No sequel can be as fresh or as original as the first. This statement applies to the Good Witch sequel as it does to every other movie. In both movies, I loved Cassies off handed: "go and do this
" and it just changes the person's life. For example: Going to a garden club meeting when you don't know one is happening may cause a grandpa to get the attention of too many eligible women. Another example: Paying attention to such a simple object as a old wood tool that is used to plant seeds can also change a persons life. This example is almost to much to expect from such a simple object, but it makes for a good way to advance the story. Witches Garden has the originals positives and minuses: The made for TV feel is still very much here, but the lightheartedness of the main characters and Cassies insistence on always seeing the good in people even when it is obvious they are up to no good still makes this "a feel good movie" above the rest. I guess my main gripe with the movie series after seeing both, loving the first and liking the second is summed up in one word: Jealously. Cassie is more magickal than any Pagan, Wiccan or Witch could ever hope to be in real life. I know a lot of people in the craft and no one has her kind of intuition, no one. Then again this is just a movie, and as such a fantasy. This movie, like the first, presents a much maligned group in a positive light and that is a rare thing that must be commended.
SPOILER ALERT: Why oh why, did Cassie insist on giving Nick Chason the benefit of the doubt even when it was obvious he was up to no good? I guess this is the characters one weak point: Not seeing the bad or selfishness in people. When you are told your whole life how bad/evil you are and that you are going to hell for your beliefs or because of the way you live, it only makes sense to react in a completely opposite way to all of the judgmental people in your life.
Again, I would recommend this as a coming out (of the broom closet) movie, although I think the first one would be better since it starts from the beginning and no explanations would be necessary of any of the back story.
SPOILER ALERT: Why oh why, did Cassie insist on giving Nick Chason the benefit of the doubt even when it was obvious he was up to no good? I guess this is the characters one weak point: Not seeing the bad or selfishness in people. When you are told your whole life how bad/evil you are and that you are going to hell for your beliefs or because of the way you live, it only makes sense to react in a completely opposite way to all of the judgmental people in your life.
Again, I would recommend this as a coming out (of the broom closet) movie, although I think the first one would be better since it starts from the beginning and no explanations would be necessary of any of the back story.