Sequels that had no business being made

[John C. Holmes]

For every classic franchise, (Indiana Jones, Star Wars, The Godfather,) there are countless films that spawned sequels that not only sucked but ruined the legacy of the original Movie. Here's some of mine:

The Sting II: Jackie Gleason rules but no Newman or Redford? What's the point?

Slap Shot 2 and 3: WHY?

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch II: The original was horribly made but it was scary as hell and original. This sequel was a rushjob slasher movie with the Blair Witch name on it. Possibly the worst studio movie ever made this side of Gigli.

Odd Couple II: Lemmon and Mathau may have been one of the greatest comedy pairings of all time but this movie was pointless. (Especially since they were already making Grumpy Old Men movies at the same time that were funnier.)

Anyone else wanna take a stab at this one?

[John C. Holmes]

How about any Jaws movie after the first one?

[RyderKnightley]

Rambo 2, 3, 4.......
First one wasn't great, but at least it was based on a book and had a message about the aftermath of war on the combatents.
I remember an interview with the author. At one point he was talking about the negotiations over the rights to the book. His laywer told him to makes sure that he got the rights to any sequels. He said to his lawyer, don't be silly, the hero dies at the end so there can't be any sequels. Anything is possible in Hollywood.

[edward126]

Terminator 3

Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street and the Halloween franchises. Way too many sequels. Totally killing the original concepts and ideas.

Under Siege 2. Come on, the first was bad enough.

Crocodile Dundee 2 and Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles. Dreadful, had the potential to ruin a very funny and original first film.

Scream 3. Stupid and insulting.

Final Destination 2 & 3. Hostel 2, Mind numbingly dull. Bunch of idiots sat around a table devising new ways of portraying murder and death to the cinema going audience. Total crap.

Jurassic Park 2 & 3.

Some sequels that i think lived up to the first.

Terminator 2

The Dark Night

Toy Story 2

Mad Max 2

[RyderKnightley]

How about any Jaws movie after the first one?

The one with Michael Caine (Jaws 3D, maybe) contained the worst special effect in a Hollywood movie near the end the shark is in a tank with a window, it swims towards the window, makes contact with it and stops before it breaks through the glass. Just looked so cheap.

[John C. Holmes]

Sly also changed the name and tone of the entire franchise after the original First Blood. (Which is Stalone's best movie IMO.)

[John C. Holmes]

The one with Michael Caine (Jaws 3D, maybe) contained the worst special effect in a Hollywood movie near the end the shark is in a tank with a window, it swims towards the window, makes contact with it and stops before it breaks through the glass. Just looked so cheap.

Actually Michael Caine was in Jaws: The REVENGE (The WORST sequel in movie history.) You're right about the movie though, the Jaws crashing through the underground tunnel was in 3-D. It spawned the greatest line ever: "Daddy look at the BIG FISH!!!"

[electile disfunction]

Ugh. Just let me settle the stomach and stop the nervous twitches here.

Alien 3, 4, (and soon 5)
Hallowe'en 3 +
Nightmare on Elm Street 2 +
Land Before Time 2 +
Star Trek 3 and 5
Police Academy 2 +
Everything filmed after Return of the Jedi
Dumb & Dumberer
Any Quentin Tarantino sequel
The Exorcist 2 +
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 + (2 was hilarious, which was not intended by the creators)
The Godfather 3
Any action figure movie
Any other teenager horror flick (House, Scream, Driller Killer, Scary Movie, etc.)
Scarlett (Gone with the Wind 2)
Any movie based on a video game
Grease 2
Anything animated the first time ... or the second

I need to go and lay down, now, :cool:
e.d.

[Quicksilver 58]

How about Blues Brothers 2000? An object lesson in how to make a dire sequel that no-one wanted in the first place. John Belushi must have been doing cartwheels in his grave...

[Mal Hombre]

It's quicker to list sequels that should have been made.

[tmee2000]

Yeah I reckon all of them.
Billy Crystal was out here supposedly talking up the remake of "City Slickers".
He said it should have been called "Flogging a Dead Horse".

