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The first one was funny. The sequel was just a payday for all concerned. Big let down.
I liked the first one. Second was awful
I feel the exact same way.
Not me. As much as I think the first was better, I still love the second one. I actually just picked up the unrated bluray cut not too long ago.
Are you referring to Horrible Bosses 2 here or that ropey sequel to Skyfall?
Regarding my comment about Waltz: both, now that you mention it!
1. Godfather Part II
2. The Color of Money (sequel to the The Hustler, with Newman and Cruise)
3. The Empire Strikes Back
Really Good:
1. Die Hard 2. Just as good as the first one.
2. Rocky 2. The waking up after childbirth line "Win" is so cheesy...but the rest of this film is worthwhile.
3. Airport '75. is it a sequel? I'll say so. Is it that good? No, it's THAT BAD, which makes it a pure joy to watch. Helen Reddy as a singing nun? Linda Blair as a dying girl needing a kidney transplant? Susan Clark with erect nipples the whole time? Normal Fell and Jerry Stiller as drunks? A daring mid-air pilot transplant? And Karen Black actually looking smoking hot as a stewardess trying to fly a 747? (BTW: Karen Black and DC starred together in an episode of The Hunger.) Count me in every time.
4. Quantum of Solace. I'll include it here: It is a pure sequel to CR, no doubt.
5. Aliens
6. More American Graffitti (Such a solid effort, here, despite the first film giving the stroylines away)
Decent:
1. Back to the Future 2
2. Naked Gun 2 1/2
3. Indiana Jones and the temple of Doom
4. Jaws 2
5. Predator 2
6. Spider-man 2 (Maguire/Dunst)
7. Superman II (1981)
8. Return of the Jedi (disappointing and corny)
9. Beneath the... / Return of... / Battle of the Planet of the Apes
Eh..Not So Good:
1. Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
2. Back to the Future 3
3. Another 48 Hours
4. Major League 2
5. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
I'm sure I am forgetting several more that are worthy of this category.
Even has a minor role for Colin Salmon aka Robinson (TND, TWINE and DAD).
Did we really need a Horrible Bosses 2 ?
Way too many of these needless sequels only made because of the originals success.
Bad Neighbours 2.....WHY???!!!
With special effects that make DAD's parasurfing utterly realistic...
Indeed it's so bad it's actually a lot of fun.
London Has Fallen
is the kind of "trash" that I absolutely love. Star power and a hilariously over the top story.
It's certainly a fun watch but it's a pretty naff film considering the talent involved.
I'm not crazy about any of the Indy sequels.
Nothing comes close to the original Raiders. A fantasy masterpiece. And in my opinion one of the few films I consider to be absolutely perfect.
- I have heard the arguments, countless times.
- I know I'm going heavily against what's in vogue, namely to unzip, whip it out and urinate all over these two films.
- I have been mocked, picked on and nearly crucified for my beliefs, BUT:
I friggin' LOVE the sequels to the Matrix! Perhaps because I'm into Japanese cyberpunk anime and whatnot, I'm much more receptive to the nonsensical story they dug out for the sequels, I don't know. Fact is, when the Architect talks at the end of Reloaded, I'm in total awe. When Zion is invaded by armies of Sentinels and the mobile suits go ballistic against them, I experience a total rush. When Neo faces off against Smith at the end of Revolutions, I'm getting aroused. I mean, this stuff excites me. The Wachowskis clearly made this film FOR ME. So here I am, saying you may not like these two films but they're good enough for me to watch them at least once every year.
"Denial is the most predictable of all human responses. But, rest assured, this will be the sixth time we have destroyed it, and we have become exceedingly efficient at it."
While I won't go quite that far, I must say that I agree on The Matrix trilogy for the most part. I wasn't one of those that was a huge, die-hard fan of the original film, although I did quite like it as a new wrinkle on the action and sci-fi genres and respected it for the chances that it took. Went to see the second film just on a whim while sitting at home bored one night with nothing else to do and did the same with the third film while away my first semester of college.
Long story short, I enjoyed all three of them. Could have done with a few less Agent Smiths along the way, as I thought multiplying him to the extreme numbers they ultimately did only served to cheapen what was a very good villain in the first film, but that somewhat minor complaint aside, I thought that the trilogy was pretty good. The second and third films are definitely not deserving of all of the vitriol that are dumped on them, that much is for sure. They're not perfect films by any stretch of the imagination, but at the same time they're not the outright disasters they're often portrayed as being.