Apologies for the scream you all heard... On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote:
> > > My wife and I have both been suffering from horrible summer colds, so we've > been in the house for over a week. This Saturday night, desperately unable > to sleep, but too sick to do anything else, I turned the tube to "Miss > Congeniality 2". I knew it couldn't be as funny as the original--which has > enough one-liners and fun that I still love it--but man, was I surprised at > how bad it was! I think I laughed exactly twice in the whole thing. My wife, > who generally is more forgiving of comedies like this, turned to me and said > "That was horrible! I'm so glad we didn't pay to see it". It was indeed so > bad that, had one seen it first, one would have thought that Bullock and > Regina King were completely devoid of any comedic talent. I know it's an > inescapable fact of Hollywood, but they really do need to realize that often > you can't bottle lightning twice, and you just have to forego making a > crappy sequel. .That's especially true when some of the people instrumental > in making the first movie don't return. In this one, for example, Michael > Cain was a hoot as Bullock's advisor in the first film. His character was > obviously gay, but that wasn't the angle played up. In this one she gets a > younger guy as her advisor, and he plays up the gay thing to the point of > distraction. The movie even ends up in a drag club where this dude dresses > up like a woman--for no reason other than it fulfilled a lifelong dream of > his! With such awful stereotypes, bad writing, and no originality anywhere > to be seen, it perfectly exemplifies the point of the article you posted. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 4:05:53 PM > Subject: [scifinoir2] WORST MOVIE SEQUELS > > > > > > > > > > > > > There is always one problem with popular/successful movies: the threat of > sequels. Sequels have the power to really get movie fans’ blood boiling > because unless they are better or as good as the original then they will > only crash and burn, and potentially tarnish the credibility of the film it > tried so hard to follow. There are quite a few painfully bad sequels out > there but in this article I have selected ten of the all-time stinkers. I’m > sure you’ll agree with most or will have several others worth contributing. > *1. Batman and Robin* > > ** > > *<http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/batman-robin-clooney-odonnell1.jpg> > * > > Image source - snarkerati > > Filled with cheesy one-liners, bad acting, ridiculous storyline and even > more ridiculous costumes this terrible sequel very nearly killed the > franchise until a certain Christopher Nolan rescued it. George Clooney as > Batman simply didn’t work. Luckily for him he managed to continue his career > and has gone on to become one of the leading men of Hollywood, unlike Chris > O’Donnell who was playing Russian Roulette as Robin. And who can forget > Arnold Schwarzenegger as the lovable Mr Freeze… > *2. Blues Brothers 2000* > > ** > * <http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2819779.jpg>* > > Image source - stuff > > This film shamefully has one of the lowest audience rankings of movie > sequels. Dan Aykroyd has made some brilliant movies in his career, including > the original *Blues Brothers* film with the late John Belushi. This one > though was a bad choice. John Goodman could have ruined his career by > appearing in this film but thankfully for him *The Big Lebowski* was also > released later that year so all was forgiven for his performance in that. > *3. Legally Blonde 2* > > ** > > *<http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/legally-blonde-2-red-white-and-blonde-190-75.jpg> > * > > Image source - totalfilm > > **After the surprising success of the first *Legally Blonde* film (it made > $141 million at the box office) a sequel was always going to happen. Not > only was the storyline pretty weak but the timing of the film’s release was > worse. In the movie thousands of people march against animal testing and > succeed, but in reality thousands of people were marching in protest against > the invasion of Iraq and being ignored. D’oh! > *4. Grease 2* > > ** > * <http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/5811180.jpg>* > > Image source - unemployment.matters > > We all know that *Grease* is one of the most famous musicals of all time > and remains a cult favourite to this day. The film was so successful that it > took a whopping $394 million at the box office! So why would they decide to > go and spoil it all with this dreadful sequel? First of all it was directed > by the original movie’s choreographer (not a promising start), secondly the > songs were just plain awful, and thirdly the leading actors (Michelle > Pfeiffer and Maxwell Caulfield) had nowhere near enough chemistry that the > fans expected after the original’s John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. > *5. Speed 2* > > ** > * <http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/speed2.jpg>* > > Image source - denofgeek > > The sequel was doomed after Keanu Reeves didn’t agree to sign up for it, > yet they continued to make it with Jason Patric instead. *Speed 2 *lacked > any form of originality like the first film had. Pretty much the same > storyline but this time set on a cruise ship rather than a bus…nothing to > really get excited about. > *6. Jaws: The Revenge* > > ** > <http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/jaws4_meglafoam1.jpg> > > Image source - omenaheights > > The third instalment in the Jaws films earned the lowest amount of money in > the franchise. It grossed $50 million, which when you compare to the $470 > million made by the original can clearly see that something went horribly > wrong. Michael Caine must still be suffering nightmares for agreeing to > appear in this rather than accept his Oscar for *Hannah and Her Sisters*. > *7. Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights* > > ** > > *<http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2004_havana_nights_dirty_dancing_2._wallpaper_001.jpg> > * > > Image source - allmoviephoto > > The storyline for the original Dirty Dancing film was such a hit, why > bother changing it for the sequel? The only changed in the sequel was the > fact that it was set in Cuba the night before the revolution took place. > Unsurprisingly the film flopped big time. The only thing you have to admire > about the film is how the makers managed to persuade the original’s star, > Patrick Swayze, to make a cameo appearance in the disastrous sequel. > *8. Caddyshack II* > > ** > * <http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Caddyshack1.jpg>* > > Image source - madamepickwickartblog > > Caddyshack became a cult classic and a terrific cast. The sequel though, > which came out eight years later, simply wasn’t funny and the only original > cast member to feature in this one was Chevy Chase. With poor jokes and none > of the stars from the first film there to bounce off, Chase’s comic > abilities were strangled. The sequel’s bad reviews did work in the original > movie’s favour though, revealing to everyone just why they loved the first > film eight years previously so much. > *9. Cruel Intentions 2* > > ** > *<http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/000CIT_Amy_Adams_066.jpg> > * > > Image source - hotflick > > *Cruel Intentions 2 *was supposed to be a TV series called *Manchester > Prep* following the cult success of the original *Cruel Intentions* movie. > However right before airing the show got cancelled so the team behind the > series decided to edit the three pilot episodes together to make the > film…doesn’t sound good huh? It wasn’t. In what is meant to be a prequel, > depicting how Sebastian met Kathryn, the film simply lacks the punch of the > original and instead ends up looking like a poor substitute. > *10. Men in Black 2* > > ** > * <http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/00mib2fi.jpg>* > > Image source - loyalkng > > The sequel basically undoes elements of the original, like Will Smith’s > Agent J slowly reminding Tommy Lee Jones’ Agent K to come back to work as a > Man in Black…right after having his memory wiped clean in the original. It > didn’t help either that the film’s original climax was due to take place in > the World Trade Center but the filming coincided with the tragedies of 9/11. > This meant the ending had to be re-written and re-filmed. > > > > > > > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
