• chunkystyles
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      3 months ago

      Background: I only watched the original before watching the sequel.

      IMO, the sequel is better.

      I felt like it took everything good about the original and improved upon it.

      My suspicion is that people who prefer the original are nostalgic for it.

      • Crashumbc@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        Meh, I thought the second would have been a great movie if it was 20-30 minutes shorter. My god some of those scenes drag on.

        The first was ground breaking for its time. I don’t think it is nostalgia (although there is probably some) so much as context. A lot of the things that had people’s jaws on the floor are commonplace now. It’s hard to recreate that illusion especially if you’re comparing it to modern movies.