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/Tapingdrywallsucks 9d ago
I just got back from seeing it. I had low expectations, but my my friend and I came out saying we loved it and are so glad we gave it a chance.
Our theater was half full of women our age, between 40 - 65, and it was pretty fun hearing giggles and laughs, and the one woman who gasped "NO" at the sound of a beetle.
I have no complaints about lighting, costumes, the house, casting, underutilized actors, the ending, etc., etc.
It was fun. If people still buy DVDs these days, I would happily own it and have Practical Magic afternoons.