Just made a post about Crocodile Dundee and it got me thinking about movies series that have sequels better than the originals. Dundee is one, I also have

New Hope - Empire

Batman- Batman Returns

X-Men - X-Men 2

Mad Max- Mad Max2

Anyone got any others?

Mad Max 2 was more popular and more copied, but I still prefer the original.

Spiderman - Spiderman 2?

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

You're right on both counts.

From Russia With Love is generally regarded as the best Bond film (although not by me). That was a number two wasn't it?

Superman Two is better than Superman One. Some claim that Toy Story 2 is better than the other one also.

Oh, and Blade 2.
And Return to the 36th Chamber. Better than the first one.

It is number two, but I don't like it, and I think Goldfinger - number 3 - is more highly regarded.

I always prefer the second Godfather to the first one, oh and Grease 2.

Alien - Aliens

Terminator - T2

(sorry to point out the blatently obvious)

Dr. No - From Russia With Love

Oh...

Austin Powers - Austin Powers 2

I'm going to have to disagree with you there. Alien is far superior to the, quite frankly, stupid and balls Aliens.

Ah come on thats a bit harsh! I mean I don't think its quite as masterful as the first but by the standards of any other scifi horror movie its a work of unparalleled skill. Infact I might actually find it more watchable if not better per se.

I'm going to disagree with your disagreement... I think Aliens is one of the greatest movies ever made!

Jason X (took 9 films and a dash of stupidity to make a great Jason film)
Two Towers
Batman returns
Harry Potter gets better with each film
Mad Max 2
Blade 2
Empire Strikes Back
Bronx Warriors 2 (not difficult - both still rather crap)
Desperado
Armour of God II: Operation Condor (for the wind tunnel scene)
Dawn Of The Dead
Transporter 2 (not seen it yet, but I just know its gonna be good)

As good as they are, can't rate T2 or Aliens over the originals

That's a difficult one. They're both excellent. A lot of people prefer the second one but the first one has Marlon Brando in it and it has the pivotal part of the story where Michael turns into his father.

I've heard a lot of people say they prefer GF II to GFI, but I can never get into that..There'sso much iconic stuff in GF I, Brando's performance, the business in the restraunt, the stuff with the grandchild, the renouncing Satan...GF II just didn't stay with me in the same way.

Technically the Bond films shouldn't count, as they're not really sequels. Are they?

Spidey-2 is better than Spidey-1, no doubt.

Aliens - although the original is a brilliantly made piece of thrilling horror, the sequel is much more enjoyable for me.

Agree w/ all these, add-in Supes 2 for sure....Spidey 2 and X2, though there are aspects of the firsts that are sorely lacking in each, but they do come out on top. I have to go w/ Return of the King for the LOTR bunch, tho. (Still hard to rate them as sequels, though, it's one film isn't it?)

*ahem* Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey? Clearly.

Shrek - Shrek 2

The Mummy - The Mummy Returns (Pygmy mummies!!! )

Austin Powers (the first two films) - Goldmember

I have a photo of me with one of the pygmy mummies - sweet!

*squeals* Cool!!!

I have to agree with Svein's disagreement with Whitey's disagreement.

I disagree with your agreement with Svein's disagreement with Whitey's disagreement!

"19 feet 3 inches! Damn you!"

Evil Dead - Evil Dead 2

And I also agree with Nonus' agreement of Sveins disagreement of whiteys disagreemnt with Svein.

Definately a more fun film to watch, if I had to choose to watch one or the other, it would be Aliens.

well, am i alone in preferring 'terminator' to 't2'?

No you are not. I prefer the first one too. It didn't have the lame thumbs-up bit in it.

Nope, I much prefered the first one too. I like T2 but it's not a patch on the first.

Have to agree here and also Aliens is MUCH better than Alien

Don't get me wrong... Alien is one of the greatest movies of all time... It's a Ridley Scott movie for crying out loud... But I do think that Aliens is a more "rewatchable" film... especially the directors cut!

Superman 1 is better than 2. And the first Alien and Termintor films are superior to their sequals.


Anyway, Hot Shots Part Deux is better than the first.

Oh and Blade 2 being better than Blade?

What the fuck are you people on

I thought that, and then forgot about it. The Blade movies get progressively worse. The first was the best by a country mile.

Yeeeeeeah, but Ridley Scott isn't the mark of quality he used to be. In fact, the last decent thing he did was Thelma & Louise. Remember, GI Jane, White Squall, Hannibal and Gladiator are all Ridley's films. And they all blow. Big time.

Gladiators alright... isn't it? I liked it anyway.

I agree. It suffers badly from the over-hype syndrome though. People don't like it because they get sick of being toold it's better than it actually is. Like Silence Of The Lambs.

Gladiator and Kingdom of Heaven were both stunning films... Everyone is allowed to have their bad moments... The same bloke who directed Schindlers List and Jaws also made War of the Worlds and The Lost World...

But then again, I love historical movies (even some of the more inaccurate ones), so I loved Gladiator and Kingdom of Heaven...

May I also remind you that the man responsible for the loveable Lethal Weapon films also made that pilo 'o' shite called Timeline!

We'll have to agree to disagree on that one. I could use several words to describe my feelings about Gladiator, and 'stunning' isn't one of them. Won't comment on the Kingdom Of Heaven because I haven't seen it - agree with you on Lost World and War of The Worlds.



Once again - don't rate Lethal Weapon films either - at all.

Every review I've read has labelled that as a pile of shite. Will have to wait and see it myself though but I wouldn't get your hopes up.

Three Colours White is better than Three Colours Blue, in my opinion.
Also, the Naked Gun films just get better and better as they go along.

The only sequel I can think of that was much better than the origional is Bill and Teds Bogus Journey. Very few sequels ever live up to the origional.

Blackadder 2 is better than Blackadder 1.

The Alien/Aliens debate is one I'd rather not touch, since, as far as I'm concerned, they're both superior films. But if I were pressed, I think I'd give the nod to Ridley Scott's Alien, mostly for making science-fiction safe again for more serious considerations, and for giving the female protagonist something to do besides stand around and look frightened.

Otherwise, in yet another close race, I'd take The Godfather Part 2 over The Godfather, mostly on the strength of Pacino's performance, but also for Robert De Niro's strong turn as a young, up-and-coming Vito Corleone. And Fredo's tale wraps up rather nicely. Granted, none of it has quite the same visceral edge as Michael's consolidation of power at the conclusion of the first film, but I'll stick with my choice.

Also, I'll take The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly over either of its predecessors any day of the week; Empire over A New Hope; Wrath of Khan over Star Trek: The Motion Picture; Undiscovered Country over The Final Frontier; Army of Darkness over The Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 (it's my opinion, damn it!); Dawn over Night (by a hair); Last Crusade over Temple of Doom; and Revenge of the Sith over The Phantom Menace.

Dawn of the Dead is better than Night of the Living Dead.

Jui kuen II

they all said that about the first one.

I suppose, but they also slated it comparatively.

I've yet to read a totally scathing review. So far the general concensous seems to be stupid but fun. I'm looking forward to a dumb guilty pleasure like Con Air. And it has the best ass kicking plank of wood cinema has seen in years, The Stath.

He's the saviour of stupocinema.

Sadly this theory has been invalidated by Goblet Of Fire.

Nightmare On Elm Street-Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Much more fun than either of the films that preceded it and it marks the point before the series descended into the ridiculous and awful mess it now is.

Sorry, but when it comes to Indy, I think Raiders pisses all over the other two, although Last Crusade leaves Temple of Doom standing. ToD is easily the weakest of the trilogy.