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Any 21 Jump Street fans disappointed?


Since the first time I saw 21 Jump Street, I thought it was one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Then tonight I went into this movie hearing that it was critically acclaimed and largely considered an improvement on the first movie, but I walked out feeling disappointed.

I thought the movie started off on the right foot, became a little tedious as time went on, and then grew stronger as the climax came, but not enough to save the film. The first movie seemed a little more relatable and realistic, while this just seemed over the top as if there was no way it could really happen. And I just didn't laugh as much. It's possible that I just wasn't in the right movie-watching mood today because I was sort of sleepy, so maybe I should watch it again later.

And I didn't actually hate the movie, I would give it about a 6/10 but I gave the first one a 9/10.

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Not really. I really loved '21 Jump Street' and like you had heard many critics were saying this was better than the first and got me pumped.
My only problem was how similar the plot was to the first. They did quite a few knowing jokes about how this was "exactly the same" but for me, them joking about it didn't save it from the fact that it was true. But the comedy was still right up their and the action was pumped up too, so that wasn't big enough of a problem to let myself be disappointed, even though I prefer '21 Jump Street'.

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no, not disappointed at all. hell, this was better than the first movie

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no, not disappointed at all. hell, this was better than the first movie.


^^This. It was MUCH funnier. 

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Agree 22 was better. 21 5.5/10 and 22 6.5/10

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I thought the first one was good but this was pretty terrible. Id rate the first about a 7/10 but I gave this a 5. Both me and my girlfriend expected it to be better but were both disappointed. I laughed maybe 2 or 3 times thought the writing was terrible I honestly dont understand where the people who rate the 2nd higher are coming from

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I have absolutely no quarrels with this sequel. I laughed so hard I literally fell out of my chair at one point, LOVE IT!

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It sucked and the first one was just ok. Honestly I only watched the second one cause I bought the hype it had behind it.

21 5/10
22 1/10

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I loved the first one, but this one was not that good. The best part was Rob and Dave.

21 Jump Street 9.
22 Jump Street 7.




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I just watched both the movies for the first time. The first movie was a real surprise. I daresay possibly brilliant. Hilarious, utterly clever, likeable, just the right amount of shock factor and filled with subtle and not so subtle throwbacks to the show. It had a compelling story, complex emotions, and a grounded believability. All the excess of modern comedy with all the charm of the 80s golden age. I truly consider it a masterpiece of modern filmmaking. Jonah and Channing were also two of my most hated actors in the business and 21 turned me around on both of them. Very charismatic, incredible timing and line delivery, and they brought back the buddy team in a big way. Just a great movie. 22 Jump Street, possibly one of the crappiest movies i've ever seen. Bereft of any and everything 21 had to offer. The only shining moment in the whole film is the ten minute scene after the opening sequence where we get some good meta humor about sequels with the new assignment and headquarters. The setup with the boning of Cube's daughter is pretty funny, but the payoff is just meh. The trip scene was cute. And the final credits were great. But the movie was just plain bad.

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The first seemed to flow a little better but the second had more jokes. I consider them equally great.



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