Sequels poor critical reception - SC Question Bank

[garimag807]

Despite the sequel's poor critical reception, most people seeing it find the acting and cinematography at least as good or even better than the original.

most people seeing it find the acting and cinematography at least as good or even better than the original
most people seeing it find the acting and cinematography at least as good or even better than the original's
most people who see the film find the acting and cinematography at least as good as or even better than those in the original
most people who see it find the acting and cinematography at least as good or even better than those in the original
most people seeing the film find the acting and cinematography at least as good as or even better than those of the original's

The answer is stated as most people who see the film find the acting and cinematography at least as good as or even better than those in the original (in the explanation given)

I feel the word those is inappropriate in this sentence structure.Should it not be that.What is the antecedent for those.Please help on this.Is this a flaw in the question.

opt E is wrong for Original's.. right?
those specify acting and cinematography and hence original's is not required,... am I right??

[tim]

E is wrong because it uses "original's", but you don't have the reasoning correct. The problem is with "those of the original's". "Original's" is obviously a possessive, so what is the implied noun that follows? That should help you see why this construction is incorrect.