Complex sentence: Like the first film, the opening scene takes place in one of Joan's novels, but this time, instead of Joan's wild-west supercouple, Jesse and Angelina, Joan and Jack are the featured heroes.
Split into simpler sentences: Like the first film, the opening scene takes place in one of Joan's novels. But this time, instead of Joan's wild-west supercouple, Jesse and Angelina, Joan and Jack are the featured heroes.