Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy in the studio in Anchorman
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Comedy sequels are less dependable than any other genre, and some classic comedy movies should have been left as standalone movies. A movie's financial success often dictates whether it gets a sequel or not, but there have been enough underwhelming comedy sequels to prove that story concerns should take precedence.
Although the first movie works so well because the characters are flung into a bizarre situation, it isn't so bizarre the second and third time around Each subsequent Austin Powers movie diluted the success of the first.International Man of Mystery said all there is to say about 007, so the sequels had to come up with new gags that didn't work quite as well. Mike Myers' performances are just as fun to watch in the sequels, but parodies usually work best in small bursts. There may be 25 Bond movies to satirize, but International Man of Mystery made the most cutting jokes at the first attempt.
Airplane parodies melodramatic disaster movies, and since disaster movies so rarely have sequels, Airplane could easily have quit at just one movie. More importantly, the emotional tension of the first movie was fully resolved by the end, meaning that there was no compelling reason to bring the characters back. Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker turned down the chance to return for Airplane II: The Sequel.
The ending was a perfectly bittersweet send-off for the magical nanny, who left the Banks children happier than she found them. Now, the franchise seems to be coming back from the dead, with a Legally Blonde prequel TV show and a third film starring Reese Witherspoon both in the works. This suggests that Witherspoon has finally found an interesting way to continue the character's journey over 20 years later, because her political lobbying in Legally Blonde 2 was not what fans wanted to see.
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