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Author Topic: Bad Boys II R. Andrew Diercks Expert Film Handler Posts: 232 From: Marion, Iowa (In the middle of everywhere) Registered: May 2003 posted 07-18-2003 09:07 AM                     Lots of Action, Lots of laughs, Lots of language, lots and lots and lots of minutes. Enjoyable but could have been just as enjoyable shaving an hour off. It's not like there was an incredible story to tell. Basic action flick. Martin Lawrence and Will Smith do have a good on screen chemistry. They made the length tolerable, but I am positive most viewers will see it as just too long.  |  IP: Logged Ron Lacheur Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 650 From: British Columbia, Canada Registered: Feb 2002 posted 07-18-2003 06:36 PM                     IMHO, better than the original. Never really a dull moment. Entertaining to very end. Presentation wise, once again at this theater has sucked big time. There was so many splices and dirt it looked like they were running Michael Bay's workprint. Digital sound didn't kick until 1/2 through the trailers. To boot, the film started in frame, but the moron operator still has to play with the friggin framing knob. This location would benefit from locked framing knobs. Piss poor presentation but the movie itself saved from getting a refund. [ 07-19-2003, 04:50 AM: Message edited by: Ron Lacheur ]  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 07-19-2003 10:08 AM                     As well as increasing the length, I see that director Michael Bay has switched from filming flat (Bad Boys 1) to filming Scope (Bad Boys 2).  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 07-19-2003 10:57 AM                    Bad Boys 1 was Michael Bays only flat production. I thought the action sequences were great but the story was the same ol thing nothing new. There were several scenes in the film that they were trying for comedy but was just not funny. The movie was a bit long but for action films that is good. But the problem is the story was just not really interesting enough. You know it's bad when it takes 6 or 7 writers to pound out a screenplay. I give this one **1/2 stars out of 4. quote: There was so many splices and dirt it looked like they were running Michael Bay's workprint. Sounds to me like they dropped the film in the floor.  |  IP: Logged Coleman L. Zatarain Film Handler Posts: 27 From: Alabama - USA Registered: Jan 2003 posted 07-19-2003 12:57 PM                        quote: Bad Boys 1 was Michael Bays only flat production. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) will also be flat.  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 07-19-2003 04:11 PM                    he didn't direct it he only produced it.  |  IP: Logged Ron Lacheur Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 650 From: British Columbia, Canada Registered: Feb 2002 posted 07-19-2003 06:48 PM                     It could have been possible that they dropped the print, but this was the first showing. They couldn't possibly be that dumb, could they?  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 07-20-2003 01:52 AM                        Hmmm... I guess I got carried away Friday morning harassing Brad and forgot to post my review. I liked it. I was entertained. I didn't have to think, and since it was 4:00am that was a good thing. It was long, which was good too... gave me time to eat my entire pizza. Maybe some day I'll let the delivery guy stay to watch the show, nah. Bottom line, it's just as good as most of the other product out this summer. Ron, if you don't mind could you email me the name of the theatre? Thanks.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 07-21-2003 03:08 PM                        quote: It could have been possible that they dropped the print, but this was the first showing. They couldn't possibly be that dumb, could they? Yes they could. A print that is full of splices and has a lot of dirt has often been picked off the floor as a pile of "spaghetti". Some people foolishly take pride in moving large rolls of complete prints between platters without help or even mechanical assist like clamps. Like "Russian Roulette", you can get away with it MOST of the time, but sooner or later, there's a bloody mess on the floor.  |  IP: Logged Pravin Ratnam Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 844 From: Atlanta, GA,USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 08-02-2003 12:30 AM                     This movie bored me. The jokes were tired and played out. I hate Bay's very impersonal filming style. HE has no great sense of visual style. Just jams everything in the frame and hope something sticks. THe second half of the big car chase where cars go somersaulting was a great sequence. For that alone, I don't consider the movie a total loss. But the rest of the movie was a snoozer. It should have been a 100 minute movie MAX. Instead it runs at a bloated 2 1/4 hours.  |  IP: Logged

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