Review of Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Full Movie

Review of Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Full Movie: I really liked the first 'Neighbors' film quite and bit and put it up there in the two-tier of great college party comedies, but didn't feel that a sequel was entirely necessary. This film, much like The Hangover and Anchorman sequels were disappointments compared to the original and even though I enjoyed this film, I couldn't help but compare it to the first one. There are plenty of funny parts, but many jokes were reused, fell flat, or were forced in my opinion.

 Overall, 'Neighbors 2' isn't a terrible comedy by any means, but this was a totally unneeded film and was a disappointment when compared to its original. We go back to the neighborhood of the Radner's, a young couple who have just sold their house and are in the escrow portion of the selling process, given a 30-day notice until the buyers decide if they really want it or not. Enter the sorority Kappa Nu, a bunch of girls who just want to party but can't because sororities aren't allowed to in the U.S. I think it's safe to say where it goes from here.

"Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising" isn't necessarily a good movie, but it isn't terrible either. It probably didn't need to be made, but we know how Hollywood likes to recycle humor to make an extra buck. Don't take this the wrong way, it's funny at times, but lacks the explosive humor from the original film. Maybe I'm too hard on sequels in Hollywood when it comes to the comedy genre, but maybe I'm not because how often do they actually work and are just as good or better than the original? Not often. But hey, I'm a huge Seth Rogen fan so I thought I would give it a try because the first film was flat-out funny.

I liked this movie. It wasn't as terrible as I thought it'd be. I was wondering if it'd be a mirror of the first movie, but it was more of a closure instead. I was hoping Dave Franco would do more than be a jackass to his best friend. Like it wasn't just going to be Zac Efron being the only Heel-Face Turn. Turns out the Sorority was a little meaner than the Fraternity, found their tricks to be excellent! Found it funny when Mac and Ted tried to escape a garage. The movie wasn't a total feminist plot either, it had its bro moments too, or rather sister moments. Like the sisters can be just as nasty and clever, as the frat bros, perhaps even meaner.

Most of this movie felt like a repeat of Neighbours 1, but it wasn't entirely a rehash of the same plot. It felt like it was going backward rather, instead of ending where the Protagonist wins, this movie had both the protagonists and antagonists get a good ending. One continuity issue I had was Mac and Ted were supposed to be pals at the end of the first movie, but they're still enemies in the second? That was the only real plothole I noticed. Probably more of them if I rewatch this.

Gross, idiotic, pointless movie! The writers think like 12-14-year-old kids with disgusting, perverted, pathetic ideas that they think are humorous. WARNING: Babies and toddlers are actually filmed with dildos, vibrators, and bloody tampons, along with direct cussing dialogue. How many real-world parents would subject their young child to be portrayed and used in that grossly sexualized way, are obviously terrible parents that desperately seek fame/money for their offspring and themselves? Also, the ridiculous plot points, sexism, racism, and weird (extreme) feminist subjects and very poor dialogue were crushingly awful.

What a truly depressing movie...it's sad to think that anyone would consider this garbage to be a comedy. Seth Rogen is an idiot to be involved in this type of NASTY work (and his sex scenes are revolting). His career is apparently in the garbage. As Seth has aged, he could have begun to make films with more intelligent humor or thoughtful quirky drama...instead, Seth and the other adult writers think like perverted, pubescent children that will soon be criminals and creepers (of both genders). The movie ended with his character and a male friend holding their adorable babies together and joking about those kids having sexual intercourse. That's not funny, it's eye-rolling...and more indicative of perversion that borders on pedophilia. Shameful. I feel dirty for having watched it. YUCK!

At the Phi Lambda sorority, Shelby (Chloë Grace Moretz), a freshman, learns that sororities are not allowed to host parties, and can only attend frat parties. Shelby goes to a frat party and meets two other freshmen, Beth (Kiersey Clemons) and Nora (Beanie Feldstein). They are disgusted by the sexist and perverse nature of the party. The trio decides to set up a new sorority, Kappa Nu, to host their own parties. Meanwhile, Teddy Sanders (Zac Efron) is at a dinner with his old frat brothers Pete (Dave Franco), Scoonie (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), and Garf (Jerrod Carmichael). Since graduating, they had been successful in their own jobs: Pete is working as an architect and has come out of the closet, Scoonie has launched his own app, and Garf is now a cop. Due to the events from the first film, Teddy now has a criminal record and cannot get a worthwhile job to support himself(having been fired from his job as a shirt model). Since that time, he had continued blaming the Radners' for both the record and the loss of career opportunities.

Pete's boyfriend Darren (John Early) then proposes to him, and Pete accepts, leading Pete to ask Teddy to move out, which later escalates into an argument between the two. The following day, the girls try to rent the adjacent house to the Radners' but do not have enough money to pay for it. Teddy, finding an opportunity where he can be valued, offers to help them and suggests a successful way to afford the rent. That night, they throw their first party. Horrified to learn they are a sorority, Mac and Kelly ask Shelby to keep the noise down. Mac and Kelly report them to Dean Gladstone (Lisa Kudrow), but she is unable to intervene since they are an independent sorority and she fears that shutting it down may lead to a public relations nightmare regarding sexism. The couple contacts Shelby's father (Kelsey Grammer), but he fails to control the situation. Feeling betrayed, the girls constantly haze the Radners. Mac, Kelly, Jimmy, and Paula retaliate by causing a bed bug infestation in the house, resulting in a fumigation just in time for the Baier's visit. The girls plan to raise money by selling weed at the school's tailgate and eliminating all the other competition by getting all the other weed dealers on campus arrested. Teddy strongly objects and the girls vote to kick him out of the house. Spurned, Teddy decides to join forces with the Radners to take down the sorority...

The Rotten Tomatoes critical consensus reads, "Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising" may not be strictly necessary, but it still wrings a surprising amount of humor from a recycled premise with a distaff twist." Mike Ryan of Uproxx gave the film a positive review, writing, "In a world in which so many comedy sequels fail, here comes a comedy sequel that isn't just 'as good as the first movie,' it's even better." The Guardian awarded it two stars out of five, saying, "This pretty routine follow-up has some decent material and amiable bad taste, heavily diluted with gallons of very ordinary sequel product: more of the same."

"Bad Neighbours 2" continues were "Bad Neighbours" ended but now we are faced with a sorority going haywire. I reckon the writers wanted to have some sort of feminist focus in the film by letting "college girls being all crazy and doing whatever the guys would do". It wasn´t that funny in the first place with the male focus, and it´s not that funny with the female focus. It all becomes the same ridiculous attempt of trying to be funny with shock value and groceness in all sorts of ways. We also see plenty of sexism, racism etc from all sides flying around in "Bad Neighbours 2" and it´s just tiring and the people behind the film don´t seem to have been aware of the messages being delivered. It´s repetitive and we see the same slapstick gimmicks over and over again like in most Seth Rogen films... The unevenness between how the sexes of the characters are treated is quite sad to see.

Chloë Grace Moretz character Shelby is portrayed as some sort of strong, feminist heroine who faces no real consequences for her actions at the end of the film. By that the film is reinforcing society's message to young women, 'consequences don't really matter because consequences are sexist and not the be taken seriously'. Do whatever you like, it´s likely you won´t get into bigger problems if you are a female compared to if you are a male. A weird message in my book. "Bad Neighbours 2" can´t get its shit together and it´s not a movie that you need to see.