Dorm Daze 2

There was a time when National Lampoon films were actually funny and worth seeing. "Animal House" is the most obvious example but that was decades ago. Now, you gotta ask "who green lights this crap?" I didn't think it was possible, but Dorm Daze 2 is even worse than the first Dorm Daze film.

It tries to recreate the teen T&A films of the 1980s and 1990s without success. The acting, if you can call it that, is horrible. The celebrity cameos are by D-listers and it looks like the main cast is just in it for the paycheck.

My recommendation to whoever is in charge of Nat Lamp films - please, just stop. Take some time off and find some talented writers and actors. Unless, of course, you're also just trying to make a quick buck.

Viewers, if you see this scroll by on a satellite/cable guide or on a streamer, move along. Life's too short and this just ain't worth the time.

This film is only mildly funny, there are lots of situations that could have made it funny but I think its the lack of comical timing of the actors and scenes that for me missed the punch, you always see the joke coming. The story is unoriginal but this was not a film made for its originality. The film does have a few funny moments and lots of nudity and things alike, like drugs and parties but they all seem a bit dull and slow. The film falls way short of movies such as "American Pie" & "Road Trip" even though more "naughty" stuff happens in this film and is more explicit, those films know how to use these elements for suspense and laughter this film just throws all them in an hopes it works.

I went to a screening of Dorm Daze 2 last night. My cousin worked on it so that might make me a little biased, but anyway, I laughed my ass off. The crowd was mostly people from the film who automatically are going to like it, but it was still one of the funniest movies I've seen this year. The plot doesn't die halfway through and then you get stuck with the same lame joke over and over like it does in half the movies around. There's a lot of female nudity which I think offended the old lady behind me and unfortunately there's also a lot of naked man ass which made me want to gouge my eyes out. Note to all producers. No man should ever be naked on film. The male body is meant to be covered in a burka at all times. However, thank you for all the naked females. There can never be too much naked female. Yours truly. Gandhi.

Lets face if you've rented this movie your either a fan of such crude, R-rated teen humour or REALLY REALLY STUPID.

I mean if you didn't like movies like American Pie, Roadtrip etc etc than you have no business renting this movie.

And if you've liked those movies and have seen the original Dorm Daze then you'll realise that this is a sequel to a not so great movie and scale down you expectations.

BUT Being a fan of such movies and the fact that the DVD was unrated I didn't scale my expectations down to much (6/10) and popped the movie into the player.

I immediately realised that this movie would at least meet my expectations (and may be even exceed it) when I realised that this movie wasn't going to be the story of one person but is going to involve a whole lot characters. (Thus removing the single biggest mistake film makers of such movie and their sequels make, i mean come on nobody in such movies has the talent to carry a whole film on his/her shoulders, by involving many characters you are able to hide many flaws and become much more flexible).

The actors involved unfortunately look far from being teens but even then that hardly affects the movie.

The pompous British professor, the fat captain, the tyrannical dean are all caricatures and neither hamper nor enhance the film.

The film makes many attempts to revive and reinterpret old jokes such as the dead body (weekends at Bernie) etc but meets with only reasonable success.

The movie does have its moments though, the naked hanging man and the 2 scenes involving the captains wive were a absolutely hilarious and had me falling out of my seat with laughter.

The movie is ample eye candy and nudity from the extras, sadly the main stars (especially Vida Guera) do not expose. Still the chicks involved were hot and I'm not complaining.

Acting, direction etc are not really important in such movie and due to the nature of the film (many characters, plots and sub-plots) ensure that any lapses on these fronts are easily ironed out.

Even though I didn't think it were possible this movie actually had the potential to exceed expectations, but the good amount of Strictly OK scenes ensured that this movie only met my expectations.

The DVD extras were nothing special and not worth mentioning.The movie is a mixed bag and we have a few money moments, hot chicks, nudity and a couple of absolutely hilarious scenes mixed mostly with a fair amount of not so funny moments, failed attempts and over the top scenes.

In all an OK movie thats worth a rent if you are are a fan of such movies and are desperate to watch a movie of this type.

-s fair amount of OK and not so OK scenes,cast strictly OK, no nudity from the stars.

+/s caricaturish characters, DVD extras.

+s 2 absolutely hilarious scenes (especially the captains wife),a mixed bag of funny jokes.

Total 6/10( absolute and factoring in expectations)

This is starting to be a film that I see when flipping thru the channels (and darn if Fios has a lot) late night to see if anything good is on to watch. It is relatively painless on that level, though it is hard to imagine too many will find it worthwhile to watch the whole thing. It is one of those films, however, you can mindlessly watch parts of, especially if you aren't desiring to think much. Drinking or being half asleep will help here or something along those lines.

The film is very frenetic -- it aims, especially during the extended play performance climax -- for slapstick style farce. I think it deserves a bit of love for at times managing to do this 1/2 well. It's not really that easy to do, especially with such a large cast.

Take the scene where two characters are trying to get into mood for sex. While this is happening, other things occur, and it all comes together when one of the boob characters accidentally falls over the ledge (because of some other plot development), down to his butt ramming against the cabin window. A crowd of people come in while this occurs. Basically, I'm saying, it requires some degree of plotting the situations to put this all together. It isn't that funny, mind you, but I respected the skill of it all.

Who expects much from a sequel to a film of this nature anyway? So, not much of a positive rating, but I do respect the effort. I think some of these people, including the creators of the film, might have enough talent that in another context, they could make a superior product.