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If found that the original movies were the best most of the time. I would always catch myself saying "Part 1 was better." on numerous occasion. But I think we'll all agree when I say that a few movie sequel/prequel do slip by as being better than it's original. But which movies?

I say i though X-Men 1 was horrible compared to X-Men 2. X-Men 2 rocked. Alot of people like Empire strikes back better than "A New Hope"

And oh, I thought Terminator 2 was better than pt 1.

I think there is a thread like this somewhere, but MDF needs new material so here's my opinion.

Terminator 2 was better than The Terminator Because the effects were better, and the Characters were better And overall James cameron had more experience as a director when he Directed T2, Which led to a better overall Sequel. But I prefer The First Terminator over the 3rd. Don't get me wrong, The third one was pretty awesome IMO. But the casting for John connor was pretty bad, to say the least.

Honestley, I liked the First X-men Better than the 2nd. The way they introduce the Characters in the first X-men movie was done extremley well, and I really enjoyed it. But as far as entertainment goes I preffer the 2nd, It was funnier and and had more action, which can really mess up a film when done wrong. But this time it was done right.

I Disliked Star Trek: The motion Picture, because when compared to 'Star Trek 2 The wrath of Khan' it was crap. Star Trek 2 is one of my favorite films to date. Great ending, and great suspense. Live long and prosper.

As Far as Rocky Goes, The origian 'Rocky' movie was superrior amungst other Rocky sequels. I'm still sontemplating on if Rocky 6 will blow, or be half way decent.

I also Disliked all Highlander sequels. But I really enjoy the first. The idea for that film was incredibly original, in a good way. And It's a wonder that Idea wasn't taken before.

The Godfather Part 2 better than the first one IMO. Mostly because of Robert Deniro's performance and story. It was great, and kept me looking at the film a little better than the first. But by all means the first one was excellent too. I just preffered Robert Deniro's little Prequel-like story, and how he came to be the Don.

The indiana Jones sequels were better than the original Indiana Jones film. But that's only my opinion. I think the sequels were done very well, and are the best sequels when compared to the original to date. Again, I'm not saying the first one was bad.

Nightmare on Elmstreet: 3 Was better than the first. It had a better plot outline overall, and I thuroghlly enjoyed every minute of it. High class horror entertainment. IMO.

The bourne Identity is much better than the sequel IMO, it had excellent cinematography for a action movie, and The sequel lagged behind just a tad. I really didn't even feel like watching the second one.

The first Die Hard was excellent, absolutely awesome. But the next 2 were mediocre. and i dont know what the 4th is going to be like. The idea of terrorists threats got dull after a while.

The First Matrix will outbeat the Any of the sequils any fay of the week. I watch the 2nd Matrix for the action, The 3rd matrix for the cool effects. But I watch the 1st because it blends the 2nd and 3rd together and adds originality and story, making it a solid all around fillm.

I could go on for alot longer, but right now I want to mention batman begins. Batman begins is much better than any other Batman film ever made. Chris Nolan And David S. Goyer put their heart and soul into this film, and it prevailed most magninficently.

I'm going to say SW: ESB was better than ANH.

i personally prefered aliens to alien...i'll post more soon

Empire Strikes Back, Terminator 2, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Before Sunset, Godfather Part II. I don't count Batman Begins because it's not a sequel...

Originally posted by DeVi| D0do
Empire Strikes Back, Terminator 2, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Before Sunset, Godfather Part II. I don't count Batman Begins because it's not a sequel...

The title of the tread says sequels/prequels.

It's not a prequel either... It's a restart of the franchise.

I felt that Back to the Future 2 was better than Back to the Future. There is more story than just Marty having to get back to 1985. So many things go wrong that must be fixed in the second movie. The third was probably the worst.

Another sequel that was better than the first was The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. I thought it was far better than Fist Full of Dollars. I have not seen For a Few Dollars More so I'm not sure about that one

Terminator 2, X-Men 2, Child's Play 2, Evil Dead 2, Back to the Future Part 2.

I'm surprised by how many see Spider-Man 2 as better than the original. There were a few scenes in #2 that really degrated the movie.

As for the Star Wars franchise, A New Hope will remain my favorite of both trilogies.

And Indiana Jones, The Last Crusade was close, but not as good as Raiders of the Lost Ark, IMO.

Scary Movie 3 beat the previous two Scary Movies. That's really a matter of opinion though 'cause most of the time, you either liked the first two or you liked the third.

