I decided to watch this not long after watching the first one. And I have to say I'm actually a little disappointed in this one. I really enjoyed the first so I had good expectations for this. And it backfired on me.
So I want to start by saying it's not a bad film by any stretch. But, in comparison to what it could have been it's not great either. So my main issue with this is quite simply the writing. I just don't think it flowed well enough and the pace of the film was generally pretty slow throughout.
This film lacked that "wow" factor that the first film had as well. We got to witness this whole heist go down and that's what made everything fall into place and it's what made that film great. But, you don't get that this time round and the "heist" is incredibly underwhelming. I found the characters a little underwhelming also. The first film introduced them really well and they all illustrated certain quirks. This film really didn't show any of that anymore and some characters I genuinely forgot about mid film, because they were so spaced out and simply 'not there'.
A problem I had with the first instalment is that they tried including a romance storyline line and it just didn't really work. Nor did I care for it. And this went down the same route. I just don't think these kind of storylines are really needed for the type of film that it is.
But yeah, I'm just disappointed if anything. I really enjoyed the first and this in comparison is a let down. Like I mentioned before it's not a terrible movie. But there's a lot of room for improvement. It's got me nervous to watch the third film now.
So I want to start by saying it's not a bad film by any stretch. But, in comparison to what it could have been it's not great either. So my main issue with this is quite simply the writing. I just don't think it flowed well enough and the pace of the film was generally pretty slow throughout.
This film lacked that "wow" factor that the first film had as well. We got to witness this whole heist go down and that's what made everything fall into place and it's what made that film great. But, you don't get that this time round and the "heist" is incredibly underwhelming. I found the characters a little underwhelming also. The first film introduced them really well and they all illustrated certain quirks. This film really didn't show any of that anymore and some characters I genuinely forgot about mid film, because they were so spaced out and simply 'not there'.
A problem I had with the first instalment is that they tried including a romance storyline line and it just didn't really work. Nor did I care for it. And this went down the same route. I just don't think these kind of storylines are really needed for the type of film that it is.
But yeah, I'm just disappointed if anything. I really enjoyed the first and this in comparison is a let down. Like I mentioned before it's not a terrible movie. But there's a lot of room for improvement. It's got me nervous to watch the third film now.