The Best Sequels?

Started by cgtuna217 pages

My all-time favorite is The Empire Strikes Back but others are Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Godfather Part II
There's not much for me because tons of sequel let the first ones down but theres some good ones

The Good the Bad and the Ugly is right up there with BttF II and Godfather II.

(Aside: I wouldn't say that Two Towers is a sequel as there was always gonna be three films. Same kinda thing for Kill Bill (as the forthcoming all in ine DVD shows). There is now way you could have the first part of these films without following it up. Godfather, Star Wars, BttF, Indy, Terminator - the first part of these film series' are all self-contained.)

Indy and the Last Crusade is up there too, way better than ToD.

Goldfinger, Goldeneye, The Spy who Loved Me, Thunderball also great Bond sequels.

Toy Story 2 is also very good.

Empire Strikes
Godfather 2
Miss Congeniality 2, coming soon

Terminator 2

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Originally posted by SJS
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Lemme guess, first sequel you've ever seen right?

Empire Strikes Back and Terminator 2.

I would say X-Men 2 and Spider-Man 2, but they weren't MASSIVE leaps and they aren't definitive classics like Empire and T2 are.

matrix reloaded
dusk til dawn 2
blues brothers 2000
predator 2
battle royale 2
chronichles of riddick
queen of the damned
next friday
i still know what you did last summer
conan the destroyer
a better tommorow 2
starship troopers 2

Battle Royal was a deep let down for me, it in no way compared to the first.

But anyway, the definitive sequels for me were Empire Strikes back, T2, The second Indiana Jones, Harry Potter's...

Also, LOTR's, while being a trilogy, showed how "sequels" should also been done, neither the Two Towers nor return of the King damaged the series at all, in fact, in some ways they were more confident and just as good (in some cases better, though only in some)

The Godfather Part II
Aliens

The only stand-alone sequels in movie history that live up to their predeccesors.

Kill Bill Vol. 2 is not a sequel, it's the second half of one movie, same with the second and third LOtR.

True, but still sequal could be subjective, Aliens is part of a larger story, just as LOTR's, but it remains it took more then one movie to tell, thus the sucessive movies continued to be as good, if not better then the first.

And yes, Aliens was good.

Shrek 2
Spider-man 2
T2
The chronicles of riddick

Originally posted by <<Solo>>
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Godfather II

Back to the future part II

Aliens
Empire Strikes Back, Dawn of the Dead, Terminator 2, Spiderman 2, Two Towers, Aliens, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, X-2
A Very Brady Sequel
Return of the Living Dead
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: the Smell of Fear
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Rocky II
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Kill Bill 2
X-2
The Godfather Part II
The Empire Strikes Back
The Two Towers
The Empire Strikes Back, Spiderman 2, Terminator 2, The Two Towers, Kill Bill Volume 2.
Die Harder, Two Towers, Jaws 2 , American Pie 2
Kill Bill Vol.2
Batman Returns
Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom
Shrek 2
t2, wrath of kahn, aliens, two towers, spiderman 2
terminator 2 , predator 2 was good,
spider man 2 and kill bill 2
Bourne Supremacy,X-men 2 & Shrek 2

Aliens
Hellraiser II
Road Warrior
Evil Dead II
Empire Strikes Back
Shrek 2
Spiderman 2
Addams Family Values
Toy Story 2

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
Spider-Man 2
Evil Dead 2
Austin Powers 2, Terminator 2, Kill Bill Vol2,

Aliens

Okay I have seen most of these fims listed here so the ones I list are the ones that I think are great and the others I did not mention because they are just plain crap.

awesome sequels
Indiana Jones and the temple of doom.
godfather 2
rocky 2
the two towers
terminater 2
borne supremacy
star trek 2
and of course Empire Strikes back gets my number one vote as best sequel ever made.

I just got round to watching the latest Harry Potter film, the Prisoner of Azkaban one. That was bloody brilliant, such a massive leap in terms of quality all round.

But, alas, movies that begin with a means to go on shouldn't really be considerred.

Star Wars may have had a Trilogy laid out, but Lucas never knew he was going to get the chance to make more than one, so he re-wrote the first movie (i.e. he never intended for the Death Star to be in A New Hope - but he never knew if he'd ever get round to making Return Of The Jedi where The Death Star was originally meant to debut). Star Wars therefore should be considerred as having the best sequel.

Lord Of The Rings however, was signed as a BATCH. Peter Jackson signed up to do 3 movies from the get go, there was also a book that had all three (actually six) chapters rolled into one deal. Peter Jackson effectively made one movie.

Originally posted by Mr Parker
Okay I have seen most of these fims listed here so the ones I list are the ones that I think are great and the others I did not mention because they are just plain crap.

awesome sequels
Indiana Jones and the temple of doom.
godfather 2
rocky 2
the two towers
terminater 2
borne supremacy
star trek 2
and of course Empire Strikes back gets my number one vote as best sequel ever made.


I'm starting to wonder if you thought Evil Dead 2 was ****ing "crap". It was easily one of the best sequels ever made.

Kill Bill Vol. II as well

I'm going to have to disagree with "Kill Bill 2". In retrospect, as anti Q.T. as I may be, I enjoyed the majority of the original. 2 was just a totally different movie. Different tempo, different mood, different characters, different scenarios, everything. It's too much its own movie for me to even consider it a sequel.

"Resident Evil: Apocalypse", also. I loved it, but it really lacks the simplicity and originality of the first. But, such are summer blockbusters.

I believe that was Q.T's intent. One was influenced by samurai while 2 was by westerns. They're really only one movie, anyway.

The best sequels:

1: Spiderman 2
2: Batman Returns
3: Shrek 2
4: Scary Movie 2 and 3
5: Ninja Turtles 2

I'll think of more later to add to this.

Originally posted by Silver Lantern
The best sequels:

1: Spiderman 2
2: Batman Returns
3: Shrek 2
4: Scary Movie 2 and 3
5: Ninja Turtles 2

I'll think of more later to add to this.

1.Nice Decision
2.Nice Decision
3.I wouldn't call it one of the best sequels ever, but it's still nonetheless a good film.
4.WTF?
5.I really, really hope you are joking.

Spider-Man 2
Return of the King
Aliens
Empire Strikes Back
Grumpier Old Men
Meet the Fockers