What made American Pie work as much as it did was the commentary on teenage sexual activity. "Don't rush in", was the message, "it's not worth it. Fall in love instead, and things will come naturally". Peppered with some suggestion about how to be a better lover, it had a point in there somewhere.
"2" does not. At all. Ever. It is gratuitous, stupid, juvenile, and crude. The jokes (the ones that aren't blatant repeats of the first movie - e.g., trumpet in butt vs. flute in female genitalia -or- penis in pie vs. hand glued to penis) are more toilet humor than guilty chuckle. The worst moment was the "Petey" scene, during which I was mildly amused until Jason Biggs proclaimed "and I have gigantic balls!". It was as if the record stopped. It made no sense, and was ridiculous.
Also note that the women are conspicuously seldom in this film. Could it be that they saw the script, and gave little time to it? Could it have been that they thought a sequel was lame enough? For whatever reason they all but passed on this film (I assume they must've had obligations to appear, and so made the least of it), they were right in doing so. Let's see who gets better scripts in the coming years, Tara Reid and Mena Suvari - or Jason Biggs and Sean William Scott (of "Dude, Where's My Car" shame).
"2" does not. At all. Ever. It is gratuitous, stupid, juvenile, and crude. The jokes (the ones that aren't blatant repeats of the first movie - e.g., trumpet in butt vs. flute in female genitalia -or- penis in pie vs. hand glued to penis) are more toilet humor than guilty chuckle. The worst moment was the "Petey" scene, during which I was mildly amused until Jason Biggs proclaimed "and I have gigantic balls!". It was as if the record stopped. It made no sense, and was ridiculous.
Also note that the women are conspicuously seldom in this film. Could it be that they saw the script, and gave little time to it? Could it have been that they thought a sequel was lame enough? For whatever reason they all but passed on this film (I assume they must've had obligations to appear, and so made the least of it), they were right in doing so. Let's see who gets better scripts in the coming years, Tara Reid and Mena Suvari - or Jason Biggs and Sean William Scott (of "Dude, Where's My Car" shame).