Nothing beats number one

Why does every movie hit have to have a number two (2) then three(3) until people are puking out the very idea of another sequel. I slept at 4am just to watch Cutting edge 2, Cutting edge 3 and Cutting Edge, respectively. And it was just what I expected, nothing beats the original.

All the more when you watch them side-by-side, you'd end up ranting like a madman looking for more and more flaws but what can you expect, they just keep on coming.

Cutting Edge is a story of a USA Figure Skating Champion Kate, a temperamental, uptight, spoiled snob who's life revolved around ice. While Doug was an amateur hockey player and a college phenomenon who had it all that it took for a man to be drafted a professional . His dream shatters on a fateful hockey event that costed him a blind sight and a wonderful career as a professional hockey player. Conflict was essential so even the characters have very different personalities. Doug was one of the guys in those Christmas postcards saying "Bah Humbug!" you know what I mean?

The two unlikely pair become one in an experimental attempt to win the Olympic gold medal in figure skating. An hour of endless foreplay, the movie is hilarious. Of course, the love story ends happily, nothing unusual about that.

I love that movie so much that it came as a disappointment when I saw sequels.

So there, once we know the plot of Cutting Edge, just imagine the next two consecutive sequels that were released with a two-year gap. Yes, people would be puking out another sequel. Maybe, I'd love the movies all the more if DB Sweeney and Moira Kelly portrayed themselves as the parents of the girl. (you see, I cannot even remember their names). Among the three, that would be my least favorite. In the third sequel, the love of her life ended in a disastrous divorce (come on, were they trying to make the movie a little more realistic)

The third instalment is better , only to see that the story was almost as the same as the first, with the Pamchengko bounce-spin-to-a-throw-twist (Trivia: that move does exist, but to date there are many recorded attempts and not one succeeded)

So as you see, I'm biased. I'll end up not making a very bad review about the other instalments because the guy who skates in the third sequel looked so good I could watch it all over again. I saw him in 90210, the angst drag racer guy who goes to military camp. The next season (Beverly Hills, 90210 Season 2) is coming up on the 14th, I think. I love him in that movie simply because he looks so good. He could've been a good addition to the cast of Twilight (wala lang). I'm not a fan of that either. I'm not really a fan of many chick flicks, but I'd be a fan if there'd be many dance numbers. I've been blogging like a ranter lately, very very disorganized. owell.

Cheers!

Pau