I understand you're going to want to rent Cocoon: The Return, but you won't like it. Ron Howard, the director of the original, didn't even want anything to do with it, believing that the whole message of the movie would be destroyed by a sequel. He was right. And while I'm sure the cast had a blast reuniting and showing off their youth, it absolutely had a different flavor to it.
Also, if you put even the slightest bit of thought into it, you'll find the script is riddled with holes. Rather than keeping up the integrity of the first movie, it turned into a series of caricatures. "Wow, those old geezers can beat a group of youngsters in basketball!" "Aw, he sure does love his wife - and she's really his wife!" "Family is the most important thing in the world."
Believe me, if you liked the way the first movie ended, you will not like the direction the second movie takes. Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Maureen Stapleton, and Gwen Verdon all return for a few days to visit their old nursing home in Florida. They check in on Jack Gilford, who's very glad to see them and thinks they're going to stay permanently. But they've only come with Tahnee Welch, Tyrone Power Jr. And Brian Dennehy (who you'll have to wait a very long time to see) to retrieve the rest of the cocoons from the bottom of the ocean. After that, they plan on leaving again.
In the meantime, though, they have fun with all they've missed the past five years: ice cream, driving, playing basketball, frolicking with babes in the ocean, and partying in nightclubs. Elaine Stritch joins the cast as a wild party girl who tries to get Jack out of his shell. Jessica develops a sudden, irrelevant love of foster children. Barret Oliver is a teenager having trouble playing baseball, and Wilford gives him advice and coaching. And Don pops champagne after finding out the unlikely reason why Gwen fainted in the middle of a clothing boutique. But when the drama cuts in, it's really lousy. And don't even get me started on Courtney Cox's character, a scientist who discovers one of the cocoons and isn't the least bit shocked or scared to discover what's inside it. After I watched it, I did my best to put it out of my mind and just focus on the original Cocoon. There's no topping it, and after this one, no one will every try to again.
Also, if you put even the slightest bit of thought into it, you'll find the script is riddled with holes. Rather than keeping up the integrity of the first movie, it turned into a series of caricatures. "Wow, those old geezers can beat a group of youngsters in basketball!" "Aw, he sure does love his wife - and she's really his wife!" "Family is the most important thing in the world."
Believe me, if you liked the way the first movie ended, you will not like the direction the second movie takes. Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Maureen Stapleton, and Gwen Verdon all return for a few days to visit their old nursing home in Florida. They check in on Jack Gilford, who's very glad to see them and thinks they're going to stay permanently. But they've only come with Tahnee Welch, Tyrone Power Jr. And Brian Dennehy (who you'll have to wait a very long time to see) to retrieve the rest of the cocoons from the bottom of the ocean. After that, they plan on leaving again.
In the meantime, though, they have fun with all they've missed the past five years: ice cream, driving, playing basketball, frolicking with babes in the ocean, and partying in nightclubs. Elaine Stritch joins the cast as a wild party girl who tries to get Jack out of his shell. Jessica develops a sudden, irrelevant love of foster children. Barret Oliver is a teenager having trouble playing baseball, and Wilford gives him advice and coaching. And Don pops champagne after finding out the unlikely reason why Gwen fainted in the middle of a clothing boutique. But when the drama cuts in, it's really lousy. And don't even get me started on Courtney Cox's character, a scientist who discovers one of the cocoons and isn't the least bit shocked or scared to discover what's inside it. After I watched it, I did my best to put it out of my mind and just focus on the original Cocoon. There's no topping it, and after this one, no one will every try to again.