Review of Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987) by Marcus F — 27 Feb 2010

Not that funny. I was expecting a hilarious sequel to the first, which of course is what it looks like.

One thing I liked was the actual stereotypicality of the nerds. I was expecting them to all have glass, pen pouches and were badly dressed, but no, it's more on the kind of "The Big Bang Theory" Nerd thing. It's not as funny as the Big Bang though.

Also, I think this movie series started the name "Nerd" to smart people, which was formerly "dag." It is quite mediocre, but I think the writers really tried hard with the writing. "Nerd's in Paradise, what could we do?".

The story really pulls out anything that could solve a situation. I'm serious, an island (Obviously Gilligans Island) was a army training base? Are you for real? I believe the rapping scene really grabbed the actual "rapping" songs quite well. Alot of movies made after this failed with the rapping eg. Vanilla Ice, Kazaam, Bebe's kids etc. That was a real surprise.

All the Nerds are likable, but one thing really made me wonder. Dudley's character changed way too quickly from a pervert to a normal nerd. Through the beginning and opening credits he was saying to random women at the airport disgusting things and getting slapped. This was sad considering that they were some of the funniest jokes in the movie. To be honest, Dudley wasn't much of a Nerd anyway.

I didn't see the point in that sensei guy living across from the nerds in that random hotel. It really made me wonder how pointless he was. The main Nerd's love interest was amazingly smart. I really wasn't expecting that. One more thing was that, I thought those Nerds were smart enough to know not to smoke pot. What's up with that?

The ending is classic.

I wouldn't reccommend it a whole lot, but if you are a smart person, you should see it. There is no movie like it. Nostalgia can help this movie, but also eat away at it, so if you are looking at a modern funny nerd thing, just watch The Big Bang Theory...

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