Sequels Better than the Original

[shahbakht]

I was going through the internet, idling away my free hours. I came upon an article which was discussing that the sequel fever, which has been high ever since the early noughties, is sky high right now. If not sequels, then reboots, prequels, spin offs and the like.

2007 was called the year of threequels.
2011 has the most sequels, reboots and the like in the history of film.

My questions is that are sequels really that much of a requirement? Are they really good? Do they further propel the legacy of a beloved movie or tarnish it.

I can think of these sequels that live up to the greatness of the original, and surpass it even:

The Godfather Part II (equally good, if not better)
Star Wars V : Empire Strikes Back
Spider-Man 2
The Lord of the Rings : Return of the King (although I don't think that the Lord of the Rings Trilogy is actually a trilogy. It is one movie, edited in three parts)
The Dark Knight
and many other.

The list of shitty sequels is non-exhausting.

So, what do you people think? Are sequels a good idea or not?

Share your views.

 

[wAnxTa]

Batman Begins > The Dark Knight.

 

[Major Aly]

Batman Begins > The Dark Knight.

Zardari's brain > Your brain

 

[shahbakht]

@wanxta

not the point of the thread, mate, not the point of the thread. It ain't about Batman Begins or The Dark Knight, its about the generality of sequels.

 

[Applesauce]

Well the sequels are important but it depends on genre and kind of of the film.. i mean if someone wants to make a sequel of film like Aliens or even Green Lantern then there is a point of making it because there is so much more left for us to be seen.. but if film like The Proposal or lets say True lies is to be taken in account for than well its just called dragging the story along... Unfortunately most of the directors neglect this thing and they just drag the story which result in less critical acclaim and at times disaster at box office...

 

[Dracoola]

Terminator 2

Xmen 2

Evil dead 2

The Dark Knight

Spider man 2

Empire Strikes Back


All great movies because the entire building up of the background story is already done in the original. This picks up the story from the point where you really see the stars/characters/events in action.

Godfather 2 is probably the only sequel which relies both on present and past stories to pull the narrative through but it does an awesome job because now you're familiar with all the characters thoroughly.

Same goes for all the super hero movies. The initiation has already been done. The entire how the superhero got the powers and put on a suit is done and now the sequel is all about action stuff..

 

[Raza7154]

shrek 2 was the best the series had to offer... also i preferred die hard 3 much better than the first two.... depends person to person i guess....

 

[Omyakha]

The color of money -- Scorsese's sequel to "The Hustler" with Tom Cruise taking over for Paul Newman. Masterfully directed, a worthy (imo superior) sequel.

Kill Bill Vol.2 -- But again like LOTR, they're both part of a single story.

Back to the Future 3 -- It's my favorite of the series, sue me

Before Sunset -- Before Sunrise was exceptional. 10 years on, the characters are older, wiser. Word is this isn't the last we've seen of them.

 

[thugangel123]

Aliens(alien 2) and T2 two of the greatest sequels of all time! And oddly enough both of em directed by James Cameron and the 3rd part in both the movies being the weakest.

 

[XxRebellionxX]

The Dark Knight
Spider man 2
X men 2
Die Hard 4(somehow i get the feeling it was a great movie )

 

[cobby]

Well it depends , if it is mainly money making it sucks then , If a movie is made with good screenplay and direction then it works .

Mainly sequels do work but , trilogy dont work

 

[haxan7]

The color of money -- Scorsese's sequel to "The Hustler" with Tom Cruise taking over for Paul Newman. Masterfully directed, a worthy (imo superior) sequel.

Kill Bill Vol.2 -- But again like LOTR, they're both part of a single story.

Back to the Future 3 -- It's my favorite of the series, sue me

Before Sunset -- Before Sunrise was exceptional. 10 years on, the characters are older, wiser. Word is this isn't the last we've seen of them.

Before Sunrise is Better in every way

 

[Omyakha]

Let's see if you feel that way 10 years from now

 

[BumperJumper]

Let's see if you feel that way 10 years from now

I personally enjoyed enjoyed both of them but i do agree that it was a well done sequel and the writers did an awesome job.