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Sequels That Shouldn't have Happened
Most of the time when a film ends and the credits begin their little crawl you start thinking about what happened to characters you had just watched for the last hour or so. Leaving a little ambiguity or ending with the main character with the girl both have their benefits and are appropriate when the circumstances are right. However what isn't permitted is when directors or producers try to shoe horn a sequel when it isn't necessary or when someone sees a chance to capitalize on a popular film with a poorly conceived mess. A lot of these films may have work and other shouldn't have been approved even in a studio run by two toed sloths and there is no excusing the existence of a lot of these films.
1. The Sting II

If you are going to do a sequel to a timeless classic at least get the original cast. The lack of the Redford/Newman chemistry makes this sequel a no deal.

2. All Dogs Go to Heaven 2

Charlie died and went to heaven leave him the fuck alone.

3. The Two Jakes

The often forgotten about sequel to the classic Chinatown. Often forgotten because it lacks any of the tense drama of the original. Also Jack Nicholson shouldn't direct movies he should star in them

4. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

I was originally gonna put Supergirl for its misuse of great actors such as Mia Farrow, Helen Slater, Peter O'Toole, and most notably Faye Dunaway, but that's not a real sequel. Plus Quest for Peace is so much worse than Supergirl. Put on-top of that the fact that this is the film to blame for no one wanting to even touch the Superman film rights for almost twenty years you get the sense that this film shouldn't have been made. Plus Nuclear Man has to be one of the worst villains in movie history.

5. Blues Brothers 2000

No John Belushi...Come on guys have some respect for the guy who MADE the Blues Brothers. I want to also go on record and say that the kid orphan kid shouldn't have made the first draft in the script. He's the worst thing ever.

6. Highlander II: The Quickening

Highlander was a dumb but fun film that had the best(worst) use of Sean Connery. This sequel is to serious for its own good. The amount of backstory that the film just throws at your face makes it a boring, dull and unexciting mess that screwed up the entire franchise.

7. Caddyshack II

Yet another movie sequel that was doomed due to none of the original cast that made the first special being in the film. The B-team is just a hodgepodge of unfunny replacements. Sadly this is when Chevy Chase stopped being funny and started to become a fucking joke so its just sad and painful to watch this one.

8. Speed 2: Cruise Control

No Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, or Dennis Hopper being Denis Hopper. Willem Dafoe was the right idea but the script just wastes him away with line upon lines of boring and awkward dialogue.

9. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Most disappointing film ever made (though I have other films that come to mind when I say that. Much of what I want to say has already been said so I'll leave it at that...*cough* Midichlorians *cough*

10. Jaws 3-D

This movie is just terrible. At least Jaws 2 had moments and showed signs of ambition. But this movie...is just one of the worst things ever made. The end...the ending scene is the worst fucking scene ever. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xd9Mmk60zg&feature=search)

11. The Next Karate Kid

Hilary Swank cannot rage to save her life. As such this movie is a dud.

12. Beneath the Planet of the Apes

The very first Planet of the Apes is special. This sequel is not. The original Planet of the Apes had a great script, good cheesy acting, and memorable scenes that continue to persist in today's pop culture. This movie does not. Honestly all of the background information that the sequels went on to fill out just were never as interesting or compelling as the original.

13. Be Cool

Get shorty is a great crime comedy movie that hilariously parodies some of the eccentricities of the film industry. While the book may have switched to the music industry the film just fails to utilize music in an exciting and compelling manner. It also a shame that many of the exciting and interesting characters that really made Get Shorty special are flat out not in this film.

14. Spider-Man 3

So much potential...This is the penultimate definition of a busy movie it just has far to much going on that ends up feeling half baked and poorly conceived.

AhmadMetallicon Aug. 30, 2010 at 8 a.m.
Be Cool is one of my favorite movies of all time :\   i also think Blues Brothers 2000 is awesome. good closure for fans of the first movie 
 
Agreed on Karate Kid and Speed 2. indifferent about Spider-Man 3.. it was a fine action movie
Bigheart711on Oct. 23, 2010 at 7:59 p.m.
I agree with you on Spider-Man 3. It was over 2-3 hours of pure disappointment. :(
ashogoon March 6, 2011 at 11:24 p.m.
I've heard that the two jakes is actually fairly decent...I'll have to find out for myself eventually.
Moviemaniacon Aug. 5, 2011 at 10:39 a.m.
Jack Nicholoson also directed Goin South and Drive he said. Is there anything wrong with an actor director a picture or two?
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