whiteflillies t1_iugvy8u wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:13 AM

Reply to comment by GalaxticSxum in ‘Halloweentown’ star Kimberly J. Brown shares movie’s alternative ending by MarielaGorman

The second film is decent. I usually like to watch both as double feature for Halloween.

The series starts to drop off after that though, with the 4th in the series being the worst for many reasons including a recast of Marnie.

darkshadow237 t1_iuh1q8y wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:40 AM

The fourth film would have been better if they replaced Marnie with Sophie.

PhiloPhocion t1_iui8k01 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:10 PM

Probably taking too adult view on it but I did always think it would have been interesting contrasting them more. Like the first film implies how much of a natural talent Sophie has. Always thought it’d be neat to juxtapose her and the opportunity to grow up knowing and training in magic versus Marnie who was very late to it all.

Also always thought it’d be interesting to get the backstory on why the mom hated magic so much - unless they did and I missed it. Beyond just the vibes of being a mortal and working for what you get. Internally I always head canon-ed that magic was involved in the dad’s death or that they got shunned for their relationship.

Aniwaya t1_iuiklx6 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:32 PM

I honestly thought they had done that.