OT: Movie sequels better than the first?
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I'll start:
American Pie 2
Home Alone 2
Beethoven's 2nd (why does this get no love?!)
Friday the 13th part 2
The ButterCream Gang in Secret of Treasure Mountain
Tie is Toy Story (all 3)
Keep the Godfather debate civil, folks
August 26th, 2016 at 7:37 PM ^
The second Hunger Games was amazing. Blew the first out of the water. 3 and 4 were garbage. Mighty Ducks 2 beats out Mighty Ducks IMO.
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August 26th, 2016 at 7:39 PM ^
August 26th, 2016 at 7:59 PM ^
Home Alone is a classic. 2 is decent but not better than the first.
August 26th, 2016 at 8:06 PM ^
Got to go with the original. Love the music and the freshness of everything. Mighty Ducks was an interesting call out. I think I'd acutally go with Mighty Ducks 3 on that one. Hunger Games was right on however. 2nd book is the best and no contest on the movie.
My addition would be Terminator 2, is the best in the series and keeping with kid movies, I got to go Toy Story 2 as the best of the series too.
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August 26th, 2016 at 8:31 PM ^
Terminator 2 is one of the best action movies of all time. It has aged incredibly well over the years as well.
August 26th, 2016 at 10:21 PM ^
August 26th, 2016 at 8:31 PM ^
Terminator 2 is one of the best action movies of all time. It has aged incredibly well over the years as well.
August 26th, 2016 at 8:47 PM ^
Edward Furlong wasn't in it. He ruined the movie for me.
August 26th, 2016 at 7:37 PM ^
Weekend at Bernies 2
Air Bud world pup
August 26th, 2016 at 8:09 PM ^
August 26th, 2016 at 7:37 PM ^
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August 26th, 2016 at 7:38 PM ^
/endoflist
August 26th, 2016 at 7:39 PM ^
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August 26th, 2016 at 7:40 PM ^
and Alienses was even better!
August 26th, 2016 at 7:43 PM ^
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August 26th, 2016 at 8:54 PM ^
August 26th, 2016 at 11:49 PM ^
Them fricking movies. I still have nightmares about them zenomorphs or whatever they were called. 33 years old and still terrified in the depths of my mind while I sleep. I'm always fighting them at that fortress in the Aliens movie. I don't think it will ever stop. Wonder if hypnotism would work?
August 26th, 2016 at 8:00 PM ^
Too close to call. I really enjoy both but for different reasons, but if you take the pair as two halves to a single story (sorta like Kill Bill) it's hard to argue for one over the other. Great movies and great pick.
August 26th, 2016 at 8:14 PM ^
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August 27th, 2016 at 8:44 AM ^
is the correct answer.
Alien is a sci-fi horror classic, impecably written & directed.
Aliens is a horror-ish action movie that is fun, well paced and full of great (if thin) characters.
Totally separate types of movies, & I love both.
August 26th, 2016 at 9:11 PM ^
These two are almost impossible to compare. Alien was one of the best horrors ever made and Aliens was an outstanding action movie.
August 26th, 2016 at 7:39 PM ^
Jim Harbaugh's Michigan Wolverines: 2016
August 26th, 2016 at 7:40 PM ^
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August 26th, 2016 at 8:07 PM ^
August 26th, 2016 at 8:10 PM ^
Apollo Creed is killed and you pick that as the best Rocky of them all? I like the proud to be an American, but I got to go with 1-3 and Creed before Rocky 4. As for Rocky 5... It never happened. Nothing to see there. Just keep moving.
August 26th, 2016 at 8:13 PM ^
August 26th, 2016 at 8:20 PM ^
August 26th, 2016 at 9:15 PM ^
In terms of film quality, I think it goes like this:
Rocky
Rocky II
Creed
Rocky Balboa
Rocky III
Rocky IV
Rocky V
In terms of raw entertainment, here's where I'm at:
Rocky IV
Rocky
Creed
Rocky II
Rocky III
Rocky Balboa
Rocky V
I know it's cheesy and stupid, but I love the hell out of Rocky IV.
August 26th, 2016 at 9:36 PM ^
August 26th, 2016 at 8:34 PM ^
I'll agree with The Wrath Of Khan - although ST:TMP suffered from the clutches of writers who clumsily tried to turn what was supposed to be a TV pilot into a feature length film, even if you take out the hour or so of gratuitous effects, it's still sort of meh. The Wrath Of Khan, on the other hand (which in Trek's timeline takes place about 13 years after the first film) is miles better and arguably the best in the entire movie serial.
August 26th, 2016 at 9:25 PM ^
August 26th, 2016 at 7:41 PM ^
August 26th, 2016 at 8:38 PM ^
This is the 3rd in the series, For a Few Dollars More was the Sequel to Fistful of Dollars. But each movie in the series got better, so in that sense this works.
August 26th, 2016 at 7:43 PM ^
August 26th, 2016 at 8:12 PM ^
Airplane II good movie, yes,. better than Airplane - No way .
August 26th, 2016 at 10:28 PM ^
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August 27th, 2016 at 7:07 AM ^
August 26th, 2016 at 7:42 PM ^
August 26th, 2016 at 7:42 PM ^
D2: The Mighty Ducks. No question.
August 26th, 2016 at 9:08 PM ^
August 26th, 2016 at 7:42 PM ^
I may be in the minority on this, but I think the Rocky movies thru Drago at IV got progressively better. At least I liked the next one more than the previous I-IV. I say I may be in the minority here as I believe the first one is considered to be one of the best and one of the great all-time movies.
Then I often wonder if the first is given such acclaim because all of the movies collectively together were so good and so successful.
August 26th, 2016 at 7:58 PM ^
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August 26th, 2016 at 9:18 PM ^
To each his own, but I thought most of Rocky II was pretty boring until the outstanding final fight.
August 26th, 2016 at 10:17 PM ^
August 27th, 2016 at 8:53 AM ^
Rocky was nominated for 9 Academy Awards when it came out & won 3 including Best Picture (which is arguable)
So I think your wondering is a little misplaced.
Personally I think the Rocky films got progressively worse until Rocky Balboa & Creed.
August 26th, 2016 at 7:46 PM ^
Also...Home Alone 2? It's the exact same plot just moved to New York City....and a little more violent. The first is a classic. Second is pretty meh.
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August 27th, 2016 at 12:31 PM ^
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