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#21
Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...
Last post by LilCerberus - July 26, 2026, 08:21:18 PMTonight's Stinker
His Name Was King(1971)
https://youtu.be/e-W0QTHs_-c?si=mY7VBokVmVf-o6SZ
A group of wagons is rolling through the desert, when they come to an army checkpoint.... When one of the soldiers tries to investigate, he gets a pistol in the face, while another man offers him money... Smooth sailing, but the next checkpoint is a little more hard nosed with more men, but one of the wagons has a Gatlin gun....
Then roll opening credits, Where we're introduced to the protagonist, King.... King is a bounty hunter, who corners & dispatches four fugitives..... The brothers of one of the men swear vengeance, & start by killing King's brother & attacking his new wife.... So King swears revenge....
He rides off to the next town, where he gets in a gunfight with the brothers & their gang, then rides off to the next town, where an army officer gives him a heliograph, which he uses to report a stagecoach robbery to passing army patrols....
King gets captured while investigating, & learns the brothers are selling guns to Mexican bandits...
Meanwhile, back at the local army headquarters, King is being framed for stealing the guns & leading the patrol into an ambush.....
Drags most of the time, but the gunfights are okay.....
His Name Was King(1971)
https://youtu.be/e-W0QTHs_-c?si=mY7VBokVmVf-o6SZ
A group of wagons is rolling through the desert, when they come to an army checkpoint.... When one of the soldiers tries to investigate, he gets a pistol in the face, while another man offers him money... Smooth sailing, but the next checkpoint is a little more hard nosed with more men, but one of the wagons has a Gatlin gun....
Then roll opening credits, Where we're introduced to the protagonist, King.... King is a bounty hunter, who corners & dispatches four fugitives..... The brothers of one of the men swear vengeance, & start by killing King's brother & attacking his new wife.... So King swears revenge....
He rides off to the next town, where he gets in a gunfight with the brothers & their gang, then rides off to the next town, where an army officer gives him a heliograph, which he uses to report a stagecoach robbery to passing army patrols....
King gets captured while investigating, & learns the brothers are selling guns to Mexican bandits...
Meanwhile, back at the local army headquarters, King is being framed for stealing the guns & leading the patrol into an ambush.....
Drags most of the time, but the gunfights are okay.....
#22
Good Movies / Re: Great movies with bad sequ...
Last post by M.10rda - July 26, 2026, 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.
#23
Good Movies / Re: Great movies with bad sequ...
Last post by FatFreddysCat - July 26, 2026, 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."
#24
Good Movies / Re: Great movies with bad sequ...
Last post by M.10rda - July 26, 2026, 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.
#25
Good Movies / Re: Jason Statham Stole My Bik...
Last post by M.10rda - July 26, 2026, 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.
#26
Bad Movies / Re: 100 Historical Movies in O...
Last post by M.10rda - July 26, 2026, 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!
#27
Bad Movies / Re: 100 Historical Movies in O...
Last post by indianasmith - July 26, 2026, 04:13:21 PMSAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998) Set in June of 1944.
#28
Good Movies / Re: Great movies with bad sequ...
Last post by indianasmith - July 26, 2026, 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.
#29
Good Movies / Re: Unofficial Horror Movie Un...
Last post by zombie no.one - July 26, 2026, 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 ?
#30
Good Movies / Re: Jason Statham Stole My Bik...
Last post by claws - July 26, 2026, 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.