The film's real issue: Harry and Lloyd's characters.

the worst thing was seeing the clips of the original and the new one in the credits scene while the kinda sad song was playing,
the credit scenes were meant as as tribute to the first one but it just reminded me of how different they are, how innocent the first one is and how rude the new one is

the back seat of a Toyota Tercel.

And don't forget to make a follow-up appt.

Using psychobabble on D&DtO?
Loser.

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I could not agree with you more. First I noticed that both actors (I realize and understand this is probably a difficult thing to pull off as actors) but that they both struggled to find their characters as actors again. More so Jeff Daniels than Jim Carrey, but both them even sounded and acted different just in their voices/mannerisms. I feel like maybe they should have put more effort into watching the first over, and over, and over and over and living and breathing those characters again so that in the second, it felt more like them again, and not like them trying to play them again, because that's how it looked and felt unfortunately :/ Maybe it's virtually impossible to pick up a role with more ease so many years later if Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels can't do it, but I don't know, for an actor I feel like if you have done that role, especially a character role it's either going to be really easy or really hard to re-do. And for actors as good as them, with the right amount of effort, I feel like they could have hit it out of the park a little better. But they did alright. It's not like they were COMPLETELY different.

Then on top of that, first I noticed how much of a jerk I thought Lloyd turned into. I first watched this movie when I was a little too young, but even as an 11 year old, with all these jokes flying over my head, the movie didn't put a bad taste in my mouth. And for an 11 year old, even the innocent Lloyd and Harry can make a kid uncomfortable LOL. And they totally didn't!!!! I still loved them. Then I saw the movie again when I was 13, got every joke of course, watched it over and over and by 15 I could say every line with them the entire movie every time I watched it. So as a 27 year old, to feel uncomfortable, and put off by Lloyd's character, that's really saying something. And then even Harry started making me feel the same way. There were certain things that could pass as "Ok, they are dumb, totally get why this isn't mean, it's more just them being stupid." But Lloyd really did turn into a selfish, manipulative, pervy, self-involved, almost socio-pathic *beep* And Harry wasn't quite as bad, but he wasn't sweet old Harry from the first at all anymore. There were some jokes that had me laugh, for sure. But not like the first. And it just didn't feel the same. Like the pranks they were pulling on each other. They were trying to make this whole new "inside joke" thing, like in the first one they had the whole playing tag with their own words, most annoying sound in the world, singing, you could tell their friendship had these things that went on for years and suddenly they have this "But it wouldn't have been THAT funny" or whatever? What is that? I liked how they did the pushing people in the bushes thing and pointing and laughing. I remember Lloyd and Harry very specifically in the first one pointing and laughing when the dude was on the ground dying. So it was nice to have some familiarity in their characters and how they act when they prank and stuff, but it didnt warm my heart or make me crack up at the end when Harry was like upping his prank saying "But not as" like Lloyd said in the beginning if it had been 10 years instead of 20. I like in sequels when you bring back a lot of things from the first, and then just make it better. Don't try add things all of a sudden and think the audience is going to all of a sudden grab a hold of it, when the first one is truly a classic.

I understand modern comedy has changed----but for classic Dumb and Dumber fans, who love the first as it is, they could have stuck with the same characters/feel/jokes and it would have been funny enough. The whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth and it really upset me, because I was pissed when they made Dumb and Dumber-er. I didn't even watch that garbage. Then got psyched when they announced Dumb and Dumber to, SAME ACTORS AND WRITERS. But then a little scared, because I was like omg, no, don't mess with this classic. Don't make me feel weird about one of my favorite movies of all time, and Jim Carrey is my favorite actor of all time. So I HAD to go into watching this with high hopes, thinking if both actors were on board to do this, the writing had to be good. I was so let down. Even the plot was stupid to me. I tried to get on board with it. I kinda got into it.....when the kid was almsot Lloyd's kid, I actually wanted it to be Lloyd's because then maybe he'd have a reason not to be such an *beep* but I knew thered be a twist because it would have been too gross for him to have been lusting over his own kid for an hour. But for the ending to make the both virgins? That was stupid. As lovable and innocent as they are, even in the first, they don't seem like the kind of men who don't know what sex is. Anyway, totally see what you see and agree with you. Ohhhh well. Always will have the first one to love. I am just shocked Anchorman 2 ended up being a better sequel.

Agreed Jersey

Well thought out and well said

If intentionally giving your best friend laxative isn't malicious, then I don't know what is.

The "real" issue here is that you need to remove the stick from your ass and just enjoy it for what it is...a comedy.