When the Sequel Eclipses the Original

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This video essay analyzes some of the best movie sequels of all time, and why they turned out even better than the original. If you want to know the secret as to why The Godfather, The Empire Strikes Back, The Dark Knight, Terminator 2 and Aliens are better than their original movies, then this video will explain all.
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@UATU. 2 дня назад

The sequel to this video will be brilliant.

@JustanObservation 2 дня назад

I can finally afford to make the video I really wanted to make

@roel.vinckens 2 дня назад

The sequel to this comment as well.

@Nodim1er 2 дня назад

I would also add Shrek 2 to the "best sequel of all time" list.

@dustingrimmmagic1067 2 дня назад

Heck, it might be the top along with T2 and empire!

@flippert0 2 дня назад

"I know it was you, Joker", Feyd-Rautha said calmly.

@Andrew-Antioch-Kim 2 дня назад

The same thing applies for recording artists with their debut album versus their sophomore album!

@kevancampbell4632 2 дня назад

Paddington 2 / Rush Hour 2. Two absolutely spectacular movies.

@jesustovar2549 2 дня назад

Can't disagree

@haaa911 2 дня назад

The Godfather Part II to me is the greatest sequel ever because of the standards it had to live up to

@nahuel 2 дня назад

I think there's an essential difference between a sequel made out of success from the first one and a story that's already imagined and done as more than one movie.

@ludvik2008 2 дня назад

Yes, but the godfather 2 wasn’t planned from the start… but I guess there’s always an exception to the rule.

@robgronotte1 2 дня назад

Including Dune Part 2 in this video is a real stretch, since they were both from the same book.

@methos-ey9nf День назад

Dune 2 doesn’t count as a sequel just like LOTR: The Two Towers and Return of the King don’t count. They’re part of a single story and always have been.

@ORANOID 2 дня назад

I'm leaving a comment, so algorithm is happy and the author can afford to make the version of this video, they planned from the beggining.

@thegunslinger1363 2 дня назад

The Dark Knight is my all-time favourite film.

@FallingSport 2 дня назад

Favorite channel of a guy talking about a thing

@Mjdemass 2 дня назад

Another good example (in my book at least) is Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.

@thetalentof 2 дня назад

T2, Aliens, Top Gun: Maverick, Mad Max 2, Empire Strikes Back, Spiderman 2, Bourne Supremacy, Rush Hour 2, Rise of the Silver Surfer, X2, Before Sunset, Lethal Weapon 2, Blade Runner 2049, Bad Boys 2, From Russia With Love, Sicario: Soldado and Dawn of the Apes are all improved sequels in my view.

@Hibernomania 2 дня назад

Sicario is a terrible call my friend

@thetalentof 2 дня назад

@@Hibernomania Just to clarify that all these movies mentioned are just my own opinion.

@Hibernomania 2 дня назад

@@thetalentof of course. Agree with most. I just love the first sicario!

@gregorymeyer1798 2 дня назад

Great list, I'd just add Dark Knight. 👍

@MrBobbywan007 2 дня назад

I love the subtlety of reusing the same Hollywood's sign shot while pointing out the sequel for being a rehash of the original movie.

@richardblakely6854 2 дня назад

4:04 “The originals were merely low-budget prototypes of what could come next.” I’m reminded strongly of El Mariachi and Desperado.

@elanthys День назад

Yup! Thought of that one too.

@OcarinaSapphr- 2 дня назад

The earliest sequel I ever saw, was 'Demetrius & the Gladiators' (1954)- it was a sequel to 'The Robe' (1953) - the latter was based on a book ['The Robe', by Lloyd C Douglas], but the film sequel wasn't based on the book sequel, it just appeared to be following Victor Mature's character -- though, according to Wikipedia, a filmed sequel _was_ eventually made to the book sequel, 'The Big Fisherman', in 1959- it doesn't appear to have any plot-connection to the previous films, other than Saint Peter- who was played by a different actor...

@T2theG123 День назад

How is it you know how to precisely break these topics down to perfection

@jameslough6329 2 дня назад

I feel Across the Spider Verse is a great example of a sequel that takes risks as discussed in the video. I felt the first Spider Verse movie was kind of just a generic superhero movie with a cool art style. Yeah, it was good but I didn’t find its story to be anything exceptional. The story of Across the Spider Verse on the other hand was anything but generic. It was a lot more morally gray and the events of the film really challenged the main character (Miles) on what being a hero truly means. The villain in the second movie also isn’t generically evil like in the first movie and in some ways you could even argue he is in the right more than Miles. This is why I definitely prefer Across the Spider Verse to Into the Spider Verse and think it is one of the best sequels I have seen in the last 10 years.

