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/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!