Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
R | 01 December 2006 (USA)
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Taj Mahal Badalandabad leaves Coolidge College behind for the halls of Camford University in England, where he looks to continue his education, and teach an uptight student how to make the most out of her academic career.

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Michael

It's no Ryan Reynolds of course, but it's just a teen fun movie. People are reviewing this like it's supposed to be something other than that. I didn't laugh out loud, but for me watching a comedy isn't always about rolling in the floor laughing. It's just feel good.

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kooleshwar

We all know the formula of the "Teen Sex comedy sequel" and what to expect of it....When i say formula....i mean a winning formula ....because i didn't really expect or want anything else from this movie and nor should anyone else.If anything this movie was less raunchy than i would have liked it to be and probably thats the only genuine criticism i have of this movie.. (obviously people who watch foreign films,.. tend to rate and opine most on any site and thats apparent in the skew of ratings in favour of dramas vs comedies).So which hidden male fantasies has this movie covered.1)The British accent......and its not my colonial hangover.....just hearing girls with British accents does something to men....when you combine that with pretty or hot....2) The other guys girl......countless studies....same conclusion....3)The ugly guys who gets the pretty girl....I'm fat and i want Scarlett Johansson to fall for me.4)Giving it to the bully....it may not be a sexual fantasy but there was always this guy.....and we all wonder now....5)Being the big dog in school.6) A girl who sees the inner goodness behind the asshole.....seriously I'm a good guy...i just want to be what i am.....and super sexy girls should see that...7)Happy Endings....its not just the massage parlours where guys want it.....i don't know about sexual orientation ....but most guys are in the closet teen-rom-com lovers....(when its not girl centric)....I could have spoken about the wide range of quality in other aspects of film making in this movie...But seriously unless a "Teen Sex Comedy Sequel" completely sucks at most of them.....do you really care....You know what you want....go for it....

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Moviesandmore26

The film directors were trying to (ab)use a lot of the same items which were "successful" in an earlier version/movie.Unfortunately, Van Wilder 2 isn't an exception.Some predictable items:Nice guy wants to help some students without self-esteem. At school, he meets a beautiful girl. She's dating with the "douchebag leader" of the bad guys (cliché?). Nice guy gets framed by the bad guys. He takes the blame, and he gets expelled. The girl realizes that here boyfriend is an asshole, and she falls for...the good guy. At the end of the movie, the bad guy loses the girl, his respect, and he gets humiliated.Besides that, we also notice that there is a "dog joke" in both movies.Now, how many of these elements are being used in Van Wilder 1 AND Van Wilder 2? That's right, all of them.The movie is very cliché and not original at all. The jokes are lame, the storyline is a bit weak and empty. The bad guy isn't really "good", in fact. He has no real power, it's just big talk and a few weak attempts to be cool.Taj was better as a sidekick in the first movie, than as a main character in the second one.If you really like "school/college movies", you should watch this movie. If you really don't care if a movie has a weak storyline or bad jokes, you should watch this movie. If you expect more of a movie than the weak items I mentioned before, you should NOT watch this movie.

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detecthief

Before I checked out this movie I read the reviews first and they weren't good. So I thought that this movie is going to suck but out of boredom I popped the movie in and watched it.I find that this film is actually good, pretty good actually. Don't think of it as a sequel to Van Wilder but think of it as a spin-off. You won't get funny but awfully true life lessons here, just plain old humor.The only things I didn't quite like about the film is that Taj came out as invincible/lucky because of the dog food and test results and also because it lead to a swordfight. I know it got ridiculous didn't it? But overall it's a good film. Just relax, take it slow, and let the film roll.

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