Sure they weren't getting laid on the regular but the idea of two men in their 50's being explained what sex is seemed a little far-fetched even for their characters. Previous movie simpletons like Rocky Balboa and Forrest Gump didn't seem to struggle with the concept. I guess in a way it made sense since in the original Harry talked about Mary touching his leg like it was the highlight of his "sex life".
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They definitely knew what it was in the first film. Lloyd imagining that scene with Mary before the headlights wake him up. That line ' I just got that old fashioned feeling, where I'd do anything to bone her'.
shareAgreed whole heatedly. This movie was an abomination. Now when I watch the first one (and to me the only one), I have nightmares about this movie
shareWell clearly they misunderstood even that.
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by ajackett » Fri Nov 28 2014 11:00:40 Flag ▼ | Reply |
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I have a different take on it. I think their lack of understanding makes the original
even funnier, which I didn't think was possible. Everything about Harry's heart being
broken, the french tickler, Lloyd's dream sequence, when Lloyd was practising his
speech to Mary... it's all so much funnier now knowing that they have no idea what
they're talking about. I feel like we, the audience, had a 20 year gag pulled on us. It
was brilliant. Is it unrealistic? Maybe. But does it matter? No way. This was a great
joke.
Re: About the end. How can they not know? *Spoilers*
by EightiesKid » Sat Nov 29 2014 21:54:43 Flag ▼ | Reply |
I actually kinda see where you're coming from, ajackett. Even though the Farrelleys
probably weren't thinking of that way back in 1994, it does end up working really
well (even if its hard to believe).
Re: About the end. How can they not know? *Spoilers*
by ajackett » Sat Nov 29 2014 22:08:29 Flag ▼ | Reply |
I agree 100%, I doubt the Farrelly's had it in mind to write a joke that wouldn't pay
off for 20 years, but I think it was "genius, sheer genius" to have Freida reveal that
they never actually had sex. They must have realized there really was no evidence
that the guys weren't virgins, and decided to roll with that.
Actually, this was the one part of the story I was the most concerned about. Once I
heard Harry had a child, I immediately thought they'd write it where it's actually
Lloyd's child, and when Lloyd made that connection in the film, I was a little
disappointed because it's so obvious. But when Freida revealed the truth, they
"totally redeemed" themselves.
I wonder if maybe that's how the joke started. Maybe they wrote that in, then said
"that's pretty obvious, how can we change it to make it funny and unexpected?", and
realized they could make it neither, but then they took it a step further and made it
so Harry and Lloyd were still virgins.
Just makes the original funnier.
That made them too dumb.
shareThey didnt really care about continuity or faithfulness of the characters with what was established or at least heavily implied in the first film.
shareI absolutely HATED that joke in this movie, which otherwise I really enjoyed. They definitely knew what sex was in the original and that cringeworthy scene in this one where we find out that they're clueless about it should have been deleted. It felt like something you would see in a disappointing unrated cut. Seriously, that made them TOO dumb to where it wasn't even funny.
Okay, it was kind of funny when we found out that they never had sex with Fraida but then they went further with it and made them ignorant about sex, that killed the whole scene. Didn't really make sense that she wouldn't have showed them how 20 years ago either.
Ugh... that joke should have been cut.
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