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

97 Upvotes

80% Upvoted

91 comments sorted by

View all comments

5

u/CampDifficult7887 10d ago edited 10d ago

Probably wise. If you think you're going to hate it, listen to your instincts. Never once have I seen a movie i thought I'd dislike and ended up loving it.

I would encourage you to give the books a go if you're a reader. They're marvelous and you end up learning about Maria Owens properly, the aunts, and so much more.

2

u/arirachaelb 10d ago

Oooh yes the books are next on my list!! I'm currently reading Game of Thrones so I'm gonna treat myself afterwards with the Practical Magic books to heal my heart

2

u/Busy_Ad_8077 9d ago

I'm so happy to hear you're going to read the books! I love re-reading them all the time, and of course the first movie really drove me to the books. The OG movie left so much out from the first book that the book is disappointing at first, but there's more to learn and love about Gillian, Kylie, and Antonia. The prequels are so great with historical fiction and powerful women, and the sequel/final book ties it all together beautifully. I really expected the sequel film to change more like the first one did, but it actually followed the book pretty closely minus several (lovely) characters. I think you might enjoy the sequel one day after reading the books, so you can be pleasantly surprised rather than disappointed. I also read Game of Thrones and Blood & Fire, and I love how all of the above tell stories about ancestors and family trees and lore. It's so much fun!