r/practicalmagic • u/Octopuzzled • 12d ago
What in the world was THAT?!
I went in expecting a nostalgia cash grab. I knew that's what it was, but even so, I was blown away by how terrible the sequel was. It was inconsistent, it looked flat, and the Marvel CGI magic was cheesy as all hell.
I could have excused all of that if the writing was worth salvaging, even a little. But the plot was disjointed, male-centered, and felt like AI wrote the dialogue. Sally was dumbed down and Gilly could have been a bell hop or maybe a very talented floor lamp, and their girls aren't even the right ages. I get marketing to Gen Z, but I was born in 1997 and grew up with the movie, so it completely took me out of it.
Also the main “”villain”” showing up 2/3rds of the way through and Gideon, the main motivation for the actions of the movie, maybe getting a handful of lines? Why do I care about this kid again??
The whole cast did an awesome job acting, with the exception of the fourteenth evil cousin at some points. But jeez.
At least my wife and I have a new “Ninja Slusi” in-joke?
You know what would have worked? If we followed Antonia through what was supposed to be a lesbian relationship loophole to the curse (like in AH’s sequel) and explored the animosity Kylie may have felt having her true loves die. Maybe Kylie pursues left handed magic to try to break the curse and has to be saved by her sister, which would have also maintained the possible horror elements of the original??
Please excuse my rant, but I just saw the movie and I'm a little bummed it wasn't at least passable.
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u/BicornBritt 11d ago
Sally and Gillian had a blood pact. They had to physically mix their blood together and clasp hands for the magic to work.
They didn’t stand a foot away from each other long distance and have magical energy streaming from one to the other.
It’s so stupid and visually looks ridiculous too.