Here's mine reasons
1. His son. He ruined Paul Hogan's character.
2. The heavy tan was gone. :(
3. Mick acted more like a retard in this movie.
4. I got tired of the trick he does to control the animals.
5. Movies made in the 80's can't have a good sequel made in the 90's or later.
6. Too many cheesy scenes.
Last Seen
Crocodile Dundee 3, 4.5/10
Crocodile Dundee 2, 6.5/10
Crocodile Dundee, 7.5/10
Well I don't agree it sucked, I found it surprisingly enjoyable. His son was annoying, but I'd still give it about 6/10. Not sure how your fifth point relates to a movie made in 2001.
shareMy fifth point does relate to this movie because I wrote "made in the 90's or later." and that also includes 2001.
Last Seen
American Psycho, 8.0/10
The Wrestler, 8.0/10
Stuck On You, 7.0/10
i agree with the guy above me... the movie definitely aint as good as the first two but it's still decent in the comedy dept at times.
but the overall feel of the 3rd film is missing something that the previous two had. i think it might be something to do with that the first couple of films where a comedy/semi-serious film where as the third is a total comedy. (i think that's partially the reason why the third film was not as good as the first two films)
bottom line...
first two films = a solid 7/10 (these movies never get old watching ;) )
third film = 6/10 (no higher for sure... but it's a decent 'tv movie' ;) )
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It was too much of a kids movie. 1 & 2 felt more serious.
The music. Peter Best vs. Basil Poledouris. No *beep* comparison.
Cinematography. Was way better in 1 & 2.
The whole story. Mick uncovering some art theft?
Some Australia centered story would have been nicer.
It also could have been fun to see Mick in Africa, I think.
yeah really no comparison because Basil Poledouris (RIP) is a much much better composer.
but ok I agree Best's score served the first 2 (especially the first) films well.
1. Crap villain/plot.
2. It's the softest 'satire' ever... Getting a rise out of the movie business and LA's 'preening' culture came about ten years too late... At least the original - with its jabs at cocaine use, etc - felt like a product of its time. Material like this could and should have been released in the early 90's, and it would've been more at home. The world has moved on a lot since then, though.
Love United. Hate Glazers.
Totally agree w/ you, Howlin' Wolf - the villain plot was crap and a couple decades too late. It felt to me like a very watered down Beverly Hills Cop - trying to figure out what the bad guys are smuggling right under everyone's noses! It's been done to death, and the smugglers are art collectors?! Oooo!
The whole movie was one-note - trying hard to recycle the gags from the first two movies, but it just didn't work. We've seen it, it's not funny anymore. I still enjoy the first two, but watching Mick trying hard to still be as charming as he was 20 years ago was a bit painful to watch.
Linda Kazlowski was AWFUL! I didn't care for her much in the other ones, but this one was by far the worst! Her plastic-face & hair extensions were annoying, and the only thing she added to the movie was to stand there & wait for the bad guys to kidnap her. Her character was completely pointless. I know Mick wouldn't have known about the smugglers if it wasn't for her connections at the paper, but she really did nothing in this movie.
Overall, it was one eye-roll after another. The funny thing was, hearing them talk about crappy sequels in the movie itself, which was a crappy sequel, lol. That was the funniest thing in the whole movie.
"Are you going to your grave with unlived lives in your veins?" ~ The Good Girl
Love United. Hate Glazers.
Well it sucked because once again they left the outback. The story just keeps getting retold but they just added a kid this time for a little more comedic value. I don't think a third film could ever work unless maybe it was really dark and about Mick trying to get out of a rut to get his wife back or something. haha
The villains were extremely weak, the hollywood animals were a downer, Hogan as a sex symbol at that age was just silly. When he was hanging out with his buddy you really got a taste of how good this movie could be as they're great together.
But I agree with you, 80's films belong in the 80's, where it's magical and it works. Time and time again you see this, rarely, very rarely, can an 80's sequel or remake come close to the original. They just did it better back then...or it was just a better time for certain types of movies maybe.
"how's a fella go about gettin' a holt of the police?" -Karl
No Wally and Linda lost her sex appeal.
shareYeah, too heavy on the ham and cheese ... nothing to see here. It was a tragedy to see how time had treated Linda Kozlowski.
shareI saw this on HBO Family the other night and I remembered the How Did This Get Made retrospective:
https://forum.earwolf.com/topic/13009-episode-69-%E2%80%94-crocodile-dundee-in-los-angeles/?do=findComment&comment=71494
Crocodile Dundee 3 bummed me out, I was excited for it, but it was so disappointing that they turned it into a family film with a really dull story. Had they made a good film this would be my favorite trilogy of all time. The first 2 films manage to have a somewhat light tone to them while still feeling like there's real danger and stakes. In this movie, who cares about some bad guys smuggling paintings, if they get away with it there's nothing personally at stake for any of the characters so it seems kinda trivial, and Dundee deals with these bad guys so easily there's no drama to it at all. The bad guys NEVER get the upperhand. The easiest thing to do to raise the stakes and create some tension would be to put the son in danger. The kid really has no significance in the film, you could take him out and it would not change the gist of the story at all.share