Well looky here!!! We gots us a sequel. Can you guess what movie came first?(Hint for MORONS: Look two reviews down.) Can this movie pass the test and rise above the tradition of crappy sequels? Can the unique love story structure of the first movie work again in another? Are they just saving money by only having two actors? Can Julie Delpy pull off the pretty little franch girl character again? Is Ethan Hawke going to rise above his pre-determined station in life by collecting DNA from the keyboards of people suppossedly more gifted than he? Answers to these questions and more are...well..right below.Yes. Yes. Couldn't hurt. If Elke Sommers can do it...then yes. Yes, but he will need help from The Bride and Alfie. Thanks for stopping by. NEXT MOVIE!!!
Oh, you want more? Well, the structure of this movie is essentially the same as Before Sunrise, but its a few years later and they meet while he is in France on a book tour that is eerily similar to a story about two people who met on a train. The thing that is interesting is that the end of the first movie leaves you with a question about what will happen. This movie answers that question, and then builds upon that. They have obviously grown over the years, but they both held on to the connection they made. What propels this movie is the question of what they are going to do this time. Again he has to get on a plane and leave the country. Are they going to go through the same thing again, or will this time be different?
There is also a number of very powerful moments placed through out where you see each character wanting to reach out to the other in the way they have been thinking about over the years. But they don't. They hold back. It kills them because they desire it so much. It kills the viewer because you want to see them together as much as they want to be together. Its truly an excellent expansion of the original story. Its not just a rehash of the things that worked in the first movie. There is an evolution that has occured between the two and it is interesting to see if time has been too long to make a difference. Only watch this if you have seen the first one. Unlike Wrath of Khan, it would make a difference.
2 comments:
Of course, Wrath of Khan is INFINITELY better than the first Star Trek movie, so are you saying that this is infinitely better than the first?
Matt
No. I am saying that this movie shouldnt be watched unless the first one has been watched. Unlike Wrath of Khan where you dont need to see the first one. I know this, because I havent seen the first Star Trek movie.
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