Sequels
Little Fockers
There were a few laughs, but this third flick in the series mostly fell flat. Premise, Sequels The first two covered common and relateable conflicts- a guy dealing with his potential, disapproving father-in-law and a guy dealing with his parents meeting his new in-laws whose natures are very different. The third was about the father-in-law [...]
Iron Man 2
I can’t find the words…as bad as the first one was good… The theater I saw it in was perfectly quiet the whole movie. No cheers, nothing. And no smiling faces after it ended. Premise The threat in the original boiled down to Tony Stark’s partner, Obadiah, building his own suit to defeat Tony (Robert [...]
Transformers 2: Revenge of The Fallen
This was practically certain to fail because the original told as much story as possible considering the source. And I liked the original- as a summer popcorn flick- because it had enough development and looked amazing. Premise , Sequels On its own, Revenge Of The Fallen failed for another reason- it negated the myth of [...]
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
First half: great. Second half: not great. Premise, Sequels In Raiders Of The Lost Ark, it did not feel like a stretch when the Ark was opened at the end and it unleashed a firey power. Most people believe in the Ark, whether with the Divine angle or not, so the power was either understandable [...]
Ghostbusters 2
Sequel Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis did not belong in this movie. In the original, they were developments of the story, not the story itself. Or, in other words, they were making a guest appearance on a TV series, as opposed to be being one of the regulars. The story itself, the basic premise, was [...]
Live Free or Die Hard
A good action movie, even though McClane was at times more of a superhero than a cop hero. That’s the thing with sequels, they always get bigger. The original was in a building, 2 was an airport, 3 was a city and this was the East Coast. If there’s a 5, look for Bruce Willis [...]
Die Hard With a Vengeance
I liked this as an action movie and as a sequel. Much better than Die Harder. They were smart to not do another Die Hard since buildings, planes, trains, ships, airports and mountains were all used up. So instead of Die Hard in a casino, they broadened the scope and made the setting a whole [...]