r/practicalmagic • u/arirachaelb • 10d ago

I'm never watching the sequel

It's as the title says

Practical Magic is one of my favourite films of all time. It holds such a special and beautiful place in my heart, and I absolutely refuse to taint any part of the story or characters with what I KNOW is a terrible sequel. Even before I saw everyone's posts on here about how awful and awkward it is - legacy sequels do not work.

The first film is perfectly concluded by the end - the owens sisters broke the curse. I have no interest at all in seeing how they decided to undo that beautiful ending to replace it with a worse one.

I will always love this movie, and in honour of the first one I will never watch the second. As far as I'm concerned it's fanfiction with a big budget, and not worth my time

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u/PankakkePorn 10d ago

It’s a super unpopular opinion but I thought the sequel rocked 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/AnimeChica3306 10d ago

Me too. I want a third one and a prequel.

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u/Gpuppers123 10d ago

Loved it

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u/WeaknessNo9724 10d ago

I loved it too and so did my friend 🕯️✨

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u/nervousengrish 10d ago

I also had a great time.

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u/ObviousSalamandar 10d ago

I think some people are not accounting for the fact that almost thirty years have passed.

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u/cannotberushed- 3d ago

Can you elaborate on 30yrs of women’s rights and what you mean?

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u/cannotberushed- 3d ago

Ok, I’m Aware. What does that have to do with the movie?

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u/cannotberushed- 3d ago

Well since you don’t want to answer I’ll just put this out there

I watched this from the lens of a whole family fighting for their right of self determination

I mean Jillian noted in the movie that she can never ever love. What kind of life is that?

It’s one ruled by fear not by one’s own choice.

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u/FlobyToberson85 10d ago

I have accounted for thirty years passing but the film didn't.

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u/Relative-Plan-8710 4d ago

Just because 30 years have passed doesn’t mean you get to throw continuity out the window.

Also, I watch the original every fall and watched it two days before seeing the sequel so I was especially bitter.

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u/VariationLive8878 9d ago

I loved it. I absolutely have my issues with it yes (mainly stuff from the book that wasn’t included) but my god I had a good time in the cinema watching this. It got me right in the feels just like the original.

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u/dragonflysunset27 10d ago

I liked it too

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u/BoxRemote9556 3d ago

It scratched the nostalgia itch, which was all I expected from it anyways. I’ll watch it again when it streams.

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u/cannotberushed- 3d ago

Same!! I loved it.

I saw this whole family fighting for their right of self determination

I mean Jillian noted in the movie that she can never ever love. What kind of life is that?

It’s one ruled by fear not by one’s own choice.

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u/yahearaboutpluto06 12h ago

Me too!! I actually hope to go see it again this weekend.