Members Funkee1 Posted August 31, 2009 Members Share Posted August 31, 2009 Discuss! http://www.movieretriever.com/blog/372/the-best-movie-sequels-of-the-year-from-1989-to-2009 I like what he said about "Batman and Robin". I have been defending this movie for years saying there's so much wrong with it that you can't blame George Clooney! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members collinwho Posted August 31, 2009 Members Share Posted August 31, 2009 I think I prefer Back to the Future II in '89, but that could also be my favorite sequel ever, so my opinion might be a bit skewed. To be fair, I would admit that The Last Crusade would be a solid 1a, if the vote were left entirely up to me. Terminator 2 is another of the best sequels ever, and they totally got that one right. As far as Batman and Robin goes, there is so much wrong with it that George Clooney is the least of your problems. That it is the best sequel of that year is a testament to how horrible the film industries approach to sequels had become, not to the quality of the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members s4001 Posted August 31, 2009 Members Share Posted August 31, 2009 I agree with the B&R. That movie was so absolutely horrible that it was enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ThudMaker Posted August 31, 2009 Moderators Share Posted August 31, 2009 The issue with Batman & Robin is that they tried to present it as a sequel, when in reality they should have just went all the way to the non-serious side and made it an adaptation of the 60's TV series. Both Keaton's and Kilmer's Batman characters were serious and darker like the comic book. Two points about your link. Good grief, man. They've got Batman & Robin as a better sequel than Tomorrow Never Dies. James Bond>Batman. Secondly, how is "Generations" a sequel? It wasn't a sequel to anything. It was the first TNG movie. It's just like JJ Abrams Star Trek this summer. It's not a prequel or sequel. It's a new franchise, IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oddsock Posted August 31, 2009 Members Share Posted August 31, 2009 Surprisingly, I agree with most of his choices. But Batman and Robin!!?? Crazy. Alien Resurrection gets a bad rap. That movie was very solid. Although, as I read through the list I kept going, "What? That movie was crap! Oh, but look at the competition...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FloydianAnimal Posted August 31, 2009 Members Share Posted August 31, 2009 interesting list so far, I need to read through the whole thing but I understand most of the picks I've read... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Glom-o Posted August 31, 2009 Members Share Posted August 31, 2009 Strongly disagree about "Terminator 2". After the greatness of the first one, bringing Arnold back as a "Good Terminator" was just lame. Having an annoying kid character didn't help any more than it helped the second "Indiana Jones" movie. Sure, good special effects, but just not a very good movie, particularly in comparison to the original. The only character in "Dark Knight" that was the least bit interesting was The Joker, and he couldn't carry the movie on his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members collinwho Posted August 31, 2009 Members Share Posted August 31, 2009 Strongly disagree about "Terminator 2". After the greatness of the first one, bringing Arnold back as a "Good Terminator" was just lame. Having an annoying kid character didn't help any more than it helped the second "Indiana Jones" movie. Sure, good special effects, but just not a very good movie, particularly in comparison to the original. The elusive only person in the world who doesn't acknowledge that Terminator 2 is the best movie of the entire franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pamackie Posted August 31, 2009 Members Share Posted August 31, 2009 wo points about your link. Good grief, man. They've got Batman & Robin as a better sequel than Tomorrow Never Dies. James Bond>Batman. True, but Batman & Robin does gain points for being completely bat{censored} insane. Pun very intended. Tomorrow Never Dies is pretty much the definition of routine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zachoff Posted August 31, 2009 Members Share Posted August 31, 2009 Strongly disagree about "Terminator 2". After the greatness of the first one, bringing Arnold back as a "Good Terminator" was just lame. Having an annoying kid character didn't help any more than it helped the second "Indiana Jones" movie. Sure, good special effects, but just not a very good movie, particularly in comparison to the original. The only character in "Dark Knight" that was the least bit interesting was The Joker, and he couldn't carry the movie on his own. That kid (Edward Furlong) has been in two other awesome movies... Detroit Rock City and American History X. He's way better than the kid from The Goonies. Yes, The Joker was awesome in Dark Knight, but the storyline, plot development, and general scene-scapes made that movie IMO. I thought it ruled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Glom-o Posted August 31, 2009 Members Share Posted August 31, 2009 The elusive only person in the world who doesn't acknowledge that Terminator 2 is the best movie of the entire franchise. Sure it was. Just like "Sudden Impact" was the best of the Dirty Harry movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ThudMaker Posted August 31, 2009 Moderators Share Posted August 31, 2009 Tomorrow Never Dies is pretty much the definition of routine.I thought that Jonathan Price played one of the better villains in recent Bonds movies. I also felt that some of the plot in which the news agencies he ran were actually assisting the governments getting to the brink of war related very well to the hyperbolic 24/7 news agencies we have today. But I can certainly see why you would think it was routine. All Bond movies have certain traits to follow. It's kind of like being the unnamed officer in the Star Trek TOS landing party. You just know the guy isn't going to be alive for very long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rowka Posted August 31, 2009 Members Share Posted August 31, 2009 I don't know if I'd call The Two Towers, Return of the King, or any of the post Sorcerer's Stone Harry Potter films sequels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Glom-o Posted August 31, 2009 Members Share Posted August 31, 2009 That kid (Edward Furlong) has been in two other awesome movies... Detroit Rock City and American History X. He's way better than the kid from The Goonies. Yes, The Joker was awesome in Dark Knight, but the storyline, plot development, and general scene-scapes made that movie IMO. I thought it ruled. I haven't seen "Detroit Rock City". I agree he was good in "American History X", and in John Waters' "Pecker" as well. But annoying in "Terminator 2". Not the actor's fault, just an annoying character. The lack of even the slightest interest in any of the characters in "Dark Knight" other than The Joker made the whole movie pretty much un-interesting to me. One interesting character just couldn't carry it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FloydianAnimal Posted August 31, 2009 Members Share Posted August 31, 2009 I agree with the B&R. That movie was so absolutely horrible that it was enjoyable. I thought it was funny how one time at UC Santa Barbara I went to a film studies screening of "The Lost Boys" and Joel Schumacher showed up for a Q&A session. The first thing he said was something like "Yes, I screwed up Batman, don't ask me any questions about it!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluedogaudio Posted August 31, 2009 Members Share Posted August 31, 2009 Batman and Robin was awful. The Mummy Returns? Really? This list blows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members collinwho Posted August 31, 2009 Members Share Posted August 31, 2009 The Mummy Returns? Really? This list blows. So you would have picked what? Scary Movie 2 over it? They aren't claiming it is good, just that it is the least {censored}ty out of a group of really {censored}ty sequels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zachoff Posted August 31, 2009 Members Share Posted August 31, 2009 '89 - Christmas Vacation. Almost as good as the original. '98 - Insurrection. I'm just a shill for the TNG movies. '99 - Austin Powers. Still love that movie. Tent scene almost made me piss myself. '04 - Bourne Supremacy. The Bourne movies are rad. Spiderman... Not so much. '05 - Episode III. I've never seen a Harry Potter movie. '09 - Halloween II. I'm looking forward to this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ThudMaker Posted August 31, 2009 Moderators Share Posted August 31, 2009 '99 - Austin Powers. Still love that movie. Tent scene almost made me piss myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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