Movie Sequels
As a general rule, a sequel will never be as good as the original, everyone knows this, so why do Hollywood producers
persist in making substandard films? The answer to this is well known aswell, it's a sure-fire way of making money.
I want to examine the reasons why sequels are generally poor and also give examples of good and bad sequels. Firstly
a film must be good (or at least disguise how much it sucks well) in order for a sequel to be made, naturally a sequel is
going to be compared with a good film and hence will look bad even if it isn't (though it generally is). A sequel will also
suffer from a lack of original ideas, for example, if I got really good feedback on this piece and decided to do a sequel
it would suck as all my best ideas are in this piece, therefore I'd end up repeating myself and generally being an idiot.
What I hate most are horror sequels where one person survives and the sequel is based on this person and how their new life
(always in a new town) is haunted by their past.
Hollywood producers are so unoriginal these days, not only do we have loads of sequels we get re-makes and most annoyingly
prequels. I wish they'd come up with original ideas, like Frank the Fridge for example, OK it's similar to many superhero
films but at least it wouldn't be a sequel, prequel or re-make.
Anyway, I'm not sure if I got my point across quite as I'd have hoped but I don't care anymore, here are sequel
examples:
The Matrix - I saw Reloaded the other day and it was my inspiration for this piece. It was a good film but compared with
the original, it stank. Some of the effects were awesome but I got the feeling that the plot was always building up to a pointless
fight scene. The prime example of this was when Neo meets the Japanese guy who protects the Oracle (What happened to her flat
in the first film? Did she get a pay rise and move to that weird corridor? What was the obsession with long white corridors?),
anyway he meets japanese guy who then decides to fight him rather than greet him, his justification was that he wanted to
make sure it was Neo. Surely he could have guessed it from his emotionless face? Another stupid scene was where the French
guy who gets screwed by Persephone feeds that woman some cake and we get a weird Matrix-porn part where the camera goes up
her skirt, there was no point to this and it scared me.
The Blair Witch Project - Bizzarely I prefered the second, though I did see it last night, the first was not scary and
I genuinely can't remember what happened in the last scene.
American Pie - Again I prefer the second and I look forward to the third.
Scary Movie - Loved Scary Movie, 2 was a waste of money, it was dire, I can't remember laughing during it, watching that
film ruined my week.
Speed - I can't remember anything about Speed 2 apart from the fact it was on a boat. Poor compared with the first, which
was quite original.
Grease - The original is a classic, 2 was never going to be as good, and it wasn't.
Austin Powers - Probably the best example of bad sequels, the original was great, the next two were poor. Goldmember
was one of the worst films I've ever seen.
Star Wars - 4,5,6,1,2 Too confusing.
The Mummy - The only thing I remember about the second was that Max Cavalera apparently voiced the scorpion King,
oh and it had a ludicrous ending.
Police Academy - The less said the better.
Bad Boys - I obviously haven't seen the second, but it better be good as Bad Boys is one of my favourite films.
If you go down to your local video store you will see loads of sequels that you didn't even know were made, they were
so bad they went straight to video! I saw American Psycho 2 and Cruel Intentions 2 the other day and thought to myself "Who
commisioned these, are they insane, American Psycho was dire . . " I continued to rant for ages. The worst company for sequels
is Disney, honestly you should see the number of sequels they make, every Disney movie it seems has at least one sequel, all
straight to video aswell.
In conclusion, sequels suck.
