I loved the original sandlot. Scratch that, I love it. Even now twelve years since I first saw it, I can sit down a laugh and be entertained by it.
When I heard there was a sequel, I was appalled. Why would someone make a sequel to a movie that stood so well on it's own? But nonetheless, when the movie played on TV one night, I decided to give it a chance.
This movie is horrible. And from here on I will provide an itemized list of some of my problems with it.
1. The Acting - Sure most of the kids haven't really been in anything else, so I won't fault them too much. But even the adults were awful. It seemed that most of them were in it cause they hadn't had a job offer for a while. Oh, James Earl Jones, what has become of you?
2. The Premise - The last movie made sense, a boy who know nothing of baseball grabs an autographed baseball to play with. This one... I don't know where to start. First off, I doubt NASA would house the development of one of the "most important engineering feats in the history of mankind" in one of their scientists garages. Secondly, why was it sitting in his garage, fully prepped and ready for launch? Third, the rocket makes it into orbit. That's right, the thing makes it to space. Yet somehow, a day after it launches, it falls back down to earth, not fifty feet from where it was launched. What follows from this point on is an almost exact duplicate of the last half of the first movie, including the exact same line Benny used before going over the fence, only poorly acted, and with the addition of a completely unnecessary love story. Not to mention the shameless corporate plug for Nike.
3. Useless scene - the kissing booth scene.. Why was it there? It served no purpose, didn't advance any of the characters, and only serves as a poor homage to the "Squints"/Wendy Feffercorn scene of the original. Hell, even he narrator of Sandlot 2 says "We never mentioned that night again", if you never mentioned it again, why is it worth telling the audience.
4. Baseball - Where was it? I counted two incidents of baseball in the movie. There might have been a hidden magic baseball scene after the credits, but seriously, why in a movie named after a baseball field is there no baseball?
5. The Ending - I won't ruin too much for people who might hate themselves enough to sit through this, but seriously. "Abducted by Aliens" when you are doing a "what's gonna happen to them" story, have it make sense. And the horrible open for another sequel text scroll made me curse at my television.
In summation, if you like the Original Sandlot, if you like yourself, or if you like movies, avoid this. Just rent the original, and pretend this was never made.
When I heard there was a sequel, I was appalled. Why would someone make a sequel to a movie that stood so well on it's own? But nonetheless, when the movie played on TV one night, I decided to give it a chance.
This movie is horrible. And from here on I will provide an itemized list of some of my problems with it.
1. The Acting - Sure most of the kids haven't really been in anything else, so I won't fault them too much. But even the adults were awful. It seemed that most of them were in it cause they hadn't had a job offer for a while. Oh, James Earl Jones, what has become of you?
2. The Premise - The last movie made sense, a boy who know nothing of baseball grabs an autographed baseball to play with. This one... I don't know where to start. First off, I doubt NASA would house the development of one of the "most important engineering feats in the history of mankind" in one of their scientists garages. Secondly, why was it sitting in his garage, fully prepped and ready for launch? Third, the rocket makes it into orbit. That's right, the thing makes it to space. Yet somehow, a day after it launches, it falls back down to earth, not fifty feet from where it was launched. What follows from this point on is an almost exact duplicate of the last half of the first movie, including the exact same line Benny used before going over the fence, only poorly acted, and with the addition of a completely unnecessary love story. Not to mention the shameless corporate plug for Nike.
3. Useless scene - the kissing booth scene.. Why was it there? It served no purpose, didn't advance any of the characters, and only serves as a poor homage to the "Squints"/Wendy Feffercorn scene of the original. Hell, even he narrator of Sandlot 2 says "We never mentioned that night again", if you never mentioned it again, why is it worth telling the audience.
4. Baseball - Where was it? I counted two incidents of baseball in the movie. There might have been a hidden magic baseball scene after the credits, but seriously, why in a movie named after a baseball field is there no baseball?
5. The Ending - I won't ruin too much for people who might hate themselves enough to sit through this, but seriously. "Abducted by Aliens" when you are doing a "what's gonna happen to them" story, have it make sense. And the horrible open for another sequel text scroll made me curse at my television.
In summation, if you like the Original Sandlot, if you like yourself, or if you like movies, avoid this. Just rent the original, and pretend this was never made.