Sequel better than the original?

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  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    Personally like Evil Dead 2 more than Army of Darkness

    Werd. AoD is the "classic" but ED2 was actually the better movie. It was a good combination between a legit horror movie and a campy, comedic attempt. AoD was all cheese by comparison. They are both great but for different reasons. Even the original is awesome, but for completely different reasons.
  • aafoo
    aafoo Posts: 501 Member
    Yeah, Evil Dead II is better than Army of Darkness.
    Definitely Terminator 2 though, and James Cameron didn't do badly with Aliens either, though I'm not sure if I would say it's better than Alien.
    The Dark Knight.
    Toy Story 3 perhaps.
    Each film in the Before Sunrise trilogy was slightly better than the last, although you have to watch all three in order anyway.
    The Bourne Ultimatum.
    Mad Max 2.

    Good compilation... Dark Knight was indeed movie of the century!!
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    Aliens was absolutely better than alien.
  • UnitedBoy83
    UnitedBoy83 Posts: 888 Member
    Aliens was absolutely better than alien.

    ^^^^^^^^ this!!!
  • stt43
    stt43 Posts: 487
    Aliens was absolutely better than alien.

    ^^^^^^^^ this!!!

    Nah, they're both about equal in terms of how good they were. They are quite different in terms of what they were trying to get across though, so most people will probably enjoy one of them more than the other depending on their personal taste.
  • stt43
    stt43 Posts: 487
    Resident Evil had sequels better then first part (actually better story line for a zombie movie)
    LOTR part 2 by far the best for me
    Batman Dark Knight (technically a sequel in the batman series if you count the one with The Pinguin as 1)

    And i am sure that if i go think for an hour i could come up with a lot more other then some already mentioned

    I wouldn't class the LOTR series (or Star Wars trilogies for that matter) as sequels, as it is all one story broken up into chunks. You can't really watch them as stand alone movies as you could with most other sequels, it would be like saying chapter 2 of a book is a sequel to chapter 1. But I guess this could be debated either way.
    The Dark Knight (2008) was a sequel to Batman Begins (2005). The Batman film with the Penguin in was Batman Returns (1992), which was a sequel to Batman (1989). In the case of the latter two films, the sequel was not as good as the first.
  • thebigcb
    thebigcb Posts: 2,210 Member
    I find this to be very rare but happened to watch three excellent sequels this week:
    Terminator 2 (by far the best in the series)
    Blade Trinity
    Army of Darkness

    Any others?

    Blade Trintty, great call
  • stt43
    stt43 Posts: 487
    I wouldn't class the LOTR series (or Star Wars trilogies for that matter) as sequels, as it is all one story broken up into chunks. You can't really watch them as stand alone movies as you could with most other sequels, it would be like saying chapter 2 of a book is a sequel to chapter 1. But I guess this could be debated either way.
    The Dark Knight (2008) was a sequel to Batman Begins (2005). The Batman film with the Penguin in was Batman Returns (1992), which was a sequel to Batman (1989). In the case of the latter two films, the sequel was not as good as the first.

    Yea it's a matter of opinion on the LOTR, Starwars movies, Harry Potter movies etc...
    For Batman i was so wrong... thanks fro correcting me sir

    No worries.
    I would say that the Harry Potter films are all sequels, apart from Deathly Hallows Part 2 which isn't a sequel to Part 1, although the Deathly Hallows Part 1 and Part 2 together are a sequel to the other Harry Potter films.
  • amyfullbrook
    amyfullbrook Posts: 97 Member
    Batman Dark Knight was better than Batman Begins.
    All Harry Potter films are better than the first one.
    Sequel Lord of the Rings films are better than the first, especially Return of the King.
    Preferred the second Fast and Furious to the first...
    Catching Fire is better than Hunger Games in my opinion....

    I can't think of anymore!!
  • EDollah
    EDollah Posts: 464 Member
    Just mentioning these that i don't think were mentioned yet.

