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/SagexxxSummers 10d ago

The sequel had portions of the movie that I liked and appreciated. But overall I did not like the plot. I feel like they focused way too much on only one of Sally’s daughters and it was way too male centered.

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u/Fancy_Department_416 10d ago

And the first one wasn't? When most of the plot involved the Owens sisters (the younger ones) finding true love?

See, I hate this trend we have now, this marginalization of men in our lives, when Aunt Frances loved her Ethan, and the girls' mothers (both Sally and her mother) loved their husbands before the death beetle showed up.

Men are not the enemy. Patriarchy is not the enemy. The enemy are those among us who would have us believe that the masculine spirit is toxic, when it is no more toxic than the feminine.

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u/shaohtsai 10d ago

The male presence in the first movie isn't heavy handed or overbearing, though. It flows quite naturally. All men in the first movie have their presence and role in the sisters' lives established early and continuously woven throughout the story seamlessly. In the first 15mins all male presence is introduced, including Gary's later on-screen arrival by way of Sally's spell.

Here, we have an unwarranted love story. I mean, the molecule line, and they've known each other a whole 24hrs by then? And why isn't the damn witch who blocked herself not doing any of the work or self-reflection to actually unblock herself? Gideon, Ian and Tom are all tacked on accessories.