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Stop making unnecessary sequels!

Ben

Peas, cards that mark occasions (birthdays, anniversaries etc), Daniel Bedingfield, Liverpool Football Club and Unnecessary Sequels – I hate them all! Before I can go any further, I need to clarify what an unnecessary sequel is. In my opinion, an unnecessary sequel is any sequel to a film that is originally self-contained with a story that is finished. Usually the film is much more story or event-driven than character driven so superhero films and horror films don’t have unnecessary sequels but an event-driven film like Speed does! These sequels are usually straight to DVD rubbish that is clearly some studio executive seeing the popularity of … Continue reading Stop making unnecessary sequels!

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Don’t use two films to tell a story when one will do!

Ben

Die Hard, Indiana Jones and Toy Story, three pretty perfect trilogies. In my opinion there isn’t one film in any of these series that has a huge, detrimental effect on the others. This is because every single one of those films is a single story, not trying to carry over any plot-threads, unanswered questions or huge story arcs from any previous film and what’s more, the first film didn’t try to set up the sequels before it had even finished! This has been a ridiculous trend in films that I don’t think ever really works. Recently I watched the worst possible case … Continue reading Don’t use two films to tell a story when one will do!

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Nativity (2009) Review

Ben

Britain has some great comic actors that the British film industry relies on heavily. My last review, Attack the Block, had Nick Frost lending some heavyweight, British comic actor support. Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz wouldn’t have worked if it hadn’t been for the partnership of Frost and Pegg. The list of dependable British comic talent that can be used is pretty extensive, David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Paul Kay, Ricky Gervais, James Cordon, Richard Ayoade and Chris O’Dowd to name a few. You can’t rely solely on these actors to make your film work though. People have tried before. Mitchell and … Continue reading Nativity (2009) Review