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DVD The Sandlot 2
A decade has passed in the small town where the original Sandlot gang banded together during the summer of ’62 to play baseball and battle the Beast. Now comes the sequel, a campy romp back to the dugout where nine new kids descend on the diamond only to discover that a descendant of the Beast lives in Mr. Mertle’s backyard--a monster of mythical proportions known as "The Great Fear." Director/writer David Evans cleverly ties his two films together by introducing Johnnie Smalls, kid brother of Scotty Smalls ("You’re killin’ me, Smalls") who is well-versed in the legendary struggle for possession of the Babe Ruth baseball. Smalls befriends the sandlot gang (which now includes three girls) and its leader, David Vincent Durango, and relates the rumor of "a mutated, insane Bigfoot dog thing" behind the left field fence. Summer unfolds with baseball rivalries, rocket launchers, and the infamous Carnival kissing booth, but fate will forever change the history of the sandlot when a crisis forces Smalls and Durango to join forces against The Fear. Regardless of one’s sentiments on sequels, Evans’ writing in this remake is nearly as fresh and full of memorable quips as the original, including his characteristically understated narration. And while the film may be faulted for its forced melodrama and unseasoned cast, James Earl Jones lends his star appeal and the 70s soundtrack will make you wish for the days when fireworks were legal. Rated PG for profanity and raunchy humor. (Ages 6 to 14) --Lynn Gibson
As pretty much everyone else has said, this movie wasn't anywhere close to being as good as the first. I went into the movie expecting roughly the same type of characters, but I got bored with it rather quickly when it became obvious than not only most of the people were going to be the same type, but the movie recycled half the scenes from the first movie (swimming pole, tricky kiss with older woman, chase scene with dog, fight and eventual game with baseball bullies, fireworks, clever contraptions used to retrieve an object, etc.) I don't think the movie sucked outright, I mean it was ok, and if I hadn't seen the first one I would have probably liked it more. But I did see the first, so it was hard to get into this bad imitation. The DVD certainly did it's best trying to get you to purchase the original sandlot on DVD though.
The language didn't bother me so much... though I don't think it's appropriate in a kids movie, even if "all kids do it". Most kids try smoking or alcohol, that doesn't mean it's good to glorify it or leastwise tacitly approve it by having the kids do it in a movie. But anyway, I didn't really notice it. Perhaps I am desensitized. What I DID notice was a certain 13 year old actress whose character was overtly sexualized. That was just NOT cool. Kids that young should not need to be shown in a sexually alluring fashion, or made to flirt, in order to make a "first love" subplot work.
I've read some of the reviews (elsewhere) for this movie, and I think some critics are so geared towards finding fault that they miss the whole point of certain aspects of the movie. One critic was talking about how the pro-feminist angle fell flat on it's face since the boy came to the girls aid and punched the girl's adversary in her defense. Hello? The movie is NOT pro-feminist, it's perhaps the most anti-feminist movie to come out of hollywood in a number of years. Yes, there is the cliched moral (one that is ironically based more on emotion than actual evidence) that "girls can do anything boys can do". But feminism in general does not come off well in the movie. How does the most (and only) vocal proponent of radical feminism come off? As an out-of-touch, overbearing mom who has no real use to anyone. She frustrates the Dad; the daughter just rolls her eyes at the mom's "advice". The cat is named Susan B (as in Susan B. Anthony), but is that a good thing or bad thing? The kid wasn't named susan, the cat was. Is that really a compliment? Gloria Steinem (sp?) is mentioned, but of what use was her world view as applied to real life? Nothing.
Who comes to the rescue of the girl? The guy. Ironically, the girl is "empowered" only insofar as the guys are willing to be exactly un-feminist-minded, and treat the girls with respect. You don't hit a girl, that's why the boys didn't just chase the girls off their sandlot. Oh but wait, if everyone is equal, then the boys could have kicked the tar out of the girls. It is therefore the "old fashioned" (and proper!) mindset of the boys that keep the girls from getting the snot knocked out of them. You just don't do that. Chesterton was right; girls are what civilize us. We'd be animals without them. We'd also be animals if the radical feministic premises sometiems put forth were truly accepted by our society.
nothing like the oringinal
the director shouldint have made a part two in the oringinal everything that needed to be said was said already there was no need for part two this movie sucked on ice and it wasint even funny and it wasint even entertaining its was nothing if i had a choice i woulding even have given it the one star this movie dosent even deserve that if you wanna see a REAL baseball movie watch the sandlot the ORINGINAL one
Part 2 of review 1 (may 3 2005... with 1 star as well)
The directer made a sequel and a remake at the same time!!! whats up with that!? by the way this movie will stink... I have not seen it yet but its quite obvious. check my other review as it says in my title... SANDLOT I RULED!! WHY RUIN IT?????
