Hollywood, I have a bone to pick with you. My big question of the day is: Why do movie sequels have to be so much bigger & better? I ask because I feel like many movies go painfully wrong & consequently loose following from poor attempts to make the story that much more. Now, I'm not saying all movie sequels automatically fail, just a large number of them. Too many sequels end up "larger than life" in a bad way, loosing their viewers suspension of disbelief, and ending up corny instead of compelling. I sight the following offenders as examples: Transformers (all of them), Die Hard 2 (the other Die Hards were cool), Star Wars (wavered with the first two sequels, takes an all out nose dive with Episode 1 through 3), Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom (I know it takes place before the other Indiana Jones films but it was produced after. Can we just forget it ever existed?), The Next Karate Kid (give it up), Conan (all of the sequels somehow got cheesier?), Speed 2 (really? you didn't get enough heart pumping racing & explosions in the first one?), Friday the 13th (will it ever end???), Weekend at Bernie's II (dead people just aren't that amusing, unless they're actual zombies), and Batman & Robin (what wasn't made out of rubber in that film?)
Honestly, getting bigger each time only works in Dance movies; kudos to the Step Up series! Hollywood, take a note from TV shows - progression in a character's story is much cooler than ever-inflating epicness :-P And while I have your attention Hollywood, STOP REBOOTING THE SAME OLD STORIES!!! There are plenty of us writers with neat ideas just waiting for an opportunity! Please get off your couch & look.
Sincerely,
Hero Hearted
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