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I do worry that this will be like American Pie, 1st film sets a new standard/creates sub-genre and isn't ever matched even by its own sequels which follow the law of diminishing returns.

 

Seriously, I don't think you need to worry - for a few reasons.

 

A) As mentioned, its done extremely well in its first test screening.

 

B) It has the same writer and director. (Whereas American Pie didn't).

 

 

 

 

 

C) The writer/director is the fucking man.

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I like that the trailer doesn't show any jokes, I hope this continues. I was expecting the first one to be a movie of the standard that the American Pie sequels have dropped to but I was very pleasantly surprised.

 

Same cast, same writer/director. Same funny?

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I do worry that this will be like American Pie, 1st film sets a new standard/creates sub-genre and isn't ever matched even by its own sequels which follow the law of diminishing returns.

 

What the kind of standard did American Pie set? It's basicaly Animal House - 20th anniversary reunion or Porky's 8. oO

And it's not that good either...

 

And as awesome as Hangover was, I personally think people inflate it's worth a bit (just a bit, it's still fuckin A) because of the recent drought in comedies of that genre...

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The hangover is like the only comedy I've liked for years. I can't stand how comedies tend to have a mature rating whereas action films tend to be pussying out these days. ONly sylvester Stalones films tend to be in anyway violent in a satisfying way.

 

Wasn't the Expendables a comedy? I sure was laughing at a lot of it.

 

C-mon... Terry Crewe comes plowing in near the end with his fuck off huge gun blowing people to pieces.... I laughed so much.

 

It is a really really good film, and I really enjoyed it, but I think I liked it for all the wrong reasons :grin:

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Not seen The Empire Strikes Back then?

 

Of course I have, and remember the terrible Dagobah.

 

It is better in some areas, but in others a lot worse. People just tend to forget the bad bits.

 

Terminator 2, FACT.

 

Again, better in some areas, majorly effects, John Connor was a dweeb though.

 

It's a rule rarely broken, and this film isn't going to do it.

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Wolverine 2 WILL BE better than the first. I'd bet money/other things on that being a fact.

 

Aronofsky > the dogshit that was the first film. I could direct a better film than Wolverine 1 and I'm shit at life. And Aronofsky is a KoL so it will blow us all.

 

[/end of sequels vs. originals discussion]

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Wolverine 2 WILL BE better than the first. I'd bet money/other things on that being a fact.

 

Aronofsky > the dogshit that was the first film. I could direct a better film than Wolverine 1 and I'm shit at life. And Aronofsky is a KoL so it will blow us all.

 

[/end of sequels vs. originals discussion]

 

Like I said a rare thing.

Mind you, I'm not keen on his time in Japan, so maybe not.

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It's a sequel, sequels are never as good as the original, fact.

 

As good as the original or maybe better:

 

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Actually BETTER than the original:

 

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I can keep going, if you want me to. And I'm not even counting spiritual sequels (like The Good The Bad & The Ugly, Oldboy or Requiem For A Dream) or great sequels that are only slightly inferior (like Back To The Future II / Return Of The Jedi / Dr. Mabuse).

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Haha I can't believe I agree with all those sequels being better.

arguable:

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Better

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and you can count every single other one being better than the motion picture as well ( except V: final frontier)

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Yeah, TS 2 is arguable, but come on, it's as least as good as the first... and I personally preffer it. My fav of the 3.

 

Never seen Star Trek, so I can't really say.

 

And LOTR I don't really think counts, as it's essentially one movie split in 3 parts. It was planned from the start to be a 3 part story, where as most other sequels on the list weren't even planned and only came about because the first found success.

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