Originally posted by Wolfie
Scary Movie 3 beat the previous two Scary Movies. That's really a matter of opinion though 'cause most of the time, you either liked the first two or you liked the third.
Liked the first and third.

Second was horrible.

Originally posted by DeVi| D0do
It's not a prequel either... It's a restart of the franchise.

BB itself is a prequel the way I see it. But the next two movies being added to BB would be considered a whole different Franchise all together.

Terminator 2
Back to the Future 2
Batman Returns
LOtR 2

Originally posted by Mando
BB itself is a prequel the way I see it. But the next two movies being added to BB would be considered a whole different Franchise all together.
Meh, I don't see it that way... And neither did the writers. Yeah, it does fit in with the others as a prequel story-wise, but it's so much different. And you know the next movies are going to follow the same path with the same actors, same style, same Gotham it's better to just call this lot a new set of movies. But, regardless, it is a much better film than any of the others... yes

Originally posted by DeVi| D0do
Meh, I don't see it that way... And neither did the writers. Yeah, it does fit in with the others as a prequel story-wise, but it's so much different. And you know the next movies are going to follow the same path with the same actors, same style, same Gotham it's better to just call this lot a new set of movies. But, regardless, it is a much better film than any of the others... yes

I agree.

Originally posted by bksdrums
I felt that Back to the Future 2 was better than Back to the Future. There is more story than just Marty having to get back to 1985. So many things go wrong that must be fixed in the second movie. The third was probably the worst.

Totally agree. I remember watching "BTTF pt2" as a kid, in the theatres exactly 11 times in '89, I'll never forget it. Although pt. 1 was a classic pt. 2 was unforgettable to me. Especially when Marty was in the Future in 2015. It's still one of my favorite movies. (top Ten)I saw it the other day with the same gleefulness i had watching it as a kid in the theatres. I still think those Nike's he had on in the future still rule, lol.

I loved the welcoming virtual Ronald Regan in the Cafe' 80's when he goes. "Welcome to the Cafe' 80's. Where it's always morning in America. Even in the after-noo-noo-noon." as if he glitched lol, I still find that kinda cool. The Virtual Micheal Jackson did it too. When he said, while talking to a customer about the menu, he goes "I comes with a side a chilantro with your choice of chicken, be-be-beef, or pork." lol. I'm retarded. I just love this movie. I guess it's because I'm a futurist. I wish 2015 would b like that but it wont. It'll be like now. It's only 10yrs 20 days away. What could possibly happen. there's no frikken progress now of anything. I honestly thought we'd see flying car by now.

But I digress.


And pt3 was the worst. That flying train was too crazy for me.

Originally posted by DeVi| D0do
. But, regardless, it is a much better film than any of the others... yes

Most defiantly.

Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back

Terminator 2

Aliens

Spider-Man 2

X-Men 2

Harry Potter has been getting better with every installment too. Prisoner Of Askaban was leagues ahead of the first two confusing movies.

I liked Back To The Future more than it's sequels, even though I love all three. I also think Batman Begins doesn't count because, even though I think it is so far the best Batman movie yet, it doesn't count because these new films are a brand new set of movies, as opposed to being part of the "other" Batman continuity.

T2
Spider-Man 2
Childs Play 2
Batman Returns

Originally posted by DeVi| D0do
Meh, I don't see it that way... And neither did the writers. Yeah, it does fit in with the others as a prequel story-wise, but it's so much different. And you know the next movies are going to follow the same path with the same actors, same style, same Gotham it's better to just call this lot a new set of movies. But, regardless, it is a much better film than any of the others... yes
Not to mention that Batman began in the first Michael Keaton movie as well. If Batman Begins was a prequel, he did everything twice pretty much.

Originally posted by FistOfThe North
Totally agree. I remember watching "BTTF pt2" as a kid, in the theatres exactly 11 times in '89, I'll never forget it. Although pt. 1 was a classic pt. 2 was unforgettable to me. Especially when Marty was in the Future in 2015. It's still one of my favorite movies. (top Ten)I saw it the other day with the same gleefulness i had watching it as a kid in the theatres. I still think those Nike's he had on in the future still rule, lol.

I loved the welcoming virtual Ronald Regan in the Cafe' 80's when he goes. "Welcome to the Cafe' 80's. Where it's always morning in America. Even in the after-noo-noo-noon." as if he glitched lol, I still find that kinda cool. The Virtual Micheal Jackson did it too. When he said, while talking to a customer about the menu, he goes "I comes with a side a chilantro with your choice of chicken, be-be-beef, or pork." lol. I'm retarded. I just love this movie. I guess it's because I'm a futurist. I wish 2015 would b like that but it wont. It'll be like now. It's only 10yrs 20 days away. What could possibly happen. there's no frikken progress now of anything. I honestly thought we'd see flying car by now.

