I liked the idea of the first female Skulls member but I just hate where they went with this. It felt like I was watching a bad episode of Law & Order. The ending was stupid too. It was so "early 2000s" with the Roger and Taylor getting together in the end and the rock music playing the background.
6.14.13
Completely agree with you!
Prostitute: What the *beep* are you doing?
Johnny: I'm gonna kill a bunch of people.
I found the first movie kind of interesting, although silly and contrived. My eyes were rolling so far in to the back of my head for the second one I was afraid I'd have an aneurysm. I actually kind of liked the 3rd one. It was fun to see the feminist angle, and the motivation for the set-up was much more believable than in the second film. The skulls manipulating circumstances for a multi-billion dollar deal makes a lot more sense than everyone risking their careers for one hot-headed little trust-fund alky boy. An irritating little hot-headed trust-fund alky boy at that. The entire idea of the "fraternity" is that it's about long-term networking and finance. The premise of the 3rd film made a lot more sense. It was clear they allowed her in only because it was a great opportunity to manipulate her father. I'm almost surprised they didn't tap her or coerce her from the get-go, making a big deal about opening their doors to women.
Although I could say that all three films are ridiculously contrived and poorly carried out, at least the third film stayed closer to the concept of the skulls, their purpose, their abilities, and their intents. And there was no ridiculous "race down the hallway and fight for a backpack in the elevator" scene. Extra points for that!
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