    "Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan" is infinitely better than "Star Trek: The Motion Picture". In general you can follow the rule: Star Trek(even number) > Star Trek(even number - 1)

    Superman II
  • stt43
    stt43 Posts: 487
    Doesn't Harry Potter has 1 story line trough all the movies (killing that other sorcerer?) Have not read the books or watched the movies, but that's what i always tought

    Well the Harry Potter films are linked, as sequels are, but the films have stand alone stories, with a beginning, middle, and end, rather than the stories following on from each other directly. You could watch the third Harry Potter film, for example, without really having to know what happened in the first, although knowledge of the previous stories would perhaps be beneficial.
    In terms of the LOTR, or Star Wars, you wouldn't just watch The Return of the King, or Return of the Jedi, as you wouldn't really know who, what, where, or why in terms of the plot (although I guess Star Wars tries to get around this with the text during the opening of each film).
    This is why these "sequels" are often seen as better than their origin film, as the first is merely a "beginning" to set up the "middle" and "end" of the next two films. The first, therefore, doesn't have the climax or conclusion which the other films do, making it less enjoyable. This can be seen currently with everyone stating that the second Hobbit film is better than the first, as nothing happened in the first, it was just: 'here are some characters, watch the next two films to find out what they actually do'.
  • BigDougie1211
    BigDougie1211 Posts: 3,531 Member
    Army of Darkness definitely the better of the trilogy.

    Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey

    Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade

    Hellboy 2

    Back To The Future 3
  • BigDougie1211
    BigDougie1211 Posts: 3,531 Member
    Oh Oh Oh - Desperado.
  • walleyclan1
    walleyclan1 Posts: 2,784 Member
    Oh Oh Oh - Desperado.

    Good one!
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    in general the Fast and Furious movies keep getting better.
  • asimmons221
    asimmons221 Posts: 294 Member
    Aliens was absolutely better than alien.

    ^^^^^^^^ this!!!

    Nah, they're both about equal in terms of how good they were. They are quite different in terms of what they were trying to get across though, so most people will probably enjoy one of them more than the other depending on their personal taste.

    They're both classics in my book, but two different style of movies, and two different visions. Some people like one more then the other. I do personally like Aliens better though.
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    The Dark Knight
  • Escloflowne
    Escloflowne Posts: 2,038 Member
    Blade Trinity

    Blade Trinity was one of the worst films ever made, it was so bad it killed the Blade franchise!!!!

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  • lsorci919
    lsorci919 Posts: 772 Member
    Scary Movie 2
    Best out of all the scary movies!
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  • Escloflowne
    Escloflowne Posts: 2,038 Member
    I find this to be very rare but happened to watch three excellent sequels this week:
    Terminator 2 (by far the best in the series)
    Blade Trinity
    Army of Darkness

    Any others?

    Blade Trintty, great call

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  • walleyclan1
    walleyclan1 Posts: 2,784 Member
    I find this to be very rare but happened to watch three excellent sequels this week:
    Terminator 2 (by far the best in the series)
    Blade Trinity
    Army of Darkness

    Any others?

    Blade Trintty, great call

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    Pushes you to Mars. I will admit that part of why I may like it so much is because I am in love with Ryan Reynolds and Jessica Biel and they both look freaking hot..but I love everything else about it too. Especially the crazy vampire dog
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  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    I find this to be very rare but happened to watch three excellent sequels this week:
    Terminator 2 (by far the best in the series)
    Blade Trinity
    Army of Darkness

    Any others?

    Shut your mouth.. T1 is the best one.

    Says you and maybe 3 other people in the world lol

    One of the other 3 here...T1 over all of the other T movies.
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  • Escloflowne
    Escloflowne Posts: 2,038 Member

    Pushes you to Mars. I will admit that part of why I may like it so much is because I am in love with Ryan Reynolds and Jessica Biel and they both look freaking hot..but I love everything else about it too. Especially the crazy vampire dog

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    You better not say you liked the movie Battlefield Earth because I may have to kill myself
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    Scary Movie 2
    Best out of all the scary movies!
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  • Danny_Boy13
    Danny_Boy13 Posts: 2,094 Member
    I think all the Rocky sequels were better then the original.
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