...with some "friends" you haven't seen in a long while - typically those you used to hang with like in your college years and mid-20s - and you come home remembering why you lost touch and that you're glad it's all behind you??? This movie is kinda like that...
Don't get me wrong - I TOTALLY LOVE THE GUYS...BUT...this movie just tried way too hard. Seriously, for the first 30 minutes, it really felt like 4 single guys who hit mid-life went down to Vegas to keep the dream alive. Every single thing we loved about the series became a used and worn cliché in this movie. Almost every big name who had a cameo in the series also had a cameo in this. Markie Mark, Pharrell, TI, etc...list just goes on and on...BUT I will say seeing Jessica Alba drop the F-BOMB like 4 times in a row was a nice treat. But that aside, this was in a word...
EHHH
I definitely expected a whole lot more rather than more of the same. Maybe what I hoped for was simply impossible to deliver. That the 4...scratch that...5...would have grown (i.e. evolved) a bit yet still be kicking butt in the movie game. Instead I got 5 guys who did the same crap but with more years behind them...said another way, no evolution and therefore, no excuse for their antics. Case in point - Sal...errrrr, I mean Turtle...blazin' down Rodeo in the Escalade running down Ronda Rousey just so he can what??? Get a date??? He said he knew her from a while back - so then DUDE, give her a call but don't go all Fast n' Furious only to get nearly clubbed like a frickin' harp seal...
Yet, I still gave this 7 stars...why??? Like I said because I just love the guys...or maybe it's the dream they represent that I love. Bein' in Hollywood with all the pretty people - hell maybe even bein' one of the pretty people - and makin' movies. What kid wouldn't love that??? Problem is, Vinnie and crew just aren't kids anymore...
Worth a watch but set expectations accordingly...
Don't get me wrong - I TOTALLY LOVE THE GUYS...BUT...this movie just tried way too hard. Seriously, for the first 30 minutes, it really felt like 4 single guys who hit mid-life went down to Vegas to keep the dream alive. Every single thing we loved about the series became a used and worn cliché in this movie. Almost every big name who had a cameo in the series also had a cameo in this. Markie Mark, Pharrell, TI, etc...list just goes on and on...BUT I will say seeing Jessica Alba drop the F-BOMB like 4 times in a row was a nice treat. But that aside, this was in a word...
EHHH
I definitely expected a whole lot more rather than more of the same. Maybe what I hoped for was simply impossible to deliver. That the 4...scratch that...5...would have grown (i.e. evolved) a bit yet still be kicking butt in the movie game. Instead I got 5 guys who did the same crap but with more years behind them...said another way, no evolution and therefore, no excuse for their antics. Case in point - Sal...errrrr, I mean Turtle...blazin' down Rodeo in the Escalade running down Ronda Rousey just so he can what??? Get a date??? He said he knew her from a while back - so then DUDE, give her a call but don't go all Fast n' Furious only to get nearly clubbed like a frickin' harp seal...
Yet, I still gave this 7 stars...why??? Like I said because I just love the guys...or maybe it's the dream they represent that I love. Bein' in Hollywood with all the pretty people - hell maybe even bein' one of the pretty people - and makin' movies. What kid wouldn't love that??? Problem is, Vinnie and crew just aren't kids anymore...
Worth a watch but set expectations accordingly...