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

[edgie]

I have talked about these in the relevant threads about them in the past, but here we go again...

Terminator Salvation absolutely stunk.

Agree on all points, but will nitpick that your original Die Hard rankings we're better.

 

[eaglespremiers]

Jurassic Park The Lost World

Interestingly I preferred The Lost World as a book.

 

[CF]

I respectfully disagree about the matrix sequels, but I know I'm in the minority on this one so I won't bother arguing about it.

One's that come to mind for me are Ironman 2 (Ironman 3 wasn't bad though), and all the Jaws sequels. All the Spiderman sequels (the one Frodo was in) sucked. Batman over it's various incarnations had some bad sequels. The Police Academy sequels were horrendous.

 

[rocker_oz33]

The sequel to once were warriors was quiet a let down at the time,but any thing after the first one was never going to live up to it.

 

[Kram]

The sequel to once were warriors was quiet a let down at the time,but any thing after the first one was never going to live up to it.

Watched this for the first time in years and it was better than I remembered, obviously nowhere near Once Were Warriors as a film but still one worthwhile making imo.

 

[Xtreme]

I respectfully disagree about the matrix sequels, but I know I'm in the minority on this one so I won't bother arguing about it.

One's that come to mind for me are Ironman 2 (Ironman 3 wasn't bad though), and all the Jaws sequels. All the Spiderman sequels (the one Frodo was in) sucked. Batman over it's various incarnations had some bad sequels. The Police Academy sequels were horrendous.

The Police Academy movies are still watchable, but yes they drop in quality after the first one.

The blue oyster bar scenes make me chuckle and this is my favourite line:

 

[NSWCROW]

The Police Academy movies are still watchable, but yes they drop in quality after the first one.

The blue oyster bar scenes make me chuckle and this is my favourite line:

PROCTORRRRRRRRRRRR !!!!

 

[Norwegian Blue]

Which Superman 2? The Richard Donner version is way better, even unfnished, imho.

Superman 4 is even worse.

Was about to post the same thing. They should have never fired Richard Donner halfway through Superman 2. Superman 2 could have been so much better with Donner and when Richard Lester was given a full movie to direct, Superman 3 was what we got.

Didn't the Richard Donner version of S2 have a repeat of the ending of S1, where Supes flies backwards around the Earth, reversing time? That was dumb in the first, it would have been excruciating in the second.

 

[GoldenHodge]

Didn't the Richard Donner version of S2 have a repeat of the ending of S1, where Supes flies backwards around the Earth, reversing time? That was dumb in the first, it would have been excruciating in the second.

Yes but mind you the Richard Donner cut was something done 2 decades after the movie was released. The whole time reversal was meant to be only for Superman 2 until some intervention caused it to be included into Superman 1. Had Richard Donner actually been able to complete Superman 2 during the time it was actually being made, it wouldn't have the same time reversal storyline. Had Richard Donner finished the product, we might have had a better film or at least avoided the disastrous Superman 3.

 

[Xtreme]

^ The reversing time sequence was intended for Superman 2 only, the first Superman was meant to conclude with him throwing the missile that causes Zod & co to escape from the phantom zone. Movie executives got scared and wanted a different ending in case the reception was bad and the story didn't continue into Superman 2.

That's from some information i read years ago and probably inaccurate.

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

The Hustler >>>>>> The Colour Of Money (can't believe Richard Price wrote the screenplay for this dross)

 

[Dan Moody]

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?

Thought Home Alone 2 was better than the original actually

 

[Kram]

Thought Home Alone 2 was better than the original actually

In what way?

 

[Dan Moody]

In what way?

Maybe because it had more of a Christmas theme to it being in New York and Kevin spending time with the toy shop owner etc.

 

[JP Sauce]

This one is obvious, but the Hangover >>> the Hangover 2.

 

[mickelboy182]

Pretty much any horror series...

 

[Partridge]

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.

I think the difference is Godfather Part III is poor by comparison, but not a terrible film. It's just ok whereas its two predecessors were both awesome.

 

[Partridge]

Walked out of the cinema not even half way thru it. And that was back when I worked for Hoyts and got free tickets!!!

I remember George Carlin specifically slamming that film and the entire concept.

 

[The Filth Wizard]

Pretty much any horror series...

The Evil Dead would almost be the only exception.

Surprised that Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo has gone without mention.

 

[West Coast Weasel]

Speed 2. Why on earth did they pick a cruise liner!?!?

 

[Mr Eagle]

I have talked about these in the relevant threads about them in the past, but here we go again - i used to think Die Hard 2 was the worst movie - in the 90's as a trilogy i actually rated it as 3,1,2. In the early 2000's i changed it from 1,3,2. However i actually do not think Die Hard 2 is a bad film, Die Hard 4 and Die Hard 5 are horrendous films though.

I'm pretty sure it's an offence in some countries to rate them in any way other than 1,3,2,(everything thereafter).

 

[CrowEater888]

The Evil Dead would almost be the only exception.

Surprised that Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo has gone without mention.

I remember my mum taking me to see that when I was a tot...scarred for life!

 

[Underarm]

S. Darko and the butterfly effect 2.

 

[Slax]

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

They did and it was terrible. Highlander 2 - The Quickening. To make matter worse they made Highlander 3 as well.
Son of the Mask - making sequals more than a few years after the original never works (refer Blues Brothers 2000)
Sister Act 2 & 3 - the original wasn't great but the sequals were just painful.
Bill & Ted's Bogus journey - completely bogus
The Pink Panther 2
Miss Congeniality 2
Under Seige 2
Superman III & IV - whilst 3 was bad 4 was downright terrible.
Police Academy 3-8 - Whilst 3 definitely signalled the end of the laughs for this series, Police Acadamey 4 should of killed it, someone should've been shot for allowing them to make 5, 6, 7 & 8


All time worst though - SPEED 2
come on what where they thinking when they agreed to the script? The wholes in this are so big the cruise ship itself could sail through without worrying about touching the sides. Because the original was so good it will be hard to see this ever being matched for the biggest drop off.

 

[Kram]

Stuff like Alien 3 and Terminator 3 aren't the worst movies when looked at in isolation, but just unnecessary and sort of spit on the story of the previous installment.