Friday, 19 December 2014

Horrible Bosses 2

I've been back in my homeland of Bristol for a week today for the Christmas holidays, and I have to say that as much as it is great to be home and in the warmth... it has been a tad bit boring at times. This is most possibly due to the ever decreasing amount in my bank account, seriously it's gotten me down lately. 


But one of my best friends, Liv, came home Thursday for her Christmas holidays to finally start. And as much as I had little interest in going to the cinema, (purely due to my money woes) I was talked into finally viewing Horrible Bosses 2.  
It was a good idea at the end of the day, I had been left with nothing to do that night and I hadn't seen Liv for a good few weeks. We ended up having one fun long walk home. Also the film was somewhat... satisfying. 
I say this mainly due to the fact that myself and Liv are both quite large fans of the first movie. I remember seeing the first one in the cinema with my cousin years ago, nobody was in the cinema I recall. I also remember that I found it funny in the cinema... but it took me from watching it several times online to become obsessed with it. This leads to most memories of the my summer of 2014, where me and Liv would just end up quoting the entire movie for days on end (even the out takes). 

Anywho... Horrible Bosses 2 showed me some small promise of such satisfaction when I first watched the trailer. I think because I had gotten too weirdly comfortable with the first one, I may have had some distaste for people to add to the underrated comedy.
By this I mean that when you add the three characters together, you are basically watching Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis as they actually are. 
Which is what I want to be honest.
Charlie Day gets funnier throughout any movie or television show he stars in if you ask me, you're all dealing with someone who quickly became addicted to It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia.
Watch it if you haven't, because the style of comedy is very unique and worth the half an hour of each episode.
Thank god for Netflix.

Horrible Bosses 2 lives up to the first film in some ways, these three men's acting styles fit well together and the moronic decisions are as ever flowing as it was in the first one. 
You get to see Jennifer Aniston and Kevin Spacey again, which is always a plus. However I have a problem, at the end there is a blatant rape joke made by Jennifer Aniston's character... and obviously this is indeed a stupid move. And you may think that I'm putting the mood down, but if you think that the notion of joking about rape is at all fun and games, then you are damaging lives of survivors and only contributing to rape culture. YES IT DOES EXIST.
Moving on,
I did enjoy the film, even if it did mean I had to be given money for the ticket alone from my dad... it's hard being a student I'll state it again. 
I have always enjoyed Jaimie Foxx's parts in films. Horrible Bosses show his character of 'Motherfucker Jones' in a larger light. So more screen time for him and this was pleasing for me. 
Of course there is always a sniff of a third film opening at the end of films like these and Horrible Bosses 2 provides you this in some ways. 

So there is hope for more antics from the three pure idiots who mean well and just need good job opportunities, and for this I am thankful. Although I felt that some of the film was lacking in some ways, I couldn't really put my finger on it. I suppose I was hoping for more of a bigger part from Christoph Waltz, as from his break out roles in both Tarantino films 
Maybe I was hoping for more of a bigger role with more personality. 
I did find at some points that the film lagged perhaps, however this could be because even though the laughs kept on coming, some of the jokes were not as funny as what I lived through within the first film.

I think that's enough for you all to be going on, I recommend you see it, however you may want to hold on until it's out on DVD. 
I'm thinking of everyone's money because I have none of it, I don't want anyone (student or not) to be with less than £50 in their bank account this near to Christmas like I am.

I sound like a charity appeal... 









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