@MatthiaGryffine 2 дня назад

I always enjoy these analytical videos. I've been about doing the same thing for video games.

@knightridernz72 День назад

Part of what made The Dark Knight great was that Nolan always thought of Batman Begins as a single film and was not thinking ahead. You can watch Batman Begins and be totally happy with it on its own. It's a pretty self-contained story. I think it would've been a different film if he was funded to make a trilogy. That would've affected his creative sense by looking at a much larger story. Because he had that Joker moment at the end, that stirred people's curiosity of what a second film could entail. What I love about each film in his trilogy is that they all feel different. The Dark Knight was a big step up from Batman Begins. You saw the wider world and the consequences of Bruce's actions from Batman Begins. The Dark Knight is the fallout from that. The Dark Knight Rises is more fallout but he's having to build himself up again to save Gotham. Nolan's trilogy is so good!

@qjames0077 2 дня назад

I don't care what anyone says, Godfather Part II was the best

@unfiltered8682 2 дня назад

Nah, close but no cigar

@qjames0077 2 дня назад

@@unfiltered8682 I respect your opinion, but allow me to make you an offer you can't refuse

@user-nk7qd9hy8x 2 дня назад

Why though ? Part 1 is better in almost every way

@enooti1376 2 дня назад

We don’t care what you say, Godfather I was the best

@dorkbrandon4422 2 дня назад

Part 2 is more complex, nuanced and foreboding than the 1st thats why its better, there's literally more analysis vids on the 2nd than the 1st. People who prefer the first godfather movie tend to be more simple and less analytical types .

@jerogomezrobledo 2 дня назад

You didn't mention Top Gun Maverick or Blade Runner 2049.

@Syracuseman77 2 дня назад

Top Gun Maverick was so unexpectedly good. Possibly eclipses the original. Watched it opening weekend on IMAX. The crowd was pumped.

@jerogomezrobledo 2 дня назад

@@Syracuseman77 I saw it as well in IMAX, hopefully in 2026 there could be a re-release of both Top Guns in IMAX, because the OG will turn 40 that year.

@kingelijah8049 2 дня назад

Because the original Blade Runner is better.

@Syracuseman77 2 дня назад

@@jerogomezrobledo Oh man, I hope so.

@jesustovar2549 2 дня назад

@@kingelijah8049Right there with you

@maxtubb8560 2 дня назад

Great video as usual but I do wish you brought up Toy Story 2 & 3 because those are also incredible movie sequels.

@tzrvines9862 2 дня назад

Another sequel which is just a rehash is A Quiet Place 2, should have taken notes from Aliens to make it better

@saxmanphd 2 дня назад

James Cameron is the king of sequels.

@jesustovar2549 2 дня назад

I agree with you, I liked Avatar: The Way of Water, one of the most immersive experiences I had in a theatre, great worldbuilding, even if the story is more or less the same, I feel I liked it better than it's predecessor.

@mariacargille1396 2 дня назад

That's a really interesting pattern you've pulled out-- now I'll have to think through the sequels that I've liked and loathed, and see which fit. It reminds me of the video essay by So Uncivilized on the reversals that George Lucas worked into his Star Wars films in terms of both structure and themes. Definitely worth a watch!

@ethangorham17 14 часов назад

One reason some sequels excel is that they, in some fashion or another, reorient the trajectory of the storytelling and recontextualize what came before in ways that improve the originals. What makes The Empire Strikes Back so brilliant in this regard is that it changes the trajectory of the Star Wars saga from being one about, to be a bit reductive, "plucky rebels taking down an evil empire to save the galaxy," to being one much more about "a noble son trying to save his father's soul while not losing his own." For all the brilliance of A New Hope, there's just something much deeper and more enthralling about such a thematic change, and its ramifications completely recolor A New Hope in more interesting ways. In some fashion, it's also how some sequels make successive ones less-than. I could dedicate an entire book to their successes and shortcomings, but It says a lot about the Disney Star Wars sequels (The Force Awakens thru The Rise of Skywalker) that, in some fashion, they revert the franchise back to being a saga about "plucky rebels taking down an evil empire to save the galaxy," and as a result, reduce themselves as a result. They're no longer preoccupied with such deeper storytelling considerations, and they're lesser for it.

