Movie Sequels That Are Better Than The Original

Adamantium · 16-07-2014 01:32AM

Magaggie wrote: »

Prefer Terminator. I really like T2 though. Not sure the two are even that comparable either - different budgets, different eras.

Absolutely agree, I'm of the opinion James Cameron never made a better film than this, he combined so many genres in this one. I watched T2 first, and then I bought the DVD to this and the sheer ****ing dread/eeriness of scenes like this had me in awe.
I like both of them because they both are about different things/ideas but in the same universe, continuning storyline.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTs8YnKfSsU

Good luck doing this in the Terminator or any mainstream franchise nowadays.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFxaCa-hr8o

16-07-2014 01:36AM

Russell Echoing Bicycle wrote: »

Schindler's Fist was miles better (read: erotic) than the original.

It was okay, but it's no Big Trouble in Little Vagina or Romeo in Juliet.

Shakespeare's Sister · 16-07-2014 01:39AM

Yeh some very, very intense scenes in Terminator. A dystopian nightmare, even comprising Horror elements, is how I'd classify it.

Whereas T2 even has comedy elements - Arnie out-McBains McBain at times in it. :pac:
T2 entertained the sh-t out of me though, and there are some bloody intense moments too (like when she has the dream sitting at the table outside the desert family's home; and when the T2 arrives in the psychiatric hospital and she thinks it's still a killer cyborg). Linda Hamilton is bloody brilliant - whatever happened to her...

meoklmrk91 · 16-07-2014 01:44AM

They should never have made taken 2, the first one was brilliant for what it was, I really enjoyed it, the second was a pointless, annoying, watered down version.

Monsters University, Monsters Inc. is one of my favourite films, I adore it, it makes me laugh and come close to tears every time I watch it. Now I know University was technically a prequel but they shouldn't have made it. A grand kids film but for me it had none of the ingredients that made Inc. so wonderful.

Also all the sequels to all the super hero movies, it seems like there is a new super hero movie out every month and its really grating on me. Who dafuq is keeping up with all these?

The Hangover sequels also should never have been made, the first movie was good, but seriously why do they have to cash in every time.

osarusan · 16-07-2014 01:45AM

Three Colors White.

16-07-2014 01:49AM

osarusan wrote: »

Three Colors White.

I love the Trois Couleurs trilogy

Just thought of Before Sunset, not sure if I prefer it ot Before Sunrise, but it's close.

e_e · 16-07-2014 01:56AM

Candie wrote: »

Just thought of Before Sunset, not sure if I prefer it ot Before Sunrise, but it's close.

My favorite of the trilogy. Love how it all takes place in real time and how it's only like 75 minutes. Not a false note in the whole film.

Paddy Cow · 16-07-2014 01:59AM

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

They should never have made taken 2, the first one was brilliant for what it was, I really enjoyed it, the second was a pointless, annoying, watered down version.

Completely agree and now they're making Taken 3. Can they at least re-cast the daughter? She is really annoying in it.

Shrek 2 is as good as the original. Shrek 3 bored me and I fell asleep and haven't watching if fully yet

e_e · 16-07-2014 02:04AM

How to Train Your Dragon 2 was really good also!

Adamantium · 16-07-2014 02:34AM

Good Will Wolf Creek.

After finally getting out of Boston to travel to California, that wreck of car won't bring him all the way....with hiiiiiiiilarious consequences!

Osmosis Jones · 16-07-2014 04:33AM

TECHNICALLY the original Star Wars trilogy is a sequel, and thus far better than the prequel trilogy.

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller · 16-07-2014 04:47AM

Loved The Bride of Frankenstein which was made a few years after the original, which I didn't like all that much.

Seen both when I was around ten the night of a wake. All the adults were in the pub and left all the kids to watch both of 'em.

Course, they all brought us back peanuts and Cavan Cola when Bride of Frankenstein was on, so that might have something to do with why I liked it better.

LizzieJones · 16-07-2014 05:03AM

I've always thought that the second Bridget Jones movie was better then the first.

SeantheMan · 16-07-2014 06:07AM

Candie wrote: »

Other movies that are better than the original in the series are, in my humble opinion:

Silence Of The Lambs - Fava beans and a nice chianti, sniff, sniff, sniff...
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I'm not sure how this falls into the sequel category, I'd contend with that opinion. It's a very strange one...to me at least.

Silence of the Lambs was the first of that series, although not in the series of books.
Yes, the film Manhunter with Brian Cox was made before Silence of the Lambs, but that story is based off Red Dragon....which was made with Anthony Hopkins (the same Lecter as Silence of the Lambs)....after Silence of the Lambs...so if they're the same film...is it a different 'universe' so to speak ?

