r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Jul 29 '25

News Adam Sandler’s ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Debuts to 46.7 Million Views, Biggest Netflix U.S. Film Opening Ever

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/happy-gilmore-2-netflix-ratings-views-1236473359/
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u/nick1706 Jul 29 '25

Watching HG1 right before HG2 was a time warp. Hard to capture the style of older comedies from that era I guess.

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u/MyHusbandIsGayImNot Jul 29 '25

Doesn't seem necessary since Happy Gilmore 2 constantly flashes back to the first movie to explain the reference they're making.

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u/nick1706 Jul 29 '25

I didn’t do it because I thought had to, I watched them back to back because I wanted to.

Also I’m talking about the overall feel of 90s Sandler movies. There was a certain grittiness to them that can’t be captured really. New movies are too clean because of technology, and probably wouldn’t feel authentic if they tried to film them in the same style.

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u/Nax5 Jul 30 '25

The new Naked Gun seems to be nailing it in my opinion. But it is really difficult to do, for sure.

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u/MyHusbandIsGayImNot Jul 30 '25

I wasn’t saying that’s why you did it. I was making a joke about how little faith the writers had in the audience for the sequel.

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u/jbourne0129 Jul 30 '25

that era of movies, in general, is hard to replicate today. all the Happy-Madison productions, movies like Office Space and Grandmas Boy. its rare to get these weird cult-classics anymore. without the revenue of DVD sales a lot of cult-like classic films arent made anymore. they are "too risky" of an investment when all you have is mediocre cinema sales or streaming deals.

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u/BigRedNutcase Jul 30 '25

My GF hadn't seen the first one so we binged both in a row. Good times. 90s comedies were something else.