura O’Connell for Scary Movie 2
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I usually wouldn’t spend time writing a bad review of a movie, but this movie was so disappointing that I felt compelled to warn everyone I know not to see this movie. My husband and I went to see it, as we both LOVED Scary Movie, but we left in utter disgust and disappointment. We had no clue what the point of the movie was. Sure, there were some funny parts, maybe a handful of them, but mostly it was repulsive humor. I know a lot of people will like it, but I think it’s an insult to people’s intelligence to put garbage like that on the screen and expect people to laugh and enjoy it. I’m no prude – I enjoy Scary Movie and I LOVE the American Pie movies, but Scary Movie 2 is pointless, poorly made, and just plain stupid. The movies they parodied weren’t even popular movies, which defeats the purpose of spoofing scary movies. After seeing the movie, we saw the list of movies that were supposedly parodied, and we couldn’t even point out where in the movie they were spoofed – for example – Castaway? Anyway, from the first five minutes of the movie – the Excorcist scene – I knew this movie would suck. We feel it was a complete waste of our time to see this movie. I warned coworkers and friends not to see it, yet some saw it anyway, and they returned in agreement that it was a horrible movie and wished they had heeded our warnings. Maybe, at 26, I’m just too old for this. The teenagers in the theatre seemed to enjoy it, so I guess if you are a teen who liked the first one, you may like it because of all of the sexual and gross-out humor. But, if you enjoyed the first one mostly because of the parodies of other movies, you will be completely let down by this movie.
Review by Matthew for Scary Movie 2
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Being the Scary Movie fan that I am, I didn’t hesitate to see the sequal. Finding myself laughing at about 5% of the jokes, I started to wonder why this movie didnt work like the first one did. I came to a couple conclusions. 1) You cannot make a film in less than a year. It is literally impossible. The Wayans brothers had less than a year to write, produce, film and edit this movie. The result? A rushed, unfunny, big dissapointment. I think if they waited at least 6 months to a year, they would have made a more successful movie. They would have also had oppurtunities to spoof huge summer movies like Pearl Harbor, Planet of the Apes, The Mummy Returns, AI, Tomb Raider, or Cats and Dogs (which beat ot SM2 opening weekend.) They should have taken their time.2) You cannot use the same jokes twice. If you’ve seen the movie you will be able to determine which jokes were repeated. Not is it only unfunny, it also makes the audience dissapointed. Why pay money to see a joke they could have watched 10 times on their DVD at home? It just doesn’t make sense. 3) You cannot leave parts of the story left untied. I left the theatre without relalizing what happened to any of the characters. There was no story, no characters and no conclusion. It was just attempted jokes loosely connected with more attempted jokes. I have a real hard time liking a movie when I had no idea what happened in the movie.4) You cannot spoof unsuccessful movies. While they spoof such high-grossing movies like The Exorcist and Charlie’s Angels, people relate and then they laugh, a mixture for success, right? Right. Spoofed jokes aren’t as funny when your spoofing House on Haunted Hill and The Haunting (which were both far from mainstream) or even Hollow Man (which was avoided by so many) Overall, I was very sad that I wasted eight dollars on this movie. It had potential and if they would have done many things differently, this movie may have been a huge success. I wanted so bad for this movie to be good, but as we once heard from the Rolling Stones, “You Cant Always Get What You Want.” Shucks! 1.5 outta 5
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I give Scary Movie 2 a 3½ stars. I believe the movie does contain the same jokes as the first, but it’s still funny. I think it is a good comedy, but I think that everyone held it up to the original Scary Movie. And by no means could they have made the second as good as the original. If you learn anything in watching a series of movies, none are better than the original. (E.G Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Jurassic Park, which the 3rd was great, the 2nd JP does’nt make a very good movie.)Anyways I know the dvd is packed with extra features, with such spoofs as “Wison” and tons of extras. Here is what comes with this dvd:*Deleted Scenes
*Alternate Scenes
*Behind the Special Effects
*Trivia Game
*Still Gallery
*Original Website LinksI think it will be a definite addition to any dvd collection, especially if you like the original Scary Movie.