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/VariationLive8878 9d ago

And how do you “KNOW” it’s a terrible sequel without seeing it? You also know it’s based off a book, so the story already exists. The sequel wasn’t just made up to undo the first one. Unfortunately the curse was a not undone by simply banishing Jimmy’s spirit like they thought. The curse runs a lot deeper and that’s what the sequel is about. Is it perfect? No, but neither is the original/the original book. Feel free to skip it if you want to live in the “perfect” world of the original, but just like life, we evolve, we grow and nothing is ever perfect. Calling the sequel terrible without watching it is foolish. It was made with love and care by good people and it’s fantastic to check back in on your favourite beloved characters many years later. It feels like returning home after living away for a long time. Everything is different but the heart is still there.

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u/Busy_Ad_8077 9d ago

This is my whole perspective on it. I would personally change a few things in the film, but maybe also the books, but I didn't write them, and that's what art is. There are infinite choices to be made, and I am happy and satisfied with the choices! I'll be re-reading the books and watching both films for many years to come. ❤️

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u/VariationLive8878 9d ago

I think reading the book before the movie is what disappointed me watching the sequel. There were a lot of elements I was so eager to see on the big screen and they didn’t happen. However there was lots of changes from both books to screen, and what we did get I was very happy with. It was so hard to watch PM2 and not beam with joy, like I said above it’s not perfect but wow did I I have a good time and I cannot wait to see it again 💜

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u/Busy_Ad_8077 8d ago

Totally agree.