Thanks for that link.
I can’t believe *The Godfather Part II *didn’t make it on either’s list the year it came out. And no *One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest *either?
There is periodically talk of a Godfather IV. Sometimes the scuttlebutt is that it will be set in the 1930s (twixt the prequel portions of Godfather II and the beginning of Godfather I) and other times that it takes place modern day ala The Sopranoes. Coppola’s so wildly erratic that it could be godawful or brilliant. Either way I’ll admit, I’ll go see it.
Wall Street has a sequel in production. Oliver Stone and Michael Douglas are attached but not the Sheens.
There’s frequent talk as well of a Forrest Gump sequel; there actually would have been one several years ago were it not due to a copyright problem of some sort. Hopefully this one will never see the light of day.
Basic Instinct 2 could have been the best movie sequel ever (it wasn’t of course) but would still have lost money because they waited entirely too long. The first one was a big hit but not a classic or an epic- big difference. Hits have much shorter half lives.
Last night I watched S. Darko the sequel to Donnie Darko. It didn’t suck but it wasn’t that good either.
It was about Donnie’s younger sister, seven years later, on a road trip and she is all weird because of her brother’s death. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone except the hardcore Donny Darko fans which I am not.
Winston Groom (author of the original novel that Forest Gump was based on) did write a sequel a few years ago called Gump and Co, which I haven’t read, but which sound like it could be amusing from the plot description:
If you haven’t read Groom’s original Gump novel, it has a decidely more cynical, political and less sentimental tone than the movie. Groom’s Gump is not afraid to express a political opinion now and then. For instance, remember the scene where Forest is talking to the crowd about Vietnam, only we don’t get to hear what he thought of it because of all the noise? In the book Groom (himself a Vietnam vet) told us exactly what Forest told the crowd about his opinion of the war:
“I think it is a lot of shit.”
It still gripes me that they cut that line out of the movie.
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Oh, no, there are no sequels to Highlander. That would be ridiculous.
My wife and I LOVED Fierce Creatures. I’m not kidding.
I know, it’s cute amoung Highlander fans to pretend there were no sequels. har.
But actually, it was only #2 that really sucked, and the directors cut of that film wasn’t all that bad.
How about Terminator 3? 12 years after #2 (which was good) and without the main superstar. I think that fits well.
They made THREE more after number two?!?!?
I really liked one, and I thought two wasn’t too bad, but good lord three more…
Thunder from down under? Really?
T3 did have Arnold and did pretty good at the box office. It’s Terminator: Salvation that’s missing the original stars.
Tremors V: The Thunder from Down Under? Hot Damn! Just as long as Burt Gummer is in it!
I love me some Burt!
Dumb and Dumberer (9 years later)
Flesh Gordon II: Attack of the Cosmic Cheerleaders is but a pale imitation of the original, with a lower rating and a LOT of scatalogical jokes. And the pre-production sketches looked a lot better than what we got.
The fourth isn’t all that bad, either. It works as an origin story as well as a parody of the original.
Edward Furlong was the superstar?
Made almost 15 years after the excellent 3 & 4 Musketeers, its actually appropriate since it is based off the Dumas novel ‘20 Years After’.
But sadly, the old magic isn’t there. Actor Roy Kinnear died from falling off a horse in one scene and the movie suffers from it. The movie has the look of having been finished by the bonding company: one scene with an obvious Kinnear double shows having been made after the fact: The actors playing the musketeers all look exceptionally pissed off at having to be in the scene, its not acting, they are PISSED.
The movie as planned wasn’t very good to begin with. Kim Katrell as the villainess? She is no Miladay. Other scenes seem dated and lack the charm. Phillip Noiret is a poor Mazarin to Charlton Heston’s Richleau.
The only good thing about the movie is the actor playing Oliver Cromwell. There are also a few decent lines, but overall a failure. The fencing isn’t even that exciting as this is not William Hobb’s best work.
This movie sat in the can, until it was finished (mostly likely by the bonding company) and sent straight to Cable TV. Sad.
I didn’t thin Terminator 3 was that bad. It wasn’t great but decent enough. But then again, I pretty much figured Judgment Day was inevitable because HIS DAD CAME FROM THE FUTURE! A lot of people seemed to be upset by that because of T2’s talk of “No Fate but what we make”.
But there’s still that whole time loop thingy…
The Hidden II was awful
Force 10 from Navarone wasn’t as awful as it could have been, but it was still pretty ignorable. That’s surprising, considering some of the star power in that flick.
In the Heat of the Night had two sequels, which added nothing to the legacy – the Call me Mister Tibbs and The Organization.
Even Forbidden Planet had a sequel – The Invisible Boy, in glorious black and white. The less said about it, the better.
Speaking of which, the color 1950s SF movie the Fly had a sleazy black and white sequel, with abomnably bad effects, and an eminently forgettable story. I figure these last two cases are “Son of Kong Syndrome movies”
I’ve yet to see The Two Jakes. How is it as a follow-up to Chinatown? Also, I understand Dunaway appears: is it a “dream sequence” or just flashbacks?
I’m pretty sure that even the hardcore Darko fans hate this thing. I’m going to watch it a couple more times to see if I “get it”… but it ain’t looking good.
[spoiler]Seriously, this is a real spoiler.
The movie is from the manipulated dead’s point of view. Similar events likely happened to the big bunny rabbit, Frank, in the original.
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Heavy Metal (1981) was very cool at the time with awesome music, naked cartoons and pretty good stories.
Heavy Metal 2000 (2000) was so forgettable I don’t remember anything about it, and have no inclination to re-watch it or even look it up on IMDB.