Ulrich said:
Technically I think the Matrix sequels count. People act like they are abominations, but they are actually pretty solid movies on a standalone basis. It's the comparison that brings them down.
Underrated sequels?
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The Texags servers don't even have enough bandwidth for the amount of text I could write on all that's wrong with die hard 2. They didn't even get the fact that Dulles is in Virginia and not DC right. Nor the fact that pilots and airlines have several other means of ground and intra air communication, which negates the whole plot, and a dozen other things.
But rant over, as to the actual question, I will go with American Wedding and Superman 2.
But rant over, as to the actual question, I will go with American Wedding and Superman 2.
Superman 2 underrated?!
The Sandlot 2 and 3 are both fun.
D3: The Mighty Ducks always gets overshadowed by 1 and 2, but is a good movie in its own right.
For me, this one is a polarizing movie. For the record, I consider Alien to be the greatest science fiction/horror/monster movie ever made. Aliens was a worthy sequel, in some ways more entertaining than the original. So then we get to the third one.CheeseSndwch said:
Alien 3
Its problems begin with the teaser trailer that showed in front of 1991's Terminator 2. The trailer showed the alien egg in earth orbit, implying aliens on earth. Of course, that is not at all what we got. Not two minutes in to the movie, we find out that 2/3 of the emotional backbone of the conclusion of Aliens - Newt and Corporal Hicks - are dead. At the time, that left a bad taste in my mouth. Curiously though, I never had a problem with Ripley's fate. I actually hated that movie for many years after its release. Too many bland characters, and very little understanding of what made the monster so damn scary in the first movie - not really seeing it except in very quick scenes where you could not really determine what it looked like, until the end on the escape shuttle.
But I have come to appreciate a twisted genius in this movie. Taking away all the characters we cared about goes against expectations. I still don't like losing Hicks and Newt, but it was a bold move. And I have grown to enjoy the big trapping plan at the end of the movie.
Crap movie that night be the most overrated sequel of all time.Brian Earl Spilner said:
Superman 2 underrated?!
It's completely unwatchable.
Here's what I'd want to do if someone said that to my face.
CCAg95 said:
Doctor Sleep
This didn't get near the love it should have.
Aladdin 3 - Jafar Gets Glasses
CheeseSndwch said:
Alien 3
Alien3 and the two recent Ridley Scott disasters killed that franchise. Resurrection is like Halloween 3 season of the Witch (not even worth counting)
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YouBet said:Crap movie that night be the most overrated sequel of all time.Brian Earl Spilner said:
Superman 2 underrated?!
It's completely unwatchable.
This. It's really not good.
TXAG 05 said:YouBet said:Crap movie that night be the most overrated sequel of all time.Brian Earl Spilner said:
Superman 2 underrated?!
It's completely unwatchable.
This. It's really not good.
Found Batman and Robin's usernames.
I'm as surprised as anyone I have that opinion on Superman 2. If you haven't seen it in a very long time, I challenge you to watch it. Loved it as a kid. Fired it up a couple of years ago and was shocked at how awful it is.
I didn't even finish it was so bad.
I didn't even finish it was so bad.
Sapper Redux said:TXAG 05 said:YouBet said:Crap movie that night be the most overrated sequel of all time.Brian Earl Spilner said:
Superman 2 underrated?!
It's completely unwatchable.
This. It's really not good.
Found Batman and Robin's usernames.
Let's not say things we can't take back. Batman and Robin might be the worst movie ever made.
US Marshalls was good....not as good as the fugitive
Superman II was a movie that I long considered a superior sequel. It was a fun movie in the summer of '81 (slightly less fun than Raiders of the Lost Ark). But in the years after Batman Returns, the comic movies that came out were dogcrap. Batman and Robin is literally a film that should be burned, it is that bad. But I still thought fondly on Superman II. Then I watched it again, probably around the time Superman Returns came out. And nope, Superman II had clearly not withstood the test of time.YouBet said:
I'm as surprised as anyone I have that opinion on Superman 2. If you haven't seen it in a very long time, I challenge you to watch it. Loved it as a kid. Fired it up a couple of years ago and was shocked at how awful it is.
I didn't even finish it was so bad.
It was not Batman and Robin bad, but it was bad. It was not Spider-Man III bad, but it was bad. It is poorly written. Comparing it against the mega blockbusters we've seen where cities are laid to waste, and it looks quite real (Avengers, Man of Steel, etc), the so-called big battle between the Phantom Zone villains and Superman looks like a pillow fight. Maybe that's not a fair comparison given the technical abilities then vs now.
Which version, Lester's or Donner's, or does it even matter?YouBet said:
I'm as surprised as anyone I have that opinion on Superman 2. If you haven't seen it in a very long time, I challenge you to watch it. Loved it as a kid. Fired it up a couple of years ago and was shocked at how awful it is.
I didn't even finish it was so bad.