But I digress.


And pt3 was the worst. That flying train was too crazy for me.
Well, I enjoyed Part 3. It certainly isn't as good as the others but it was a cool flick, IMO.

What I love about Part 2 is that even today, 16 years later, the future is still amazing. Hovering cars, hoverboards, self-tying shoes, self-drying and adjusting jacket, TV waiters, etc. And the whole inside out pockets thing is such a good satire of style trends. Seriously, why does anyone find wearing your pants below your ass fasionable? Also, the Jaws 13 part still cracks me up.

this is on the scary movie mentioning earlier

Originally posted by Solo
Liked the first and third.

Second was horrible.


the second. was the best one.

the third was complete crap, it was directed by a the man behind Airplane. Plus, they funniest characters, the wayans brothers, werent even in it

first and second directed by keenan ivory wayans and featured the wayans brothers. they were the funniest.

You just need to see all the movies that the second one makes fun of to actually find it funny. I saw the exorcist, then scary movie 2, then the exorcist again. omg i was laughing to death...then it makes fun of all those pop culture movies from the late 90s and the early 90s...come on its hilarious

scary movie 3 makes fun of 1 scary movie...the ring, which was more creepy than actualy horror..it makes more fun of signs and 8mile]

Why is making fun of 8 Mile briefly such a big deal when no one minds the many Matrix spoofs in the movies? And I guess you didn't get the TCM, Motel Hell, or The Others references, huh?

The Wayans Brothers are not funny. Well, I found Damon Wayans funny in some things he was in. Other than that, the Wayans have never made a good movie.

David Zucker made Airplane!, Top Secret!, and the first two Naked Gun movies, with writing credits to the third. That is an excellent list of spoof movies which made him a better candidate to make another spoof movie rather than the Wayans.

And damn, let's get some spoof actors in this too. My first two picks, Leslie Nielson of the Naked Gun trilogy (among other spoof movies) and Charlie Sheen of the Hot Shots! movies. And they're both in it.

I'm looking forward to Scary Movie 4.

Originally posted by Wolfie

The Wayans Brothers are not funny. Well, I found Damon Wayans funny in some things he was in. Other than that, the Wayans have never made a good movie.



But who doesn't love "In living Color"?

ESB completely shattered ANH as far as I'm concerned - best movie of the saga, and probably my favorite movie, period.

Also on the Star Wars subject, ROTS was much better than the other two prequels, and also a lot better than ROTJ (in my opinion), I'd put it at my third favorite of the saga, behind ESB and ANH.

I also much prefered Spider-man 2 over the first Spidey movie.

I felt The Phantom Menace was the only one worth much in the PT. The pod race, the final lightsaber duel, I think those two scenes beat any scene in the rest of the PT. Every OT movie beats all three PT movies though.

Originally posted by Wolfie
I felt The Phantom Menace was the only one worth much in the PT. The pod race, the final lightsaber duel, I think those two scenes beat any scene in the rest of the PT. Every OT movie beats all three PT movies though.

I actually agree with you an that one. People looked over it so badly, probably because it felt out of place changing movie styles. But then again, people really disliked Jar Jar, and Jake Lloyd. Because of that, The Pod racing scene and The Final Fight scene were looked over. So to sum it all up, Jar jar ruined the movie.

As Far as Attack of the Clones go, It defiantly had it's moments. Much like the fight between Obi-wan and Jango. That was pure entertainment. Also the Colosseum Battle was one of the most intense moments in Star wars history. Period, and defiantly made up for the long intervals in EP II.

Revenge of the sith was a good addition. It had action alot of the time, and the opening scene was one of the funniest scenes out of all Star wars moments. I am of course referring to R2 when I say this. General grievous was a great character. one of the most colorful Star Wars characters to date. But I felt as though Ewan's Dialogue in this movie was horrid. Most of his lines sounded as if they came out of a 5 cent comic book somewhere. It really bothered me. But the ending was great, with the fall of the Jedi Temple and the Fight between Obi-wan and Anakin, and at the same time, the fight between Yoda and Sidious. Good stuff

Return of the Jedi was better than the previous two, and parts of Return of the King aren't better than FOTR or TTT.

