Movie Biggest Drop-Off in Quality between a movie and its sequel

[Caesar]

Saw Clerks II the other night, reckon that would have to come close.

For the purposes of this discussion, let's ignore direct-to-video stuff.

 

[TassieEagle]

The Matrix and Saw immediately come to mind. Police Academy and Robocop also have horrendous sequels

Clerks II was pretty good, not as good as the original but still had some great stuff.

 

[Honeyboy Wilson]

The Neverending Story 2 - The Neverending Story 3

 

[SugarShane]

The Matrix and Saw immediately come to mind.

Matrix would have to be right up there. Sequels were terrible.

I know movie buffs don't rate it, but Deuce Bigalow for me. The first was a decent comedy that showed growth in the characters and had a decent plot line. The second was just bad.

 

[TassieEagle]

The Neverending Story 2 - The Neverending Story 3

Neverendng story shouldn't even need a sequel. False advertising!

 

[Honeyboy Wilson]

Neverendng story shouldn't even need a sequel. False advertising!

Technically, it should never stop having sequels.

(I'm glad it has and may it never be remade)

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

Return of The Magnificent Seven - a forgettable sequel (only Yul Brynner remained from the original) to a great western retelling of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.

 

[NSWCROW]

SPEED and SPEED 2
MIB and MIB 2

Apparently KICK-ASS 2 is a barry crocker

 

[chefmeister]

Jaws 2, 3, & especially 4...

Nightmare on Elm St #2

The Hangover 2

Grease 2

 

[NSWCROW]

Matrix would have to be right up there. Sequels were terrible.

You thought THIS was terrible ??
Respectfully disagree

 

[Norwegian Blue]

Matrix would have to be right up there. Sequels were terrible.

I know I'm in a minority but I thought the first one sucked. Haven't seen the sequels.

To answer the OP:

Blues Brothers --> Blues Brothers 2000
Grease --> Grease 2
Jaws --> Any of the sequels

If they'd made a second Highlander movie, that would undoubtedly have sucked. But they didn't, so all's good.

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

I know I'm in a minority but I thought the first one sucked. Haven't seen the sequels.

To answer the OP:

Blues Brothers --> Blues Brothers 2000
Grease --> Grease 2
Jaws --> Any of the sequels

If they'd made a second Highlander movie, that would undoubtedly have sucked. But they didn't, so all's good.[/quote]

 

[chefmeister]

^^^^^^ Didn't really happen!!!!!!

 

[placebo]

Can we add sequels that were shit after a good series of movies? For example, the original Indiana Jones trilogy is rock solid…whereas Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is ****ing terrible.

The original Star Wars are rock solid…the prequels are ****ing terrible.

Terminator 1&2 are rock solid…3 and 4 are incredibly average.

 

[chefmeister]

Can we add sequels that were shit after a good series of movies?

Absolutely.

Rocky V sucked.

The 'Alien' series post the James Cameron sequel sucked.

Mad Max - Beyond Thunderdome was crap.

The latest Hobbit movie was lame too.

 

[JP Sauce]

Caddyshack 2!

 

[jackn]

Speed 2 which has been mentioned already.

The Lost World. Jurassic Park was awesome and the lost world should have been too. It was shit though and made even worse by the fact I loved the book and was hanging out for the movie.

Any movie that's more than 15 years after the original is going to be shit (blues brothers 2000) as is any sequel involving different actors (especially if they're playing the same characters, eg: dumb and dumberer)

 

[Gasometer]

 

[Jeremias]

Can we add sequels that were shit after a good series of movies? For example, the original Indiana Jones trilogy is rock solid…whereas Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is ******* terrible.

Agreed with this.

Absolutely loved the original trilogy. The 4th, however, would go close to the worst movie ever made.

 

[grizzlym]

Blues Brothers --> Blues Brothers 2000

This.

And Son of Mask.

 

[HBF]

Caddyshack 2!

Beat me to it.
The worst sequel movie ever made.
Absolutely horrible.

 

[Cleavy]

Honey, I Blew up the Kid & Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (the sequels to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids)
any of the Home Alone sequels
Cruel Intentions 2 etc

point of discussion:
American Pie?

 

[JP Sauce]

Beat me to it.
The worst sequel movie ever made.
Absolutely horrible.

No Rodney! No Bill! No point.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

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The latest Hobbit movie was lame too.

U wot m8?!

 

[PVF]

I'm shocked that no-one has said The Godfather Part III.

Now I don't hate the movie but the drop off from Part II was significant.