damn, what a nice surprise. i sure hope the sequel doesn't take long....
The movie is so good; i read the book in school and the movie is way better, it has much more action.
The original film is one of my favourite films, it explored philosophy and kept my attention throughout despite being one of the most simple films I've ever seen. A group of people talking around a fire. I was so excited to see what they could do with a sequel.
And it started off well, I was invested during the build up to where someone would inevitably discover his secret. Touching on him finally starting to age was a really interesting idea! But we found out nothing more about it. But the whole ending was just a let down that gave us nothing.
I was invested in the students to start with as they worked their way to discovering who he really was, they figured it out in a really great way. But they lost me when they started wanting to create a religion out of him. The way Tara "leaked" their secret to John felt pretty forced. Yeah it's believable that she'd try and make a move on a cute fatherly lecturer, even after finding out his secret. But the timing of it was too convenient and just screamed of plot progression.
The climax of the film. I really enjoyed the way John spoke with Philip, it was very well done, as was Philip believing he was being manipulated. But to go from that to the fanatical reaction he had was disappointing.
The worst part though, is that we don't have an ending, just the hope of a future instalment that may never come. It felt like the pilot to a television series, rather than the sequel to a film.