[Wendigo]

Ring 0
In the end it added nothing to the first 2 movies.

[John C. Holmes]

Ring-O aka Ring-U was actually the original Japanese version. The American movies were remakes.

[eelcat]

"Piranha 2 - Flying Killers" should never have see the light of day. Actually that applies to the first one as well.
Perhaps Revenge of the Nerds 3 and 4 as well.

[haldane4]

Breakthrough, the sequel to Cross Of Iron. CoI was a masterpiece in every way - casting, script, photography, score etc

Breakthrough has Richard Burton as Steiner, barely able to drag his drink-addled carcass from scene to scene. Robert Mitchum is in it, pre-face-lift, only Curt Jurgens makes an effort. There are no action scenes, the score consists of a few left-overs from The Eagle Has Landed and the script is dreadful.

One word - why?

[scoundrel]

The Bourne Identity was a first class mystery-action thriller, in the Hitchcock tradition. The Bourne Supremacy was OK, though the sentimentalist in me would have preferred Bourne and Marie to have a quiet happily ever after, renting scooters to tourists in the Greek Islands. But why did we need The Bourne Ultimatum? Now I learn that there's a fourth one in the pipeline somewhere.:eek:

[Carrot74]

I refuse to see any of the Pink Panther remakes.
There was only one Clouseau, and it was Peter Sellers.

[bagoomba78]

I refuse to see any of the Pink Panther remakes.
There was only one Clouseau, and it was Peter Sellers.

I completely agree. I haven't seen any of the Steve martin versions, and have no plans to do so. Nothing against Martin, but Sellers made the role his own.

Also, I don't think anyone has mentioned Caddyshack II. Lord, what a stinker!

[j6251]

Any Highlander after the first one. They're pretty bad along with that spin off tv series!

Here's a tip for you budding Hollywood actors, if you're portraying a Scottish character, how's about using a good Scottish accent!?? :)

(Mel Gibson take note too!)

[scoundrel]

Any Highlander after the first one. They're pretty bad along with that spin off tv series!

Here's a tip for you budding Hollywood actors, if you're portraying a Scottish character, how's about using a good Scottish accent!?? :)

(Mel Gibson take note too!)But only do this if you actually can sustain a consistent and realistic accent over a whole film. Most film actors (unlike stage actors) have little or no training in this sort of technical skill. As a rule, they are not capable of a believable accent which is not their own. Sean Connery is always Scottish, even as the Lithuanian skipper of a Soviet submarine. Gwyneth Paltrow produced a very good genteel British upper class accent when she played Jane Austen's eponymous heroine in Emma and credit to her because it's no easy trick. But don't try it unless you're good enough to pull it off, as she was.

[Mal Hombre]

What about Keanu Reeves in Frank Coppola's Dracula,He was worse than Dick Van Dyke!

[John C. Holmes]

What about Keanu Reeves in Frank Coppola's Dracula,He was worse than Dick Van Dyke!

Tom Cruise playing a German with an American accent in Valkyrie thinks Keanu's accent was bad in that one...

[meegan01]

Folks,

Caddyshack 2....why?

Caddyshack was a classic, no one could better Ted Knight as Judge Smails, the casting was inspired including Cindy Morgan as Lacey Underall who very kindly whipped her baps out - what a girl!

Caddyshack 2 - shite mon!

[rad2927]

I have heard that they are talking about another Rambo-WHY?

[John C. Holmes]

Folks,

Caddyshack 2....why?

Caddyshack was a classic, no one could better Ted Knight as Judge Smails, the casting was inspired including Cindy Morgan as Lacey Underall who very kindly whipped her baps out - what a girl!

Caddyshack 2 - shite mon!

When the guy who played Pedro in Napoleon Dynomite was interviewed on Much Music he was asked if there would ever be a sequel. He said, "Caddyshack 2 and Slap Shot 2, nuff said." Translation: Never.

