Sequels, why do they do it?

Fri Aug 1, 2008, 9:11am

Now don't get me wrong - I like the extended tales of Jack sparrow and the further adventures of Batman as much as anybody.

Sequels are fine when handled correctly, and when the story allows them.

It's just that it seems like Hollywood has gone sequel mad in recent years. Maybe sequels are one step better than all the recent remakes of old films that they have done, but only just.

Matrix should have stayed as 1 film, Terminator should have kept quiet after Terminator 2 (which I thought was one of the rare cases where the sequel was better than the first - then they went and ruined it).