25. the Matrix Reloaded 2003 24. The Next Karate Kid 1994 23. Porky's II: The Next day 1983 22. Teen Wolf Too 1987 21. Legally Blonde 2: red, white & blonde 2003 20. The Godfather part III 1990 19. Revenge of the Nerds II: nerds in paradise 1987 18. Battle for the Planet of the Apes 1973 17. Star Trek V: the final frontier 1989 16. Ocean's Twelve 2004 15. Dumb and Dumberer: when harry met Lloyd 2003 14. Conan the Destroyer 1984 13. The Sting II 1983 12. Star Wars: Episode I � The Phantom Menace 1999 11. Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights 2004 10. Jaws: The Revenge 1987 9. Speed 2: Cruise Control 1997 8. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan 1989 7. The Fly II 1989 6. Weekend At Bernie's II 1993 5. Batman & Robin 1997 4. Blues Brothers 2000 1998 3. Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha' Hood 2003 2. CaddyShack II 1988 1. Staying Alive 1983
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I agree with 99.999% of that list.
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I gotta say though that Ocean's Twelve wasn't that bad.
Not great by any stretch, but not awful enough to make this list.
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What about the last Police Academy Movie?
2010, Odyssey II?
Alien, ReSUCKeration?
Jason X? (Though I have to admit I laughed at Lexa Doig and Lisa Ryder being in the film. ALMOST wanted them to take the mask off and reveal Kevin Sorbo)
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Alien Resurrection was better than Alien 3, by a long shot. 2010 was a good movie in its own right, even if not thematically similar to 2001. But yes, most of the Police Academy and Jason movies probably belong on there. My question is, where's Nemesis?
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At least two of those are prequels.
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I'm just puzzled as to why they think that "The Final Frontier" was better than "The Phantom Menace".
quote:At least two of those are prequels.
sequel: a published, broadcast, or recorded work that continues the story or develops the theme of an earlier one.
In this case, "earlier" refers to the date of publication, not the timeframe of the events of the work. Also,
prequel: a story or movie containing events that precede those of an existing work : ORIGIN 1970s: from pre- [before] + sequel .
Etymologically, therefore, "prequel" designates a subset of works that are sequels. (Source: The Oxford American Dictionary)
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quote: Alien Resurrection was better than Alien 3, by a long shot. 2010 was a good movie in its own right, even if not thematically similar to 2001. But yes, most of the Police Academy and Jason movies probably belong on there. My question is, where's Nemesis?
Omega - it's in a list of it's own - movies so bad that even die hard fans (ie. the ones that dress up) refuse to acknowledge it's existance.
It's there with Superman 3 (the one with Richard Pryor and 'don't smoke kids'), Superman 4 (even worse with Nuclear Man), Rocky 4 (with an equaly excruicating anti cold war speech), Rocky 5 (with Rocky beating up some kid who he failed to train), Highlander 2 (like Highlander, but poo), Son of the Mask, Curse of the Pink Panter (the one with Roger Moore) and Look Who's Talking Too (it's the dogs).
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Superman 3 is like Easy Rider compared to 4. Pryor inadvertantly skiing down a skyscraper > Mariel Hemingway taking a relaxing space cruise. THEN THEY SHOVE THE MOON AROUND. Also, the printing press at the newspaper looks a lot like the freaky machine in Superman 3. I'm not saying I'm worried about being attacked by an old woman cyborg, but let's just say I keep an eye on the exits.
But the idea of the list is, it seems, that one bad sequel, versus that endless stream of awful.
Alien 3 > Alien Resurrection.
Really, I'm not so sure series are as interesting, in this context, as the idea of a good movie followed by a completely unnecessary sequel. (I'm not sure what to do with a terrible movie that gets an equally terrible sequel; like, who cares?)
I've related this anecdote before, but after 9 years what hasn't been, so, when they were building a new theater a decade ago in Yakima, they engaged some local artist in the painting of a movie-themed mural. The films depicted include: Apollo 13 (which had been released the year before), First Contact (which had just come out, but is the Enterprise E really the iconic image you want to promote The Modern Cinema?), The Ten Commandments (which would make sense, if it was a mural composed of classic films, but it so isn't), SUPERMAN 4: THE QUEST FOR PEACE (specifically a recreation of the movie poster/VHS box, with Superman zooming up with a nuclear warhead in tow), and I'm not sure what else. ET maybe. It is the most haphazard collection of images, is my point, and doesn't get me ready to buy popcorn so much as it induces a deep existential confusion.
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quote:Originally posted by The Ginger Beacon: and Look Who's Talking Too (it's the dogs).
Look Who's Talking Now was the one with the dogs talking. Why I remember that about a movie I couldn't stand to watch for even sixty seconds, I have no idea.
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So are you just reposting the results of random Google queries, or is there some method to your consistent nonsensicality?
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Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan is actually extremely good- (for that kind of slasher flick) absolutely hilarious and intentionally funny. The only one of those movies worth watching- particularly the scene where he punches this boxing guy's head clean off with one hit! Or when Jason is confronted by a gang of street punks and flashes his macette- they're all "It's cool" and back off- and he lets them all go!
Seriously- it's worth renting.
Matrix Reloaded: that movie is really a great sequel that has a baaaad (Revolutions) finalle. I think they're judging the two sequels to the Matrix as one thing and that's not fair.
I'd add any Stephen King movie that got a sequel he did not write to that list- Sleepwalkers 2, Sometimes They Come Back-Again!, Pet Semetary 2, Carrie 2, etc.
All of the Tremors sequels should be up there.
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