[Quick Summary: After a failed assassination attempt, a mobster escapes from jail to find his assassins.]
I know I have unrealistic expectations for sequels.
So I wasn't surprised that I liked Analyze This much better than Analyze That.
It boils down to this:
In the first film, the mobster Vitti was terribly conflicted inside. He lost all confidence and couldn't function at work or at home.
He desperately needed the shrink to work through the conflict.
In the sequel, Vitti wasn't conflicted. He needed the shrink once, i.e., to break out of jail.
In the first film, I rooted for Vitti. I needed to know how it would end.
In the sequel, I had little reason to root or care.
WHAT I'VE LEARNED: Conflict = Keeps the reader caring.
Analyze That (2002)
by Peter Steinfeld, Harold Ramis, & Peter Tolan
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