Naïve Old Fart 9,488 Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 TOY STORY + TOY STORY 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,940 Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Toy Story 3 is great, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,687 Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 On 1/10/2018 at 4:27 PM, Brundlefly said: It's because a two films is in many cases the perfect number where it should stop. Fans liked the first film, so you give them a second one which is a bit different. The third film has usually some signs of fatigue and a lack of ideas. There are many examples of films that work well as duos. The Godfather + The Godfather Part II Jurassic Park + The Lost World Gremlins + Gremlins 2 Home Alone + Home Alone 2 Terminator + Terminator 2 28 Days Later + 28 Weeks Later Kill Bill Vol. 1 + Kill Bill Vol. 2 Trainspotting + T2 Trainspotting Blade Runner + Blade Runner 2049 Batman + Batman Returns None of these examples would have/has taken benefit from a third film. I actually think most of those films don't work as duos, and should have stopped with one. In fact I'd say the Godfather, Terminator, Batman and Kill Bill (which is really one movie) are the only good examples of a second film complementing and even completing the story begun in the first. And Batman is borderline (admitted I haven't seen 28 days or its follow up, nor Trainspotting 2). You could add Alien/Aliens to this list. Though while Aliens is an excellent movie, it didn't demand a sequel the way say Godfather or Terminator did. In any event, anything after the second movie is wholly unnecessary (sorry Thor). TLW, Gremlins 2 and Home Alone 2 are completely unnecessary, and inferior, sequels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 The alien franchise is a tetralogy! 5 hours ago, Nick1066 said: TLW, Gremlins 2 and Home Alone 2 are completely unnecessary, and inferior, sequels. Inferior? - Hell yes! Completely unnecessary? - No, because it's so refreshingly different and sets and end to the thematic, but it could have been more ambitious (for the first example), and not completely, because it was fun to see them make fun of and exaggerate the topics of the first films (for the two following examples). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Home Alone 2 is more like a remake than a sequel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 How can the same shit happen to the same kid twice?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 He was "lucky" enough to have the worst film parents ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Gremlins 2 for the win! Definitely a better watch than the first (score included). Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,687 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 8 hours ago, Denise Bryson said: How can the same shit happen to the same kid twice?! He grows up to be John McClane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,488 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 1 hour ago, publicist said: Gremlins 2 for the win! Definitely a better watch than the first (score included). It beats the living crap out of the original, any day. DIE HARD + DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (skip the turd of a second film). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 I like Die Hard Two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,488 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Not even the sexy (in a milf kind of way) Bonnie Bedelia, and the always-classy Franco Nero could save DH2. I'm really surprised to see Stuart Baird's name on this; it doesn't feel like a SB-edited film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 It's a good action film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,687 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Yeah, I think Die Hard 2 is a lot of fun, nothing wrong with it. 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Agreed! Great effects too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted January 14, 2018 Author Share Posted January 14, 2018 Die Hard 2 is one of the best sequels ever made. Die Hard III is a poor film with some solid action sequences, although the ending is kinda weak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 2 is the airport, 3 the bank heist movie, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,488 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 I never got the hype for III. I mean it's alright, but the abrupt ending always kinda killed it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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