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Post by High Plains Drifter on Dec 7, 2017 6:57:50 GMT
Everyone loves the first movie American Graffiti. Why did the sequel do so poorly? Is this movie as bad as they say it is? What was its strong/weak points? Where did it go wrong?
Discuss and Rate More American Graffiti
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Post by Vits on Dec 9, 2017 14:13:53 GMT
1/10 (could've been 0).
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Post by sjg on Apr 13, 2019 9:57:14 GMT
4/10
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jun 4, 2022 14:12:13 GMT
D+
So I finally went back to it... because I wanted a DVD copy of the first, & the double feature was cheapest at amazon.
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- Oddly(?) Terry Toad is the best character & performance here, like he had no F's left to give -both the actor & character alike- & that weirdly worked as the film passed. Alas, that's probably because the other 3 character stories were awful, so it stood out?
- Milner's story was mediocre at best; at least his wasn't a headache.
- Probably the best thing I could say about the movie is at least it tries to smooth itself out for the final 30 minutes or so. Yet getting there is an absolute trainwreck.
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- What a mess of a headache... & yet weirdly I can't fault the tone if that's where these ppl ended up? I feel like if American Graffiti had been an 8 season series, it was as if we'd jumped right to the finale season after it'd already been cancelled months prior. Having said that, I surely would never wish to even imagine the 6-7 seasons in between to get there.
- Steve & Laurie in a loud mess... not sure that's who they'd be friends with.
- Candy's story was utterly forgettable. I couldn't care a lick about any of those ppl. Come to think of it, every single one of the leads had pretty poor friends & companions... & yet, such is life??
More American Graffiti has to be the quintessential example of the grass is not always greener for a sequel. No matter how precious the characters were, they can still be violated lols.
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