discussion Best movie sequels of all time!

[JadedSkywalker]

Return of the Jedi is mentionable because of the space battle at the End and Luke's fight with Vader on Death Star 2 with the chorus music. And Mark Hamill does his best with the material. But its so much weaker than Empire in nearly every measurable way. I still love Yub nub, and Seb Shaw as Anakin though. I never watch the version with Hayden and Victory Celebration.

 

[TemperTempah34260923]

I thought Mission Impossible dead Reckoning was Incredible, and i love Top Gun Maverick. MI bombing in the theater puzzled me it was better than John Wick 4 and No time to Die.

admittedly i only watched the first two MI movies, and i havnt seen Top Gun maverick. while i hear many good things about the MI franchise, and how amazing maverick is, i can't seem to watch any of the relatively recent tom cruise movies.

I also think Prometheus is the best of the new Alien films.

still a pretty low bar, but hopefully Alien Romulus can bring it up a notch.

 

[JadedSkywalker]

Some people rather liked Ghostbusters Afterlife i only liked the 5 minutes with the old guys. I haven't seen the sequel. Frozen Empire? As for good sequels the third of the new Spider-Man's is the best No Way Home.

 

[TemperTempah34260923]

Some people rather liked Ghostbusters Afterlife i only liked the 5 minutes with the old guys. I haven't seen the sequel. Frozen Empire? As for good sequels the third of the new Spider-Man's is the best No Way Home.

the current discourse would suggest that while Frozen empire is better than Afterlife, it's still not that great - but i still need to see it before i can pass final judgement on it.

and Spiderman No Way Home was pretty awesome

 

[Helekar]

Nobody mentioned the Two Towers?? Siege of Helm, and the charge from the throne room had me squealing like a boar

 

[JadedSkywalker]

Nobody mentioned the Two Towers?? Siege of Helm, and the charge from the throne room had me squealing like a boar

I saw it in the theater and chuckled at the friendship of Gimli and Legolas and nobody tosses a dwarf.

 

[TemperTempah34260923]

Nobody mentioned the Two Towers?? Siege of Helm, and the charge from the throne room had me squealing like a boar

this task was appointed to you my friend

 

[JadedSkywalker]

I'll add A Few Dollars more, and the Good the bad and the Ugly. Though personally i prefer a Fistful of Dollars, and Once Upon a Time in the West, which has no sequels.

 

[Zaevon]

Yeah, I'm going to agree with Terminator 2. Aliens and Godfather Part 2 get the nod as well.

 

[JadedSkywalker]

The only good Star Trek the next Generation film is First Contact.

 

[Jermu842]

Aliens and Terminator 2, two of the best sequels to great movies.

 

[TemperTempah34260923]

I'll add A Few Dollars more, and the Good the bad and the Ugly. Though personally i prefer a Fistful of Dollars, and Once Upon a Time in the West, which has no sequels.

they don't make westerns like they used to

 

[JadedSkywalker]

Everything i love about Aliens was ruined by Alien 3, i suggest fans of Aliens skip it. I honestly wish it was struck from canon. I didn't hate Terminator 3 but i never thought it was in the same timeline as film 1 and 2. Salvation was interesting but a mess, i hated Genisys and Dark Fate.

I think Die Hard 2 is good, used to like part 3. Die Hard really didn't need anything but the first one. But like with everything they franchise it. I'm okay with their not being a Disney Die Hard 6.

I really like Underworld Evolution that is a sequel. So is Blade 2.

 

[TemperTempah34260923]

Everything i love about Aliens was ruined by Alien 3, i suggest fans of Aliens skip it. I honestly wish it was struck from canon. I didn't hate Terminator 3 but i never thought it was in the same timeline as film 1 and 2. Salvation was interesting but a mess, i hated Genisys and Dark Fate.

i was devastated by the way things were handled in Alien 3, particularly story elements and the fate of certain characters. while i like some of david finchers movies, this one kinda left me really depressed.
Alien Resurrection was....different.
as much as i liked seeing the return of Arnie, T3 was meh. At the very least, salvation was set in the future and i did like seeing a couple of things like the giant terminator with its little motorbike thingies. Genisys was just garbage. As for dark fate.....well....i turned it off after seeing what happened to john connor - then walked outside and contemplated what i was doing with my life.

 

[User_6801]

Where i disagree Godfather 2 is a masterpiece and way better than the first.

I don't like any of the Godfather movies

though the only exception i could think of is the LOTR trilogy.

that's another one where I like the first one best too lol

 

[Batata365]

Doubtless Mad Max 4

 

[User_6801]

Everything i love about Aliens was ruined by Alien 3, i suggest fans of Aliens skip it. I honestly wish it was struck from canon.

I actually like Alien 3 better than Aliens, at least the directors cut. It's much more of a horror movie. Only thing about it is that the CGI sucks.

 

[User_6801]

The Good the bad and the Ugly

ya this is the correct answer

 

[andrewcl]

Godfather 2 was a fantastic follow up to an amazing movie

Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back was a pretty damn great movie back in the day, and still holds up now

Empire Strikes Back and Godfather 2 are literally the trope establishing examples of a sequel 'exceeding' the original movie.

 

[andrewcl]

ya this is the correct answer

Also this! Now I have my three.