The first Bad Santa was comedic genius. Well executed r-rated, dark comedy with good writing and hilarious performance form Billy Bob Thornton.
Then I see this preview for a sequel and all I can think of if dumb and dumber 2, Joe dirt 2, anchormen 2.... there seems to be a trend. And these sequels by poplar demand are usually rushed, poorly produced and written, just a disappointment
Well I'm hoping this one wasn't rushed, since it's been 14 years. I know fans were clamoring for another Bad Santa, and Billy Bob said on a Monday Night Football broadcast years ago that he would do one. Hopefully he's the kind of dude (he strikes me as one) who wouldn't do a sequel if he didn't like the script.
I'm concerned, though, too...especially since the original writers and director aren't back for this one. I'm wondering why not? Those guys also wrote I Love You Philip Morris, another funny dark comedy. They know how to do dark humor.
Dumb and Dumber simply waited too long for a sequel, quite frankly. Those characters were funny and more believable as two young nitwits...20 years later, you felt sorry for them and their stupidity, also they just seemed worn-down. And while the first Dumb and Dumber was unquestionably funny, I don't put it in the same league as Bad Santa, which had more substance and was just more original. I'm not sure there's any other actor who could've pulled off Willie T. Stokes, or would have dared to try, that took some serious balls from Billy Bob and he delivered.
The sequel will have the challenge of replacing other very funny characters, notably Thurman Merman (yeah, I know he's in it, but kid Thurman was freaking hilarious, we shall see about grown-up Therman); Bernie Mac, John Ritter and Cloris Leachman (who I'm guessing is not in this one). No offense to L.G., but she shouldn't be missed too much, she was more just there for the story, though she made for good eye candy and played that part nicely, didn't oversell it or anything.
How high are your standards that you're disappointed already without having seen the movie yet? Why is everyone such a whiner these days? Am I the only one who laughed at and enjoyed the trailers? And let's be honest it's not like the original is high brow comedy. As long as Billy Bob is a drinking-swearing-eating-and *beep* criminal Santa that's what matters and in the trailer he's still our beloved anti-hero con artist.
And as much as I love and enjoy the original please tell me how it was "comedic genius"? Bad language and toilet humor isn't exactly ground breaking.
I echo that sentiment, and you have girth in your screen name which is a constant vocabulary in my hood, meaning great, awesome etc etc. The original bad santa was pretty low brow and anyone can come up with a sequel. This isn't rocket science
shareIn the words in of Jim Carry's characters I like it a lot.
People do have different sets of taste and are over opinionated about films in general, their standards are so high that they forget how to enjoy a film.
Regarding Hollywood- well they see a product succeed and milk it until it dries.
I was really disappointed when I heard they were making it and the writers were going to be different. But After I saw the trailer I am honestly kind of excited for it. It almost looks sort of like a spoof of the first movie. It's like the writers knew they couldn't make it nearly as good as the first one, so they are making a fun entertaining sequel instead.
shareThe first Bad Santa was comedic genius. Well executed r-rated, dark comedy
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