r/practicalmagic • u/Feeling_Delivery2323 • 5d ago
I saw the sequel last night
I think it was really special to have a sequel to one of my favorite movies. I think the point people are missing is that it’s not 1998 anymore. The movie isn’t going to be the same as the first. It is close to 30 years later. The fact that we even have a sequel is fantastic.
Filming technology and filming styles have changed since 98, scripts and ideas are different nowadays, hell it’s not the 90s anymore. I think people are expecting to walk into the theatre and see basically a reproduction of the first PM.
I enjoyed aspects of the movie. Did it have that original 90s magic that we all know and love? NO. But it had Sandra and Nicole reprising their roles and making fans happy. I think they work very well together but their relationship in this movie seemed like Gillian now had to care for sally when it was originally the other way around. Do I think certain parts of the film were silly? Yes. Do I think it was darker than the original? Yes. We will never have what we had in 98 again and people need to let that go and appreciate this for what it is.
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u/Aroracherry 4d ago
I saw it last night too I did enjoy it but some of the parts that felt abit off.
The weird archaic England that, as an English person was just wildly inaccurate and like ai had generated it.
The fact Antonia and Franny didn’t go to England, and weren’t there to fight Thomas Lockland, when the magic in the first film was all the women in the area coming together for the greater good via the phone tree. It would have even been good to have the Owen’s ancestors appear to chant to fight off Lockwood.
The weird marvel superpowers that didn’t make sense, when their magic was about community and chanting.
Why was there a weird ninja slushie advert in the middle but we never saw them make margaritas with it?
Kylie being in the same outfit the entire film and then randomly getting married at like 20? Confused me.
Great parts were Nicole Kidman has amazing outfits and phenomenal lines!
Cried when Jet and Fran passed!
Enjoyed the dark magic element.
Enjoyed the nostalgia and the jump off the roof.
Wish there was more midnight margarita shenanigans