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So - am I the only damn one who thinks a Boondock Saints sequel is a terrible idea? Make that a gut-wrenchingly terrible idea?
For those of you who haven't seen The Boondock Saints, what the fuck is wrong with you? I strongly suggest you go out and rent it right now, before you even finish reading this entry. (But if you can't, don't worry, there are no spoilers here.)
BDS is an incredibly unique, full story. It's done. It's finished. There doesn't need to be anymore. I won't rule out the possibility that the sequel will be amazing, but frankly, I'm terrified that Troy Duffy is just going to end up ruining a good thing here. When was the last time a sequel was a good idea? Unless a movie is written as the first chapter of something (the Scream trilogy springs to mind here), a sequel is just the worst idea possible. Trying to stretch out the same story with new characters and a few old ones? Don't fucking do it.
Especially if the first flick had Willem Dafoe and you can't get him for the second. Don't even try it. No matter how good the replacement character is, she won't be the same. Those are some huge fucking shoes to fill. And Boondock just isn't Boondock without Smecker.
Personally? I think Willem just learned his lesson about sequels with Speed 2. I think Troy should screen this flick before production starts on BDS2. Maybe it'll remind him that most of the time, you get a Speed 2, not a Godfather: Part II.
I'm not saying we won't get lucky. Maybe we will. Maybe Troy's brilliance - to say nothing of the cast, which sounds pretty decent - will make this thing work. But then I consider the title - Boondock Saints II: The Second Coming (??) - and I have to doubt. (Cheap shot? Yes. Cheesy-as-hell title? God, yes.)
There are only three ways I'll see this: If Willem reconsiders/is able to make time in his schedule; if Bob Marley reprises his role as Det. Greenly (look, I'm from Maine, I have to say that); and if I hear it's the most fucking amazing movie since, well, BDS itself. Then maybe I'll think about it.
For those of you who haven't seen The Boondock Saints, what the fuck is wrong with you? I strongly suggest you go out and rent it right now, before you even finish reading this entry. (But if you can't, don't worry, there are no spoilers here.)
BDS is an incredibly unique, full story. It's done. It's finished. There doesn't need to be anymore. I won't rule out the possibility that the sequel will be amazing, but frankly, I'm terrified that Troy Duffy is just going to end up ruining a good thing here. When was the last time a sequel was a good idea? Unless a movie is written as the first chapter of something (the Scream trilogy springs to mind here), a sequel is just the worst idea possible. Trying to stretch out the same story with new characters and a few old ones? Don't fucking do it.
Especially if the first flick had Willem Dafoe and you can't get him for the second. Don't even try it. No matter how good the replacement character is, she won't be the same. Those are some huge fucking shoes to fill. And Boondock just isn't Boondock without Smecker.
Personally? I think Willem just learned his lesson about sequels with Speed 2. I think Troy should screen this flick before production starts on BDS2. Maybe it'll remind him that most of the time, you get a Speed 2, not a Godfather: Part II.
I'm not saying we won't get lucky. Maybe we will. Maybe Troy's brilliance - to say nothing of the cast, which sounds pretty decent - will make this thing work. But then I consider the title - Boondock Saints II: The Second Coming (??) - and I have to doubt. (Cheap shot? Yes. Cheesy-as-hell title? God, yes.)
There are only three ways I'll see this: If Willem reconsiders/is able to make time in his schedule; if Bob Marley reprises his role as Det. Greenly (look, I'm from Maine, I have to say that); and if I hear it's the most fucking amazing movie since, well, BDS itself. Then maybe I'll think about it.