@methos-ey9nf День назад

I’d argue Dune 2 does not count as a sequel because it’s the second half of a single story. Same applies for Two Towers and Return of the King. IMHO sequels are only sequels when there was no plan to continue the story beyond the first movie. This puts something like Empire Strikes Back in a murky area because Lucas had a rough outline for a more expansive story but didn’t really know how it was going to play out until he got started.

@PurpleSun8933 2 дня назад

4:51 Also, now it's Sarah Connor becoming the Terminator herself going for Dyson's head. Becoming the very thing she hated.

@jaymenjanssens720 День назад

After Wick 4, somehow 2 became my favourite. Raid 2 is still the best of this century.

@filmreviewer117 2 дня назад

Cameron knew how to beat this trick by changing two sci-fi horror films into sci-fi action films. The tones both still maintained a level of suspense, but now had this added level of action that wasn't in the original and allowed the story to progress further than it could've gone if it stayed in its sam genre. The raid is another recent example with how the second one was more of a drama that had these amazing set pieces compared to the first film which was a massive endurance test in how long these offices can survive.

@zl7321 2 дня назад

Terminator 2. Enough said

@369frequencyandvibration День назад

😂 Facts! 🤖 🤖

@salsal435 День назад

Can you do a video about how Andor/Rogue One is such a different Star Wars?

@shac0le 2 дня назад

I think i watched the Godfather Movies a hundred times by now

@cosmosrunner2468 2 дня назад

Leave the gun, bring the cannolli.

@jesustovar2549 2 дня назад

My Mom and I just saw Inside Out 2, we had so much fun and felt happier after it, I feel it's just as good if not better than the original, I think it's a bit more mature than it's predecessor in it's themes, even more EPIC, might be due to the age of Riley, I could relate in some ways even if I'm not a teenager anymore (also I like the change of aspect ratio, is just like from The Terminator to Terminator 2). Speaking of Pixar, curious that you didn't mention Toy Story 2, I love Toy Story, especially the first two movies, but the second one is probably my favorite.

@salsal435 День назад

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior!!!

@slpn2314 День назад

The next video should be trilogies with the best ending movie because i feel like most trilogies weakest movie are the final one. (God father, batman, star wars, shrek, matrix)

@benmcreynolds8581 2 дня назад

"Dune 2" is easily one of my favorite movies from the modern era. Alongside "The Batman"

@bensaret 2 дня назад

Hm, I’m trying to think of examples where the second movie wasn’t all that great but the third movie really shined as the superior sequel. I like to think of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as falling into this category, but I’m curious if anyone out there can think of similar examples?

@davidzeiger1036 2 дня назад

The Cars franchise? 1st: a classic, 2nd: BAD, 3rd: fitting end to the story

@jesustovar2549 2 дня назад

I mean, Temple of Doom is technically a prequel set one year before Raiders, but I gotta agree The Last Crusade is the superior sequel and a nice closing to Indy's trilogy, YES, trilogy, I like Kingdom of the Crystal Skull but I know it's flaws, but I won't rewatch Dial of Destiny.

@jesustovar2549 2 дня назад

@@davidzeiger1036As someone who was a huge fan of Cars as a kid, I gotta agree, even if I loved Cars 2 at that age (it made me a James Bond fan). Another Example is Men in Black: 1st: classic, 2) not so good, 3) gets good again, better than 2nd one, tho the ending sets the debate of why K recruited J in first place.

@SvobodovaEva 2 дня назад

Harry Potter for a lot of people

@HoustonSoto 2 дня назад

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan definitely fits all the criteria.

@edoardoruini199 2 дня назад

I don't know how much it counts for Dune because really if you take the whole story of the first book and you split it in half, which is exactly what they did with the movies, of course the most exciting moments are in the second part, especially in a story that works so much like a crescendo. There is no way in which the first movie could have been more memorable than the second.

@daviddayz2367 2 дня назад

Best sequels personally: The dark knight, godfather part 2, lotr two towers, aliens, terminator 2 judgement day, stsr wars empire strikes back, dune part 2, spider-man across the spider verse, etc etc.

@Frexican54 2 дня назад

Well to counter your argument, Highlander 2 made a bunch of bold narrative changes. Although in that case those changes were really really dumb.