Animal House 2 would have been a huge mistake too. National Lampoon is usually pretty bad in terms of milking something dry, (see the Vacation sequels and the needless Dorm Daze sequels,) but they had it right here.

Another sequel to add to the crap pile, Naked Gun 33 1/3. What was the point?

[Mr Lucas]

Ugh. Just let me settle the stomach and stop the nervous twitches here.

Alien 3, 4, (and soon 5)
Any other teenager horror flick (House, Scream, Driller Killer, Scary Movie, etc.)



You forgot Aliens :D

And I agree that teenage slasher flicks are dire but Driller Killer was so dull it was practically an arthouse film. Was Scary Movie any good in the first instance?

[buttsie]

Very few of them ever match the original work because their not sequels there just more of the same except everything is telegraphed because you've seen the original

the list is endless


star wars pre-quels

oceans 12

blues brothers 2000

dumb and dumberer

legally blonde:2

revenge of the nerds 2

porkies the next day

halloween 3,4,5,6,7

friday the 13th...pick a number

nightmare on elm st...pick a number




a better question would be what sequels have been better than the originals?

Mad Max 2 was better than Mad Max 1 imho but the 2 following sequels were awful
God help who ever is making Mad Max 5

The Naked Gun series(3 films)were all pretty even and the quality of the writing certainly pissed all over the Police Academy franchise which i think ran to about 9 films which by the end were pure torture to watch


For the love of whats good to all your writers out there
Come up with something original

Should be ban on sequels past number 3...any writer found with said script in hand will
.................................suitable punishment to be advised

[Clouddancer]

The first film was absolutely dire, but as a concept it was passable, but what the hell were they thinking when they went on to make more!!!:eek:

In my humble opinion, there has been only one film sequel that was worthy of any merit & that film was The Godfather 2, which was as good if not better than GF 1: but they couldn't leave that alone. Had to spoil it by making the poor Godfather 3.:(

[buttsie]

What were they thinking?

Cheap budgets...almost guaranteed profits

this from the wiki slashers page is as good a take on why certain franchises will probably never die

"Remake and Reboot

In 1998, the Halloween series was revived, playing off the success of the Scream franchise. The new film, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, was conceived as a direct sequel to 1981's Halloween II, and would lead to one further sequel, Halloween: Resurrection.

Another revival came in 2003 when a remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was released. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning popularized the prequel. The success of theTCM remake would soon lead to a slew of other slasher remakes, including Toolbox Murders (2004), House Of Wax, When A Stranger Calls, Black Christmas, The Hitcher, the "reimagining" of John Carpenter's Halloween, Prom Night, My Bloody Valentine 3D, Friday the 13th reboot, The Last House On The Left, and Sorority Row. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) remake is currently in development. A remake of Child's Play and Hellraiser are also in development."


You only need look at the returns for the Halloween franchise to see why they keep making the same films over and over...the public simply cant stay away

[Mal Hombre]

For pity's sake ,not Hellraiser!

[John C. Holmes]

Any Hellraiser that doesn't have Clive Barker's name in the credits other than "created by" isn't worth your time or money.

[Mal Hombre]

It always seems to me that a crap sequel diminishes the original in some obscure way.

[Jeepster1973]

Malcolm X - what on earth happened to I - IX?:rolleyes:

[windymiller]

Escape From L.A

Surely one of the worst films ever made.

[windymiller]

But only do this if you actually can sustain a consistent and realistic accent over a whole film. Most film actors (unlike stage actors) have little or no training in this sort of technical skill. As a rule, they are not capable of a believable accent which is not their own. Sean Connery is always Scottish, even as the Lithuanian skipper of a Soviet submarine. Gwyneth Paltrow produced a very good genteel British upper class accent when she played Jane Austen's eponymous heroine in Emma and credit to her because it's no easy trick. But don't try it unless you're good enough to pull it off, as she was.


I'm reminded of John Hannah in The Mummy where he attempted (badly) an upper-class English accent at the start of the film only to give up half way through and return to his native Scottish brogue.

