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In my opinion, out of any type of movie to make a sequel for, making a sequel to an outstanding "bad" movie is the hardest. It has to do with the fact that the magic that's captured in a perfect bad movie can be entirely unintentional. I had this in mind when the sequel to the outstanding "Birdemic: Shock and Terror" was announced and was quite nervous for how the result would turn out. After having attended the Chicago premiere of the film tonight, I can say with complete honesty that this movie was outstanding.
The genius of this sequel comes straight from Nguyen himself, who has honestly demonstrated a great amount of skill in the way he created this movie. Instead of taking the good parts from the first film and recycling them in an over the top manner, James instead was able to retain all the charm of everything that was good in the first film while also improving in a few areas over the original.
One really noticeable difference is a new element of intentional comedy in this sequel that wasn't found in the original. This was what most worried me about the movie before seeing it, because the entire reason the first movie was so great is that the comedy was UNintentional. I'm glad to say that the intentional humor was not used in this movie to take the place of the unintentional humor that made the first so great. The jokes are funny and the fact that they are used helps to give the rest of the film a really genuine feeling; you never feel like Nguyen is trying to imitate the "bad" things from the first Birdemic to exploit them for laughs. This is a major plus and in my opinion the greatest success of this movie.
score 9/10
velvetkevorkian610 25 April 2013
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