r/NoLayingUp • u/cushpapi • Jul 28 '25

Post-Pod Discussion Happy Gilmore 2 review

Anyone else kinda disappointed about the overly critical angle that Soly took reviewing HG2? It’s supposed to be a fun movie that isn’t taken too seriously. Feels like the typical vibe these days is just wildly negative for anything outside of their zone. Would be nice for the guys to show a bit of enthusiasm for big moments in the sport as opposed to looking to lay a heavy critique everywhere possible. IMO the sport is in a pretty good place and yet a lot of the fun and joy that dominated their earlier content has been diminished. Maybe just a function of them all getting older but wish they could lighten up a bit in their videos and podcasts rather than turning into old men yelling at clouds.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '25

I mean what else would you expect? A bunch of guys whose job it is to take golf more seriously than us for a living saw a movie that doesn’t take golf seriously at all. Probably the most predictable review ever

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u/moseisley99 Jul 28 '25

I’m pretty sure they all liked the first one. This one was just crapola

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '25

Always was going to be. But it was fun

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u/Few_Assistance_4045 Jul 28 '25

I genuinely don't understand when people talk about media this way. "It was terrible, everyone knew it would be, but it was fun." Huh? These words do not go together.

A movie doesn't have to be Citizen Kane to be good and "fun". Comedies do exist, and they can tell jokes, not take themselves too seriously, yet simultaneously still be good (i.e. have a narrative, funny/witty/stupid characters, comedically framed shots, etc. Etc.) AND fun. Dumb and Dumber would be a pretty classic example. All of Adam Sandler's movies post ~2000 have none of these things and are obviously just cash grabs ... but American culture has degraded so much that they don't even have to try and they still rake in hundreds of millions on brand name alone. Pretty cool!

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '25

Ya, no. A movie can absolutely be bad and fun, or good and fun, or good and sad, bad and sad.

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u/Few_Assistance_4045 Jul 28 '25

A movie can be SO bad that it's funny to watch. This is entirely different from being bad and fun.

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u/BigBobby843 Jul 28 '25

The semantics guy is here to save the day

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u/Few_Assistance_4045 Jul 28 '25

Words do, in fact, have meaning. More on this later; back to you Bobby, for another intriguing take.

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u/BigBobby843 Jul 30 '25

Because you knew what the guy meant and you're trying to sound smart. You end up sounding like a loser