Happy Gilmore 2

40 minutes in, and this was looking very good. Similar beats to the original, with great cameos and multiple laughs. Sandler eases back into Happy like it's 1996, and familiar faces are everywhere.

But suddenly, things take a wild turn, and we are stuck in a bonkers sequel with no semblance of reality or cohesion. It is so bonkers that much of the last hour is indescribable.

Essentially Happy needs to raise money again to send his daughter to ballet school. He has to return to golf, which is being hijacked by a gingivitis addled fruit loop with grand plans to turn golf into MTV x XFL.

I didn't expect much, but was pleasantly surprised early on, particularly with Happy's hilarious buffoon sons. Unfortunately, we are left with another Zoolander 2 style debacle. 5/10.

I was actually quite looking forward to this and to be fair, it starts off pretty well. Loads of nostalgic references, a few funny slapstick moments that definitely felt familiar, and in a good way at first.

But yeah... it didn't really bring anything new to the table. Most of it relies on old jokes, random cameos, and throwing in a bunch of YouTubers. Not terrible, just kind of predictable. You can tell they weren't really trying to reinvent anything just giving fans more of what they remember.

That said, the nostalgia is still there. It was fun overall. I laughed a few times, had a decent time watching it, but it was never going to live up to the original. Still, worth a watch if you're a fan of the first one just keep your expectations in check.

First and foremost hopefully people realize that Adam Sandler has nothing left to prove to anyone. His success and reputation speak for themselves and at this stage of his career he can make a movie about anything he wants and have whoever he pleases in it.

Anyway, after reading some of the negative reviews I wondered what people were really expecting? Did they see the first movie? Bizarre moments, crude humor and goofy cameos were staples of the original and were of course represented in abundance here.

As for the cameos, it's not just incredible the people that Sandler can get to be in his movies, but the things he gets those people to say and do are amazing. From a cameo perspective this is possibly his greatest achievement yet!

Sequels are always tricky and basically never outshine the original. This movie is no exception but it is absolutely worth the watch.

All I can say is the worst-best movie I've ever watched. I loved that the whole movie was full of callbacks to the original. There was also just a lot of celebrities to point out and the cast was just full of Adam Sandler characters. The connection with Happy's children was also very wholesome and I actually really liked the ending.

I love Adam Sandler movies and I really wanted to love this movie. Sadly it's just not great. Shooter, Happy, and Hal L have bright spots but most of the jokes fell flat and the pacing was all over the place. The best way to describe this movie is a recycling of all the memorable jokes from the original but with worse delivery. Unfortunately Carl Weathers passed away so the story had to be rewritten. I would've rather seen a more grounded story with less cameos. The Sandman is still the GOAT and I'll watch every movie he makes.