SnoopyStyle
Johnny Knoxville and his gang of misfits do a whole new series of stunts. It's as stupid and as perverse as ever before. Like before, it is just one stunt after another. Some are funnier than others. Some are unleashed on the unsuspecting public. It's all very random and great for the fans.This starts with the running of the bulls. The branding is insanely stupid. The rocket bicycle is magical and that jump is beautiful. I want one. There is the Bad Grandpa character in this but it's still in its infancy. If only that guy actually throws a punch at Knoxville. The flashing grandma is a little funnier for this one. John Waters does something that is fitting for him. The pranks don't get creepier than a leech in the eye. They shoot Knoxville off on a big red rocket. I don't think the grand song and dance work. Overall, it's not necessarily better but it's at least more of the same.
tieman64
"That which does not destroy me, makes me stronger." - Nietzsche "We must embrace pain, and burn it as fuel for our journey." - Kenji Miyazawa "Jackass 2" finds a troupe of daredevils, clowns and idiots subjecting their bodies to huge amounts of pain, risk and abuse. The payoff of this abuse is supposed to be our laughter, but it's clear that the Jackass troupe, who come across as a merry band of bohemians, skaters, magicians and plain ole anarchists, themselves derive moments of almost sadomasochistic pleasure from the pain they endure. This is not just comedy. This is pain as an affirmation of life, pain as an almost sexual thing, pain as a means of bringing one closer to being, to one's own corporeality; I bleed therefore I am.Nietzsche himself touted pain as the essence of joy, and believed that pleasure and pain were not opposed to one another, but go together. The strength of one is the strength of the other, he said, and to pursue pleasure is to go headfirst towards pain and vice versa. Which, in a wider context, is why affluent societies increasingly find themselves either drifting from hedonism to sadomasochism, or suffering hugely despite material contentment.The Jackass crew captures this paradox. The troupe spends most of their time in fearful, giddy anticipation of pain, then in a kind of quasi-ecstatic pain, and then in jubilation at having survived the pain. As this drug rush lasts only moments, the troupe then finds itself quickly hopping to the next painful set piece. In real life, many of the crew would develop dangerous drug addictions.Unsurprisingly, the film is relentlessly corporeal, stressing toned, muscular bodies, feces, vomit, semen, blubbering flabs of fat, grotesque characters, dwarfs, midgets, freaks, cuts, bruises, defecation, injuries and torn flesh. Few films convey the sheer fleshiness of the human body, and how willingly we embrace pain in the pursuit of morsels of pleasure.Like ascetic monks, who masochistically revoke all pleasure, there's also something almost spiritual or monastic about the way the Jackass troupe flagellate themselves in the name of eliciting laughs. Of course they could also be raging idiots. It takes either a God or a moron to put a leach on one's own eyeball.8/10 – Worth one viewing.
jtindahouse
The jackass boys ability to accept pain and embarrassment results in us, the viewer, receiving an hour and a half of amazing entertainment. The editing on this film is beyond great. It has us in a non-stop state of WOW! Johnny Knoxville is to be more than admired for his brilliant concept. These guys pain is our pleasure. This movie takes it to a new level and is even far, far better than the original. Bam Margera commits the most to this movie and consequently deserves an admirable mention. The skit involving the taxi ride is beyond belief funny and will have you in hysterics.If you watch this movie be prepared to laugh. It is insanely funny and great entertainment. Bring on number 3!