[scoundrel]

I'm reminded of John Hannah in The Mummy where he attempted (badly) an upper-class English accent at the start of the film only to give up half way through and return to his native Scottish brogue.It is unwise to try accents unless you have a gift that way (for example, the three character parts, each with a very distinct and seperate accent, effortlessly pulled off by Peter Sellars in Dr Strangelove). A long time ago now I saw Twelve Angry Men as a stage play at The Comedy Theatre] in London. It was an all British cast working with an ideomatically American English stage play, but they used their natural English accents and the sky did not fall down. In fact it was a very good night at the theatre.

[mdv2000]

Okay - The Matrix Sequels....
If they would have left the first one alone - it would remain one of the greatest sci-fi movies ever that not only sci-fi geeks loved, but general audience... something is actually quite hard to do...

But they had to make two shitty sequels and ruin the series... and unfortunately bad sequels do diminish the original...

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Thanks

[Genuine_Intrepid]

Has to be the new Star Trek movie, 40 years of trek legacy thrown out of the window for a badly written movie with bad acting made only to appeal to the moronic masses.

[steamjon]

Henry V

Although I heard Henry I-IV were pretty good :o

[scoundrel]

Henry V

Although I heard Henry I-IV were pretty good :o
No Henry I, Henry II or Henry III: however there was Richard II, Henry IV Part One, Henry IV Part Two, then of course Henry V, followed by Henry VI Part One, Henry VI Part Two, Henry VI Part Three, and finally Richard III. Thats one serious serial from the Bard.:D

[stantine]

how about,,american werewolf in paris,,sequel to the great,american werewolf in london,,the paris film was s**t,dull,boring,the cgi was cheap,,,,,,and i hear that a re-make of the original is to be made,,,,,god help us.

[rotobott]

A sequel to this we were thankfully spared from.

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But only because the Incredible Hulk himself had a quiet word with the director.

Don;t make me Ang Lee.

[steamjon]

No Henry I, Henry II or Henry III: however there was Richard II, Henry IV Part One, Henry IV Part Two, then of course Henry V, followed by Henry VI Part One, Henry VI Part Two, Henry VI Part Three, and finally Richard III. Thats one serious serial from the Bard.:D

It was a variation on the enthusiastic response that Kenneth Branagh's Henry V received in Argentina almost 20 years ago.

The audience thought the film was so good, they could not believe that they missed the first 4 films to the series

[palo5]

Rambo 2, 3, 4.......

I couldn't agree more

Rambo 1 definitely had its moments, but the sequels were so absurd that they ceased to be entertainment, imho :rolleyes:

[palo5]

No Henry I, Henry II or Henry III: however there was Richard II, Henry IV Part One, Henry IV Part Two, then of course Henry V, followed by Henry VI Part One, Henry VI Part Two, Henry VI Part Three, and finally Richard III. Thats one serious serial from the Bard.:D

Indeed, but a Henry VIII is missing -- with his penmanship he could have made it into a succulently hilarious comedy

Not surprised he didn't dare, though! :D

[John C. Holmes]

Any Police Academy movie after the first one was unwatchable.

Ditto for Porky's II and III.

One that everyone has forgotten is National Lampoon's Class Reunion. This was supposedly the sequel to Animal House yet NOBODY from the original was in it. Awful, AWFUL movie.

[Mal Hombre]

Halloween III-Season of the Witch notable for having nothing whatever to do with the films that preceded it or followed it.Is Rob Zombie really going to remake all the steadily worsening Halloween sequels ?

[palo5]

Any Police Academy movie after the first one was unwatchable

I disagree -- I could never get enough of that blonde sergeant's boobs, or the rest of her, for that matter :D

[John C. Holmes]

Halloween III-Season of the Witch notable for having nothing whatever to do with the films that preceded it or followed it.Is Rob Zombie really going to remake all the steadily worsening Halloween sequels ?

Better Zombie than the posers at Platinum Dunes who destroyed the Friday the 13th remake.

