10. Beethovens 2nd
Your friend used this movie to demonstrate his prowess in undermining the repetitive nature of sequels, because, as he so thoughtfully reminded you as the movie began streaming on his Netflix account, not only does he know the conventions of sequels in general, but he saw the first Beethoven movie a million times as a kid. In each scene, your friend singlehandedly circumvented any of the movies attempts at creating conflict by consistently pointing out how, in sequels, its always the same thing but different. And as soon as he saw the bow on the girl St. Bernard, your friend said, Beethoven is totally going to get together with that girl St. Bernard. I just know it. Because sequels always create a female double of the protagonist. Look at Waynes World 2, or Ms. Pac-Man. Your friend emphasized shots of the two drooling canines looking blankly at each other and their surroundings as they almost cognitively helped each other out in the face of obstacles such as condos and car doors (setting it up, he said), and used what he described as a surprising number of similar conventions in other animal movies to back up his points further. But more importantly, thanks to your friends expertise in the first Beethoven film, he knew the producers secretthat come what may, the family and Beethoven always overcome their adversaries by the end of the movie in very family-friendly, slapstick ways, and grow closer to one another in the end as a result. Just watch, he said between self-important grunts of affirmation about how sequels never go anywhere new. Beethoven is going to save the family, both the humans and dogs, just like in the first one I saw. Your friend used developments common in the Beethoven franchise to back up his pointsCharles Grodin being mad, teen peer pressure, over-the-top villains, and crotch injuries. And after the movie, your friend took the time to explain to you that the word Beethoven actually comes from the name of a composer. No one remembers him anymore, he said, shaking his head.