Well I watched for I don't know how many times the second of two Saved by the Bell Movie. As I was watching the last part of the movie which includes the wedding scene I could help but think that this was also a way of saying good-bye to these characters for some of the cast. Dustin Diamond was playing Screech on the New Class and would continue to do so until 2000. Mario Lopez would reprise his role twice and Lisa and Zack would do so once. But besides those small cameos they had this was their good-bye to each other and to us as fans.
And about the plot of the movie. Just like the first one I loved it and always will. The plot didn't introduce any plot holes that couldn't be explain from something in the series although Screech working at Bayside was never mention but I can let that slide. The opening scene of them playing paintball is one of my favorites and it leads up to a later scene. Just like in Hawaiian Style there wasn't anything that wasn't introduced that was not important later in the movie.
For example: Why were Zack and Kelly about to get married in a cheap Chapel? It is because Zack was caught speeding and the three of them were put in jail and their freedom cost exactly $1200 which is what Zack had in his back pocket.Why was Kelly and Lisa admiring a expensive diamond? Because it was to be stolen later by the ex-boyfriend of a girl Slater meets and "he would have gotten a way with it too if it wasn't for those meddling kids and that dumb"... oh wait a minute that's from Scooby-Doo. No if it wasn't for an old "3 Stooges routine" that Zack, Screech and Slater used to defeat the thief he would have stolen the diamond. And a special note they also used the same routine at the beginning of the movie to win a game of paint war. This is why I love that scene so much. I have always loved the idea of teamwork (which is why I like superheros so much I guess especially teams of superheros).
Now I am sure there are other questions that can be raised and then answered real easy but I can't think of any right now. But back to the movie. Okay after Zack's last outing as a bachelor with his two best friends he has dinner with his parents who are not happy he is getting married especially his dad (don't worry this will change). His mom tells him that she is happy for him but can't be there because she can't go against his father. She does give him free vouchers she won during poker night at Church.
They leave the next morning with the guys in Slater's vehicle and the girls in Lisa's car. They are driving down the road and discussing exactly what they should be discussing. The guys were talking about action heroes, sport stars and swimsuit models. The girls were discussing the wedding. They get separated and a bet is made of who can get to Las Vegas first. But strategy struck and the girls had a broken down car while the guys were put in jail for grand theft auto.
The girls are rescued by a stranger who will be very important to the plot later. And the guys get out of jail at the price of $1200 which leaves them only $43 dollars between them. They try to earn the money back by being golf caddies and it doesn't work. Zack and Screech get jobs as male escorts. Seriously, Zack is on his date with a Russian girl at the same time he has dinner with Kelly. Uh-oh, trouble. Screech is forced to tango with a lady in a pink limo whose horn plays "Dixie" While all of this is happening Slater is on a date with a girl he meets (the one I mention earlier) and this leads to the movie's main plot. Stopping the jewel thief from taking the diamond. Okay, they don't actually try to stop the heist they just simply try to run away from the thief's bodyguards after Slater punches the guy out.
This leads to a huge chase scene that begins after Zack confesses everything to Kelly which leads to her forgiving him and them finding out about the planned heist. The chase scene ends after Zack, Slater, Screech, and the girl all had a stunt as Vegas Show Girls. The guy that Lisa and Kelly met earlier in the movie is the son of the hotel's owner. He leads the thief to the diamond he wants and after that "3 Stooges Routine" I mention already he ends up lock in the safe with his body guards and they are later arrested (I assume because it was reported but them being arrested was never shown.
Finally, it is time for the wedding, sort-of. They go to a cheap chapel to be married by the guy who gave Zack a job as a male escort which got him into a lot of trouble. And just as they are about to be announced as husband and wife, Zack's parents walk in to announce they had a change of heart and would like to throw them the wedding of their dreams and that is exactly what they got.
Finally there is a wedding and as the minister is about to talk about Zack and Kelly he is interrupted by a very late Jessie. Yeah that's right, Jessie isn't even in this movie until the very end but you know Jessie is always late for weddings (She was late for her father's wedding too). Well the next scenes includes the reception and the exit.
In the reception scene, Zack and Kelly talk to a lot of the characters that had been on the show in the past. This is includes Jessie who threatens Zack if he doesn't take good care of Kelly; Alex who was a roommate of theirs in college; Mike who Zack gives permission to come to their apartment once a week and yell at them for being to messy which he replies with "Count on it"; Mr. Belding who Zack tells he made High School challenging and they hug them (number two between him and Zack I believe) and finally we meet Kelly's mom (she never once makes an appearance in the show but we also never meet Slater's mom (and no that one episode where Zack pays a woman to pretend to be his mom doesn't count because she wasn't his mother). We never meet Jessie's mom although we do hear her in one episode and we never meet Screech's dad although he is reference a lot). We actually see her first when the wedding scene begins but she doesn't speak until the reception scene. Zack talks to his dad here and learns that his dad is proud of him. He is also call Zachary for the first time since he was a kid.
Okay there is one thing about the reception scene I want to mention. There is a scene of a girl grabbing a glass of (I assume wine) and walking away with someone else. This girl was on a show hosted by Mario Lopez (Slater) called "Name Your Adventure" where he and two others would take kids on adventures where they would learn about something they had always been interested in. In this case, the girl I believe wanted to be a producer and since filming of Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas was going on at the time they took her to the set where they were going to be filming the reception and they gave this girl a small part in the movie as a gift. She was able to meet the cast and producers and the show's creator Peter Engel. I just thought people would like to know that.
Well now time for the exit scene. I call it this because I don't know what else to call it. They invite people to come over but not all at once (well this actually happens in the reception scene I think). They do tell Screech they want him to come over but to call first and they say buy to Lisa who is going off to the Indian Reservation with that guy they met at the beginning of the movie. And Slater tells everyone that the girl he met is coming back to LA with him. She apologizes for the trouble she caused them and they say it is okay that at least they got a new friend. And that Screech thing I mention well guess who catches the briquet. And the lady he had to escort shows up and wants a second chance with him. She chases him while the new married couple ride off in a limousine ending the movie.
Well I love this movie and I am not going to give it a bad review because I can't. I don't see any problems with it. When you are a fan of a show, you are more than likely going to have problems doing a good review of it or anything like it because you are bias when it comes to it so I'll end this review with the one thing I think is wrong with it: They don't mention that Screech works at Bayside. When he returns to school (they even mention why he is gone in one episode) he brags about being the best man in this wedding. They should have mention him working there but was it really crucial to the plot, no so they should have but it wasn't really necessary.
Okay that is the end of this review. Now time for some announcements, One, next month is "Saved by the Bell" Month where I will be reviewing all five seasons of the show. Now technically there are only four but they divided up the show into five by splitting the third into two because by then the show was so popular that it was airing twice on Saturdays (and practically every hour during the week and this isn't a joke that's just how popular the show was). Two, I will soon be starting my research on my series of reports on Holidays which will begin with Halloween and end with Easter. Now these reports won't be every week. They will be posted on or around that holiday. So look for the first one at the end of the next month. That's all.
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