OT: Movie sequels better than the first?

Submitted by BeatOSU52 on

GO!

 

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

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August 26th, 2016 at 7:37 PM ^

Home alone 2. Very close.

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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backusduo

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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A Fan In Fargo

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?

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chunkums

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. 

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LSAClassOf2000

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. 

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Goggles Paisano

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.  

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NowTameInThe603

August 26th, 2016 at 10:17 PM ^

happy and uneducated rocky delivers pure entertainment in the 1st half of the movie before shit gets real vs Apollo If you wanna have a great time, you need a great watch Rocky can you drive? Are you kidding I'm one of the greats. Jerks clutch and runs over curb to look at a jacket in a window that he immediately buys. These numbers almost add up to 9 that's a good omen; when looking for a house to buy. Nice bricks. This is all from memory so I might be a little off but that is by far my favorite rocky especially after meeting the character in rocky I.

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WolverineHistorian

August 26th, 2016 at 7:46 PM ^

I liked the second Horrible Bosses better than the first.

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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