This movie was good. It was OK. I think I could watch it again, but I don't think it would be in the closest hours anyway.
The movie is about a bad teacher... surprised? But it starts of with her quitting her job... Don't know why they had her to quit first since the scene after that she goes back to the school anyway... That was kind of pointless. They could have just cut to when the boyfriend breaks up with her. Oh well! She comes home after quiting her job as a teacher and her boyfriend says he wants to break up with her because it feels like she's only in it for the money... and yes she is! The rest of the movie is like her getting someone with money to like her because she wants a man to provide for her. So she thinks that getting bigger boobs is going to help her get a man... Ok... Anyway! So she's trying so hard to get the money for a boobjob to get a man... And that's what the movie is about! Oh! And she's competing with a coworker about this man and that bit is actually kind of funny.
The characters were great, every character was well developed, except for the kids. The maincharacter was great, it's Cameron Diaz and I always love her in every movie she's in, that's the reason I wanted to see it. And I think she takes a lot of charm to this movie. Without her, I don't think it would've been as strong. But what do I know? It's good that we didn't experience Bad Teacher without her. The coworkers were great! The actors there were nice as well, they seemed to do a good job and I enjoyed watching them. Everytime you had an interesting character to look at and that was good! Let the characters speak because you're there to watch them! The kids however... It was the stereotypes all over to me so... yeah, that was a little boring. We had one scene where the teacher asked one student if she wanted to do well in school because she wanted it or because her parents wanted it. That's a good question! But... They don't do anything with it. They just let the teacher ask it and then it's done! Not gonna bring it up again! ... yay... So that was a little disappointing.
I liked the beginning of the movie that showed past teacher movies... or something like that. It was smart to begin it like that. The humor was great. It felt forced sometimes but it wasn't THAT forced that some movies can get. So that was great to see that a movie about a bad teacher can have some flow in their jokes. I don't see it that often. So that was uplifting.
And I don't really have much to say about it. The stuff that didn't work for me were the kids but other than that.... It was fine. Nothing spectacular, but nothing horrible either. It's just good.
... I didn't like it. ... If you want to know why, please continue the reading. If you want to say that I'm wrong and I don't know what a good movie is... FUCK YOU!
Ok! I'm gonna say what I thought about the first one before I talk about the second one. Kung fu Panda! I avoided that movie until 2010 when a friend showed it to me. And it turned out better than I imagined! I was sucked in by the style and tone of the movie and I never thought I would! I wanted to see it again directly after that! The fighting was great, the characters were awsome!! and it looked really great!
Why I avoided it... I had a reason! Jack Black was in it ^^ ........ That's why I avoided it. I like Jack Black, I don't have anything against him, really! ... But his humor... I really don't like his humor and his humor shows in his movies, some of them anyway! So I was glad that Kung fu Panda didn't have his humor and that the comedy that Jack Blacks movies often have. .... Kung fu Panda 2 on the other hand.... *sigh* -.-
What's the story? I actually like the story. For a sequal to a Sports Movie this doesn't follow the usual pattern they use to have. I thought this sequal was gonna show Po that has gone back to being the "useless" panda and he was gonna be taught the same thing again. But no! They actual continue the story. So that was refreshing! The team is going to beat down a peacock that has taken out some kung fu masters and is going to take over china..... Although they say that he is going to stop kung fu.... Why did they have that plot in? Wasn't the other thing enough for them to stop him? Oh well! Before Po goes however Shifu tells him that the next step of his training is learning inner peace... Also before he goes he founds out that he was adopted (something that was missing from the first movie so you could guess that it was going to be in here.) So you could guess that finding inner peace won't be that easy when you're trying to find out why his parents left him and.... so forth XD That's pretty much the story and it sounds great doesn't it?
CLICHÉ!!! -.- Sorry! But even I have seen SO many movies that has tried to get out the message that this movie is trying to petray..... There's no surpsises what so ever in this story... Only disappointments! So that sucked! But, I did like the story anyway, but hey... SEEN IT A MILLION TIMES AND MORE! So that was no fun and at the end when they explained everything I was ready to turn it off. "I can guess what's going to happen" ... Although I couldn't! But I'll get into that later. So yeah... That was a HUGE thing that didn't work to the movies advantage. .. So why did I like it? ...... ...........
The characters!
They didn't change any of them! Yay! But they got more lines to the mantis! .... Why? No idea! They don't give any focus on him... He just gets more lines. That's fine! I was happy to hear more lines from that character, but why didn't they get more lines to the other characters then? Oh well! I'm glad that they didn't change the characters because that is a problem with sequals.. They change the characters.
So every character in the team and Po's "father" is great! Like they were in the first movie! The new characters...... Grrr! The villian -.- I hate those villians that talk too much, that seem cocky but hides behind big weapon and they just... talk! Grr!! It's nothing intimitating with a character that talks!! Couldn't someone cut out his vocal cords so he couldn't speak? Make him a silent villian! That would've been awsome!! But yeah... The peacock turns out as silly as the movies making Voldemort out to be -.- He's just silly and not intimidating and why make a villian that's not intimidating? Also I thought that they were going to explain his backstory more! You saw part of his struggle, you saw that he was suffering that his parents banished him and was afraid of him when he did something he thought they would be proud of. But nope! We're concentrating more on Po's backstory! We get a hint about something that Tigress was going through... Everytime Po meantions his family she gets this soft face that she has been going through something when she was little.... That's everything we get! Just a look and nothing more! ... That irritates! We get hints on two suffering backstories but it's the main chatacter's story that they're talking about. You could mention the other's too without leaving out the main character!! ... Egocentric Panda >
This movie brought out something that I was afraid that I was going to see in the first one. Idiotic and childish comedy! Jack Black has a childish humor that I don't think is funny! So I'm gonna say that the comedy didn't work for me at all. There were a few stuff that got me laughing, but... Don't put effort to get the audience to laugh really hard, put your effort to the story like you did with the first one! Get the people drawn into the story instead of concentrate on the comedy! Grr! The first fight scene really tourtered me.. I was thinking.. "DAMN! This movie is doing what I feared!" It's really goofy and cartoonish and.... The first movie didn't have fight scenes like that! The first movie praised Kung fu! ARGH!! They forgot about that >
SPOILER!
"I know I can't defeat you with my Kung fu! But this will!" ... He hides behing a cannon.... ... *sigh* A movie that is called Kung fu Panda has a villian with a cannon... WTF?!!! So, no.. They could've made so much with this image but they don't. But when they actually get to the final battle between Po and the peacock, all cannons are destroyed, he's getting our his knives and it looks like I finally is going to get my Kung fu battle I've waited on the whole movie, I was expecting something like in Azumi(first one) and it was going to look awsome!! .... The bird shows off with his knives too much and after three seconds he's squashed by one of his cannons.... *deep angry sigh* They tried to do so much with him but I guess it was hard animating all those feathers -.- GRR!!! How dare the movie show possiblities and not go all the way?! Meow!
So no, this movie didn't work for me. The first one was great, but the second wasn't nice -.- Let's see how they're gonna screw up the third one XD! Bye for now!
(And he was a white peacock.... Sure it looks nice, but... White peacocks is female o.o Isn't it? So that was destracting too >< It looked nice and I like when the villian isn't just dark and with red eyes like most villian is/was.. but... It's a white peacock that's male.... No! Wrong! Doesn't work! Looks good, but doesn't work! Like a lot things in this movie!)