When egghead Scotty Smalls moves to town just before the summer vacation of 1962, his first priority is to make friends. He heads to the nearby sandlot only to humiliate himself before the local kids, but star player Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez befriends the awkward boy, teaches him the basics of baseball, and welcomes him to the team. It's a summer filled with camaraderie and fun until Smalls hits his first home run. Problem is, Smalls's home run sends his stepfather's "Babe Ruth" autographed baseball into a neighboring yard that's patrolled by a snarling, slobbering monster called "The Beast." Creativity reigns and hilarity ensues when the boys risk everything to retrieve the ball. A final heroic encounter with "The Beast" and his owner yields some very surprising results.... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Tom Guiry - Mike Vitar DVD Release Date: Released the 29 January 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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If you spliced Charles Addams, Dr. Seuss, Charles Dickens, Edward Gorey, and Roald Dahl into a Tim Burtonesque landscape, you'd surely come up with something like Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Many critics (in mostly mixed reviews) wondered why Burton didn't direct this comically morbid adaptation of the first three books in the popular series by Daniel Handler (a.k.a. "Lemony Snicket," played here by Jude Law and seen only in silhouette) instead of TV and Casper veteran Brad Silberling, but there's still plenty to recommend the playfully bleak scenario, in which three resourceful orphans thwart their wicked, maliciously greedy relative Count Olaf (Jim Carrey), who subjects them to... well, a series of unfortunate events. Along the way they encounter a... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Jim Carrey - Jude Law - Meryl Streep Director(s): Brad Silberling DVD Release Date: Released the 26 April 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Vin Diesel is game to soften his tough-guy image in The Pacifier, in which he plays hot-shot Navy S.E.A.L. Shane Wolfe, whose latest mission goes awry when the scientist he's sent to rescue is popped off before he can tell Wolfe where he's hidden some Top Secret software something-or-other. Before you can say Kindergarten Cop, Wolfe is assigned guard duty at the scientist's family home, where he's left with some unruly kids when the widow (Faith Ford) takes off to Switzerland to claim her hubby's safety deposit box under the guidance of Wolfe's superior officer. The trouble with this paint-by-numbers fish-out-of-water kiddie comedy is that Diesel himself is a fish out of water in the movie--he's no comic and is far funnier when he's unintentionally spoofing macho... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Vin Diesel - Brittany Snow - Max Thieriot - Brad Garrett Director(s): Adam Shankman DVD Release Date: Released the 28 June 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Like a Hardy Boys mystery on steroids, National Treasure offers popcorn thrills and enough boyish charm to overcome its rampant silliness. Although it was roundly criticized as a poor man's rip-off of Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Da Vinci Code, it's entertaining on its own ludicrous terms, and Nicolas Cage proves once again that one actor's infectious enthusiasm can compensate for a multitude of movie sins. The contrived plot involves Cage's present-day quest for the ancient treasure of the Knights Templar, kept secret through the ages by Freemasons past and present. Finding the treasure requires the theft of the Declaration of Independence (there are crucial treasure clues on the back, of course!), so you can add "caper comedy" to this Jerry Bruckheimer... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Jon Turteltaub DVD Release Date: Released the 03 May 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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When you start watching Racing Stripes, you may not be prepared for how unbelievably cute a young zebra is. A travelling circus accidently abandons an adorably helpless zebra in the middle of Kentucky on a stormy night. Fortunately, the wee zebra is found by Nolan Walsh (Bruce Greenwood, The Sweet Hereafter), a brilliant horse trainer who's given up his calling after a riding accident that killed his wife. His daughter Channing (Hayden Panettiere, Raising Helen) names the zebra Stripes and, before you know it, Stripes has grown to young adulthood and is aching to race at a nearby track. Thus begins a fairly formulaic triumph-over-adversity tale combined with talking animals--but Racing Stripes understands its formula and executes it without any... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Frankie Muniz - Snoop Dogg Director(s): Frederik Du Chau DVD Release Date: Released the 10 May 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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