@KevFrost 2 дня назад

While this is a great video, you have an error with batman. The joker tells them where he is, batman goes to Rachel and the police goes to Dent. But the joker switches the information, so Batman finds Dent with his face half burnt and the cops are too late for Rachel. Joker switches the info out of Chaos

@George_M_ День назад

Change the paradigm, focus in on character, and improve on underlying filmmaking. And invert the ending of the first. Follow a tragedy with a triumph (Aliens, Terminator 2) or vice versa (Empire)

@rooskrist7870 2 дня назад

For me the only positive part about dune was the cinematography and the beatiful colors. As someone who has red the books the casting for these characters are very weird, even though they are very well known actors. Especially Chani in the movie is odd, this character is almost a psyops in how she controls Paul in the movies compared to their relationship in the books.

@jesustovar2549 2 дня назад

I liked Dune but I'm not a fan of Zendaya, she might be a good actress, but I don't get why Timothee Chalamet would fall in love with her, or Tom Holland for that matter. Maybe she's just not my type😅

@SvobodovaEva 2 дня назад

@@jesustovar2549She’s not a very good actress, her range is very limited. She just plays herself every time. She didn’t even bother to change her accent for Dune, which was really annoying. IMO she’s cast often because of tokenism, she’s a pretty young black woman who’s popular among white ppl so it’s a win win for everyone.

@methos-ey9nf День назад

@@jesustovar2549don’t cross your wires my friend. Acting ability has no connection to attractiveness. For example Elizabeth Moss is an amazing actress (fight me) but I personally don’t find her attractive (not my type I guess). Out to switch genders - Paul Giamatti is a great actor but damn he’s like the definition of schlubby😂.

@MrCount987 2 дня назад

Rocky 2 also belong to this list

@JF-vw9lv День назад

Spaceballs 2: The Quest for More Money. The greatest sequel never made.

@quack9pm 2 дня назад

Spiderman 2 and spider verse 2 I swear I’m not a superhero nerd

@Steamandstream 2 дня назад

Crank 2

@unfiltered8682 2 дня назад

Great video- but Godfather 1 is better than 2

@dorkbrandon4422 2 дня назад

Jack looks at you with a bewildered stare : " Are you outta your fucking mind!"

@jesustovar2549 2 дня назад

Nah, they're both great, could even be one movie.

@Hibernomania 2 дня назад

I did love the De Niro potions in part 2 but part one is a better overall film imho

@mikevilla8230 2 дня назад

Before Sunset

@AM2K2 2 дня назад

How many films do you watch a week?

@kevlark3184 2 дня назад

We all knew that though Batman Begins was great, Dark Knight be better. But didnt know it would exceed even those expectations.

@Locadel2003 День назад

Top gun Maverick just made that

@raul824428 День назад

Missed El mariachi and desperado

@JeanAriaMouy 2 дня назад

Mark my words : the best big budget trilogy of all times is going to be DUNE [because there are small indie films that could compete for this title such as PUSHER or BLUE, RED, WHITE, or THE HUMAN CONDITION...]. It would be the most consistent and accomplished as a whole.

@Bealzbob 2 дня назад

MIB3 is the best MIB. Fight me! Probably the only instance of a 3rd instalment being the best, and one of the few instances where the 3rd didnt totally suck.

@flippert0 2 дня назад

All three LotR movies were filmed back-to-back, they are not sequels. Dune Part 2 was meant to be filmed back to back. It just so happens, that the first one had world-building to do, whereas there's "just" more action in the second part.

@demopem 2 дня назад

Yes, was going to write this myself. Dune Part 2 is not a sequel. It's the second half of a very long film.

@suryakanth8443 2 дня назад

Can u do video on lobster movie

@beetdub1483 2 дня назад

Nothing in here for Son of the Mask??

@lucascaceres878 18 часов назад

Cheguei ao final e valeu a pena..

@kmose364 2 дня назад

Rhas al gul and the intro movie was ever gonna top dark night w the joker.

@NightsworkJapan 2 дня назад

Shrek 2 and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, both of them surpass their first movies by a lot 😎

@JonasEllehauge День назад

Awesome

@littlepotatomaneatstomatoe8160 День назад

Nice

@danielpreval4062 2 дня назад

is it too early to say across the spider-verse fits the bill?

@zonadedescanso4342 2 дня назад

Blade runner 2049 is better than the original in my opinion. I know that the original is more groundbreaking for the time it was released but the 2049 is a better movie in general.

@dorkbrandon4422 2 дня назад

I agree but hans zimmer wasn't firing on all cylinders when making the soundtrack

@jesustovar2549 2 дня назад

I'm actually one of those people who prefers the original, but I gotta give 2049 another shot.

