Sentences with phrase «comedy sequels»

Just not excited about the god of thunder or comedy sequels: DADDY»S HOME 2 (second place at the box office) or A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS both featuring intergenerational hi - jinks at -LSB-...]

One of the greatest comedy sequels ever made, «Sorority Rising» lovingly circles back to the characters that were established in the 2014 original, and finds that all of them — whether by choice or by sheer inertia — have moved just a notch further along the circle of life.

Save for 22 Jump Street, comedy sequels almost uniformly do not work.

Comedy sequels rarely work out, and Zoolander is such a high bar to clear.

Unlike many other comedy sequels, however, Super Troopers 2 doesn't feel forced or belabored.

Like most comedy sequels, it is hit - and - miss with its humor, and it does have a poor habit of recycling jokes from the previous film.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised because Zoolander totally holds up, but comedy sequels are so hard to pull off that I'm naturally suspicious of them.

There tends to be an unspoken rule about R - rated comedy sequels: The gross - out factor has to double, or triple, from the original.

Comedy sequels are very hard to do well.

Comedy sequels are arguably the worst sub-genre of movies.

Comedy sequels are often hard to enjoy because they only rely on the same jokes they already used.

This week's new Blu - ray releases include one of the best comedy sequels ever made, another sequel that was at one point highly anticipated but bombed on release, a Frank Capra classic on Criterion, HD upgrades for Studio Ghibli fetaures, and...

As is expected of comedy sequels, this sometimes comes in the form of rehashing everyone's favorite jokes from the original.

Comedy sequels are tricky.

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 19th to Sunday 21st December 2014... Despite competition from comedy sequels Night at the Museum: The Secret of the Tomb and Dumber and Dumber To, it's an unchanged top two at the UK box office heading into Christmas, with The Hobbit: The Battle -LSB-...]

Here's what he had to say about how comedy sequels need to tell a story that is same but different at once.

As is almost always the case with comedy sequels, it's those callbacks to the film that often feel the most repetitious and uninspired.

As we said, comedy sequels are few and far between, mostly because they're quite hard to pull off successfully.

Comedy sequels have been facing a bad stigma ever since The Hangover 2: audiences are understandably jaded that a second chapter is going to rehash much of the exact same humor and gags as the first film.

Like most comedy sequels, Neighbors 2 is essentially the same film as Neighbors, minus the freshness and purpose of existence.

And while a movie like 22 Jump Street can mine great winking meta - minded fun out of reheating leftovers, Horrible Bosses 2 unfortunately lands closer to the camp of unimaginative (albeit still fun) «been there, done that» comedy sequels.

There are some movie comedy sequels like «A Shot in the Dark» and «Ghostbusters II» that have their fans, but even those that people like can be subject to the verdict «Not as good as the first one.»

Comedy sequels, especially those made years later, have a dicey track record, as do films funded via Kickstarter.

The best comedy sequels, like «22 Jump Street,» give you the same stuff all over again, only upping the ante so as to justify their existence.

The problem with a lot of comedy sequels is that they lose the element of surprise and just retread old ground.

It's difficult to say it «improves» on the original because the original was so good, but it's definitely one of the best comedy sequels ever made.

Sequels are tricky, comedy sequels more so.

Next summer is, as usual, going to be competitive; there's the usual mix of superhero sequels («Iron Man 3,» «The Wolverine «-RRB-, animated sequels («Monsters University, «'' Despicable Me 2 «-RRB-, R - rated comedy sequels («The Hangover Part III «-RRB- and just general sequels («Star Trek Into Darkness,» «Fast & Furious 6,» «Kick - Ass 2 «-RRB-.

Director / writer Adam McKay and writer / star Will Ferrell weren't dying to make one, either — funny, successful comedy sequels are few and far between.

Like most comedy sequels, it's also content to dig out the same old punchbowl and dilute the dregs.

We've hit the tail end of 2017 and we're getting hit by some of the year's most mediocre American comedy sequels, among which a focus on parenthood is weirdly common.

He also starred on the NBC comedy series Trial and Error, which returns for a second season later this year, and he also appeared in two comedy sequels on the big screen last year, Daddy's Home 2 and Pitch Perfect 3.

Starting off with a very self - aware speech by their captain, played by Nick Offerman, which winks at the audience, as if to say, «We know comedy sequels are a little ridiculous,» the trailer explains the arbitrary reason for the new title.

Why do so many comedy sequels fail so hard?

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: «The ultimate goal is repetition with enhancements: the best comedy sequels, like 22 Jump Street, give you the same stuff all over again, only upping the ante so as to justify their existence.

Comedy sequels are tough, and they're even tougher when you don't know why the original film worked.

Comedy sequels that surpass their predecessor are more or less unheard of, but 22 Jump Street fits the bill.

Comedy sequels almost never work, this is the very welcome exception.

In general, unplanned comedy sequels can often be significantly inferior to the original films.

And then, sequels of comedy sequels.

The tricky thing with a lot of sequels, and especially comedy sequels, is once characters have finished an arc.

Probability is high that Zoolander 2 goes the way of most comedy sequels and really adds nothing new to the legacy beyond a few throwaway laughs and some box office buckeroos but with Stiller back behind the camera, we genuinely do expect a little more magic than that.

This stoner comedy sequels picks up where the first film (released back in 2001) left off and follows the Super Troopers who are tasked with establishing a Highway Patrol station in a border area between the US and Canada.

As is custom for most comedy sequels, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising finds a way to conveniently recycle the plot of its predecessor so that it can revisit the same beats and gags that audiences loved so much the first time.

Comedy sequels are arguably the hardest to judge, with pressing the repeat button the easiest way to go, choosing more of the same over growth.

We talk about comedy sequels, the work of directors Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, playing against expectations, our conflicting opinions about HTTYD...

Think of «Super Troopers 2» as less long - awaited, more obsolete; a case study in why comedy sequels almost never work.

Comedy sequels are SO rarely worthwhile.

Indiewire's David Ehrlich, called the follow - up to «Neighbors,» «one of the best comedy sequels ever made.»

, it's certainly possible that this is the take - no - prisoners blowout of all comedy sequels.