The podrace in TPM was, in my opinion, completely pointless.

However, I still find Return of the Jedi to be the worst of the SW movies.

TAXI 2 was way better than the first one

alltho it is french it was very funny

As much as I love El Mariachi, Desparado was a lot better.

Aliens
Star Wars: Empire strikes back
Halloween 2 (They shuld have ended Halloween movies there).

one letter, one number

T2

Yeah that was good, not so sure about T3 though.

Terminator 2
Godfather Part 2
Star Wars Episode V
Aliens
Superman 2
Star Trek 2: Wrath of Khan
LOTR: ROTK

OOOOOHHHHH, I forgot superman 3 kicked ass, and that Robot lady scared the hell outta me when I was 6. I had freakin nightmares! I saw it again, in 2004 or something like that and I was still scared. I want to get the superman box set cause the movies were quite good.

Empire Strikes Back
Terminator 2
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Before Sunset
Godfather Part II

This has been done before... http://www.killermovies.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=381242&perpage=20&highlight=sequels&pagenumber=1

^ I wasn't going to say anything about it. I figured some people might like to re-vote.

But, I can see just about everything was covered in that thread. so, merging.

Matrix Reloaded - from an action/excitement point of view. Storywise, the first was classic.

Spiderman 2 - Pretty much same as above, but I liked the characters more in this one. And the whole 'Spiderman giving up' plot, that was cool.

Ghostbusters 2 - Wish I could hotwire a NES to the statue of Liberty And Bill Murray.....ahh...so funny....

Austin Powers : Spy Who Shagged Me - Fat Bastard. End of story.

Goldeneye - Not really a sequel, but one of my top favourite Bond movies.

Terminator 2 - Seriously, I dont think anything of today's technology has managed to match the realism of the liquid Terminator's freeze/explode/melt/regenerate scene.....

Dumb and Dumber - I dont know whether this counts as a 'sequel', seeing as Dumb and Dumberer was the prequel....but it was far better....Jim Carrey...man oh man...

Just ones I can remember off the top of my head....no Star Wars ones, I count all SW as equal...

return of the jedi!!

If you concider the new Star Wars movies to be it's own trilogy, Episode 3 is alot better than the first 2.

What else:

Mad Max 2,
Back to the future 2 (at least it felt better when i last saw it a as a kid),
Spiderman 2 (tho i don't remember much about Spiderman 1, but i remember it being more crappy)

And if those CKY "movies" by Bam Margera count... CKY2K is better than the first imo.

Blade II was a little better then Blade

I can understand why people think The Godfather Part 2 is better (even though I stongly disagree), but I have never understood how anyone can prefer Aliens to Alien. The original is one of the most tense, claustrophobic and frightening pieces of filmmaking I've ever seen, the second one just seems like a slightly dumbed down action/sci-fi flick.

Anyway, I can't really think of many superior sequels, off the top of my head, only Blade 2, The Road Warrior and X-2. I would say Kill Bill Vol.2, but that doesn't really count seeing as it's just the second half of one movie.

Mission impossible 2

I thought Superman II was better than Superman. Same with T2.

Desperado also comes to mind.

Originally posted by Nevermind
Desperado also comes to mind.

That trilogy got better as it went on, IMO.

Originally posted by DarkWizard
That trilogy got better as it went on, IMO.

I haven't seen Once Upon A Time In Mexico. Did it really get better than Desperado? Banderas kicked ass so bad in it.

Once Upon A Time In Mexico Rocked Hard. That's all I can say.

Originally posted by DarkWizard
Once Upon A Time In Mexico Rocked Hard. That's all I can say.

Damn. I'll have to rent it out then.

Heretical as it may sound, I prefer T3 over T2. T3 just felt more like the original than the second. But the first is better than both.

Predator 2 was a below average film and way behind the first one.

Aliens- Honestly, I don't remember anything about the first one.

Terminator 2 - Still love the first but the action sequences and the story were better put together in T2

X-Men 2- Hated the first as many people in the X-Men forum know but they advised me to check out the second and I was very impressed with the improvements.

Originally posted by Deathblow
I can understand why people think The Godfather Part 2 is better (even though I stongly disagree), but I have never understood how anyone can prefer Aliens to Alien. The original is one of the most tense, claustrophobic and frightening pieces of filmmaking I've ever seen, the second one just seems like a slightly dumbed down action/sci-fi flick.

I second that. Alien was tense, edgy. Alien wasn't a monstor movie, but it felt like I was watching Godzilla-Smaller Alien version.

