We went along to a late night showing of T2 for my girlfriends birthday, we're both in our middle thirties and the original movie was huge when we were teenagers, it was THE one to watch and whenever there was a gathering of mates we would end up putting the video on. I must have seen it a dozen times at least.
The original was reshown on UK TV a few weeks back and after not watching it for years I was surprised at how well it still stands up, simply a fantastic film in so many ways. So we were pretty excited about the sequel.
You know that feeling when you sit down to watch a film and after 15 minutes or so you get a sinking feeling of "uh", and there's this instant transition from excited expectation to "how long before this finishes before I can move on with my life?" It wasn't BAD, there were definitely some inspired scenes, the 1690 bit was brilliant, Spud with the bag on his head, but there simply wasn't enough to hold it together. Some of the dialogue was poor, and the interaction between the female lead and the rest of them was leaden and clunky. I'm not sure if it was her acting skills or the script she was working with.
Begbie could have saved this film, and his opening scenes were very promising, but at some point he just fell flat, again, a lot of this down to the scripting. He simply wasn't scary any more.
Ewan Bremner as Spud, however, shines in this film and I hope this gives his career a resurgence.
My overall feeling was one of disappointment, everything seemed flat, forced and a bit second rate. I have the feeling this might be one of those films that gets better on the second watch, but I think, in general T2 misses the mark by a long way.
The original was reshown on UK TV a few weeks back and after not watching it for years I was surprised at how well it still stands up, simply a fantastic film in so many ways. So we were pretty excited about the sequel.
You know that feeling when you sit down to watch a film and after 15 minutes or so you get a sinking feeling of "uh", and there's this instant transition from excited expectation to "how long before this finishes before I can move on with my life?" It wasn't BAD, there were definitely some inspired scenes, the 1690 bit was brilliant, Spud with the bag on his head, but there simply wasn't enough to hold it together. Some of the dialogue was poor, and the interaction between the female lead and the rest of them was leaden and clunky. I'm not sure if it was her acting skills or the script she was working with.
Begbie could have saved this film, and his opening scenes were very promising, but at some point he just fell flat, again, a lot of this down to the scripting. He simply wasn't scary any more.
Ewan Bremner as Spud, however, shines in this film and I hope this gives his career a resurgence.
My overall feeling was one of disappointment, everything seemed flat, forced and a bit second rate. I have the feeling this might be one of those films that gets better on the second watch, but I think, in general T2 misses the mark by a long way.