Professor Renegade
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T2, Aliens, and Evil Dead 2 for me.
Oh and Mad Max 2.
Oh and Mad Max 2.
The EE of Two Towers is absolutely an improvement, largely due to the fleshing out of Boromir and Faramir.Not selling Fellowship short, since that's a great movie too, but I feel like the characters are far more fleshed out here, and Frodo and Sam in particular got much of their development here. And like I said, this has less tell more show feel since you do see stuff like how much widespread Sauron's control is, how big Saruman's forces are, etc.
But mind you I got my experience from EE.
All superior sequels:
More like a ton of the same gags.
I think both movies are actually kind of poor in hindsight, actually, for the same reasons—both were absolutely revolutionary for its time, but both also basically spawned so many of the dumb elements that have become tropes for their respective genres.Also, when it comes to Alien & Aliens, I don't consider one better than the other. Alien 1 is a fucking masterpiece of a monster movie. I'm still blown away by the sets and practical effects. Meanwhile, Aliens is one of the most influential sci-fi action movies ever. It helps that they have two different directors with two different but excellent visions.
Oh, I actually don't think this film is better than its predecessor, but it damn well gives it a run for its money, and I know it's often considered the stronger entry.
Before Sunset. Sequels often fall into the trapping of just putting its characters through the same arc as previous, even if unintentional. In the end, they're almost telling the same story. The best sequels take what came previously and use that to build a story that can now hit higher emotional highs. It avoids treading on its predecessor's shoes. The characters in Before Sunset are so clearly them from the first film in an entirely new place emotionally. They're more world weary, less optimistic. Before Sunrise is the fairy tale. Before Sunset is the sobering reality. They work together in perfect harmony but they're completely different films with different identities. I can't ask for anything more from a sequel.
How can people possibly like Home Alone 2 over the original? It must be the laziest God damn movie in history. They did the exact same plot twice, it's actually kind of incredible.
How can people possibly like Home Alone 2 over the original? It must be the laziest God damn movie in history. They did the exact same plot twice, it's actually kind of incredible.
How can people possibly like Home Alone 2 over the original? It must be the laziest God damn movie in history. They did the exact same plot twice, it's actually kind of incredible.
Still the McAllister's are the worst family ever.
Quite a few already mention I that agree with. I also remember enjoying this one more than the first.
Came in here to see if anyone mentioned Godfather part 2 so I could disagree with them. This obviously comes down to opinion but the first is the best for me. Right from the opening wedding scene to the greatest big whacking of the trilogy, the first one is the best. De Niro was amazing in 2 and so was Pachino but Brando was the best. The beef with Solazzo, Barzini and Tataglia was way better than his beef with Roth in the second. Vitos revenge on Ciccio in the second was pretty dope though. Its close in my eyes but the OG Godfather just cant and will never be topped as the greatest movie of all time IMO.Godfather 2 is better than the first (the greatest vs. the runner-up of all time).
Terminator was great and all, but T2 was a damn masterpiece.
The EE of Two Towers is absolutely an improvement, largely due to the fleshing out of Boromir and Faramir.
But you have a ton of dumb ass drama between Aragorn and Arwen that adds nothing. They break up because Elrond is a meddlesome dick, Arwen says "no", and Aragorn just goes "okay". Like that totally just cheapens the simple elegance of how you portray their relationship in Fellowship. In only a tiny handful of scenes, they do so much to establish how much devotion and respect they have for one another. Then Two Towers comes in and turns it into filler CW drama. I don't mind Arwen's flash forward to her standing by Aragorn's tomb, but the rest was unnecessary.
The Nazgul are also kinda cheapened. In Fellowship, they're filmed beautifully and hauntingly. The shot in Fellowship of the silhouetted Ringwraith, rim-lit by only a little bit of moonlight is such a perfectly haunting image. When they show up in Two Towers, that craft just disappears and they just look like videogame minibosses.
You're right, Frodo and Sam get more fleshing out, and Andy Serkis helped bring Gollum forward in an amazing way. But... ending your movie with a really generic speech about light and hope by Sam (as great as Sean Astin is in the role) is so fucking weak. Like... the Ringwraith is literally just scared away with an arrow and the assault is over.
And this is also where they start turning Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli into these kinda cartoonish incarnations of themselves. Despite being surrounded by other elves, Legolas is some kind of Super Elf. Like his cool stunts before were kinda minor but just a tick above human that they were still impressive. Gimli became less of a stout little bad ass and instead turned into goofy sidekick who they can make short-jokes with. And Aragorn leans way hard into this hero role. I mean he's always been noble and heroic, but it turned to excess here. He's the one who has to fall off a cliff in a forced moment to add tension so that he can see the army, despite Legolas being the Elf with fucking super-vision. He's the one who quells Theoden's anger against Wormtongue.
I dunno, man. I just don't see it.
Shrek 2 is the best Shrek movie
How can people possibly like Home Alone 2 over the original? It must be the laziest God damn movie in history. They did the exact same plot twice, it's actually kind of incredible.
Hmm, surprised Blade 2 didn't get a mention yet.
This is a tough one. Terminator and Terminator 2 are so different in scope and atmosphere that I feel like it's unfair to compare the two directly. The Terminator is more of a slasher horror movie and Terminator 2 is straight-up action.
I love both films but for different reasons and I can't really place one over the other.
Two Towers is your favourite LoTR movie, so why do I even respond? Forgets Hobbits, has a way to long battle and doesn't do the spirit of the books justice. It foreshadows the godawful Hobbit movies.
Well argued.
Movie is at 91% at Rotten, so the general consensus does seem to say no to your judgement. And well, I liked the deeper characters, the surprisingly mature love relationships and the flight scenes which did not look like cheap 3D gimmicks anymore, but actually profitted from 3D.
For me personally:
Aliens over Alien (both good, but I enjoyed Aliens more)
Dark Knight over Batman Begins
Captain America: Winter Soldier over First Avenger
X2 over X-men
It is funny how subjective tastes are, while I can understand why some people prefer Terminator 2 to Terminator 1 (different types of movies really, T1 also has a shitty budget) or Godfather 2 to Godfather 1 (which I completely disagree with, Godfather 1 is a masterpiece, G2 is good, but it PALES in comparison to 1) - other choices are just delusional (Back to the Future 2 is GARBAGE, while BttF1 is amazing).
Home Alone 2 - Better atmosphere, better gags, more ambitious traps - it's just a better movie.
Catching Fire is a great sequel. Hunger Games was okay but CF was better in every imaginable way, surprisingly badass movie.
And then 3 and 4 were lame... it's a strange franchise. Can't think of anything else where the second of 3(ish) stood this far above the others.
Vote for a another Dreamworks animation movie
A true masterpiece...
Ha, ha, this as well. It may not be great, but at least it's way better than the disaster than is the 1st movie.
Feels more like a low-budget ResEvil knockoff, but the first film was just that bad.
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