La blonde contre-attaque

It seemed like such a great deal at the time, all the movies you can watch for $14.99. I thought I could handle it, I thought a man my age could be responsible. Then I hit rock bottom: Legally Blonde 2 Oh my God, I actually think this movie has actually shortened my life, not just wasted 95 minutes of it, but actually shortened it. So appallingly bad, it will make you hate dogs, blondes, and democracry. Gay dogs? Why? Maybe it is Hollywood's sense of irony, Bruiser's, the gay dog son, mother is used as a test animal for cosmetic company. So insipid and illogical, a 7 year old would be appalled. How does writing and a story line so bad, get the "green light"? Damn you Blockbuster and your $14.99 a month "special"

Some more tongue-in-cheek legal doings from the charming blonde in pink. Elle Woods(Reese Witherspoon)with her fresh Harvard Law degree and pink pumps is fired from her law firm and heads to Washington, D.C. to lobby for a bill to ban animal testing. She puts her marriage to boyfriend Emmett(Luke Wilson)on hold as she takes a job as an aide for Congresswoman Rudd(Sally Field)hopefully for some clout and clues in learning the ways of Washington politics. Woods is also on a mission to find her pet Chihuahua Bruiser's mother. One of the highlights in this rapidly to grow stale comedy is when Woods finds out that her dog is gay. The sassy and savvy Witherspoon carries this sequel that hardly compares to the original(2001). Field is more or less wasted. Wilson could have phoned his part in. It is great to see veteran Bob Newhart as the wily doorman. Also in the cast are: Bruce McGill and Dana Ivey. Jennifer Coolidge could have been left on the cutting room floor, sorry. Bigger, bolder and blonder...duh.

While I liked Legally Blonde I thought they pretty much covered all the bases in the first film. With Legally Blonde 2 I was proved right. This film was so unfunny and painful to watch I bailed half way through the film. Even an infomercial would be better than this film, Ron Popeil where are you when we need you! I guess they wanted to strike while the iron was still hot regardless of whether they had a script or not. This film is a perfect example of how Hollywood use the same formula as the first popular movie to make basically the same movie with very little changes. In this case all the changes were for the worst and their formula was a one time only formula! If you thought the First Legally Blonde was a cute, funny film, then stay away from this one and keep the good memories alive from the first one.

I loved the original Legally Blonde, and I knew going into this movie that it wouldn't be as good as the original. My only solace lies in the thought that this could have been so much worse than it was. First, LB2 relied too much on the Elle-Woods-Fish-Out-Of-Water plot. It should have portrayed the main character as being savvy enough to take advantage of the fact that her opponents always underestimated her. After all, she's been out of law school a couple of years already, surely she'd have learned that much, right? Second, the plot itself was too contrived. There wasn't a single believable character in the show, and Witherspoon was just a caricature of the original movie's heroine. But I still managed to enjoy most of the show. I even chuckled in a couple of scenes. But I winced at far too many other scenes, and the climactic speech to Congress was abominable. I've seen worse remakes than this, but I think the producers missed an opportunity to make a good film instead of a knock-off.