Wayne's World 2
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Movie Reviews of Wayne's World 2
Movie Review: Better Than The Original
Summary: 3 Stars
Yeah, it's a stupid movie but I did get some big laughs out of this in a few spots. Admittedly, I watched this twice, probably to ogle Kim Bassinger one more time. I also thought this "sequel" was better than the first Wayne's World movie anyway. From what I see here, most people agree with that.
I did not appreciate showing a minister blaspheming. That's Hollywood for you. Without the extreme irreverence in here, I might have held onto this DVD ust to have something stupid to laugh at once every few years....and to laugh especially at that scene when Dana Carvey meets Bassinger in the laundromat .
Movie Review: You're Worthy, Get Up!
Summary: 3 Stars
Wayne and Garth are back and well, just back. Wayne had a dream about a naked native man who took him to Jim Morrison. He must put together the biggest concert in Aurora, Illinois. Well, it takes forever for them to actually assemble the concert, Waynestock. Because before that, Wayne fights his girlfriend's father in subtitles and he gets shunned by Cassandra's new record producer. Not as funny as the first, but Chris Farley shows up to make things better. Enough partying already.Movie Review: NOT AS FUNNY AS THE ORIGINAL, BUT IT'S AN OK MOVIE
Summary: 3 Stars
THIS TIME, WAYNE & GARTH RETURN TO PUT ON A ROCK CONCERT NAMED WAYNESTOCK. IT'S PRETTY FUNNY AND ENTERTAINING BUT IT DOESN'T QUITE COMPARE TO THE ORIGINAL. BUT THIS SEQUEL WILL MOST LIKELY SATISFY FANS OF THE ORIGINAL. THIS MOVIE'S GOOD FOR A FEW LAUGHS IF YOU'VE BEEN HAVING A BAD DAY.Movie Review: 2 stars out of 4
Summary: 3 Stars
The Bottom Line:
Wayne's World 2 is so slight that I couldn't bring myself to really hate it, but it has none of the wit or humor of the original, and thus feels overlong and unnecessary.
Movie Review: The Film That Proves You Really Can't Go Home Again. Really.
Summary: 2 Stars
With "Wayne's World" becoming a surprising box office smash in 1992, the people at "Saturday Night Live" were itching for a sequel to continue the succes it had with the recurring sketch. Enter "Wayne's World 2". Exit funny.
There are a number of reasons this film doesn't work. For starters, by the time this film was released in 1993, "Wayne's World" wasn't even that popular a sketch anymore, as sketches like Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker and the Gap Girls shoved it out of the picture. Dana Carvey had left the show just before the film was released, so it's obvious in reprising Garth his heart isn't in it. The same can be said for Mike Myers, who beats Wayne into the ground with such a hackjob. He essentially overacts here, whereas in the first film he let it flow effortlessly. Tia Carerre, the only other returning cast member from the first film, is essentially given nothing to do, and if it wasn't for the fact that she was such an essential part of the film, she should have just sat this one out. Even worse, perhaps worst of all, Christopher Walken (playing essentially the same role Rob Lowe did lightyears better in the first) wastes his talents as a sleazy record executive trying to ruin Wayne and steal Cassandra. Sounds familliar, doesn't it? And it's obvious that Waynestock was added just so this film didn't come off as dead on carbon copy of the first.
Granted, there are a few things that make this film work. The Villiage People sequence in the gay bar is inspired and very funny, as is Garth's fantasy of him at a Kenny G. concert. Also, like the first film, there is a heavy reliance of cameos, this time by Ed O'Neill (reprising his role as the disturbing donut shop owner), Aerosmith (who do a great performance of "Shut Up And Dance" at the end), Drew Barrymore, Kim Basinger (though she has somewhat of a main part as Garth's girlfriend), Olivia D'Abo (as Garth's female doppleganger), Rip Taylor, Kevin Pollack, Heather Locklear and most surprisingly, Charlton Heston. Also, be on the lookout for Chris Farley, who appears sporadically as a friend of Wayne and Garth's.
Other than these saving graces of sorts, "Wayne's World 2" is essentially a one star movie. Stick with the timeless part one. Just wish I hadn't bought it as a boxed set, because now I have to keep part two. Oh well.