I was watching The Magnificent Seven Ride (the fourth in the series) a couple of nights ago and was surprised to find that I enjoyed it far more than the original (admittedly that’s not too difficult as I didn’t really rate the first one). I was wondering though what film franchises there have been where the sequel is better than the original.
A couple of suggestions:
[list]-The Harry Potter films (which seem to be improving as they go along)
-Batman Begins compared to the Dark Knight (both excellent but the second one more so I think)
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What do you think? Any other suggestions?
[size=9]And Pierre if you suggest Die Hard I’ll drop you off Nakatomi Plaza myself![/size]
The Empire Strikes Back vs A New Hope. Also Episodes 1 to 3 get better as they go along (still abysmal though and technically prequels).
LOTR.
Aliens vs Alien. Then again they are completely different beasts.
To be fair there are probably quite a few films where the sequel is better but there are so many piss poor additions to franchises that it is like looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack.
Oh and of course T2 vs T1.
[size=9]I actually prefer Batman Begins to The Dark Knight but they are two of my fave films so no loss.[/size]
It was the 3rd film. In my mind Spidey 3 > Spidey 2 > Spidey 1.
Similarly, Madagascar 2 was better than the first film.
I would mention the Star Trek franchise… but then I have only seen XI.