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The 50 Most Disappointing Movie Sequels of All Time (www.rollingstone.com)
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[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago (4 children)

( ( sigh ) )

Here's the list:

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  • 50 - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
  • 49 - Staying Alive (1983)
  • 48 - Jurassic Park: The Lost World (1997)
  • 47 - Bad Santa 2 (2016)
  • 46 - Teen Wolf Too (1987)
  • 45 - Men in Black: International (2019)
  • 44 - Airplane 2: The Sequel (1982)
  • 43 - Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
  • 42 - Iron Man 2 (2010)
  • 41 - Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
  • 40 - Alien Resurrection (1997)
  • 39 - The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
  • 38 - U.S. Marshals (1998)
  • 37 - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
  • 36 - Caddyshack 2 (1988)
  • 35 - Halloween Kills (2021)
  • 34 - Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
  • 33 - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay β€” Part 1 (2014)
  • 32 - The Godfather Part III (1990)
  • 31 - Jaws 2 (1978)
  • 30 - Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
  • 29 - Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
  • 28 - Major League II (1994)
  • 27 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
  • 26 - More American Graffiti (1979)
  • 25 - Coming 2 America (2021)
  • 24 - Wonder Woman: 1984 (2020)
  • 23 - Zoolander 2 (2016)
  • 22 - Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
  • 21 - City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly’s Gold (1994)
  • 20 - Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
  • 19 - Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
  • 18 - Cars 2 (2011)
  • 17 - Terminator: Salvation (2009)
  • 16 - Superman 4 (1987)
  • 15 - Sex and the City 2 (2010)
  • 14 - Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
  • 13 - Rocky V (1990)
  • 12 - Revenge of the Nerds 2: Nerds in Paradise (1987)
  • 11 - Batman and Robin (1997)
  • 10 - Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
  • 9 - Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
  • 8 - The Hangover 3 (2013)
  • 7 - A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
  • 6 - Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
  • 5 - Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
  • 4 - Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
  • 3 - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
  • 2 - Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
  • 1 - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

My unpopular opinion: I actually like Terminator: Salvation. The script should have skipped the "Make it PG13 and try to please everyone phase", but it's still an OK movie. Plus Christian Bale did a great job in that role.

The plot twist of that dead guy turning out to be partially a robot was somewhat expected, but it was still an interesting story arc. Plus it hilights what was mentioned already in the first Terminator movie: It took Skynet a while to mimic humans properly, and this is when they started to figure it out.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah salvation was fine. But somehow the person making this list thought genisys was decent enough to be the only terminator sequel not on the list.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Genisys was an absolute stinker. Here they forgot everything except that PG13 commission I mentioned earlier.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Genysis was pg13, Dark Fate wasnt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

My unwanted opinion. πŸ˜„ Terminator 3 isn't too bad and I give most of it's credit for the clever switch and bleak ending.

I watched Terminator: Salvation a few weeks ago and it's not bad at all. The grubby Mad Max look works quite well for that universe and I also enjoyed the new designs of Terminators.

Sigh. Genisys is just a mess. The faithful recreation of the opening of the original film is the only thing going for it. Either I missed it or a major plot point is never explained (possibly left for the unmade sequels), all the hype about Matt Smith appearing in it was rather pointless and the marketing department decided to use the biggest surprise plot point in all the trailers. Oh, and Jai Courtney is a terrible Kyle.

If I had to be kind, I'd say Genisys is a solid action movie but a bad terminator film.

I'm going to watch Dark Fate again this week, I haven't watched that since it's opening, see how I feel about the last entry to the franchise.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Dang. Take the hint, Terminator

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

WW1984 is waaaay too high on this list. Same for Love and Thunder.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Oof... I don't disagree with the list perse, but dang a lot of those 'gems' are way too high