Hollywood’s guiding philosophy over the previous few a long time goes one thing like this: If it labored as soon as earlier than, it can work once more.
As soon as an concept connects with audiences, studios will run it into the bottom with sequels, remakes, reboots, prequels, and legacyquels. Authentic ideas? Daring concepts? Feh! Give ’em an previous hit, a second (or third, or tenth) time. That can work, proper?
Not all the time. Regardless of what studio executives may imagine, certain issues aren’t any certainty, and for each bona fide blockbuster sequel there are a a dozen that stopped a franchise in its tracks. Plus, Hollywood has made so many sequels in the previous couple of years, that solely probably the most devoted movie nerd might probably bear in mind them all.
Let’s see what number of you bear in mind. Here’s a listing of 20 sequels, most launched within the twenty first century. See what number of stay etched in your thoughts only a few years later, and what number of you forgot about, even when (or perhaps particularly if) you watched them as soon as upon a time. Consider: These usually are not sequels to obscure overseas titles, or cheapo junk that went direct-to-video. These are marquee film manufacturers with A-list stars, based mostly on motion pictures that generally stay fairly common on residence video and streaming. It’s simply that typically when issues work as soon as, they can’t work the identical once more.
(By the best way: We’ve made an inventory of forgotten film sequels earlier than. Not one of the obscure titles on that listing repeat right here. Hollywood makes a variety of sequels! )
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