[Nylon]

Blair Witch II
Godfather III
Shrek II

[tmee2000]

Indeed, but a Henry VIII is missing -- with his penmanship he could have made it into a succulently hilarious comedy

Not surprised he didn't dare, though! :D
I think he did write a Henry VIII, in collaboration with John Fletcher. Apparently The Globe theatre burnt down during a performance.:eek:

[MaxJoker]

Halloween III-Season of the Witch notable for having nothing whatever to do with the films that preceded it or followed it.Is Rob Zombie really going to remake all the steadily worsening Halloween sequels ?

Well said mate :cool: :thumbsup:

The advert jingle was cool though (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_oKZ9sexo4) ;)

When i first watched the video i remember singing it constantly next day on the bus while rocking my head from side to side :o

28 years old i was :D



Actually it was Monday morning and i was off to school so thinking back i bet my daft singing earned the undying hatred of all the adult commuters :cool:


Oh and for those who don`t remember just what little sense that film made ,or for that matter the pointless manner in which the super evil yet super pointless grand wizard was going to kill Americas kids just FF to 0.40 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K518NKsZzs&NR=1)


Yeah you have the ability to create robots that look and behave exactly like humans , and you have the power to teleport creatures from god knows where into anything you want :eek:

So sure , you start up a novelty company :confused:


Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiight :rolleyes:

[smallblock]

The Italian job it has to be for me don't mess with a classic!

[John C. Holmes]

One GOOD sequel nobody has mentioned:

HAMLET 2!!

[Avallanius]

Nicholas Cage (nee Coppolla) killed the greatest British horror movie ever. THE WICKER MAN
http://www.hedonia.net/art/images/wicker_man/wickerman_burns.jpg
It's slow & creepy pace builds to a terrifying ending...a battle of Paganism vs. Christain supremacy morals. A classic performance form Christopher Lee

The re-make is a stinking turkey & it even had the temerity to attempt to open in the UK cinema cicuit & died a quick death.

I loved Wild@heart, but it won't excuse cage of putting on that bad wig & strangling my fave ( & many other horror afficiannado's) movie to death.

A vile pox on all pointless Hollywood horror remakes. They should all be marched to Summerisle themselves.

[Road Dogg]

Tremors, it was bad already, why make... not 1...not 2... but 3 more! without Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward it had nothing going for it, you may slate the original Tremors, but I liked it :cool: still catch it when it come on tv, usually in the early hours of the morning :p

http://tradeport.com.ph/uploads/Image/magnavision/Tremors.jpg

Don't want to be the spolier, but for those who havn't seen it.......... the 'thingimijig' wasn't really that big as the picture depicts, just don't want you to feel short changed ;)

[Manny Fagnett]

I never wanted to see the film and joked about a sequel. They made a sequel.

TITANIC 2 (I kid you not)


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[camshaft70uk]

Although already mentioned, Highlander was allways the sequeled film that annoyed me. The original for me (late teens) was awesome. A complete film with interesting, original story, that had a full conclussion.
The sequels should have had a different name as they had no bearing on the original story, they were just cashing in, in the worst way!

I forget the actors name, but i would have thought he would have had more integrity than to have been in it!

[Mal Hombre]

Do You mean Christopher Lambert ?

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[renno61]

get carter 1971 classic

hit man 1972 its the same movie with different title ok

get carter 2000 utter crap
this should never have been made

[doubleday]

Any Rocky after Rocky III.

Any Blair Witch movie. In my opinion, the first one sucked.

OTOH, The Godfather III was not a bad movie. It just wasn't as good as the original two.

[John C. Holmes]

Escape From L.A

Surely one of the worst films ever made.

Come on, that was one of the best comedies ever made!

Surf's up!

[kenshabby2000]

For every Empire Strikes Back:D, theres always a Porkys 2, or Revenge of the Fallen:eek:. So speak your brains, tell us your disapointing sequels.

Wilde Geese 2. Yes, there was a sequel made in 1985, with Scott Glen and Patrick Stewart.

