# Best Part IV of a movie series

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**Created:** [May 14, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-part-iv-of-a-movie-series/688436 "2014-05-14T14:20:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-part-iv-of-a-movie-series/688436/41 "2014-07-15T01:35:54Z")

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Depending on how you decide to count X-Men movies, the fourth was either the good “First Class”, the excellent “Days of Future Past” or the bad “Origins: Wolverine”.

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**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-part-iv-of-a-movie-series/688436/42 "2014-07-15T02:01:56Z")

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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes was quite decent.

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**Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-part-iv-of-a-movie-series/688436/43 "2014-07-15T06:17:12Z")

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I like **Land of the Dead** better than either **Dawn of the Dead** (original) or **Day of the Dead** (original), but that’s probably not a widely held opinion. The series as whole is interesting because each film explores a different set of themes and ideas related to the ZA.

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**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-part-iv-of-a-movie-series/688436/44 "2014-07-15T14:22:06Z")

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I think Jaws IV beats Alien IV for worst ever #4.

Rocky IV is the best #4 I can think of.

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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-part-iv-of-a-movie-series/688436/45 "2014-07-15T15:10:36Z")

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> [@GargoyleWB](#):
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> Friday the 13th Part 4 is arguably one of the 2 or 3 best movies in the series, by schlocky 80s slasher flick standards.

Was that the one where Jason got kicked in the nuts by a chick? Or was that the third one?

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