We all knew going in that Charlie's Angels 2 was gonna stink. It's not hard to list the reasons why it does. Far more challenging is trying to be positive and coming up with 10 things that did NOT totally suck about the latest effort from the man known as McG. We chose to accept the assignment. Here are our findings. (Spoilers ahead)
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Tom Green is nowhere to be found in the whole movie! |
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In consideration for the millions of viewers who are overheated this summer and therefore not at the full mental capacity needed to comprehend a difficult, intricate plot, the moviemakers just went ahead and basically eliminated all traces of plot whatsoever, making it as easy as possible to just enjoy the pretty pictures. |
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Similarly, the filmmakers have generously reached out to the significant portion of the moviegoing community with weak bladders by designing a film that can be exited and reentered without missing anything. |
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A lot of it--heck, we can even go so far as to say most of it--is very well lit. |
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By putting Drew Barrymore in the role of butt-kicking heroine, the whole gang sends the message that, well, anybody can do this. Just think of the young women that will be inspired to--well, not kick butt, but luck into a few big box office roles so they can start their own production company and miscast themselves into a money-making franchise. |
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Bruce Willis gets killed in it. |
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Remember how cool the theme song to the original TV series was? Well, you can hear bits and pieces of it here. |
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The movie's full title, Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle, is close enough to a porno title that maybe soon you'll be able to go into a video store, and if someone catches you renting an adult movie and it embarrasses you, you can step back from the counter, look aghast, and exclaim, "Why, I thought I was renting Charlie's Angels 2!" |
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For those who just can't wait the 6 months between The Matrix: Reloaded and The Matrix: Revolutions, this movie sort of tides you over by providing those Matrix-style action sequences. Or at least trying to. |
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No animals were harmed during the making of it. |
Of course, it's easy to just rip on a really bad movie (and fun, too!), which is why I've tried to be positive. I've decided to go one step further, though, in my effort to be fair, and give some ideas as to how the third movie could not suck. See, they take these ideas and incorporate them, already they've got 10 things that don't suck about Charlie's Angels 3. Then they can build on that and maybe get up to a couple dozen by the time it's released. Here goes:
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Have Angelina Jolie, Michelle Yeoh, and Carrie-Anne Moss kick the crap out of the angels at the beginning of the movie and take over the roles. |
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It's supposed to be a popcorn movie, right? Well, how about free popcorn with every admission? FRESH popcorn. |
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Bring back Crispin Glover somehow and stop the movie about halfway through so he can just give a 10-minute long monologue about whatever he wants. |
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After, all these years, we finally get to see Charlie--and he's a giant slimy space alien. |
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Replace all the Matrix-style fight choreography with Looney Tunes-style choreography, complete with falling anvils. |
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Audience gets to vote off one angel every half-hour. |
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Bosley is played by Happy Days' Tom Bosley. |
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All dialogue is rapped. |
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Replace the pointless stream of celebrity cameos with a stream of celebrity look-alike cameos. It'll still be pointless, but at least it will be different. |
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Plenty of nudity. |
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