https://staging2.theplaylist.net/not-all-sequels-are-created-equal-why-not-every-hit-movie-deserves-to-be-a-franchise-20150706/ Mon, 23 May 2016 03:01:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/not-all-sequels-are-created-equal-why-not-every-hit-movie-deserves-to-be-a-franchise-20150706/#comment-128853 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:01:16 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/not-all-sequels-are-created-equal-why-not-every-hit-movie-deserves-to-be-a-franchise-262319/#comment-128853 Avengers 2 made lesser money cos, the movie was shi-te. Bad script and Whedon\’s over directing couldn\’t save it.

]]> https://staging2.theplaylist.net/not-all-sequels-are-created-equal-why-not-every-hit-movie-deserves-to-be-a-franchise-20150706/#comment-128854 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:01:16 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/not-all-sequels-are-created-equal-why-not-every-hit-movie-deserves-to-be-a-franchise-262319/#comment-128854 I\’m not so sure Avengers made less money because fans felt the sequel was too similar to the first movie. If anything, I\’d say the opposite was true.

]]> https://staging2.theplaylist.net/not-all-sequels-are-created-equal-why-not-every-hit-movie-deserves-to-be-a-franchise-20150706/#comment-128855 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:01:16 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/not-all-sequels-are-created-equal-why-not-every-hit-movie-deserves-to-be-a-franchise-262319/#comment-128855 If filmmakers genuinely want to continue their stories, you can tell – good sequels have a sort of purity to them, a lack of cynicism… and they let the world-building of the original movie set them free to roam (Godfather 2, T2, Empire Strikes Back, Temple Of Doom, Scream 2 to name a few). But sequels conceived in a boardroom? you can smell those a mile off. G.I. Joe 2? Even fans of the first movie were hardly begging for a sequel.

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