Lame DVD of the Week: The Sandlot 3
The Sandlot is now a trilogy
Remember the classic family movie The Sandlot? It was about a group of kids that played baseball in an old beat up field, and went through different mishaps to figure out who they really were. Well now, the Sandlot 3 has been released. Lame. Why keep making sequels to movies? Are people buying this? The production budget for this movie better have been next to nothing or else the movie studio won’t be making much money. Let’s analyze the Sandlot 3 a little more in detail.
So who’s the start of the film you ask? None other than Luke Perry. That’s right, Mr. 90210. Perry plays baseball superstar Tommy Santorelli. On top of the weak cast, there is no doubt a weak director. William Dear, who directed such movies as Harry and the Hendersons & Angels in the Outfield, managed to make this movie the only way he knew how: crappy.
The Sandlot 3 is a perfect example of when Hollywood needs to draw the line on this nonsense. The first Sandlot, was a respectable movie. It was a movie that I watched as a kid, and no doubt some of you did to. But come on! The Sandlot 3? I’m sure the Sandlot 2 wasn’t a big hit to even warrant the production of the third one. Nevertheless, this movie is the Lame DVD of the week. I’m sure you can take a couple guesses as to why.
Posted on May 2nd, 2007 by jackie
Filed under: Lame DVD of the Week
I think I saw the the first one, remember a preview for the 2nd one, don’t recall ads for the 3rd. Another bungle. Anything to make more money. Maybe they think that people are supposed top think, “Oh, it’s a sequel, with more money and newer computer FX, it’ll be great!” When in fact, sequels are made because the original was good. Some friends, we have a bet: What sacrilege can they comit next? What favored treasure of a book or comic book or old movie or TV classic are they going to pump out into theatres next as the next generation of rip-off ideas. Hollywood obviously doesn’t have any original writers up their sleeve, they’ve got to take all the writing from someone else. What next?…Some other comic book hero, or long forgotten movie yet to get its own ‘remake’ Hooray for computers!
If James Earl Jones ain’t in it, I don’t want it