@captainhaddock6435 2 дня назад

I really don't understand that sentiment. The first Blade Runner has some of the best, most original, iconic and unique worldbuilding elements, dialogues/monologues (tears in the rain) and characters ever and spawned an entire genre (Cyberpunk), whereas the second, albeit interesting, has pretty bland characters (especially the villains and Robin Wrights character) and some really cliché dialogue, not to mention it retcons the original in some annoying ways

@richardblakely6854 2 дня назад

The scene with the very rapey vibes seriously hampers my enjoyment of the original.

@captainhaddock6435 2 дня назад

@@richardblakely6854that scene is very cringe, I agree. Left a sour taste in my mouth from the first time I watched it and spoils an otherwise almost perfect movie. Why? Why did they have to include this?

@mrmap4875 День назад

When i watched dune i knew i had to go nd watch the second part in theatre probably the only movie i watched in theatre after endgame

@erikadlloyd5586 2 дня назад

Addams family 2 was better than the Addams family 1

@JustanObservation 2 дня назад

Yes, Great example!

@jesustovar2549 2 дня назад

Honestly I agree, Addams Family Values is it's own Godfather 2 (what a coincidence, both produced by Paramount), Christina Ricci as Wednesday stole the show, just as Heath Ledger's Joker in The Dark Knight (imagine if they met).

@sirg-had8821 2 дня назад

Heresy!

@Theodoreroosevelt1912 День назад

I've never seen any "dune" movies but I didn't know the sequel was filmed starring iDubbbz back when he shaved his head

@w00master 2 дня назад

Disagree completely on godfather p2 being better than p1 but agree on the others.

@beniverson3777 2 дня назад

Godfather 3 wasn't a failure, it's a good movie that has to be compared to two of the greatest movies ever made. People just shit on it out of laziness, it's low hanging fruit with one bad performance because an actress fell out at the last minute and they made a hasty choice replacing her

@VICTORZITOSS День назад

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@dripsri4050 2 дня назад

Watch gangs of wasaepur ... it will show you how to really make a sequel

@chrisjfox8715 2 дня назад

People don't know what they want until they see it. Sequels are fine as long as they come from a genuine passion but it's still not easy... Sequels are often cash grabs but even when the motivation is pure in ways that have nothing to do with money, sequels are just difficult to pull off (since you literally want to capture the essence of the original yet do and say something new, it's like threading a needle)...but if all we ever did was use that as a reason to not make them then some of the best movies ever made wouldn't exist.

@kmose364 2 дня назад

Alien one is the best. I don’t like the sequel more it’s just fun

@imaginnova День назад

Bro especially with your last two sentences: "They're not trying to preserve anything--they're trying to blaze a new trail..." I mean you GOTTA give credit to The Last Jedi for accomplishing exactly that and basically the entire theme of the movie being a battle cry to let the past die and forge a new story.

@goobfilmcast4239 День назад

Better sequels = Better Villains

@VictorIV0310 2 дня назад

Greetings.

@JustanObservation 2 дня назад

Hello

@dorkbrandon4422 2 дня назад

Earthlings

@TheLyricalCleric 2 дня назад

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom did the exact opposite of this suggestion: did a prequel that showcased the main character as LESS likable than in the previous movie and even de-matured the main character so that moviegoers are slightly confused at a portrayal of a gold-digging tomb raider where they were expecting a Nazi-fighting archaeologist. We should have known, it was George Lucas’s first turn at trying to write prequels that he had no business to. Prequels are inherently bad stories: you know the outcome, so you can’t have any meaningful drama happen in the prequel arc of one story. All you can do is make heavy-handed references only fans will recognize and move around the set dressing in preparation for the actual story. The only exception is Rogue One, being superior to any of the other Star Wars prequels by virtue of not telling anybody before the movie came out that EVERYONE dies in the movie. Good, bad, whomever-nobody survives. If that’s what it takes to make an impactful prequel, you can see why studios are hesitant to make them.

@jesustovar2549 2 дня назад

Well, the Star Wars prequels have gotten a revaluation over time, especially after the sequel trilogy, George Lucas said the movies should be watched in order 1-6, that's how I and many of my age did (20 and so on), also I recently watched a film forum cycle of Star Wars in that order, pretty much everyone enjoyed it, even those who hadn't seen it before. Regarding Indiana Jones, Temple of Doom has it's fans, it's main problem as a prequel might be that it shows Indy knowing about supernatural things, when in the first film he says he dosen't believe in that "hocus pocus" stuff.

