Best Threequel

[embee]

The fact that there's a trilogy of reboot sequels within the span of 15 years is objectively hilarious.

Or an indictment of the commoditization of art to a point that drek is churned out as part of a rights-management strategy.

 

[TwoSix]

Or an indictment of the commoditization of art to a point that drek is churned out as part of a rights-management strategy.

I like my answer better.

 

[Ulfgeir]

Batman Forever
The Dark Knight rises

 

[TwoSix]

I agree with all of these. I would add that Spider-Man 2 - Far From Home is the best of the three Spider-Man 2s.

Wait a minute...I made a funny comment about this, but totally glossed over that you think Far From Home is better than Tobey Maguire Spider-Man 2! That's a hot take.

 

[embee]

Batman Forever
The Dark Knight rises

Blade III
X-Men: Last Stand
X-Men Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Extinction
The Godfather: Part III

 

[turnip_farmer]

People often discuss the best sequels to movies. Terminator 2, Empire, Aliens, etc.

Alien 3 is better than Aliens.

I know you all disagree with me. You're all wrong.

 

[embee]

Alien 3 is better than Aliens.

I know you all disagree with me. You're all wrong.

Charles Dance was excellent in it and it neatly wrapped up Ripley's arc. Plus, I love Charles S. Dutton.

 

[Sacrosanct]

It's my favourite of them.

It's also the one where Scotty is telling the 80s engineers about transparent aluminum. Which, by the way, is now a real thing as well. Star Trek: right after The Simpsons when it comes to predictions lol

 

[Deset Gled]

There are a lot of longer running series that really start to hit their stride with #3. Friday the 13th Part III is the first one where Jason wears the hockey mask and really establishes the version of Jason that is used in future movies. Likewise, Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is the one that really codifies Freddy, and sets the tone for the dream sequences and dialogue the series is now known for. And the most interesting one: King Kong vs Godzilla was technically both the third Godzilla and third King Kong movie. Maybe not my favorite, but a solid entry in both series that was instrumental in defining the legacy of both franchises.

Evil Dead 3 is Army of Darkness, which is an amazing movie. Hard to compare it to Evil Dead 1 though, as they're not even in the same genre (ED 2 is kind of a "crossover").

I really liked Die Hard 3 (With a Vengence). Definitely better than 2. Not sure if it's better than 1, though.

If you don't count "Magical Mystery Tour" since it was released for TV, then "Yellow Submarine" was the third Beatles movie. It's my favorite of their films.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

I love all three, but to me Fellowship of the Ring is the one that knocked it out of the park. The others are good, maybe even great, just not amazing.

Not to me. It's still good, but there was a subtlety to the storytelling in Fellowship of the Ring that was progressively lost over the two subsequent movies, ending with Sauron as a literal guard-tower searchlight in RotK.