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[-] ours@lemmy.film 2 points 1 year ago

But ignore the sequel entirely. The drop in quality is impressive.

[-] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I'm baffled at how much they screwed it up. They really didn't need to change the formula much for the sequel to be a success. Just come up with a new portal or some excuse why the portal from movie 1 didn't close and do the same thing as the first movie.

Instead they did whatever they ended up doing in movie 2 and killed what could've been a fun blockbuster franchise.

Hell they could've adapted one of the the hundreds of fanfics online and it would've been a better starting point than whatever they ended up with.

[-] lotanis@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

I look at it a different way - it's a miracle the first one was good. If you imagine hearing the premise for the first time, it sounds like a trashy movie with no depth. Somehow it ends up being way more than that, and I'd suggest that's because of excellent direction. Without that it reverts back to trash.

[-] eee@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

yeah it had a different director.

[-] ours@lemmy.film 2 points 1 year ago

The lack of Guillermo del Toro was glaring.

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