Fixing Caddyshack 2
Five ways to help make Caddyshack 2 better:
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That was dumb, but he had a few points.
-UJ
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I agree, I could of provided a better "re-do Caddyshack 2" list.
shareI agree, I could of provided a better "re-do Caddyshack 2" list.
So where is it?
Allow me:
1. If they needed a wise-cracking comedian as a main character, somebody other than Jackie Mason would be ideal. Someone like Don Rickles or even George Carlin would have been much better. I think Rickles would have fit the bill as the antagonist who looks to buy the club and let the public in. He's good at playing douchebags that still remain likeable.
BUT, if they insisted on Mason, then don't make him act like Rodney Dangerfield, because it's obvious they were telling him, "do what Rodney would do," "here's what Rodney would say." Jackie ISN'T Rodney.
2. The story about a land tycoon looking to buy the club after they snub him and let in the public is a nice concept. But I'd have Chevy Chase's Ty Webb be the main character of the movie, with Don Rickles...or Jackie Mason, playing his foil, Jack Hartunian. Webb now owns Bushwood, having inherited...or rather, BOUGHT from Ted Knight's character, and the land developer tries to buy it from him. They go through the courts, come to find out Ted Knight didn't officially OWN the club so his sale to Webb was not fulfilled legally, therefore it still belongs to the owner of the patch of land on which it stands, and Jack Hartunian happens to own that legally. Webb's only friend is his caddy who develops a crush on Hartunian's snobby daughter. That was also a good subplot they could keep. The main plot could build on Webb's character, realizing he's not all that and a bag of chips, and the ending golf playoff is between he and Hartunian. Webb loses, but realizes that, just maybe, money isn't everything... he then laughs that off and starts looking for other clubs to buy.
3. Have Dan Aykroyd totally NOT imitate Bill Murray and not make his character a full-on retard. Aykroyd should have played this role using his Joe Friday voice and acting like a typical gung-ho, straight-laced military type. Perfect foil for a cartoony gopher.
There you have it. A sequel that would build on an established character, introduces a new antagonist who, while like Rodney's character in the original, is just a bit more cynical, and we'd get a top-brass soldier battling wits with a gopher.
How do ya like them apples?
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Nice apples. I'd have swapped Dan Aykroyd with Adrian Edmondson and make that character a psychopathic exterminator, and cast Rik Mayall (RIP) in Jackie Mason's role, with Chevy Chase still playing Ty Webb (although it probably would have been an hour and a half of Ade and Rik kicking the smeg out of each other on the golf course) in a larger role, acting as a mentor/foil to Rik.
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The movie you describe is A+. No idea what the Hollywoodlandians were smoking to crank out the plot they used.
Can you head off the next bad sequel and make them throw out the script in favour of your script! I'd kickstart in 20 bucks if you can, for example, save the next Friday the 13th or Nightmare on Elm Street redo!
-TS
Thanks. And here's another suggestion on a comedian to play the movie's antagonist: John Cleese. He could play a Basil Fawlty type looking to buy the club and make it a predominantly British getaway.