Film - An Old Pairing - Summer and Movie Sequels - NYTimes.com
AO Scott talks a lot about how many sequels there are coming out this year, but I get a distinct sense of deja vu while reading it. Doesn't an article like this appear in one of the major American media publications every summer?
Which is a pity because: oh my God why are there so many sequels to movies that don't deserve sequels coming out this year?
Of the bunch, perhaps I will see Toy Story 3, but even then I am not holding my breath; even though I loved the first Toy Story and am generally a pretty big fan of Pixar, I found Toy Story 2 very forgettable.
There is one sequel worth waiting for this year, and that's Voyage of the Dawn Treader. But it's a Christmas release, so it at least its not coming out with all the summer sequel dreck.
By the way, the first trailer for VDT comes out with Toy Story 3, and will be released on the web this Thursday. Yes, the fact that I know that is evidence of my Narnia fanboydom, I guess
We went to the movies the other week and everything previewed was either a poor imitation of a much better original film (ie, 'Legion' = Terminator, with killer robot angels), or a film-of-the-book. That included the film we saw actually.
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