Titreenp
SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
Console
best movie i've ever seen.
Scotty Burke
It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review
sme_no_densetsu
Just one year after the original "Wayne's World" movie became a surprise hit, Mike Myers & Dana Carvey returned as Wayne & Garth for another cinematic adventure. Although generally regarded as being inferior to the first movie, "Wayne's World 2" nevertheless features several memorable scenes.However, I think that the main problem with the movie is that these scenes are sprinkled throughout a story that just plain isn't that interesting. After having a dream where he speaks to Jim Morrison about doing something with his life, Wayne goes about organizing a music festival. As you might expect, he quickly finds himself in over his head.This is a decent enough premise but the actual "Wayne's World" TV show gets almost totally ignored, so this needn't have been a "Wayne's World" movie to begin with. Although the story was supposed to illustrate character growth, the fact is that Wayne & Garth don't actually do a whole lot to make the festival a success. Apart from this, the Wayne & Cassandra romantic subplot mostly seems like a rehash of what we saw already in the first movie.I'm probably being a bit harsh on the screenplay, though. As I said before, there are several memorable scenes which are brought to life by a pretty good cast. Particularly notable is Ralph Brown as British roadie Del Preston. Other memorable moments are provided by the likes of James Hong, Kim Basinger, Harry Shearer & Drew Barrymore. Christopher Walken is also here in a prominent supporting role but, unfortunately, I find his character to be pretty colourless.Behind the camera, Penelope Spheeris didn't return as director due to clashing with Myers the first time around but "Kids in the Hall" alumni Stephen Surjik did a respectable job in her place. Of course, being "Wayne's World", music plays an important role in the movie. Overall, the soundtrack is probably better this time, even though there's nothing as iconic as the uses of "Bohemian Rhapsody" & "Dream Weaver" from the first movie.Ultimately, "Wayne's World 2" mostly avoids feeling like a retread but it seems to me that it works better in individual scenes than on the whole. It still makes for an enjoyable hour and a half but it's missing the indefinable spark that made the original stand out.
bradencn
Make sure that you watch this film knowing what it is: an outrageous comedy, generally wholesome and clean, that makes you face palm over and over again. Do not watch this if you are looking for a classy Cary Grant comedy...think along the lines of Dumb and Dumber and you'll know how you'll like this.What makes this comedy fly is that Mike Myers and Dana Carvey aren't "just being themselves." I'm thinking of other comedies, such as Grown Ups, and 60% of other Adam Sandler films, where you can tell they were produced halfheartedly, where Sandler knew the film would have his name on it, so even if it wasn't the best, at least he would make some money. He films in a spot he wants to vacation in, makes up a quick story, and voila. I DESPISE those kind of films. Wayne's World is not one of them. Myers and Carvey are actually trying to create comical genius that will be quoted and talked about literally forever in the film world. Even looking at the rating I gave this movie, I laugh because I see in parenthesis the word "excellent," which is a hilarious tag line throughout the whole movie.There is maybe one or two sex innuendo scenes in this movie, lots of just dumb laughter that makes you face-palm, and many many quotable lines. Worth the watch if you are not turned off by this genre.
Wuchak
"Wayne's World 2" came out a year after 1992's "Wayne's World" with Mike Myers as Wayne Campbell and Dana Carvey as Garth Algar, who run a silly cable show rooted in rock/metal culture. In this sequel, Wayne receives word in a vision from none-other-than Jim Morrison to put on a concert in Aurora, Illinois. He dubs it Waynestock. If he "builds it" will they come? I saw this film before the first one in a motel with my wife circa 1994-95 and, by the end, I was crying I was laughing so hard. The scene that put me over the edge was when a certain classic actor appears as a gas station attendant.Memorable moments abound: The encounter with the albino-eyed city official, Wayne's martial arts fight with Cassandra's father, Wayne's visions with Morrison and the half-naked Indian, and many more.The original film is actually a let-down compared to this one. Don't get me wrong, it's a solid comedy and consistently amusing if you're in the mood for goofy humor rooted in 70s-90s rock/metal, but there are a number of flat areas. This sequel flows better and is way funnier. It helps if you're up on the rock/metal scene and cinema though, otherwise you won't get half the jokes.I gauge comedies by how funny they are (naturally), as well as how compelling, and "Wayne's World 2" delivers exceptionally on both fronts. It's one of my all-time favorite comedies along with "Coming to America" and the original "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective." The film runs 95 minutes and was shot in Chicago and Southern California.GRADE: A
tvw07
Wayne's world is about more than the theme song they sing, the fight scene with Mr.Wong and the weird naked Indian. Its about two guys Wayne and Garth who just want to do what every teenage metal head dreams of.The thing that sells me so much on this movie more so than the original is a lot of Wayne's reference to pop culture. Little things that you don't really pick up until you watch it for the 10th time. Things like waynes John Hughes reference, or Del talking about hanging out with Jeff Beck.I have nothing but praise and respect for this movie, and I fail to see why Mike Myers hates that he made it. So until next time, party on.
