That's too easy to go after cheap DTV sequels when there are so many actual movie sequels that fit the "WHAT?!?!" factor so nicely.Cinderella 2
Jungle Book 2
Peter Pan 2
The Land Before Time 2
The Land Before Time 3
The Land Before Time 4
The Land Before Time 5
The Land Before Time 6
The Land Before Time 7
and on
and on
and on......
etc. etc. etc.
Ugh....My eyes burn just thinking about those atrocities. e_e They need to stop.Every single Brazilian made rip off of Disney and Dreamworks movies out there... Where the heck are the lawyers?
I get a LOT of criticism for not liking the first one, when I find it highly generous that's the ONLY Disney original animated movie I have a distaste for. I don't know what that movie was trying to do... I mean, if they were doing it as a white guilt movie, they bungled that one up by creating a Snidely Whiplash character for the bad guy that didn't exist. And if historical inaccuracy for the effect of making a better movie was the goal, they didn't exactly make it a better story, nor did they have fun with it (like Inglorious Basterds). If they wanted little boys to like it as well as girls, they didn't add a single character that a boy can like. Not even something more comedic than a raccoon and a pug dog. On all counts, the film was pretty screwed up.Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World.
Why would they all of a sudden want the story to be more accurate with Pocahontas' love interest in the sequel, if they already established a relationship between her and John Smith in the original? In the sequel, you're expecting for the two to get back together, but instead you're wondering "Who's this other guy? And why did Pocahontas dump Smith for him?!" If they wanted to be accurate, then they should have gave the characters their appropriate ages and appearances as well...
I have never bothered with the movies past #2 because no matter what you do, it'll be a rehash. Change the names of the characters all you want, but it's still the same story. The "ghost" angle in this one seems like nothing the Little Rascals probably didn't do better.I may be a LITTLE open-minded about watching this one... at least they're trying to do a completely different cast of characters, which is what made 3 work: no, Kevin, Harry, and Marv weren't there anymore, but by then, Macaulay Caulkin would've been a little too old to be a convincing seemingly-innocent, yet very mischevious 8-9-10-year old, and you have to admit, the whole idea of Joe Pesci and Danny Stern being bumbling idiots being outwitted by a kid while trying to pull a heist would have been tired in a third movie. #3 worked with a different cast of characters, and a variation on the plot by having secret agents with an international terrorist organization being outsmarted by an 8-year-old is different, but at the same time, it still has that same magic that the first two had (plus, John Hughes was still involved, whereas he wasn't for #4). #4 didn't work because they tried to recast all of the original character, divorce Kevin's parents, have Harry and Marv switch characters, drop the Danny Stern character and replace him with a dame, etc. So yeah, #5 MIGHT work on a similar plane #3 worked, but still, I don't know... without John Hughes' guidance, it would probably fail.
Cool World was completely screwed up. it was so screwed up, Ralph Bakshi punched the studio exec that went behind his back and rewrote the film. It's one of those sad examples of studio execs screwing up artistic vision because of that stupid ratings system. Ralph wanted an R rated movie (like all his others) but they turned it into a PG or PG-13 film because it was animated and we all know animated movies are all kiddy stuff for some reason.
I didn't really mind Hop that much. I thought it was pretty good. Especially the wonderful animation in it.
- Hop (2011)- Was it really necessary to try to commercialize another holiday?
I just watched that one recently, it wasn't too bad, after all, there was a Fraggle Rock reference in it.hoodwinked too- The first movie was good, but the second one didn't really have a story.