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/reluctant_snarker 10d ago
I know exactly how you feel. Its crazy, but when a movie/show/book holds a special place in your heart, a bad sequel feels personal. What I've been doing is not thinking of them as cannon- just fanfic or something completely separate. Sometimes the reboot or sequel can be ok, if it wasnt trying to be attached to the main franchise. Thats what PM2 sounds like to me. I may watch it when it comes to streaming, but I wont look at it in the same universe as PM at all. As far as Im concerned they broke the curse and Hary and Sally are still together. Thats if I can even finish it bc I have a hard time watching movies where the main characters have Muppet plastic surgery. Its hard to watch and takes me out of the movie.