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Author Topic: Movie sequels and prequels that are dead to you Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 10-16-2009 07:12 PM                    I might take some heat for this, but I don't care. Bring it on. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End The first one was an unbelievably fantastic escape for me, on par with Raiders of the Lost Ark. After screening it I came to work and couldn't stop talking about how great it was to a guy I work with. I piled praise upon praise upon praise to the point where he thought it would never live up to what I was saying. After all of that, he was STILL blown away by it when he went to see it. The other ones - I may have seen them both once all the way through. I'm not sure how they managed to screw them up, but they did. Badly, in my opinion.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-16-2009 07:48 PM                        Staying Alive "Saturday Night Fever" = great. This sequel = crap, except for the title song which is great.  |  IP: Logged Michael Barry Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 584 From: Sydney, NSW, Australia Registered: Nov 1999 posted 10-22-2009 09:47 AM                     Halloween (John Carpenter). Any sequel, remake or anything else remotely connected to it is dead to me. A Nightmare On Elm St. Absolutely brilliant in every respect, and the sequels are all borderline unwatchable. The Stepfather (1987, Terry O'Quinn). Superb movie! They made 2 sequels (and now a remake) which are best ignored. The Exorcist. The sequels are worthless. American Psycho. The sequel is one of those in-name-only types completely ignoring the spirit of the original. First Blood was a really good movie, but the sequels weren't. Grease 2???  |  IP: Logged Mike Schindler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1039 From: Oak Park, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 10-22-2009 10:23 AM                     quote: Michael Barry American Psycho. The sequel is one of those in-name-only types completely ignoring the spirit of the original. Yeah, but William Shatner's in it, so that makes it awesome by default.  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 10-22-2009 11:08 AM                     William Shatner was also in Airplane 2. Come to think of it...his first scene in the movie is the only thing I can recall finding funny...  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-22-2009 01:19 PM                        Every time I think this thread has mentioned all the bad sequels, more get added that I totally agree with! I did think Shatner's "Well, it must have SOME function!" scene in Airplane 2 was pretty funny.  |  IP: Logged Chris Mosel Film Handler Posts: 74 From: New Braunfels, TX, USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 10-22-2009 02:06 PM                     Best golf movie ever Caddy Shack Worst golf movie ever Caddy Shack 2  |  IP: Logged Ian Parfrey Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1049 From: Imbil Australia 26 deg 27' 42.66" S 152 deg 42' 23.40" E Registered: Feb 2009 posted 10-22-2009 03:08 PM                     Chris Agree wholeheartedly-Caddyshack is a hole in one and a modern classic! Best Road Movie Ever - Mad Max 1 MM2 was barely ok, but MM3 was a waste of time and nothing but a vehicle for Tina Turner's acting ability and as such is dead to me.  |  IP: Logged Mark Ogden Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 943 From: Little Falls, N.J. Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-22-2009 03:42 PM                     Actually, American Psycho isn't a sequel of anything. it's a stand alone film based on a novel by Bret Easton Ellis. The sequels to the Alfred Hitchcock Psycho are simply Psycho II, III, and IV . All are pretty bad, or so I hear. In fact, I remember during the original run of Psycho II , the roof caved in on the The Murray Hill Cinema down on 34th Street, but there were no injuries because no-one was in the theatre. The headline in the New York Post the next day was: MOVIE CREDITED WITH SAVING LIVES!.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Jorgenson Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1002 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Feb 2005 posted 10-22-2009 07:40 PM                        quote: Michael Barry American Psycho. The sequel is one of those in-name-only types completely ignoring the spirit of the original. quote: Mark Ogden Actually, American Psycho isn't a sequel of anything ...pretty sure Michael is talking about American Psycho II: All American Girl ... you know, the one that quote: Mike Schindler William Shatner's in  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 10-23-2009 04:36 PM                        -Mission: Impossible II - Ug. This entire movie is in slow motion. John Woo sucks an incredible amount of ass, always has... always will. I don't know what people see in him as he only makes shitty movies which are waaaaay to long. They'd be normal length if they didn't include the mass amounts of unnecessary slow motion shots. This movie just went on and on, was overacted and was extremely boring. If you really need to have an asian director, get Ang Lee or maybe even George Takei. John Woo does not deserve to work any more.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-23-2009 06:43 PM                     Any of the Posiden Adventure remakes.  |  IP: Logged

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