The first Jurassic Park movie is all time one of the greatest films ever made with the special effects still holding up to this day. The 2nd film was still very enjoyable in my opinion but it was just a cookie cutter sequel not bad, not good. The 3rd film wasn’t great at all. But compared to the rest of the series the 3rd film is basically the godfather.
As another personal pick the 1st blade movie is a hood classic good. The other 2 not so much.
Any of the classic Disney animated movies. First movie is a ripoff of classic fairy tales so most of the heavy lifting writing wise was done for them, the instant Disney has to write the whole thing is when it goes to shit. If it’s “Disney presents [insert fairy tale here] 2” you know it’ll suck.
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There can only be one good Highlander movie
Nailed it. The first was awesome, the rest were just terrible.
It would be far more interesting to ask, what movie franchise DOESN’T get worse with each new film.
Alien at least had the second film better than the first, which was a hell of an accomplishment since the first film was great. Fortunately they never even made any movies after the second one.
Or which one gets BETTER with each new film.
Which franchise doesn’t get worse with each consecutive movie?
Mad Max. Evil Dead.
The Lord of the Rings
I am of the opinion that Fellowship is the best one, but the sequels are by no means bad.
I think the mainstream opinion is that the two towers is the best. I’m curious, why do you favor the fellowship?
This is a bit rambly, but bear with me. I am very much enamored with the Hobbits and the Shire. Though I prefer the theatrical release (the pacing in that version is perfect), Concerning Hobbits is a fantastic inclusion in the extended version and I love getting that extra time in the Shire. There is a feeling of quaint magic in that movie that isn’t present in the other ones. I like that the film is told from the perspective of Hobbits. It makes the world outside the Shire that much more mysterious and foreboding, some of which I feel is lost when the Fellowship splits up. I think Gandalf the Grey is a vastly more interesting character than Gandalf the White. I personally find underground spaces incredibly fascinating, so everything in Moria is just incredible. That moment where they’re surrounded by goblins and you hear the rumble of the Balrog, and the goblins flee and Gandalf is just, “Run.” Ugh, its got a great sense of terror and is just perfect.
I pray the Spaceballs sequel will be good and i’m not even religious
They already fucked up the name so we’ll see
Not a film really but Marvel films have been in rapid decline since Avengers 1
I would have to say Resident Evil
Terminator. First was great. Two was a masterpiece. Third was mid. Rest is an utter garbage
Same with Nolan’s Batman
If the 3rd is mid at least the 2019 one is comparable
Same with alien
Alien 1 vs Alien 2 is such an interesting split. The first is so full of dread and so claustrophobic. The second is like an action horror movie. The vision of Ridley Scott and James Cameron couldn’t be more different but both are great movies.
The Matrix.
Not sure how that isn’t mentioned yet!
First movie was a masterpiece that became a classic, the rest were completely unnecessary.
When my brother showed The Matrix to his kid, she asked “Is there another one?” and he said “No.”
I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news but there’s a fifth one in production right now lol.
I saw the original Matrix like once and never watched the sequels, so I sat down and watched them all recently. The hate for the sequels is way overblown. Apart from the bad CGI in the second, I thought they were great sequels that took the story in interesting directions.
The problem I have with the Matrix sequels…1. they’re too far up their own ass. The original was a little up its own ass but it was up the part of its own ass that mattered for the story it was telling. Reloaded and Revelations are up their whole ass. “Love is a word.” 🙄 2. The original is a very straightforward hero’s journey in which deciding to answer the call is the ultimate key to the hero’s power. The sequels are about fate and inevitability and how basically no decision can ever matter. So we’re sorry to have bothered you.
I think some of the fights just started feeling extra stupid. In particular I’m thinking of the multiple smiths in the park and the final one with him in the rain.
Yeah, the multiple smith fight is the most egregious. Trim that down and take out the most offensive CGI and I feel like Reloaded would have been vastly improved.
The Animatrix was a good take on other parts of the universe.
I can respect the fourth one. Sure, it was a terrible movie but it feels like a deliberate piss take on the idea of reviving the franchise. And I can respect that.
There are four of them ?
Friend, let me save you a couple of hours and a lot of pain.
There are only 3.
I’m glad I’m not the only one thinking that. It was so bad, so so bad… But yeah I couldn’t help but feel the wachowski sister that did it (if I’m not wrong the other one didn’t participate) just dit it to spite the studio for trying to make a moneygrab movie.
Having said that, despite the 2nd and 3rd movies not being great by any means compared to the first one, I do still enjoy them, like a guilty pleasure kinda thing.
All of them.
all of it
JP went from a Dinosaur Movie to a very generic monster movie with the exact same plot every time.
Greedy evildoer wants SuperDino for nefarious purposes and must be defeated. Repeat.
I would argue that Blade II is the better movie. Guillermo del Toro is a much more interesting director, and the Reapers are basically a dry run for his take on Vampires in The Strain.
I was gonna say, how is this entire thread skipping over the take that Blade 2 is a step down from the first? It’s not the craziest movie take I’ve read on here, but it definitely flies in the face of what I understood to be popular opinion.
Yeah, I thought that was the general consensus too, but I couldn’t be sure that wasn’t just an echo chamber I’d created with my friend group.
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I’ve always thought that the series should’ve ended at the 5th movie.
It should have ended at the -1th movie
I joke. I ironically love those films because they are terrible.
Nobody likes the tuna here, asshole!
The first movie was serious, but as they progress they lean in on the silliness. Going to space was the cherry on the cake.
