Let's talk about something

why not, I got the time.

Something I was thinking about, sequels that just exist with no purpose.

By all means, take my idea and play with it.

I was thinking about Robocop 2. A movie I've had to struggle with liking or not liking for years now. How do I feel about it today. I don't like it. I really don't. I know what happened. They had the budget, the manpower, the demand for a sequel, but no story worth shit. So we got what we got, a cobbled together fucked up mess of a film that abandons the story if there was one half way through and then just rides off the action for the last hour to give you something to watch.

Die Hard 2 is also just as bad.

I truly despise that film. Don't you hate it when they make a sequel and they don't have a good idea for what it's supposed to be so what we get is a messy mixed bag movie with no central theme or driving force to it.

Say what you want about movies like superman returns, hulk, even force awakens. At least they're not wandering all over the map with their ideas, they're centrally focused. That's what I have to say I like about a solid film. Simplicity. Maybe I'm simple minded. But that's what I like, when it's not trying to be a thousand movies all at once. It's just itself.

That's the key to a good film. They're not trying to be a buffet of film making. No unnecessary deviations and diversions abound. Just stick to your story and say what you want to say with it.