Cinco Ranch Aggie said:Superman II was a movie that I long considered a superior sequel. It was a fun movie in the summer of '81 (slightly less fun than Raiders of the Lost Ark). But in the years after Batman Returns, the comic movies that came out were dogcrap. Batman and Robin is literally a film that should be burned, it is that bad. But I still thought fondly on Superman II. Then I watched it again, probably around the time Superman Returns came out. And nope, Superman II had clearly not withstood the test of time.YouBet said:
I'm as surprised as anyone I have that opinion on Superman 2. If you haven't seen it in a very long time, I challenge you to watch it. Loved it as a kid. Fired it up a couple of years ago and was shocked at how awful it is.
I didn't even finish it was so bad.
It was not Batman and Robin bad, but it was bad. It was not Spider-Man III bad, but it was bad. It is poorly written. Comparing it against the mega blockbusters we've seen where cities are laid to waste, and it looks quite real (Avengers, Man of Steel, etc), the so-called big battle between the Phantom Zone villains and Superman looks like a pillow fight. Maybe that's not a fair comparison given the technical abilities then vs now.
I will say that Superman II's Zod has more concern for human life than Man of Steel's Superman.
Doctor Sleep was a really good adaptation of a really mediocre novel.
Exorcist 3 worked because it really wasn't an Exorcist movie until the 11th hour if I recall correctly. That, and George C. Scott could make a phonebook reading interesting. It also probably benefited from Exorcist 2 being such a god-awful mess.
Some of the longer-running series... Nightmare on Elm Street 3 gets lost in a lot of the schlock of the sequels. And 'New Nightmare' was more or less the birth of the meta-movie (which was then perfected in Scream).
Is Tremors 2 underrated, or have people finally come to realize it's greatness?
Exorcist 3 worked because it really wasn't an Exorcist movie until the 11th hour if I recall correctly. That, and George C. Scott could make a phonebook reading interesting. It also probably benefited from Exorcist 2 being such a god-awful mess.
Some of the longer-running series... Nightmare on Elm Street 3 gets lost in a lot of the schlock of the sequels. And 'New Nightmare' was more or less the birth of the meta-movie (which was then perfected in Scream).
Is Tremors 2 underrated, or have people finally come to realize it's greatness?
Doesn't matter. I'd probably say that Donners is a tad worse.gggmann said:Which version, Lester's or Donner's, or does it even matter?YouBet said:
I'm as surprised as anyone I have that opinion on Superman 2. If you haven't seen it in a very long time, I challenge you to watch it. Loved it as a kid. Fired it up a couple of years ago and was shocked at how awful it is.
I didn't even finish it was so bad.
I was pleasantly surprised by Doctor Sleep. I finally got around to watching it about 3 weeks ago. I enjoyed it much more than I anticipated.Proposition Joe said:
Doctor Sleep was a really good adaptation of a really mediocre novel.
Exorcist 3 worked because it really wasn't an Exorcist movie until the 11th hour if I recall correctly. That, and George C. Scott could make a phonebook reading interesting. It also probably benefited from Exorcist 2 being such a god-awful mess.
Some of the longer-running series... Nightmare on Elm Street 3 gets lost in a lot of the schlock of the sequels. And 'New Nightmare' was more or less the birth of the meta-movie (which was then perfected in Scream).
Is Tremors 2 underrated, or have people finally come to realize it's greatness?
Exorcist 3 has that great jump scare, but honestly I don't remember anything outside of that scene.
Hellboy 2 was surprisingly so much better than Hellboy 1
Lethal Weapon 2
I always enjoyed Ted 2 more than the first one.
I didn't watch any of the Superman movies until I was an adult and if you don't have the nostalgia for them it's shocking how bad all of them are. Even 1 and 2 are just as bad as 3 and 4. The only good Superman movie is Man of Steel.
3 was stupid. 4 was as bad as Batman and Robin.Jasomania said:
I didn't watch any of the Superman movies until I was an adult and if you don't have the nostalgia for them it's shocking how bad all of them are. Even 1 and 2 are just as bad as 3 and 4. The only good Superman movie is Man of Steel.
I didn't see Superman until I was an adult, and it's bad. It hasn't aged well at all.
You could put a laugh track on Batman and Robin and it would be a huge hit.Cinco Ranch Aggie said:3 was stupid. 4 was as bad as Batman and Robin.Jasomania said:
I didn't watch any of the Superman movies until I was an adult and if you don't have the nostalgia for them it's shocking how bad all of them are. Even 1 and 2 are just as bad as 3 and 4. The only good Superman movie is Man of Steel.
The only good moment of Batman and Robin was the "Holy rusted metal, Batman!" line.
Probably surpasses the original, with the addition of Pesci.Mathguy64 said:
Lethal Weapon 2
Since we are talking underrated sequels, the Last Crusade doesn't count, but Temple of Doom certainly does. It suffers by comparison to the greatness of Raiders and Crusade, but it could stand on its own.
I liked the concept of The Lost World -- corporate greed, huge hunting party, King Kong-like ending -- but the Ian Malcolm character was out of place (not a hero) and the gymnastics raptor fight was so terrible that it ruined the movie.
Actually, that line is from Batman Forever (the one with Riddler and Two-Face), and at the time most people liked it. Though in hindsight, it was always overly campy and should have prepared us for what Schumacher would do to us in Batman & Robin.Not Sure said:
The only good moment of Batman and Robin was the "Holy rusted metal, Batman!" line.
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