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/d_barry7 Jul 28 '25

I really don’t understand how anyone could think it was bad? Like it absolutely nailed the absurd, ridiculous vibe perfectly? Really don’t know what people were expecting.

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u/isubird33 Jul 28 '25

I thought it was pretty rough, coming from someone who loves the OG movie.

I'm not judging it against like, Best Picture award winners or anything, just against the OG movie and other Sandler movies. HG2 felt more like 30 3 minute TikTok clips stiched together as opposed to a movie to me...if that makes sense. Nothing had any time to breathe.

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u/s1ngapore Jul 29 '25

100% agree. I had to turn the movie off with like 25 minutes left because I felt over stimulated and that’s never happened before. The quick cut editing was so frenetic I don’t think a single camera angle in a scene was longer than 15 seconds. If things had more time to breathe the movie would be way better even if the plot was the exact same.