Writer's Block: Part deux
Jul. 1st, 2011 09:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I prefer "Road Warrior" to "Mad Max." To be honest this is one of my failings. I know I ought to be more open-minded about movies and all, but I let my preconceived ideas color it a lot. The action from Road Warrior appealed a lot more to me, and it seemed to have more of those theatrics. The fact that I wasn't aware of Mad Max at first didn't help a lot. When I did get around to seeing it the differences in style seemed to be pretty big. They probably weren't, but my mind was clouded. The series got really goofy (even for it) after Road Warrior so I think it's also sort of a happy medium between a lot of brainless action and silliness.
For the most part I prefer the first movie in a series, as they tend to get worse and more thrown together as they go along. For a lot of the original ones there is a sense of adventure in that they put something out there that isn't so easy to predict public reaction for. After that it seems like it's just about capitalizing on something that is already popular and will make money almost guaranteed. That's not to say I think sequels are inherently bad, I just think they tend to be worse than the original. I end up giving a lot of sequels to movies I liked (5 stars) 4 stars. I like the sequel, just not as much as the original. In all honesty I can't think of any more sequels I liked more than the original right off the top of my head. I'm sure there are more, but I'm drawing a blank.
In another sphere of this whole thing is the fact that I haven't seen a lot of the Horror Movie series. I haven't seen most of the "Friday the 13th" movies (saw the first one) and haven't seen any of the "Halloween" movies. I also haven't seen any of the "Hellraiser" movies. I've seen the original "Predator" and the original "Aliens" but none of the others (I have seen "AVP" but don't really count that as in their respective series). In that way there is opportunity for me to enjoy sequels more than originals, especially since the horror genre tends to have sequels that don't necessarily tie back into previous iterations. I try to be open-minded, I guess I'll think on this one a bit more...
I prefer "Road Warrior" to "Mad Max." To be honest this is one of my failings. I know I ought to be more open-minded about movies and all, but I let my preconceived ideas color it a lot. The action from Road Warrior appealed a lot more to me, and it seemed to have more of those theatrics. The fact that I wasn't aware of Mad Max at first didn't help a lot. When I did get around to seeing it the differences in style seemed to be pretty big. They probably weren't, but my mind was clouded. The series got really goofy (even for it) after Road Warrior so I think it's also sort of a happy medium between a lot of brainless action and silliness.
For the most part I prefer the first movie in a series, as they tend to get worse and more thrown together as they go along. For a lot of the original ones there is a sense of adventure in that they put something out there that isn't so easy to predict public reaction for. After that it seems like it's just about capitalizing on something that is already popular and will make money almost guaranteed. That's not to say I think sequels are inherently bad, I just think they tend to be worse than the original. I end up giving a lot of sequels to movies I liked (5 stars) 4 stars. I like the sequel, just not as much as the original. In all honesty I can't think of any more sequels I liked more than the original right off the top of my head. I'm sure there are more, but I'm drawing a blank.
In another sphere of this whole thing is the fact that I haven't seen a lot of the Horror Movie series. I haven't seen most of the "Friday the 13th" movies (saw the first one) and haven't seen any of the "Halloween" movies. I also haven't seen any of the "Hellraiser" movies. I've seen the original "Predator" and the original "Aliens" but none of the others (I have seen "AVP" but don't really count that as in their respective series). In that way there is opportunity for me to enjoy sequels more than originals, especially since the horror genre tends to have sequels that don't necessarily tie back into previous iterations. I try to be open-minded, I guess I'll think on this one a bit more...
