I agree with the posts so far in this thread.
One main problem was the character use; The main 5 in the film (the big 3, randy, and lahey) were overused. JROC and Tyrone were the only 2 in more than one scene and JROC (who was my favourite character on the show) has virtually no laughs. They used Randy quite a bit, they should have at least given him a few scenes with JROC as those 2 are usually hilarious together. The film did feature quite a few of the show's secondary characters including Cyrus, Dennis, Terry, Sam Losco, George Green, Ted, Phil, and Jacob but they were all in only one scene each and barely said a word.
Another major problem was the setting of the show; only a few scenes were actually in the trailer park. Having trailer park boys without the trailer park would be like setting a Corner Gas movie in Montreal.
This is supposed to be the ending of the show but the ending is only happy for JROC. The much maligned seasons 6 and 7 gave us happier endings. One good aspect of the film was giving Bubbles a romance but I felt this should have played out more; we've seen Ricky and Julian get the girl, poor Bubbles always has to keep his bird in! There certainly are laughs but they are few and far between. As much as it pains me to bash the trailer park boys so much, this film was terrible. Maybe it was due to lack of planning? The first film had plenty of hype and was anticipated for over a year. I am a huge fan of the show and didn't even know about this movie until the month it came out. If lack of development was the case, it certainly showed in the movie; a lot of scenes which looked like they'd be hilarious on the onset did not materialize. For an innovative show which redefined 'the envelope' I hope this is not it for the trailer park boys.
One main problem was the character use; The main 5 in the film (the big 3, randy, and lahey) were overused. JROC and Tyrone were the only 2 in more than one scene and JROC (who was my favourite character on the show) has virtually no laughs. They used Randy quite a bit, they should have at least given him a few scenes with JROC as those 2 are usually hilarious together. The film did feature quite a few of the show's secondary characters including Cyrus, Dennis, Terry, Sam Losco, George Green, Ted, Phil, and Jacob but they were all in only one scene each and barely said a word.
Another major problem was the setting of the show; only a few scenes were actually in the trailer park. Having trailer park boys without the trailer park would be like setting a Corner Gas movie in Montreal.
This is supposed to be the ending of the show but the ending is only happy for JROC. The much maligned seasons 6 and 7 gave us happier endings. One good aspect of the film was giving Bubbles a romance but I felt this should have played out more; we've seen Ricky and Julian get the girl, poor Bubbles always has to keep his bird in! There certainly are laughs but they are few and far between. As much as it pains me to bash the trailer park boys so much, this film was terrible. Maybe it was due to lack of planning? The first film had plenty of hype and was anticipated for over a year. I am a huge fan of the show and didn't even know about this movie until the month it came out. If lack of development was the case, it certainly showed in the movie; a lot of scenes which looked like they'd be hilarious on the onset did not materialize. For an innovative show which redefined 'the envelope' I hope this is not it for the trailer park boys.