Best Sequel?

[WhatTheBuck 28700]

Adaptation

[Texzilla58 4715]

I don’t really consider Godfather II a sequel but a continuation of the first.

T2 is maybe the best.

[ztejas 43245]

I like Deadpool 2 just as much as the first one.

[BHMCruiser 1812]

19 hours ago, YGIFS said:

If we're all honest, there's about a core group of 10 films that followed that were as good, possibly even better than their source original.  It's the same list over and over and over again.  You can debate where they belong on the Top 10 list, but it's about 10 films.  Every other attempt at reboots, prequels, sequels, et. al.  has been fucking garbage.  It's actually comforting.  we know that not every internet-inspired reboot is worth a shit.  Sometimes the original vision, and maybe one other version can stand the test of time.  We debate this every year and more or less, it's the same collective of films.  I like that. 

Agreed except now I think we have to add the following recent entries:

Top Gun: Maverick

Thor: Ragnarok

[MoJames 8241]

For the new entries as well I always forget about it but enjoy it every time I see it on.

[YGIFS 19449]

19 minutes ago, BHMCruiser said:

Agreed except now I think we have to add the following recent entries:

Top Gun: Maverick

Thor: Ragnarok

Agreed on Maverick.  Have not seen, and never will that Thor deal, but I get it.  

Point is grown men have this discussion every year.  We basically add 2 or 3 sequels/prequels/reboots every decade to the list.  And that's being generous.  You can argue the order of 'em, but we all know intuitively...95% of 'em suck ass.  You can enjoy original/adapted trash.  That's fine, that's half of movies.  But we all know when we're watching something truly great supplanted on an otherwise beautifully, original work of art.  No longer a hot take to vote up or down ESB or GFIII...it's just a question of how much the other noise sucks.  

[kingkoopa6 8305]

On 2/27/2023 at 1:14 PM, ztejas said:

Trolls World Tour 

I like The new the new one too. 
 

redone catchy tunes 

 

[Beau Vine 53965]

Evil Dead II or Army of Darkness

[billfromlaketravis 11352]

On 2/27/2023 at 2:52 PM, Captain Ron said:

 

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[Elvis 3356]

I think this is considered a sequel.  The Bourne Ultimatum was the best in the series (in my opinion).

 

T2 is the obvious winner though.

[BonzoMontreaux 1033]

I will add Superman II for consideration.  Not the greatest sequel ever but it surpasses the original.  

[kingkoopa6 8305]

1 hour ago, BeardIP said:

Kung Fu Panda 2

Toy Story 2

both better than the originals.

Idk fam. that’s debatable 

[kingkoopa6 8305]

I’m more in the boat of there ain’t no 2 with out the first 

[TonyTexas 10478]

On 2/28/2023 at 8:58 AM, Texzilla58 said:

I don’t really consider Godfather II a sequel but a continuation of the first.

T2 is maybe the best.

Weird take. By definition, a sequel is a continuation of the story. Godfather Ii is both a sequel and a prequel. 

[Augustus 3061]

The answer is and forever will be The Godfather Part II.

While I enjoy The Godfather a little more than the sequel (Brando is a tour de force; it's really the first mob film set within that world, the events seen from their perspectives), I can still acknowledge that Part II is a magnum opus.   

And I don't agree that Godfather II is both a sequel and prequel.  It's a sequel with occasional flashbacks.

[MrBig 5279]

Mother-in-law thinks Grease 2 is the best sequel ever. For her birthday I paid $50 for a cameo to her from the Australian guy in the movie. Now everytime we visit she makes me a few dozen custom homemade tamales and the best hand made empanadas ever with the filling of my choice. 

[MagicSoccerSpray 1725]

Blade Runner 2049

[Goofyboy 3156]

Conan the Destroyer.

[linux 1655]

Scifi has a ton of movies where the sequel was just better, the real question are the movies where the third installment is the best I think only Last Crusade and Thor:Ragnarok fits that bill.

[Parliament 14112]

Many people would say Goldfinger.  If you break it into each actor, Skyfall is Craig's third.  And it's his best.

ETA

Avengers 3, whether you consider it to be Infinity War or Civil War, is the best Avengers movie.

Edited December 14, 2023 by Parliament

[Hornius Emeritus 12403]

Saturday Night Fever III was even better than Saturday Night Fever II.