So really, how many movies are out there that honest to goodness needed no sequel? Or if a sequel was to be made, to not piss over the original? I'm sure there are more than 10, but you get a top ten list anyway. Possible spoiler alert, as well.
10. The Matrix
Here's one where sequels made sense, but the execution was horrible. How many of
you, like me, noticed that by the end of the trilogy, everything was back to where it was originally? It takes the original movies ending and flushes it. Plus, why have Neo go through all that trouble to save Trinity in "Reloaded" only to kill her anyway in "Revolutions." Especially when they filmed the movies together.9. Halloween
Not even the second one, which isn't a bad sequel and I like, can redeem the majority of the other sequels.
8. The Bad News Bears
A classic movie which pretty much said all there was on the subject...which they then twisted and dripped the last vestiges of story out of to make the god awful sequels.
7. American Graffiti
How many people even remember that the made a sequel to American Graffiti?
6. Psycho
Seriously, why? Leave well enough alone. And I'm not even talking about the Van
Sant remake.5. Wayne's World
The second one was entertaining, but it's pretty much the same movie, but with different set pieces. Like Top Gun and Days of Thunder. Or Point Break and The Fast and the Furious.
4. The Blair Witch Project
Like or hate the first movie, any sequel to it would have to be forced. And it was. And it sucked.
3. Troll
To start, Troll was awful. Then they made another one...and there wasn't even an effin' Troll in the damn thing!
2. Police Academy
Everyone loves to make fun of the Police Academy series, but because the sequels were so awful, they tend to forget that the first one is a pretty decent screwball comedy.
1. Jaws
They just got progressively worse and worse. By the time we got to Revenge, we had
a shark who actually was out for revenge...for what? And it took place like 20 years after the first...and the shark roared...while jumping out of the sea like a whale breaching.
I vote Scream. I believe it was intended to be a trilogy from the beginning, but the sequels, while mildly entertaining, just couldn't sustain the "What the fuck is going on here?" from the first one And seriously, the third one stretched my ability to suspend my disbelief way too far. Randy explaning the rules via video was jumping the shark. Sadly, I think Wes Craven decided the shark was small potatoes and had to jump the blue whale, the coral reef and the desert island with that incredibly ridiculous ending.
ReplyDeleteBill & Ted's Bogus Journey, anyone? Heck, Speed 2, to keep the Keanu motif going....Jason Patric, whatever.
ReplyDeletePorky's 3... the first two were pretty good but by the time the third one rocked around it was clear that the dudes were way to old to be in high school.
ReplyDeleteOh and thank you for ruining the matrix sequels for me ;)
Scream would qualify for an honorable mention, I guess, Katy. The second one wasn't that bad, but I agree, the third one was so contrived. The whole time I was watching it, I was hoping that they were going to make Sydney the killer, having her have a split personality from all her trauma. They went the lame route.
ReplyDeleteBrian -
ReplyDeleteI liked Bogus Journey. At least they tried to go in a different direction, instead of rehashing the first movie.
Speed though, is a pretty good choice. It may have warranted a sequel, but who was the moron who wrote that script?
terry -
ReplyDeleteDidn't even think about Porky's. But that's a good point.
I think that lame Kiss song at the end ruins Bogus Journey. God gave rock and roll to you! yuck.
ReplyDeleteMy vote: Deuce Bigalow, and not just because the first one was terrible. The first movie had a happy ending where everything was wrapped up nicely for everyone involved, which made the sequel really not make sense.
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