Ski School 2
|
Our Price: $42.06 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Buy Used: from $4.90 (click here) Category: DVD See more DVD releases |
|---|
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
Movie Reviews of Ski School 2
Movie Review: Good film. Bland DVD.
Summary: 3 Stars
"Ski School 2" is a departure from its predecessor. Whereas the first "Ski School" was a party film, the sequel is a romantic comedy, albeit a romantic comedy geared more for the guys than the ladies. I love the first film, so in comparison, "Ski School 2" comes up short. However when judged on its own, the film still gives a nice, warm, comfortable feeling of entertainment. It may not have you rolling on the floor like the first film, but it is more dater-friendly.
The DVD is minimal, really bare bones. It consists of nothing but the standard FBI warnings and the feature title track itself. There are no menus of any kind. The film does have chapter breaks, but there is no chapter selection menu. There is only one audio option, Dolby 2.1. On the bright side, the picture is crisp.
Despite the minimal philosophy of this DVD, in the end I decided the film itself was all I really wanted. I've been waiting on pins and needles for the original film to come out on DVD. My reaction when I heard about this item when it was recently released was one of cautious optimism. Perhaps one day the original film will be released. In the meantime, I marginally recommend this purchase to anyone who likes "Ski School 2" or anyone who wants a fun, silly, low-brow romantic comedy. However, due to the fact that this isn't the original "Ski School" and that the DVD is minimal, I can only give it three stars.
Movie Review: Such a let down
Summary: 2 Stars
Ski School (part 1) is perhaps my guiltiest of pleasures. I know its an absurd movie with no point, sophomoric humor, etc., but I absolutely love it, and have watched it 1x/month for at least 8 years now. I can readily assume the role of film snob (e.g., I adore David Lynch works, There Will Be Blood, etc.), and so it pains me all the more to publicly announce my support for Ski School. I cannot say the same for Ski School 2. True to typical form, the sequel proves a letdown. All that made Ski School 1 great are noticeably absent from this one - a multi-layered plot that actually revolves around skiing, an at least technically competent director/dop, a right sized and appropriately cast cast, and amusing humor that doesn't fall (constantly) into the puerile abyss. So, seriatim, Ski School 2 just didn't work. The plot revolved purely around a love interest; the skiing was relegated to a secondary irrelevance with no plot significance (no tournament? wtf). Although I'm not motivated enough to check, I'm guessing that an entirely different crew shot and assembled this film. The camera work is generally goofy - lots of weird in-your-face ultra closeups of guys' faces that we really shouldn't see that closely...as opposed to the generally not-distractingly-bad composed shots of Ski School 1. Four primary characters - Dave, who reprised his Ski School 1 role, but with far less wit and charm, then 3 other characters who were completely irrelevant and had no impact on the plot. In Ski School 1, we at least had Fitz who was the perfect male character companion to Dave's antics. Further, the Ski School 2 actors were just terrible. Worst of all, though, its the humor. I suppose its consistent with sequel commonalities. In horror sequels, the body count and blood letting tend to increase; so too here, the humor certainly increases, but it does so gratingly with an emphasis on sophomoric and not-even-funny-to-an-14 y/o-humor approach. It wasn't potty humor, but sadly uncreative abortive attempts at making the audience laugh. Think of part 1 - the scene of setting the two Section 1 guys up on film, and then airing their dys-exploits for the whole bar to enjoy was pretty funny. But that humor lasted an entire scene; it took time to build the punch line, time to execute the punch line, then to make it actually punch; good stuff. Part 2, the jokes were mostly one liners, and little emphasis on well developed either story or physical comedy. It is certainly with a saddened heart that I must encourage the avoidance of this film; its not even worth a rental, not even if you're feeling a mid-life-crisis-impelled need to potent beverage-ly reconnect with your lost prepubescent infantile humor wooby. Just rewatch part 1, and hang your head proud that while you've grown up, you've successfully resisted the full Inquisition-like weight of societally expected maturation.