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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

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  • #2
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 13,142 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    The original is one of the best films ever made, don't know what to make of this.

    'Here lies David Saint Hubbins and why not'



  • #3
    loyatemu
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    Trailer does not look great, have any of these very belated sequels been worth the effort?

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  • #4
    ~Rebel~
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 34,746 ✭✭✭✭~Rebel~


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123671593#Comment_123671593

    Top Gun Maverick is the standout. Comedies have fared less well though.

    I’m hoping that this focuses less on the absurdity of the band itself, and more on the absurdity of the promotion/production machine around cynically resurrecting a band. Like, it could be used really well to satirically poke fun at all these belated and unwanted sequel cash grabs.

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  • #5
    gmisk
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123671593#Comment_123671593

    Comedy wise I am really struggling most I can think of have been abysmal (zoolander 2...dumb and dumber to, bill and ted 3 was decent.....but plenty of others I can think of in other genres Blade runner 2049, Mad Max fury road, Halloween, Creed.



  • #6
    Bogey Lowenstein
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,525 ✭✭✭Bogey Lowenstein
    That must be Nigel with the brie...


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123671593#Comment_123671593

    The Beetlejuice sequel was fun.



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  • #7
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,186 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Stonehenge!

    https://youtu.be/2WWTzQ-mRFw

    You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

    ―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray



  • #8
    briany
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    I thought it looks pretty funny. What cult films like this, it's going to be impossible to live up the expectations of the fan base with a sequel. On the other hand, a lot of those people will still watch it, so there is money to be made.

    From a logic point of view, the idea of a band doing a behind-the-scenes doc of their farewell show makes all the sense in the world. It's nearly a prerequisite in today's day and age to do something like that.

    With Happy Gilmore 2 being a relative success, I think the world is going to have to prepare for an onslaught of these 'legacy' sequels. Nobody has to watch them, but a lot of people almost certain will. I wonder what we'll get in coming years?



  • #9
    sbs2010
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 597 ✭✭✭sbs2010


    I think the trailer is good.

    Saw the original many years ago though it was very very funny I wouldn't be too precious about its memory/legacy.

    Happy to take this new one on its own merits.



  • #10
    artvanderlay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,245 ✭✭✭artvanderlay


    I hate that Paul McCartney and Elton are in it playing along with the joke. They should have been stuck in a lift with Tap, not knowing who they are, or something like that. Some meh UK comedy actors in supporting roles too. However, I think the chemistry of the leads is so good that there are bound to be some laughs - Nigel the cheese maker looks especially appealing. Also Artie Fufkin is coming back!



  • #11
    The Nal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,556 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123692119#Comment_123692119

    Seems the way around it is to flood the movie with cameos. Like in HG 2



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  • #12
    Bogey Lowenstein
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,525 ✭✭✭Bogey Lowenstein
    That must be Nigel with the brie...


    Lots of old rock stars with funny anecdotes about the band from back in the day would be good.

    Alice Cooper for one, he hated the movie when it first came out because he thought it was based on him. 😂



  • #13
    Appletart Upsetter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 822 ✭✭✭Appletart Upsetter


    The reviews are mixed. But that shouldn't matter too much to fans of the original.

    I've probably watched it over 30 times. Became a bit of a college thing there in my early 20s.

    If anyone has seen it, fill us in!



  • #14
    speedboatchase
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    Made $1.6m in its US opening weekend. What was the bloody point



  • #15
    loyatemu
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123816644#Comment_123816644

    How much more flop could it be? And the answer is none, none more flop.

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  • #16
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 13,142 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Suppose their appeal has become more selective.



  • #17
    Spon Farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,292 ✭✭✭Spon Farmer


    Is this on a very very limited release in Irelandor are cinemas dropping it becasue of poor attendance ?

    I was going to book a ticket to see it in Salthill next weekend but it won’t be on. Had a quick check of listings on entertainment.ie and it doesn’t seem to be on in very many cinemas from next Friday.



  • #18
    Apothic_Red
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    Wait for streaming, a few funny moments but mostly misses the mark.

    I laughed a few times in the first half but began phone scrolling through the remainder.

    Chris Addison plays an over the top record exec that provides most the comic elements. Rob Reiner does his best but it's just a bit tired & unnecessary.



  • #19
    Brief_Lives
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,401 ✭✭✭Brief_Lives


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123820755#Comment_123820755

    scrolling in the cinema?



  • #20
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 13,142 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Was looking at the listings in my local cinema, they don't seem to be showing it at all, they are showing 3 different old Spiderman films and Billy Elliott but not this, just no interest in it?



  • #21
    ronano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,177 ✭✭✭ronano


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123853834#Comment_123853834

    I was one of 2 people at my screening on week of release. I didn't have high expectations and enjoyed it



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  • #22
    The Nal
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    I enjoyed it. Kinda what I thought it would be. Apart from the "tension" and the end.



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