Movies you would rank higher without the sequels

[Hedji]

Sequels don't affect my enjoyment, or rankings, of the original movies. Nor do crappy remakes. Movies, for me at least, live or die based on their own merits.

Yep. No sequel has ever sullied my opinion of an original. I'm proud to say my childhood is completely intact and safe.

[toothaction]

Sequels don't affect my enjoyment, or rankings, of the original movies. Nor do crappy remakes. Movies, for me at least, live or die based on their own merits.

Hear hear!

[Iron Mego]

Sequels don't affect my enjoyment, or rankings, of the original movies. Nor do crappy remakes. Movies, for me at least, live or die based on their own merits.

[Brue]

Star Wars

it was hard to swallow the vader skywalker connection. but ESB was soooo awesome! RotJ is when
i checked out. tough now i have a nostalgic plce for jedi. prequels pooped on original trilogy, so for people like me (generally) they are detractors. younger crowd (after RotJ) who started with tPM love 'em all.

[Brue]

^And along the same lines, Superman.

even though 3 was really bad. supergirl was awful and 4 was a train wreck. they somehow are separate in the minds and hearts of audiences. i don't think they detract from the original. they are just there.

[Brue]

It's a good question.

Star Trek the Motion Picture. (just kidding)
.

yeah. while i enjoy STtmp, ST2 save the series. a case where sequels improved

[Brue]

- hunger games ( not knowing everything outside of the game is better than what they portrayed in the sequels )

- matrix (same.. its better left up to our imagination )

- first blood ( rambo is about predator like slow methodical killing as an outlaw. not some commando arnold style shoot em up invincible team america dude )

- jaws ( turned a classic into a joke )

- the hangover ( could have been a cult classic )



not considering movies like Ghostbusters, terminator, back to the future since the sequels don't effect anything regardless of the quality.

all great examples of sequels that take away from teh oriinal. -though I try to just pretend the sequels don't exist.

hunger games books: firs 2 were great. people told me to NOt read the third. it was as nbad as they said. first half was fine. (thrd movie) second half was WHAT?!!! (fourh movie.

I also justify the crap SW prequels by catwgorizing them with evey other fan film.

Batman and Robin caused backlash at Batman Forever which was well received (and I loved BF) to be lumped in that cesspool

[TrekStar]

Death Wish 1974, Death Wish 2 wasn't to bad just not as good as the first, but dang 3-4-5-6 were just HORRIBLE!!!
I mean did Bronson really need the money that badly?

[Nostalgiabuff]

I don't think any sequel has ever dimmed my love of the first. if the sequel sucks I just ignore it/.....but, as far as crappy sequels go, Highlander. although I did really like End Game.

[Hedji]

It's a good question.

Star Trek the Motion Picture. (just kidding)

I was gonna jump on and say the Matrix sequels, but then I re-read the topic, and decided that I can't really think of any sequels that spread like a cancer to lower my estimation of the original. I mean, pick your franchise, and they all eventually have a stinker; but I feel like I'm able to always hold the original up separately, without considering it ruined because they decided to take another swing and missed. If John Carpenter's Halloween can survive the absolute garbage the franchise has thrown at it, I think pretty much any original classic film is unassailable.

There are some sequels that I think would be really well regarded, if their original film hadn't cast such a long shadow. For example, I think Jaws 2 is a cracking good 70s terror thriller on its own. There's just no way any shark movie could ever match the original Jaws.

[Mikey]

Star Wars

That's an interesting pick.

When Star Wars first came out I seen it multiple times in the theatre

I wasn't in love with it, but it was THE THING TO DO at the time.

Sometimes I wonder if any movie up to today surpassed the frenzy Star Wars produced

[PNGwynne]

Walking Tall? Because I like Joe Don Baker, but Bo Svenson is meh.

[PNGwynne]

^And along the same lines, Superman.

[palitoy]

Star Wars

[PNGwynne]

The Mummy (1999)

The first one was perfect, the second one faltered, and the third was a turd. No Rachel Weisz, Chinese Mummies, and Yetis playing football. Yeah. That actually happened.

I am totally with you on this. The first is the only one I rewatch.