I can't figure out if Grease 2 is the best sequel of all time or the worst. Sure when it came out the answer was clear, it was the worst. I mean comparing it to the classic 1978 John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John original, was like comparing New Jersey pizza to those little frozen pizza bagels you get at the supermarket.
But we live in a different world then we did in 82 when Grease 2 hit the theaters. Today if a film makes as much as a $5 profit, you can be sure they'll be a sequel. Now will they bother to actually write a script? …. no. That would take too long, and would be too much trouble. Who cares about a story anyway.
With the exception of maybe The Dark Knight and Spiderman 2, are there any sequels in recent years that should have even been made at all?
Now I'll admit, I don't get to the movies as much as I'd like to, so I haven't seen a lot of these new breed of cinema clones. But you tell me, do I really have to waste $10 and two hours of my time to figure out that the world would be a better place without Cheaper by the Dozen 2.
Think about . . . Rocky, only needed one. The Matrix could have stopped at one. And tell me, how many damn Oceans 11 movies do we really need. When my 4 year old grows up am I going to be taking her to see Oceans 53: Danny Ocean is at it again?
When you think of it that way maybe Grease 2 wasn't so bad; at least it was different. And look, it gave us a fresh faced Michelle Pfeiffer and of course Adrian Zmed as the ulra cool Johhny Nogerelli. And it introduced us to what it means to be a cool rider.
So I was thinking of going to see Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps this week, but now that I think about it . . . . I may just go bowling instead.