Conan the Destroyer, 1st was dark and very much akin to the comics, this was not.

Alien 3, Pissed away all that good work done by Scott and Cameron to piss away all the good ideas to end up with a prisoner cell block bald english guy ( with token black american ).

[gbt42dd]

Although the original was ridiculous on so many levels, someone thought to make these two sequels.

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The Dirty Dozen - The Deadly Mission

The Dirty Dozen - The Fatal Mission

Both are truly dreadful. My friends and I tried to watch these, but despite a case of beer to soothe our pain, we didn't finish either. Pure crap!

Erik Estrada appears in The Fatal Mission. Again, he was snubbed for an Oscar nomination. What a shame.

Last but not least, no one in 1940's Nazi Germany would notice a black soldier in a Wehrmacht uniform, would they?

[John C. Holmes]

Alien 3, Pissed away all that good work done by Scott and Cameron to piss away all the good ideas to end up with a prisoner cell block bald english guy ( with token black american ).

Joss Whedon wrote it, nuff said.

Any sequel made more than 15 years after the original or the previous instalment isn't worth your time. In this category:

Godfather III
Slap Shot 2
Superman Returns (technically considered a sequel to Superman II from the Reeve era.)
Blues Brothers 2000
Rambo (aka Rambo 4)

The only exception to this rule is Hamlet 2. ;)

[tygrkhat40]

Blues Brothers 2000 is no where near as good as the original, but it did have a few things going for it; it brought back several of the characters from the original in new places (eg., Frank Oz was a prison guard in the first, he was warden in the sequel); they brought in a lot more Blues and R&B stars for cameos and Paul Shaffer was finally able to play with the Blues Brothers band on film.

[kenshabby2000]

Anyone mention 'Beyond the Poseidon Adventure', starring Micheal Caine & Telly Savalas. Caine finds the ship upside down in the ocean and plans to salvage any valuables. The ship he finds seams nothing like the ship in the origional, its a lot smaller, someones been in to fix the lighting as all the corridors and rooms are well light and why did anyone green light this movie that should have stayed in development hell for all time.

[wildtig2013]

Star Wars Episode 1-3

[qwerty007]

The Three Musketeers & The Four Musketeers

(which was also a remake)

Oliver Reed
Charlton Heston
Raquel Welch
Faye Dunaway
Richard Chamberlain
Frank Finlay
Michael York
Christopher Lee


How in the world would you want to remake this film after TWO films with a cast like that?

(and yes, then they made "The Return of the Musketeers" which is loosely based on 20 Years After by Dumas)


TWICE!!!!

Once a Disney production in '93 and now again in 2011...

WTF?? Hollywood is bereft of ideas, isn't it?


ON ANOTHER NOTE

Is this the most remade film in all of movies?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers_in_film

[pierrelm]

'Pirates of the Caribbean' - the first was an entertaining well made romp.
The second was overlong, tedious and tiresome, a unashamed contrivance to prolong a series.
But the third,:eek: great lord above, the third was a stinker of unbeliveable proportions: the film went on and on and on, seemingly endlessly, with an incoherent, made up as they went along (yes really!) storyline, luidicrous plot twists and some of the worst scenes known to filmdom:
Keef appears as a pirate (gasp!)
Keira (I would) Knightley gives the worst rabble rousing speech in the entire history of cinema when she is made the pirate leader...but is outdone by the sheer oak lined wooden-ness of her 'love' scene with Orblando Loon; in what I suspect is the worst romantic pairing ever shown onscreen - you can hear the charisma reaching minus levels as the scene goes on. Truly, really unbelieveable that this ever made the screens, it is irredeemably appalling.

The original Pink Panther films were good, but there were a couple of stinkers in there too - ironic that the one distributed by Universal ('The Return' - with Christopher Plummer as the Phantom) and therefore omitted from most box sets, is arguably as good as any. But on the downside, unfortunately Sellars hams too much as the series progresses and the shocking Drefus' revenge film (Strikes Again) is beyond awful.

