Starring Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Bob Newhart, Luke Wilson, Regina King
Plot Summary In the sequel to the 2001 hit, Elle Woods is now juggling
a demanding career as a rising young lawyer as well as preparations for
her wedding to the man of her dreams. But when she stands up for the rights
of the other guy in her life - Bruiser, her chihuahua - Elle is fired
from her job. She's devastated, but you can't keep an optimist down. Ms.
Woods goes to Washington to take matters into her own well-manicured hands
with her clever and sassy signature blend of determination and intelligence.
She bucks the system the Elle Woods way, inspiring those around her to
find a voice of their own.
Snaps for Reese! *Snap* *Snap* =D! Not for the movie though!
With a summer of sequels that have been outdoing their predecessors, I had high expectations for this movie. Probably a bit too high, because I was pretty disappointed. Maybe I’m just completely retarded in politics, but the plot of this movie didn’t really make much sense to me, nor did I care to find out how the system really works. Even though it’s a continuation from the first Legally Blonde, it lost a lot of the originality and cute surprises from the first one which made it so endearing. I still revert back to blaming the politics, because nothing is really funny about that topic…except maybe the white stain on Monica’s dress.
So, like two years or whatever after the first one ends, we resume with Elle’s life. She’s now a top lawyer at a big firm and about to get married to Luke Wilson from the first film. But, just when you think that she may have gotten out of the “I’m blonde and therefore dumb phase” since she is a HARVARD GRADUATE, she proves you wrong. Elle invents the dumb idea that Bruiser’s mom must come to her wedding and sets out to find the dog’s mom, thus sparking a chain of events that gets her fired and moves her to Washington. She spends the rest of the time in Washington, trying to adjust to new bitchy people, and must inspire herself and others around her to fight for what they believe in.
I know movies are unrealistic, but it’s taken to quite a sickening degree here. As cute as Elle may be I highly doubt people would be overtaken by her charisma. I also doubt that in real life she would still be so dense after suffering through massive judgment from jerks in the first film. She’s like the stupidest genius I’ve ever seen, because she can do impossible things but still be completely nonsensical at the same time. I mean I can believe that Keanu Reeves can fly, but a congresswoman still wearing her Delta Nu sorority ring after 40 years befuddles me. I also doubt that she would remember the dance, but even if she does, it’s not that funny to see a 60 year old woman jigging. Many of the jokes in “Legally Blonde 2,” revolve around activities like this, and maybe I’m getting old but they just weren’t that funny.
I think part of the reason was because they took out some of the funniest parts from the first film aka Paulette, her hairdresser friend. Jennifer Coolidge is just plain funny. Dude, she’s freaking Stifler’s mom! Anyway, the woman oozes hilarity, especially in her role as Paulette and her part is severely reduced in this movie as she is replaced by a much less funny doorman whom Elle befriends. Dude Elle! Are you some kind of friend whore or something?! Freaking bring Paulette to D.C. with you!
Maybe movies like
these aren’t just meant to be sequels. Like, would you make a sequel
of “Clueless?” Well, you could try but guaranteed the first
one was so loved that the second will crash and burn. I’m afraid
it’s the same for Legally Blonde unless they can write her into
a whole new environment because legality is staling for the girl. It’s
a shame too because Reese is absolutely adorable in the role. I didn’t
used to like this girl but as Elle she is just cute, bubbly, and infectious
with her never-ending energy. My advice? Keep Elle but dump the Legal
part. How about Librarianly Blonde? Try revamping another stereotypically
boring subject…
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Frey:
Among the plethora
of such anticipated, action-packed sequels as Charlie's Angels 2, X2,
The Matrix Reloaded, T3, and Tomb Raider 2, we also have Legally Blonde
2: Red, White, and Blonde. So far, the sequels I've seen have lived up
to, if not surpassed, their predecessors. However, sadly, I cannot say
the same for Legally Blonde 2.
The most recent
installment of the escapades of Reese Witherspoon's character Elle Woods
takes place in the nation's capital, Washington D.C. In case it's been
years since you've seen the first movie (or if you didn't see it at all),
we left Elle after she graduated from Harvard Law School, and now she
is apparently an excellent attorney for a big law firm. That's pretty
much all I can tell you about the first one because I don't really remember
much of it, but I remember enjoying it. After tracking down Bruiser's
(her dog) mom at a cosmetic's testing facility, Elle embarks on a quest
to pass a law which makes cosmetics testing on animals illegal. Her mission
takes her D.C. where she encounters numerous obstacles while trying to
make her vision come to pass.
Legally Blonde 2 reunites the cast of the first movie (hairdresser girl, UPS guy, Luke Wilson, and the girls of Delta Nu) and brings in a batch of new characters. Sally Field plays the congresswoman whom Elle works for at DC while trying to pass her bill. We also meet Regina King and the congresswoman's staff, and also a lot of other people who help Elle along the way. Nothing about the cast really impressed me. This movie was just filled with a lot of overacting with jokes that really weren't all that funny. I guess the overacting was done purposefully as a comedic tool, but it just made the whole thing really hokey and lame.
But among the hokeyness, there were quite a few moments of hilarity. The hairdresser's line that you see in the previews is classic. "You look like the 4th of July. Makes me want a hot dog reeeal bad." HAHA! Just way she says it...brilliant. Lines like these along with scenes like the one with the homosexual dogs actually made this movie very enjoyable at times. But hen I watch a comedy, I expect to be falling of my chair with aching sides because of laughter. I guess I tend to be a bit harsher on comedies. This one just didn't do it for me.
So as for sequels, consider this one you can skip unless you're really in the mood for a comedy. There aren't very many choices right now comedy wise, and I gladly watch this movie again instead of subjecting myself to the torture of Dumb and Dumberererererererer. But anyway, Reese, don't make a Legally Blonde 3. Stick to your romantic comedies.