Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise

Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise — 1

Now as a kid growing up, this one was the opposite for me. I was allowed to watch this one, and I remember watching it quite a bit. And I also remember loving the ever living shit outta this one. Now after watching it again for the first time in over a decade I’m beginning to wonder what the hell was wrong with me as a child.

Now some movies have a slow intro and/or opening, but by the time this movie was even slightly interesting was at about the halfway point. Thankfully this movie was only 90-some-odd minutes long, unfortunately that’s almost an hour wasted.
On top of that it seems like one of the main actors of the last movie, Anthony Edwards who plays Gilbert, didn’t want to work on the movie series at all any more and is only in it for like 2-3 scenes.

On top of that the plot was weak as crap. I really could have driven a blue whale through how crappy the plot was. I can’t believe I liked this movie as a kid.

There was also one of the best lines I have ever heard in a movie in this though, “These guys sure are hard to get rid of, just like my crabs!” I could not stop laughing because one of the Alpha Betas said it, and you could tell he was a slut (well male slut, whatever the equivalent is).

There was also a point where the nerds stumbled across a secret hidden military base. Where they got all armored up and drove a vehicle through a hotel. An armies hidden stash of weapons and all they do with it is drive a vehicle through a hotel. What a waste, not to mention that it doesn’t seem like something that a nerd would do. There has got to be a better solution.
On top of crappy army stuff, one of the main nerds actually punches an Alpha Beta near the end of the movie, slowly turning himself into a jock-ass as well. Slowly but surely they are changing and they don’t even see it themselves.

To top it off, the Alpha Beta that picked on them the most eventually sides with the nerds, and they take him in, almost without question. WTF???? Seriously WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?1 why would you do that? HE’S YOUR ENEMY!

All in all, don’t waste your time with the second one, the first Revenge of the Nerds is wayyy better than this shitfest.

Base Score = 3
-1 for being good when I was a kid and sucking now
-1 for lack of story
-1 for weird army thing
-1 for slowly turning into their enemy
-1 for random acceptance of enemy into self
+1 for amazing line
= 1/10

Last updated: 2010-01-12 01:56:55 by Tolll