Revenge of the Nerds/ Revenge Of the Nerds II - Nerds in Paradise

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Summary: Not heavyweight comedy movies....but still fun. NERDS!!!!
Review: These 2 movies(nicely packaged on 1 disc) were fun to see, after 17 years. In the first movie from 1984, The Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity(Nerds) are ridiculed and pushed around by the Adams College campus jocks(Alpha-Betas, and "Ogre"). The Tri-Lambs get to the boiling point and, finally, get some payback on the football thugs by pouring some muscle-rub gel in their jockstraps just before team practice, and later, outdueling them for the Greek Council position using mind-over-muscle at the Homecoming Carnival. The ending is very heartfelt....it makes people realize that everyone should be accepted, by others, for who they are. The 2nd film finds the Tri-Lambs in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to attend a multi-fraternity convention. Their troubles with the Alpha-Betas continue on and, this time, the Tri-Lamb boys get thrown in the slammer because of a setup. Check out the Tri-Lambs' accomodations at the world famous "Club Essex" Hotel! "Party party party"! Anthony Edwards reprises his role as Gilbert, but is seldomly seen throughout the 1987 film. "Ogre" has a change of heart for the Tri-Lambs, later in the film....you'll see why when you watch it! Buy this DVD here at Amazon.com. You'll enjoy these adventures of the Nerds!!!! Peace to all.

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Summary: Great Comedy!
Review: This is a great, great 80's comedy. Those nerds have a laugh that is so incredibly stupid it wil make you cry. Rent it first...but i bought it no questions asked!

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Summary: Give us more..........
Review: Two of my most favourite movies on one disc..WOW!. However old they become, and however many times I watch them, these films provide a laugh a minute. Highly recommended.
When can we have 3 (The Next Generation) and 4 (Nerds in Love)?

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Summary: not as funny as i remembered it
Review: well i watched this during the 80s when it came out so i decided to go ahead and buy the dvd. its not that funny as i thought it would be or as i remembered it to be.. BUT you are getting 2 movies for the price of 1 so that kinda makes up for it..

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Summary: Nerds on DVD
Review: While the first of the Revenge of the Nerds films helped to breathe new life in the struggling teen film market and moved the genre back to college all the while helping to create a newer "hipper" version of the "nerd" character in teen cinema - the same cannot be said for its sequel. Still, it's refreshing to see Jeff Kanew's first successful feature film, as long as it doesn't make you wonder how a director with a gift for great comedic direction managed to lose his way with such dismissable tripe as 1989's Troop Beverly Hills and the flabby Kathleen Turner pic V.I. Warshawski. Nevertheless, Revenge of the Nerds still works as a triumph in teen cinema with a talented cast (led by Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, and a delightfully evil Ted McGinley - before Happy Days, The Love Boat, and Married With Children turned him into a one-dimensional acting joke). Even the normally noxious Timothy Busfield has fun with his role as the violin playing Poindexter. With a story that celebrates (however problematically) diversity in class, race, and sexuality - the film succeeds on a level beyond merely making the audience laugh. Add to this a touchingly heartfelt final speech by Anthony Edwards, and there is only one way that the sequel could have gone - down.
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise has neither the sensitivity nor the humor of the first film. Directed with heavy handed excess by Hollywood uber producer Joe Roth (you have probably stumbled into a few of his sequels - most notably Young Guns II and The Exorcist III - not to mention his directing work which includes 1990's passable Coupe DeVille and last years America's Sweethearts), Roth manages to strip mine the first film of its humor and originality and replaces its gentle approach to T&A with a hamfisted collection of fart jokes. It does have some grin worthy moments (such as the memorable zen loogie), but its otherwise a xerox of the first film, faded and uninspired. It may please die hard fans of the series, but I was disappointed at the young age of 14 - and 14 year olds aren't hard to impress.
Still, the DVD is worth picking up if only for the beautiful transfer of the first film, which is both impressive in its visual design - taking the production beyond the sitcom modeled standard for eighties comedies. I believe that the second film is packaged with the first because Fox knew that people were unlikely to buy it on its own. I know I would be.