How to Train your Dragon wowed the critiques and all the rest of the audience. They have earned quite a bit in the box office. Now, they have announced a sequel to the film. Sequels are always exciting, but ponder on this, Are they making a sequel just because it grossed so much money, and they want to make another big hit, or, do they already have a good follow up story in plan? Money making sequels are tempting, but they have to be planned carefully with the right motives. If you have no idea what to do with the characters after the first film, but you REALLY want to make more money on the same franchise, you’ve got a problem. Making films to get more money should never be your highest priority. I’m not saying that that is Dreamwork’s priority in this instance, I’m just speculating. Sequels often go wrong if the prime motivation is to gross huge amounts of money. Not just because you are gambling with this world of unpredictable audiences, but you will also be setting yourself up to make a movie that is expected to be better then the first, and if you do not have a good, original idea of what to do with these characters, your sequel could possibly die in the theaters.
As Dreamwork’s fires the dragons back up for a sequel, I hope they will carefully consider plot, originality, and faithfulness to characters. In that case I would be thrilled to see a sequel.
Question: What do you think about sequels? What are the worst sequels you have ever watched?
