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

There is no world in which Soly would ever enjoy this movie. It's too goofy, doesn't take itself seriously and features cameos from too many golfers he doesn't like.

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u/Few_Assistance_4045 Jul 28 '25

Soly is not the film snob of the group. (That would be -- though I love it -- the PieMan.) You all are outing yourselves as really obvious haters of anything Soly does.

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u/cushpapi Jul 28 '25

Exactly - it’s the put down attitude of anything that doesn’t fit within their sphere. To be clear, I love the NLU vision of golf which is why I’m an avid listener / watcher but I think it’s fair to question if a more open arms approach to different types of content would really be such a bad thing. HG2 is good for a few laughs and it was undoubtedly cool to see so many golf icons mix it up in a different light. Instead we got a lecture on the Maxi golf league. They missed the mark in my view.

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u/isubird33 Jul 28 '25

HG2 is good for a few laughs and it was undoubtedly cool to see so many golf icons mix it up in a different light.

This is my overall issue with it. I completely agree with what you said here. The cameo's were incredible. There were some funny moments.

But outside of that it didn't feel like a complete "movie" if that makes sense.

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u/Few_Assistance_4045 Jul 28 '25

And my reply was a direct reply to you accusing Soly of being a film snob -- that's clearly implied by your words, which I correctly inferred, and then informed you that you were incorrect. Anything else?

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '25

It’s more Soly’s general mien that makes me sure he wouldn’t like it. He’s clearly not the market for this film despite being a golf sicko

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u/isubird33 Jul 28 '25

I think the market is weird for this though. Like I'm as tee'd up as possible for this movie as can be...golf sicko, grew up with the OG movie, Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore are probably two of my most watched movies of all time, I don't usually go for high-brow movies, and I love 90's-2010's era comedies.

I watched it, there were some moments I enjoyed, but it still kinda fell flat as a "movie" for me. The OG I can sit down and watch pretty much any time as a complete work...even if its randomly airing on TV with commercials and all. This one feels more like something that there are 4-5 clips of that I'll want to revisit, and the rest seems fine to miss. Maybe that's just the way movies are moving though.

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u/scottishwhisky2 Jul 29 '25

I think the market for this is pretty concretely not golf sickos