Sequels are very different to remakes. But I'd like to nominate Steve Martin for his beyond a joke appearances as Bilko and in the Pink Panther remakes. So bad he should be tried and convicted for both.:mad::mad:

[John C. Holmes]

The original Pink Panther films were good, but there were a couple of stinkers in there too - ironic that the one distributed by Universal ('The Return' - with Christopher Plummer as the Phantom) and therefore omitted from most box sets, is arguably as good as any. But on the downside, unfortunately Sellars hams too much as the series progresses and the shocking Drefus' revenge film (Strikes Again) is beyond awful.

Sequels are very different to remakes. But I'd like to nominate Steve Martin for his beyond a joke appearances as Bilko and in the Pink Panther remakes. So bad he should be tried and convicted for both.:mad::mad:

Strikes Again definitely tried WAY too hard but the asylum scene at the end with Drefus looking at the screen saying "KILL HIM!" made it all worth it for me.

For me Revenge of the Pink Panther was the worst of the series save for the animated intro which I think was the very best of the series.

You glossed over the 3 absolutely pathetic post-Sellers Panther movies. Trail, which began the "Inspector Clouseau is MISSING" storyline that nobody wanted, was nothing but outtakes and looked like a bad TV series anniversary reunion.

Curse IMO never happened it was so bad. The ONLY time an American version of Clouseau ever worked was the Naked Gun movies and those were infinitely better than anything Blake Edwards has ever done.

Son of the Pink Panther was the closest they came to getting the magic of Sellers back and even Benigni couldn't save this mess.

Overall this was a franchise that Peter Sellers made successful totally in spite of itself. You're dead on the money about Steve Martin's versions, how they were a hit I will never, ever know but then again Michael Bay and Judd Apatow movies make money these days...

[kenshabby2000]

Star Wars Episode 1-3

Problem was these were made 16 years after ROTJ release in 1983,and
directed by Lucas who has not directed a movie since Star Wars in 1977.

[axdx]

I never liked these movies

- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
- Halloween 7 & 8
- American psycho 2: All American Girl
- Batman 3 & 4 (i liked 1 & 2)
- The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 (1985)
- Creepshow III
- Prom Night III: The Last Kiss (i liked 2 & 4)
- Home Alone 3, 4, 5

[wildtig2013]

Wasn't A Shot In The Dark a Pink Panther Clouseau film too?

[Mal Hombre]

Wasn't A Shot In The Dark a Pink Panther Clouseau film too?
Yes, a Clouseau film(the best IMHO) but not a sequel to The Pink Panther.

[pierrelm]

Wasn't A Shot In The Dark a Pink Panther Clouseau film too?

Indeed - it's a superb adaptation of a stage play where Sellers draws heavily on Stan Laurel for his physical comic inspiration to great effect and it works very well. It's a film with Clouseau, rather than a 'Pink Panther' film per se, as the gem is not part of the plot, but it's a superb comic romp. The presence of the lovely Elke Sommer is most welcome and the film (which was the first 'Clouseau' made) also features the long suffering Commissioner Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) and the wonderful Cato...it's arguably the best of the lot.

[loosegoose]

Mission Impossibles two and three. How could they get the feel of the first one so right and follow it with two stinkers.

[wildtig2013]

Mission Impossibles two and three. How could they get the feel of the first one so right and follow it with two stinkers.

Wait!

I thought Mission Impossible was a stinker too!

Actually, in my opinion, all 4 Mission Impossible movies stunk!

[scoundrel]

Wait!

I thought Mission Impossible was a stinker too!

Actually, in my opinion, all 4 Mission Impossible movies stunk!
IMHO Mission Impossible II is one of the worst films ever made. I could eat 35mm film and shit a better movie. Your comment on the original Mission Impossible is strangely reassuring; if it had been a decent movie, the sequel would have a violation of the law of nature. Nature says nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, but the speed of the fall to reach the astounding depths achieved by MI2 would have to have exceeded light speed.

