Part Deux Suxx

Film studios these days are clogged full of sequels because that is where the safe money is (and because movie makers are generally a lazy bunch) but it makes for BOOORING cinema let me tell you. Boring. Coma inducing. Bring-a-sleeping-bag-to-the-cinema. Boring.
The more successful ones may bring in shedloads of the green stuff which is fine and dandy for directors, producers and actors but for we the audience its frustrating. And more than that its boring! (Theres that word again.) Yes yes, we enjoyed it the first time around, it was original and fresh and all kinds of lovely. Part two however, rarely offers the same thrills.

Part 7

How many sequels have there been that were any good? Rambo II, The Godfather II and Terminator 2 were certainly excellent, not to mention the second Robocop which ramped the misery and violence up a dozen notches* but by and large sequels are pretty sucky and the more they go on (I think Friday the 13th is on 50th installment) the bigger and fouler the stench. Its simply an excuse for studios to print money and the least they could do is be honest; Shrek 12 ~ The Ogre Wants More Moolah!
I suppose I can lump movie remakes in here too (of course I can, its MY blog.) Remakes are worse than sequels and make no artistic sense whatsoever. The only one that was ever decent was Cape Fear and that was due in no small part to a stellar cast including Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte and Jessica Lange who were perfect in my non film critic eyeballs.
Today the remake is king and everything is being redone, including movies that ought to be untouchable. A few that pi$$ed me off were King Kong, Clash Of The Titans, Nightmare On Elm Street and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Each of these originals were brilliant pieces of cinema, absolute gems, there was no need to remake them. They were bloody perfect as they were. And this is a real shame because if a classic is left alone and not re-made then it remains a flawless great without blemish, but when directors decide to meddle and make a re-hash (that inevitably STINKS) then wallop! Its ruined and the original great is forever tainted. Its annoying!
So the message to Hollywood (fast becoming HollyBored) is QUIT the lousy sequels and GOD AWFUL re-makes and do something ORIGINAL for a change. Your reward will be greater. Honestly.

*Futuristic films should always have a huge dose of misery because humanity has reached its summit but thats another story.