*****Same story basically******

1. Manhunter (Cox) *******
2. Silence of the Lambs (Hopkins)
3. Red Dragon (Hopkins) ******
4. Hannibal(Hopkins)

Or maybe I'm wrong......

I'd never say Back to the Future 2 is better than 1, in any way, 3 is better than 2, but not the original.

-Bourne Supremacy
-Godfather 2
-Superman 2
-Die Hard with a Vengeance
-American Pie 2
-Hellyboy 2
-Evil Dead : Army of Darkness
-Gremlins 2
-For a few dollars more /good bad ugly...I dunno if these are true films independent of themselves or if they're canon
-Some Harry Potters, not the greatest films..but they definitely got better as they went along
-Mad max 2

Turtyturd · 16-07-2014 07:18AM

The Empire Strikes Back.
Hellboy 2.

Capt'n Midnight · 16-07-2014 10:06AM

Candie wrote: »

Silence Of The Lambs - Fava beans and a nice chianti, sniff, sniff, sniff..]

Manhunter was far better , better music, believable Hannibal, freakier baddie and yer man from CSI

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Madness of King George IV

The first three were sh*te - so bad that you can't even find copies of them around any more. But the fourth one is great.

Has anyone seen Henry IV ?

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller wrote: »

Loved The Bride of Frankenstein which was made a few years after the original, which I didn't like all that much.

Seen both when I was around ten the night of a wake. All the adults were in the pub and left all the kids to watch both of 'em.

Course, they all brought us back peanuts and Cavan Cola when Bride of Frankenstein was on, so that might have something to do with why I liked it better.

I'm sure you've seen Young Frankenstein.
But if you haven't you really , really need to see it now.

Reekwind · 16-07-2014 10:19AM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Madness of King George IV

The first three were sh*te - so bad that you can't even find copies of them around any more. But the fourth one is great.

It was The Madness of King George III. Get the regnal numbers of your Hanoverian monarchs right! Jaysus, AH has gone to the dogs of late.

snaphook · 16-07-2014 10:20AM

The Bourne Ultimatum.

SEPT 23 1989 · 16-07-2014 10:23AM

Ghostbusters II

BeerWolf · 16-07-2014 10:25AM

Going for what hasn't been mentioned yet:

Batman Returns - [Perfectly done by Tim Burton for the Gothic approach]
Desperado - [awesome shooting scenes, especially with that Campa and Quino duo (LINK)]
Evil Dead 2 - [Absolutely surprised no one's mentioned this!!]
For A Few Dollars More // The Good, The Bad, And the Ugly - [Absolute classic Western films]
Gremlins 2 - [that suave talking Gremlin, then the tranny.... XD ]
Hot Shots! Part Deux - [Chicken Arrow, just because]
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior - [More Action than the original!]

Dravokivich · 16-07-2014 10:26AM

Short Circuit 2.

CiboC · 16-07-2014 10:28AM

Surprised no one has mentioned Star Trek 2 yet.....

Dravokivich · 16-07-2014 10:49AM

CiboC wrote: »

Surprised no one has mentioned Star Trek 2 yet.....

Which one?

Red Pepper · 16-07-2014 10:54AM

SeantheMan wrote: »

-Bourne Supremacy

You're joking right? Identity was the best by far.
By #2 you knew the character and his ways, good movie alright even though the camera work was too "jumpy" for my liking (Greengrass trying to be cool).

Red Pepper · 16-07-2014 10:55AM

snaphook wrote: »

The Bourne Ultimatum.

Ah stop. The thread title is not which movie you can remember the best.

kjl · 16-07-2014 11:22AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Ghostbusters II

Well this guy certainly thought so

http://i.imgur.com/RNdL4sB.jpg

Maximus Alexander · 16-07-2014 11:24AM

I never realised until now that there were people who didn't think Terminator 2 was better than the original. :eek:

connollys · 16-07-2014 11:51AM

Not a hope is T2 better. The whole Im a learning computer, now I know why you cry. Oh gimme a break.

And whats with the shades? Necessary in T1 to cover the damage to his eye. After that, is a Computer meant to be trying to look cool? Great effects, yes, but not a patch on the original.

mickstupp · 16-07-2014 11:58AM

e_e wrote: »

The Raid 2

Setting goes from a corridor to an entire city. Meatier plot, better cinematography, wider image, a plethora of amazing characters, hammers, knives, baseball bats, guns and the most fantastic car chase in recent memory. What's not to love really?

The kitchen fight scene is one of the best I've ever seen in a martial arts movie.

Kevlar Bay · 16-07-2014 11:59AM

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Everyone has different opinions on the matter... But the one solid opinion everyone seems to share is that:

- Terminator 2
- Aliens
- The Dark Knight

are better than the originals.

Batman Begins is the best of the trilogy imo.

Movie Sequels That Are Better Than The Original

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