The credits roll for a great movie like “M3GAN,” and I’m left wanting more. But as “M3GAN 2.0” comes out, I’m left disappointed. This doesn’t just apply to “M3GAN” though. Nearly every movie I’ve watched has had a disappointing sequel, with only a few exceptions.
To start, I enjoyed watching “M3GAN,” a horror movie that focused on a robot named Megan, who started to kill people. This movie was thrilling and very suspenseful, as I had no idea whether Megan would kill everyone. And then “M3GAN 2.0” came out. The genre completely shifted from horror to spy and action where Megan started to fight a large artificial intelligence. It had completely lost the plot of the original.
Another example is “Fast and Furious.” The plot changes twice throughout the several sequels. It starts as a racing movie, but it becomes a government spy action movie with cars around “Fast and Furious 4-6.” Afterwards, it becomes crazy action movies that just have lots of cars. Oftentimes, movie sequels lose the original plot’s direction by trying to continue a story that has already ended.
While some movie sequels just seem like greedy opportunities to make money, there are definitely well made ones such as “Inside Out 2.” This movie, built on the original “Inside Out” movie, introduced new emotions such as Anxiety, Embarrassment, Envy and Ennui, which not only act as new characters, but relate to the audience as many kids who watched the first “Inside Out” are now teenagers. The perfect example of a well made sequel is a smooth continuation of the previous movie but introducing new ideas. While movie sequels are desired after watching great movies, it proves to be very difficult to make a sequel that matches or outdoes the first. Ω
