The inevitable sequel arrives, and this time the makers have gone all holiday on the buses Mach 2, and sent the lads to meet Jay in Australia to join him one his gap year.
Of course, his legendary lies irk the boys somewhat, as his palace and D.J job are nothing more than a tent and a stint as a toilet attendant.
So they meet up with some pseudo bohemians, and go a travelling....
The roaring success of the first movie was always going to warrant a sequel, because if a movie makes £40 million plus in the U.K., it'd be daft not to.
The first time I saw the original movie, I didn't like it one bit, I thought it was a cash in, and made so much money because it was released just as the target demographic were coming off the depicted holidays and getting ready to go to Uni, and had a connection.
So I wasn't looking forward to this, but to prep myself, I saw the three series and the film again (which is better third time along), and just took it for what it was, four lads bonding with added gross out jokes.
And apart from the awful gross out jokes that haven't been funny in over fifteen years, I found the film to be quite endearing, and its a marked improvement on the original.
The plus points: The best parts if the film are when the four are just talking about life and their fantasies, the scenes in the car are brilliant, and really hark back to the original series.
Also, the way the travellers are depicted, total morons who think because they have dreads and can play an instrument have some sort of one up-man ship on every one else. Will states the truth, and his little outburst at an obviously rich boy back packer, is the highlight of the film.
The negative points: The depiction of the female characters here is just Neanderthal. They are either promiscuous, or have some sort of mental health problem. Or both. The writers really concentrate on other aspects, rather than make sub characters believable.
And as said before,the gross out humour doesn't really fit into the movie, and the big set piece in the water park, is cringe inducing for all the wrong reasons, and just feels forced.
But it has some decent observations, and the cast are as good as ever.
But anymore would really be scraping the barrel....
Of course, his legendary lies irk the boys somewhat, as his palace and D.J job are nothing more than a tent and a stint as a toilet attendant.
So they meet up with some pseudo bohemians, and go a travelling....
The roaring success of the first movie was always going to warrant a sequel, because if a movie makes £40 million plus in the U.K., it'd be daft not to.
The first time I saw the original movie, I didn't like it one bit, I thought it was a cash in, and made so much money because it was released just as the target demographic were coming off the depicted holidays and getting ready to go to Uni, and had a connection.
So I wasn't looking forward to this, but to prep myself, I saw the three series and the film again (which is better third time along), and just took it for what it was, four lads bonding with added gross out jokes.
And apart from the awful gross out jokes that haven't been funny in over fifteen years, I found the film to be quite endearing, and its a marked improvement on the original.
The plus points: The best parts if the film are when the four are just talking about life and their fantasies, the scenes in the car are brilliant, and really hark back to the original series.
Also, the way the travellers are depicted, total morons who think because they have dreads and can play an instrument have some sort of one up-man ship on every one else. Will states the truth, and his little outburst at an obviously rich boy back packer, is the highlight of the film.
The negative points: The depiction of the female characters here is just Neanderthal. They are either promiscuous, or have some sort of mental health problem. Or both. The writers really concentrate on other aspects, rather than make sub characters believable.
And as said before,the gross out humour doesn't really fit into the movie, and the big set piece in the water park, is cringe inducing for all the wrong reasons, and just feels forced.
But it has some decent observations, and the cast are as good as ever.
But anymore would really be scraping the barrel....