Day #17 of 30 Day Film Challenge
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shadowkatDay #17 of 30 Day Film Challenge.
Favorite Film Sequel
First, thank you for all of your comments. Sorry I've not been replying - no real time, and I can't focus on much at the moment on anything - work is about all that I can currently manage. And that's giving me headaches.
Hmmm - when I went to find my movie on youtube, discovered it's playing at various movie theaters. Which is odd. Are movie theaters open now? Are they playing it because they can't find anything else? Has my computer decided to jump back to the 1980s...because can I go too? (There's a few classmates I'd like to neuter or smack upside the head.)
Oh. Apparently it's the 40th Anniversary of this particular film or it was in May, they had to wait until now to celebrate - because, well, we were all locked down in May. We are still now - just not all of us, and in various stages.
Anyhow...this is the rare sequel that I actually preferred to the original film and in this specific series? It's actually my favorite film in the series, period. Most sequels tend to be let downs. Unless they are stand-alone films like the Marvel films. Few build well on their source material. And in the case of this film - not only did it build well on the source material, it expanded on it, and overtook it - and out shone it. If it hadn't, I honestly wonder if we'd have had the franchise that we do today.
Another tidbit on this film? I saw it in 1980. I was eagerly anticipating it. And remember my brother and I persuading my father to take us. We saw it at the Midland Theater in Kansas City, a huge theater, about an hour from our home - on the balcony. It's the same theater that we saw the silent film presentation of Napeolean, and various musicals. It was an event, and it was amazing.
Favorite Film Sequel
First, thank you for all of your comments. Sorry I've not been replying - no real time, and I can't focus on much at the moment on anything - work is about all that I can currently manage. And that's giving me headaches.
Hmmm - when I went to find my movie on youtube, discovered it's playing at various movie theaters. Which is odd. Are movie theaters open now? Are they playing it because they can't find anything else? Has my computer decided to jump back to the 1980s...because can I go too? (There's a few classmates I'd like to neuter or smack upside the head.)
Oh. Apparently it's the 40th Anniversary of this particular film or it was in May, they had to wait until now to celebrate - because, well, we were all locked down in May. We are still now - just not all of us, and in various stages.
Anyhow...this is the rare sequel that I actually preferred to the original film and in this specific series? It's actually my favorite film in the series, period. Most sequels tend to be let downs. Unless they are stand-alone films like the Marvel films. Few build well on their source material. And in the case of this film - not only did it build well on the source material, it expanded on it, and overtook it - and out shone it. If it hadn't, I honestly wonder if we'd have had the franchise that we do today.
Another tidbit on this film? I saw it in 1980. I was eagerly anticipating it. And remember my brother and I persuading my father to take us. We saw it at the Midland Theater in Kansas City, a huge theater, about an hour from our home - on the balcony. It's the same theater that we saw the silent film presentation of Napeolean, and various musicals. It was an event, and it was amazing.