[wildtig2013]

IMHO Mission Impossible II is one of the worst films ever made. I could eat 35mm film and shit a better movie. Your comment on the original Mission Impossible is strangely reassuring; if it had been a decent movie, the sequel would have a violation of the law of nature. Nature says nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, but the speed of the fall to reach the astounding depths achieved by MI2 would have to have exceeded light speed.

Mission Impossible sucked when they made Phelps the Bad Guy!

Actually, any movie with Tom Cruise after Top Gun should not have been made!

:D

Here's another movie that shouldn't be made.

It's not a sequel.

I was watching Ronin the other day and Michael Lonsdale's character was telling Robert DeNiro's character about the legend of the Ronin and the 47 Ronin:

I decided to look it up on Wiki to see if it was a true and it was:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-seven_Ronin

Then from that Wiki page I'd found out a movie about the 47 Ronin is being made:

But wait!

Keanu Reeves as a Japanese?

Is he playing a half breed?

The events of the 47 Ronin happened around 1701 so I have to presume that a Westerner White Man slept with a Japanese woman sometime long before 1701 and Keanu is the offspring of their union?

What is with these White Actors trying to be Asians which takes me back to my original remark about movies with Tom Cruise that shouldn't had been made after Top Gun:

The Last Samurai.

Tom Cruise in Japan.

What a joke!

What is with Hollywood's constant urge to stick a White person in a movie about Asians?

Just like in Forbidden Kingdom, which is based on the 100 Chapters long Chinese Classic Novels "Journey To The West", they stuck a White kid in it.

I can tell you that there never was a White kid in "Journey To The West" when it was written in 1592 about a Monk that lived around the year 602-664.

I don't think White men have ye to arrive in China during those years in the 600s.

[tygrkhat40]

My sister went to see MI2, fell asleep for 20-30 minutes and when she woke up asked "What did I miss?" Two seconds later, she said, "Never mind, I got it."

[richardoe]

I actually fell asleep at the flicks watching the first Star Wars film back in the seventies, so Ive never watched any of them except for part of the first one. Personally the more a film is hyped the less likely I am to watch it. So Ive never watched any mission impossible films or Jurassic Park.

[kenshabby2000]

I'm expecting one of the 'Ice Age' sequels to be called 'Rise of the Machines'.

[wildtig2013]

I'm expecting one of the 'Ice Age' sequels to be called 'Rise of the Machines'.

I stopped watching the Ice Age movies after the 2nd one.

I just like to watch the Trailers because of the Squirrel.

:)

They should make a movie with just the Squirrel.

:D

[DTravel]

They should make a movie with just the Squirrel.

:D

You have to buy the Special Edition Blu-Ray versions to get those.

[GailFan]

Breakin' 2: Electric Bugaloo.

The original Breakin' was a masterpiece of urban cinema that defined a generation, Electric Bugaloo was a cheap cash-in.

And don't get me started on Rappin'.

[savage560]

the Diehards 1-10 or whatever!

[BET]

Smokey and The Bandit and Lake Placid are a pair I'd like to add.
The originals were campy-fun classics but the sequels were horrid, anything-for-a-buck rip-offs that I refuse to have in my collection.

[steamjon]

The Sting II

Without Redford/Newman!!

[Jack Keroact]

Most of the TV bs from the 60s-70s. Spider Man WTF why bother you unimaginative supplicants. Evil Dead recently, blows goats. Star Wars did not need three more movies that turned to near crap. Only thing I can think of that was any good was the Dawn of the Dead around 2004. I have a lot of hope for internet-based entertainment and movies companies, maybe in ten years. There's talented people out there who aren't Ivy League lawyers who can make great movies and series.

[wildtig2013]

THIS!!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2191701/

Any movie with Adam Sandler shouldn't get a sequel.

FURTHERMORE, any movie with Adam Sandler shouldn't even be green-lit to get a first movie!

Adam Sandler and that fat actor from King of Queens and that Redneck Trailer White Trash Larry The Cable Guy and that ghetto trash spewing loud mouth Chris Rock need to stop making movies and go away.