Worst sequel in movie history.

[Jeremy Ackerman-Yost]

My kids (now ages 5, 8 & 10) have not seen any of the Star Wars films. I have all five on tape, and my plan is to let them watch them in order I. to VI. We'll view the first two just prior to III.'s release to the theatres, see it there, then IV. to VI. afterwards. Sure, the prequel isn't as good, but that's fine in this case as they will just be moving on to something better.

I'll warn you now. The 10 year old is about a 50-50 to agree with you, but I'll bet you dollars to donuts the younger kids will prefer the new ones. I've only known one kid under 12 who prefers the OT.

 

[billd91]

Remember, they are working on a DnD movie sequel..............

Please, tell me this is a joke. I'm begging you.
I spent $1 to rent the D&D movie on DVD, and grossly overpaid because, while $1 isn't much, I'll NEVER get the time back I wasted watching it.

 

[billd91]

Licence to Kill Good Bond actor, worst Bond movie. Ever.

So some people don't like License to Kill or The World is Not Enough. But I have a hard time thinking any Bond movies can be worse than Moonraker and View to a Kill.
I also hated GoldenEye. What a waste of Sean Bean. Famke Jansen was entertaining but just about every other minute of that movie was an ordeal to endure.

 

[dagger]

ESCAPE FROM LA (KURT RUSSELL ON A SURF BOARD....nuff said)

 

[Farganger]

ESCAPE FROM LA (KURT RUSSELL ON A SURF BOARD....nuff said)

You beat me to it - I read through the entire thread with building anticipation that I could be the first to mention this.

I have soft spot for Escape from New York, and my disappointment at this "sequel" (in many ways a more expensive remake) knew no bounds.

Kurt Russell on a surf board was *far* from the worst thing about this film, and I think that says a lot.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

I won't start an argument about comparing the trilogies. I just don't find the Prequels to be as bad as some people say they are. Look at the OT, and you'll see they aren't the greatest things in the world. We're the ones who've aged, not the movies. That's where most of the problems lie.

I'm not looking for an argument either but I don't think it’s the age of the watcher that effect things... I mean I still love and watch the original trilogy and I’ve ages a lot since I first saw them in the theater, or at least Return of the Jedi. The issue is that Lucas is aged and that he’s lost the “flow” of the story. I would have loved to have seen what could have been if he had penned the whole story long ago and just left it for later instead of not just rough drafting it and coming back and writing the rest of it 2 decades later. The “natural flow” is gone and everything fills hodgepodge together. All that said the prequals aren't the worst movies ever made, but their probably the most disappointing ever.



Oh yeah and Highlander 2 is by far the worst sequel movie ever made, and maybe the worst movie of all time, but to add something new.

Jurassic Park 2

 

[Villano]

So some people don't like License to Kill or The World is Not Enough. But I have a hard time thinking any Bond movies can be worse than Moonraker and View to a Kill.

Actually, I really like License To Kill for the simple reason that it's the only Bond film in which he is actually a spy. He's undercover for nearly the entire film and plays the bad guys against each other. In most films, Bond either stupidly blows his cover immediately or everyone knows he's James Bond already.

But The World Is Not Enough is actually much, much worse than Moonraker or View To A Kill. It's brain cell killing bad. Denise Richards makes you long for Tanya Roberts.

It's an evil, evil film.

Die Another Day was pretty bad, too, but looks like Citizen Kane considering what it followed. Brosnan said his next Bond will be his last, and I'm hoping it is. He started off as the 2nd best Bond after Connery, but now, IMHO, he sits at the bottom, below even Moore.

 

[dagger]

Yea I really like Escape from New York in my younger days....me and my buddy were both MASSIVLY dispointed in this movie. One of the few movies I have actually walked out of (I did manage to see the rest of it at a later date). I can usually sit threw anything...

 

[VorpalBunny]

So some people don't like License to Kill or The World is Not Enough. But I have a hard time thinking any Bond movies can be worse than Moonraker and View to a Kill.
I also hated GoldenEye. What a waste of Sean Bean. Famke Jansen was entertaining but just about every other minute of that movie was an ordeal to endure.

Yeah, Moonraker was pretty bad, but it was tongue-in-cheek enough to get a few smiles when I saw it. View to a Kill wasn't that bad - it could've been better with a younger actor playing Bond, IMO.

GoldenEye is one of my favorite Bond movies. I thought Sean Bean was great, as was the addition Judy Dench as "M". The scene in which she calls Bond a "misogynistic dinosaur of a bygone era" is a classic.

Of course, YMMV

 

[buzzard]

You know, I really am pleased that I had managed to forget about Escape from LA.

Though I just thought another wretched remake- Darkman 2 (or 3). Now those were really bad. The first movie was no prize, but dear glub those sequels really stank up the place.

Though if we're busting on Bond films (sequels I suppose they could be considered), how can anyone miss Never Say Never Again. That movie looked to be a deliberate effort by Connery to kill the franchise by making the worst movie ever. It was a horrendous re-make of Thunderball. I can recall nothing positive gained from sitting through that one.

buzzard