discussion Best movie sequels of all time!

[flynn182]

I think the godzilla sequels are very good.

Isn't there like 30 of them? Personally 5 year old me liked "Son of Godzilla".

 

[flynn182]

Aliens! Best sequel that comes to mind.

So, radically different from the first movie. Great stuff

 

[stangnomez]

Wrath of Khan

 

[zenitsu003]

The Dark Knight obviously

 

[flynn182]

From the top of my head it has to be Rec 2. I love me some "first person" movies.

"Rec 2"?

 

[zagreus]

The lord of the rings - the two towers

 

[alkatraz91]

back to the future

 

[Jgergergerger]

Controversial but i like star wars the last Jedi

 

[flynn182]

hear me out

Puss In Boots - the one where he fights death, it's actually pretty good even with some deeper life questions

I second this one.

 

[nemesis8727]

Two Towers and then Return of the King after that

 

[Clardian]

Clerks 2
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

 

[flynn182]

One of the things I really hate, is when sequels don't have a good plan and have to retcon. For example I am sure many of us know that there as absolutely no plan for Disney Star Wars. They threw George's notes out, but didn't have anything better. This let them do whatever they wanted, whether it matched: tone, character, and prior plot lines be damned. What is surprising is that even Empire and Return of the Jedi did this a little bit and it is in my opinion the worst part of great movies.

Specifically I am talking about getting rid of the love triangle of the first movie and making Leia Luke's sister... puke gross. That is like the i... word... (wait what site am I on again?).

Really I am serious I hated that plot point.

 

[flynn182]

Like this message if you knew that "Desperado" with Antonio Banderas was actually a sequel. (I would say like it twice if you have seen "El Mariachi" which is the first one (Antonio is not in it, but he takes over for the actor in the original).

 

[JadedSkywalker]

One of the things I really hate, is when sequels don't have a good plan and have to retcon. For example I am sure many of us know that there as absolutely no plan for Disney Star Wars. They threw George's notes out, but didn't have anything better. This let them do whatever they wanted, whether it matched: tone, character, and prior plot lines be damned. What is surprising is that even Empire and Return of the Jedi did this a little bit and it is in my opinion the worst part of great movies.

Specifically I am talking about getting rid of the love triangle of the first movie and making Leia Luke's sister... puke gross. That is like the i... word... (wait what site am I on again?).

Really I am serious I hated that plot point.

the prequel also was supposed to have a love triangle, Anakin was supposed to be jealous of Padme and Obi-Wan's friendship. And as Padme and Anakin became more distant she sought comfort in Ben because Anakin was keeping secrets, his little missions for Palpatine Jedi assassinations. Of course the actual film Revenge of the SIth is very different.

Mark and Carrie were so cute together irl even though he married someone else, the very idea they were brother and sister in Star Wars is nauseating.

 

[Gravespawn]

the very idea they were brother and sister in Star Wars is nauseating.

I heard they basically had to do that because they had that plot hook of "There is another" that they needed to close.

 

[chimcham123]

Im going down the Mad Max road!

 

[Magnus_1785]

Batman Returns.

 

[JadedSkywalker]

I heard they basically had to do that because they had that plot hook of "There is another" that they needed to close.

right because there was supposed to be a sequel trilogy where Luke finds and trains his sister and together they confront and defeat the emperor, but Lucas just put the emperor in Jedi because he wanted to be done with the thing. Originally Luke would confront and either kill or convert Vader to the good side in film 3.

His original scope for the Saga was massive Luke's story would have taken 3 trilogies to tell, and he had a Wookiee spinoff and a movie about the origins of the Droids, plus the prequel trilogy. In the end he made only 6 out of the 15 movies. Because he has a slow method of working, and he was one guy. Mr Lucas never delegated his ideas well to other directors or writers, he really only worked well with Steven on Indiana Jones, makes you wonder why Steven Spielberg kept saying no to Star Wars.

 

[flynn182]

I heard they basically had to do that because they had that plot hook of "There is another" that they needed to close.

Ya I heard the same thing.... I heard they were originally going to bring in a second female, but they felt it brought cast bloat so looked for another way to solve the problem.

 

[JadedSkywalker]

Ya I heard the same thing.... I heard they were originally going to bring in a second female, but they felt it brought cast bloat so looked for another way to solve the problem.

In Leah Brackett's Star Wars 2 it mentions Luke's sister is Nellith, but of course Anakin in that script is a ghost and dead and not Darth Vader.

I wish Attack of the Clones was better so i could recommend it as a sequel, some of the story is decent and the visuals. The dialog and stiff unnatural delivery of it make it a chore to watch, also reusing tons of Phantom Menace cues instead of what Williams wrote, or allowing Ben Burtt to dial it down in the mix in favor of his sound effects. I have no idea what George was thinking.