T2, scaryMovie, GodFather2, ...

T2
Blade2
HellRaiser2

Originally posted by DarkWizard
That trilogy got better as it went on, IMO.
El Mariachi was so much better than the rest of the trilogy, IMO.

Originally posted by Solo
El Mariachi was so much better than the rest of the trilogy, IMO.

El Mariachi had a better story to than the Desperado, I think they both had an equally good scripts when it came to dialogue but the action in Desperado killed anything seen in El Mariachi. As for comparing it to Once Upon A Time in Mexico I can't say.

To say Terminator 2 isn't the best, most intense, most dramatic sequel in cinematic history would be like saying the sun's surface is kind of warm.

Once upon a time in Mexico is great but not sure that it is better than Desperado - different i'd say. Most superhero movies improve on the sequel.

I thought Mummy Returns was better than the first.

Originally posted by Pepito

I thought Mummy Returns was better than the first.

I thought the first one was better, the second I felt was relying too much on action set-pieces and the sickly-sweet romance thing betwen Foster and Weisz for me went over the top and the kid was pointless.

Originally posted by JTM
To say Terminator 2 isn't the best, most intense, most dramatic sequel in cinematic history would be like saying the sun's surface is kind of warm.

I agree. Terminator 2 was a million times better than the original. Shame Terminator 3 had to ruin the story.

All right,
Terminator 2
Friday the 13th Part VI-Jason Lives
Harry Potter 4
X-Men 2
RotJ (come on, you gotta love it when the good guys win)
Goldeneye (not sure if this is a sequel)
Snatch (as opposed to Lock, Stock)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 Secret of the Ooze
Back to the Future 3
Die Hard with a Vengeance
Mortal Kombat Annihilation (just kidding!)

My list:

Batman Returns
Evil Dead II
From Russia With Love
Goldfinger
Superman 2 & 3
Empire Strikes Back

Psycho

Return of the Jedi

Alien 3

U.S. Marshals

Analyze That

Rush Hour 2

Blade 2

Saw2 was way better than Saw. It had more blood and suspense.

Superman 3
Aliens (Aline 3 seemed like a remake of Alien)
Empire strikes back

Originally posted by fearman09
Saw2 was way better than Saw. It had more blood and suspense.

i don't thing so...i prefered saw 1 because in saw 2 repeat the sames scenes that original movie.

well, Batman Returns is better than Batman, Godfather 2 the best, Empire strikes back
Terminator 2: the day of juice
Back to the future 2
the lord fo the rings: the two towers.

now with respet a Miss Simpatia 2, really socks...is the works movie of Sandra Bullock....

WTF!?!

Back to the Future 2
Nightmare on Elm st 4

Originally posted by Makedde
I agree. Terminator 2 was a million times better than the original. Shame Terminator 3 had to ruin the story.

I liked both Terminater movies.however I liked the first one the best.Cant beat an evil Arnie. I would have liked the second one a lot better if they had made Arnie evil again. But I agree Terminater 3 ruined the whole story.

Originally posted by Lana
ESB completely shattered ANH as far as I'm concerned - best movie of the saga, and probably my favorite movie, period.

Also on the Star Wars subject, ROTS was much better than the other two prequels, and also a lot better than ROTJ (in my opinion), I'd put it at my third favorite of the saga, behind ESB and ANH.

I also much prefered Spider-man 2 over the first Spidey movie.

I dont think that it shattered ANH.They are BOTH great movies.They are both my first and second favorite movies as well.But I agree,Empire was more complex and had more character involvement in it so its my favorite as well.I also agree that ROTS was much better than the other two prequels and much better than ROTJ which IMO is still the worst star wars movie.Like Terminater 3.it betrayed and went against everything the other two films accomplished. and yeah,both spider-man movies sucked but the second one wasnt anywhere near as horrible as the first one.

final destination2 cuz better plot twist. final destination 3 cuz it was much darker

hey movies are definetly getting worse over time ive heard a rumor thet there will be talking velosoraptors in jarrasic park 4

I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but several Bond films are better than the original Dr No.

Dawn of the Dead: Better then Night of the Living Dead

T2: Better then original.

Aliens: Better then original.

Devils Rejects: Better then House of 1000....

X2: Better then X-Men

Many of the Friday the 13th movies are way better then the original.

Two Towers: Better then Fellowship.

Kill Bill 2: Better then Kill Bill

Saw 2>Saw
That is all.