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Good Movies / Re: Great movies with bad sequ...
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 07:43:10 PM
It's all subjective (though we can probably agree on "inferior to the original" statements). Again, from childhood, I saw JAWS 3-D before I saw the original - in the theater on opening weekend during a hot summer. We went directly from the movie theater to our local swimming pool and I refused to get in the pool. I was 6. So JAWS 3-D had the identical effect on six year old me that the original had on everyone else - and I distinctly remember thinking the ending (grenade stuck in the Jaws) was cool, too. Never revisited that one either. I saw JAWS a few years later and of course it's better. I didn't dislike JAWS 2 either though.Having rewatched HALLOWEENs 4 + 5 less than a decade ago - I do insist 5 is a more interesting thus better movie. In spite of a couple cool bits, Part 4 is a terribly stupid film. Neither of course are remotely as good as the first two.
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Good Movies / Re: Great movies with bad sequ...
Last post by FatFreddysCat - Today at 06:06:43 PMThe JAWS sequels are the textbook example of the Law of Diminishing Returns.
Jaws 2 was passible, in a cheap B-Movie sort of way.
Jaws 3-D was terrible.
Jaws: The Revenge was an abomination.
The HALLOWEEN series is another example. I'll go as far as "4" in that franchise (and I'll admit that 1998's "H20" has its charms), but everything that came after has been either "meh" or "suck."
Jaws 2 was passible, in a cheap B-Movie sort of way.
Jaws 3-D was terrible.
Jaws: The Revenge was an abomination.
The HALLOWEEN series is another example. I'll go as far as "4" in that franchise (and I'll admit that 1998's "H20" has its charms), but everything that came after has been either "meh" or "suck."
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Good Movies / Re: Great movies with bad sequ...
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 06:04:42 PMI like FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE. Great cast, fun action, though I agree it is a lesser film than the original.
I mean - I don't think the drop-off in quality between NAVARONE 1 and NAVARONE 2 is significantly more steep than the drop-off in quality between GODFATHER 1 (perfect film) and GODFATHER 2 (not superior; overlong and anticlimactic; at least three legendary Great performances but Pacino doesn't give one of those and suddenly has nowhere to go from the end of the first movie). Of course maybe that hot take belongs in the "Unpopular Opinions" thread.
Some Part 2s that I absolutely abhorred in my 80s/early 90s childhood: GHOSTBUSTERS 2, POLTERGEIST 2, ROBOCOP 2, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 2, HOME ALONE 2, GREMLINS 2. I realize that last one has been critically reclaimed but I've never bothered to revisit it. Also I think TEMPLE OF DOOM ranks #4 out of 5 Indy movies.
Forest Whitaker deserved an unironic Oscar nomination for the first SPECIES. That is all.
Great cast, fun action, though I agree it is a lesser film than the original. I mean - I don't think the drop-off in quality between NAVARONE 1 and NAVARONE 2 is significantly more steep than the drop-off in quality between GODFATHER 1 (perfect film) and GODFATHER 2 (not superior; overlong and anticlimactic; at least three legendary Great performances but Pacino doesn't give one of those and suddenly has nowhere to go from the end of the first movie). Of course maybe that hot take belongs in the "Unpopular Opinions" thread.
Some Part 2s that I absolutely abhorred in my 80s/early 90s childhood: GHOSTBUSTERS 2, POLTERGEIST 2, ROBOCOP 2, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 2, HOME ALONE 2, GREMLINS 2. I realize that last one has been critically reclaimed but I've never bothered to revisit it. Also I think TEMPLE OF DOOM ranks #4 out of 5 Indy movies.
Forest Whitaker deserved an unironic Oscar nomination for the first SPECIES. That is all.
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Good Movies / Re: Jason Statham Stole My Bik...
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 05:49:59 PMI hope this is one of the following:
A.) a long-delayed sequel to DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR? in which Kutcher and Stiffler are middle-aged men who have lost their drivers' licenses and (like many aging heshers) must ride bicycles everywhere, until the eponymous antagonist strikes;
or B.) a long-delayed feature-length theatrical spinoff of the beloved "Kids In The Hall" sketch starring and written by Bruce McCullough, where the guy who stole his bicycle wheel (Jason Statham, apparently) returns after nearly four decades to finish the job.
A.) a long-delayed sequel to DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR? in which Kutcher and Stiffler are middle-aged men who have lost their drivers' licenses and (like many aging heshers) must ride bicycles everywhere, until the eponymous antagonist strikes;
or B.) a long-delayed feature-length theatrical spinoff of the beloved "Kids In The Hall" sketch starring and written by Bruce McCullough, where the guy who stole his bicycle wheel (Jason Statham, apparently) returns after nearly four decades to finish the job.
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Bad Movies / Re: 100 Historical Movies in O...
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 05:17:02 PMI'm glad we got COME AND SEE in there - thank you. We're at the point where we can afford to skip ahead in 2-year intervals - that's it. No more mega-jumps, please! I am stressed out enough @ work!
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Bad Movies / Re: 100 Historical Movies in O...
Last post by indianasmith - Today at 04:13:21 PMSAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998) Set in June of 1944.
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Good Movies / Re: Great movies with bad sequ...
Last post by indianasmith - Today at 04:12:22 PMHIGHLANDER!!!
The sequel burned down every single concept that made the original film a cult classic.
We nicknamed it HIGHLANDER 2: THE SICKENING.
The sequel burned down every single concept that made the original film a cult classic.
We nicknamed it HIGHLANDER 2: THE SICKENING.
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Good Movies / Re: Unofficial Horror Movie Un...
Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 02:49:30 PMhah it's all good...
got another one...
the 'Terror In A Shopping Environment Overnight' universe
CHOPPING MALL
HIDE AND GO SHREIK
INTRUDER
- and maybe PHANTOM OF THE MALL: ERIC'S REVENGE ?
got another one...
the 'Terror In A Shopping Environment Overnight' universe
CHOPPING MALL
HIDE AND GO SHREIK
INTRUDER
- and maybe PHANTOM OF THE MALL: ERIC'S REVENGE ?
#9
Good Movies / Re: Jason Statham Stole My Bik...
Last post by claws - Today at 02:41:51 PMWhy is this in good movies? It's not even made yet
The last Statham movie I've seen was The Meg. This one sounds like a meta-movie.
The last Statham movie I've seen was The Meg. This one sounds like a meta-movie.
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Good Movies / Jason Statham Stole My Bike (2...
Last post by Trevor - Today at 02:10:22 PMI thought this was a prank title but it's for real and set for release next year 😳😂🤣😅😃🐢