The original movie is, and will always be, among my favorites of all time.
Then, this comes along... for whatever reason, i never got around to going to the cinema to watch it. perhaps out of fear for it forever ruining the memory of the original. So it was only just last year that i managed to bring myself to watch this monstrosity of a movie. The premise was there, albeit with a very tenuous plot, and the main characters were all there from the original (with the obvious exception of John Belushi) and the musical set pieces were all there too, but something was still missing. I found myself fast forwarding through all the songs to get to the end as quickly as possible.
There just seemed to be a lack of any real interest in making a real sequel rather than just a re-hash of the original. This movie was almost just like a TV reunion of the original cast and just showing them do the original scenes out of interest to see if they could still do it.
If your memory of the original holds a place in your heart, then avoid this terrible mess of a sequel. And if you have seen this but not the original, then get yourself to the store and buy a copy to show you how it should be done!
Then, this comes along... for whatever reason, i never got around to going to the cinema to watch it. perhaps out of fear for it forever ruining the memory of the original. So it was only just last year that i managed to bring myself to watch this monstrosity of a movie. The premise was there, albeit with a very tenuous plot, and the main characters were all there from the original (with the obvious exception of John Belushi) and the musical set pieces were all there too, but something was still missing. I found myself fast forwarding through all the songs to get to the end as quickly as possible.
There just seemed to be a lack of any real interest in making a real sequel rather than just a re-hash of the original. This movie was almost just like a TV reunion of the original cast and just showing them do the original scenes out of interest to see if they could still do it.
If your memory of the original holds a place in your heart, then avoid this terrible mess of a sequel. And if you have seen this but not the original, then get yourself to the store and buy a copy to show you how it should be done!