A New Policy Regarding Sequels

You may have noticed that I did not bother to review Underworld: Blood Wars when it came out earlier this month.  Well, the reason why is the same reason why you will not be seeing a review of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter this weekend.  And that reason is because of a new policy I am implementing regarding sequels.

In the past, I have tried to review as many movies as I could possibly see, and I feel I have kept up that end of the bargain, even as I am getting older, and time is shorter for me with work and other obligations.  However, there are certain movies that I just find that I can't bring myself to go see once in a while, and one kind of film are sequels to movies I have hated.  Both Underworld and Resident Evil are long running franchises with devoted fanbases, which I unfortunately am not a part of.  And yet, I have sat through numerous of their sequels with the best of intentions, only to find that the films have no intention of improving themselves, or making progress.

Ans so, I am implementing a policy where if a franchise has not improved itself by the second or third film, I am not going to review any further sequels.  The only exception to this rule will be if the sequel suddenly gets amazing word of mouth or uncommonly strong reviews in comparison to the rest of the series.  A good example of this exception would be last year's Ouija: Origin of Evil.  I hated the original, and had no intention of seeing the second film.  But then, it started attracting good word of mouth, so I decided to check it out, and ended up being very positive about it.  But this is a rare instance indeed.  Most franchises by their third film are pretty much set in stone.

So, therefore, you will not see reviews of sequels to long running series that have largely disappointed me.  In other words, do not expect to see a review of Transformers: The Last Knight this June.  Michael Bay's take on the cartoon and toys that ruled my youth has been some of the worst summer blockbusters ever in my opinion, and in all honesty, I would rather stay home and watch the 1986 animated Transformers movie that weekend than have to shell out money to see Bay's latest insult to my childhood icons.

So, there you have it.  I'm sorry if this disappoints any of my readers, but honestly, I need to give myself a break once in a while.  And when a franchise just seems to drag on and never seems to improve, there's just little reason for me to hold out hope that things will change or improve.  Even though you won't be hearing my thoughts on Resident Evil this weekend, I will be reviewing La La Land (finally), A Dog's Purpose and Gold this weekend, so I hope you will look forward to those.

I hope everyone has a great weekend ahead!

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