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The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Can 22,011 IMDb readers be wrong?
Yes. That's how many readers currently rate this movie lower than the first Naked Gun movie. This one opened bigger, lasted longer, and made more money, showing that millions of moviegoers are smarter than 22,011 IMDb readers. Like Austin Powers, most people who actually watch the movies find the second better than the first. NG2.5 kept me laughing almost continuously throughout the movie. The satire was biting, with SPILL (Society for Petroleum Industry Leaders), SMOKE (Society for More Coal Energy) and to a lesser extent KABOOM (Key Asset Benefits Office Of Mankind, the "nukular" industry) having dominated politics from 2001-2008. Anybody who remembers $5/gallon gasoline will realize how prescient this movie was.
How the West Was Fun (1994)
best Olsen twin movie
My kids thought this was the best movie by the Olsen twins, and so did I. ("Little Rascals" is not really an Olsen twin movie, and we didn't like "It Takes Two" as well.) Its plot is predictable but plausible, with a touch of mystery and suspense. Martin Mull gives a fine performance as the bad guy. The western scenery is excellent: production values seem higher than most made-for-TV movies. I think this is as good as many higher-rated IMDb movies, but it lacks drug or alcohol references, so I guess many pseudo-adults can't appreciate it. One funny part is the way George (Ben Cardinal), a native American / Indian, keeps arriving everywhere via mountain bike before the horses do.