@elanthys День назад

@@jesustovar2549 Watching SW 1-6 loses the enormous impact of the Vader reveal. A better order IMHO is 4-5 -2-3-6. You keep the reveal, go back in time to explain how you got there, then pick up where you left off with RotJ. Dump episode 1 because it doesn't really affect anything, and ignore all the sequels, they're trash.

@simonsegers 2 дня назад

I wouldn't consider Dune part II a sequel though. It's just the second part of story too long for one movie.

@kingelijah8049 2 дня назад

If that were the case, Godfather 2 wouldn't count either.

@simonsegers 2 дня назад

@@kingelijah8049 I disagree, The Godfather is a self-contained story about succession, with a three act structure. The first part of Dune ends in medias res. For example, Paul Atreides only completes his character arc at the end of the second film.

@FloppyHardrive1989 2 дня назад

dune part 2 only outshined in popularity over part 1 due to the increase in action scenes which made it more appealing to the average person. I think dune part 1 was a better movie when it comes to the writing , dune part 2 should have had more time to cook. The black and white cinematography was an interesting choice and done very well but like the orange scenes it was a bit too heavy handed

@richardblakely6854 2 дня назад

Whereas in most genres, I think originals are predominantly superior to sequels, in comic book adaptations, it feels like there’s an obligatory origin story (that had to be good enough to warrant a sequel), followed by the story the filmmakers REALLY wanted to tell, concluding with the studio cash grab. Spider-Man 2, X2, Hellboy II, Blade II and Days of Future Past, as well as the above-mentioned Dark Knight, were all superior to their first films.

@DerryMaine86 2 дня назад

I don’t think Godfather 2 holds as being better than the first. You don’t get the same character arcs you get with the first film, and I don’t like when the plot is less important than the drama; a vague narrative around a Brooklyn turf war and senate investigation which don’t really matter next to the drama between the brothers. It is still a great film, but the first holds up better.

@joshthestud День назад

Its really too bad that the Godfather Part II doesn't get as much praise as it deserves. If it was in any other franchise, it would be the most famous. But how do you overshadow the Godfather. 😂

@NigelThrashner День назад

No, no, no, no. I will die on this hill and take everyone with me. Godfather I is vastly superior to Godfather II. It's shot way better. The actors are better, the characters are better. Pacino wasn't ready to take the lead without supporting cast from I (rip Santino). Even Tom was better used. The atmosphere was thicker and tense. It was a tighter movie. I think the Vito flashbacks added nothing but runtime. He rose to power, yeah, I figured. In fact, it all happened too quickly in the flashbacks. It was a mess.

@johnnzboy 2 дня назад

No way can you call "Dune 2" a sequel, it's the completion of "Dune 1". All of these other "Part 1" films tell a complete story and can stand on their own whereas "Dune 1" is only half of a story, it requires "Dune 2" to finish the one single storyline. However,, if there's a "Dune 3" then I guess that will be the sequel, although some people might argue that it's all one three-part story like "Lord of the Rings".

@emmetmcanulty-powell6324 2 дня назад

Might be a hot take but Blade runner 2049 is better than blade runner

@StephanKochs 2 дня назад

Oh c’mon Aliens is a fun action military movie like most of these movies made by him at this time period… but not nearly as good as Alien. it doesn’t help that I don’t like 99% of what he has done. 😊

@superhillsider 2 дня назад

Dune part 2 was somewhat underwhelming.

@369frequencyandvibration День назад

Sicario 2

@adamkane4217 2 дня назад

Alien$

@elijahgilleanrodriguez9242 2 дня назад

Scream 2 is not better than Scream 1

@elanthys День назад

Don't agree on including LOTR and Dune in these rankings, they were a complete pre-existing work adapted in installments. You have to consider the series as a single story, not as an original followed by sequels.

@seth2390 2 дня назад

Godfather was not a passion project. He's recommended by Lucas to take the movie so he and Spielberg and Lucas can make indie artsy stuff

@cosmosrunner2468 2 дня назад

Aliens is perfect. So is Godfather II.

@OmnipotentSpud 2 дня назад

"I didn't care for the Dune 2" is my own personal "I didn't care for the Godfather" I feel like no one alive agrees 😂

@The_Com-Mentor 2 дня назад

Aliens isn't better than pt.1 for the same reason T2 isn't better than pt. 1, because of that intimate bs that u mentioned. But I'll say this..they are very good, considering they don't out-shine their predecessors, like sequels must do to be good

@delightbydelusion 2 дня назад

It will never cease to baffle me that people find the Dark Knight to be a better film than Batman Begins. Sure, the Joker is the best character in the trilogy, but the film itself is a convoluted mess.