My mom rented the sequel to a movie we've never seen...
 

She rented Before Sunset which is the sequel to some really old movie from the 90's that we've never even seen before called Before Sunrise and she expects me to watch that shit. Am I the only one that thinks this stupid? :confused:

Asta!!

I can't stand watching a sequel if I've never seen the first one, and I don't understand people who can. Like my roomate, she went to see The Two Towers when she hadn't seen Fellowship of the Ring and knew nothing about Tolkien, and she didn't expect that she would be so confused.:rolleyes: You're not alone in finding this strange!:)

Well it really all depends on the sequel. You can easily watch Aliens without having previously watched Alien. Or Watch Toy Story 2 without seeing Toy Story 1. But i'm assuming before sunset isnt an action/sci-fi/horror or childrens movie :P

Wasn't that like, yesterday? Am I now....ancient? I can't be the only one who remembers events from the "90's" like it happened last week. Just funnin' with you K-Wise, but damn I feel old right now.

1995 is not "really old." Before Sunrise is actually a pretty good movie. I rented it this week because I wanted to get some background before watching Before Sunset, which I've heard is superb.

Not a movie, but a friend of mine read the 16th(ish) book in a series (Shards of a Broken Crown by Raymond Feist) and found it really boring, what with the 2 generations of characterisation and plot development that had occurred previously.

Dude the really long time ago was just an exageration. I was 11 though...considering I'm 20 now it was a pretty long time ago. Almost a decade. Plus I hear the first one was super good and it had a little following behind it. So I refuse to see the sequel if I haven't seen Before Sunrise. I won't understand it for one. Now this is silly but, I saw Jay & Silent Bob strike back before I ever saw Chasing Amy(I had seen Clerks, Mallrats, and Dogma) and I realize now that certain parts would have been a lot funnier if I had. Dunno if thats relevant. My mom is so cute though she got mad and she was like "I looked for Before Sunrise everywhere and they didn't have it!:mad:" :rolleyes: I think we're gonna wait to see if we can find Before Sunrise before we see it after all. I think it's rather stupid that Blockbuster has Before Sunset and not Before Sunrise. Like having T2 and not having The Terminator, Grease 2 and no Grease, Empire Strikes Back and not Star Wars, Shrek 2 and not Shrek, Matrix Revolutions and not The Matrix, Aliens and not just kidding you get the point. Hopefully we'll find it tommorow cause if not thats ass! Cause I really wanna see Before Sunset. I just remember walking over to the entertainment center and reading what she got and thinking "No we can't see this...we've never even seen the first one!" :rolleyes:

Asta!!

I saw Before Sunrise in the theaters.... HATED IT. It was painful.

^ So yer saying I should rent it right?

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SON OF A STICK! None of the rental places have Before Sunrise! What kinda bullshit is that?!!:mad:

Asta!!

Because it's a shitty ass movie ;)

Try your local library, they usually have 10 year old movies, for free too! Probably not the dvd though.

^ You shittin me? Since when do they have movies at the library? My parents saw it anyway. I refused to watch. I think I watched cartoons instead or something.

Asta!!

my library has an extensive movie and music collection, a whole floor in fact, with mostly vhs but they are starting to get dvds. All the music is in cd form thankfully.

Nice

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Actually, IIRC, Salon.com recommended *not* seeing the first one before seeing Before Sunset. So take that for what it's worth.

Yah! why'd they release LOTR and not the hobbit first! My friends had NO IDEA who Gandalf, Bilbo, or Gollum were.. It was very confusing for them.

The only movies I can think of where I didn't watch the original first are James Bond and Godzilla films.. I don't even know the order they're supposed to be in...

Yeah, I definetly watched Before Sunrise on DVD on the Portland,OR public library's dime.

its not fundamental you see the first one. both of them are simply studies of people's relationship to eachother. i mean, give your mom a break for crying out loud.

K-Wise, check out your local library or the library of a nearby college or university. I worked in a media center located in a university library, and we had all the current DVDs as well as popular collections and series. Check outs were free for university students and local high school students. So, go to the library. Do something different. You may be surprised.