Movie sequels that are better than the first movie

[Politoed]

Maybe because the stories get better but most the Star wars movies.

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[♥ Blissey ♥]

christmas vacation is better than the original vacation (and is one of the best christmas movies)

i like both of the guardians of the galaxy sequels more than the first one

...those were the only ones i could come up with :L I'm just not *that* big with anthology series!

[balzabul]

Have to say I've always been a sucker for Hellboy 2 over the original

[Infected]

Maybe because the stories get better but most the Star wars movies.

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My controversial opinion is the prequel trilogy is the best of the three trilogies lmao

[Politoed]

My controversial opinion is the prequel trilogy is the best of the three trilogies lmao

YESS right? I mean my mums been fan since she was a wee one. I was raised up on star wars and when the new ones came out I was hyped!

[Infected]

YESS right? I mean my mums been fan since she was a wee one. I was raised up on star wars and when the new ones came out I was hyped!

Same! When I was growing up my parents were into the OG trilogy, and when the prequels came out I was hyped and loved the fancy new CGI and the Darth Vader story. It was just so much crisper and fancier a watch as a kid compared to the old ones that it still sticks with me.

[Mothman]

Like, every marvel movie franchise gets better as they go imo, though most of the trilogies have a stinker in the middle lmao.

I also think Spiderverse 2 was fantastic, and we just saw the new Indiana Jones which I think was better than a lot of the other movies.

[Slowpoke]

Logan is the far superior movie over The Wolverine, in my opinion. It's literally not even a comparison.

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[Ice]

Not sure if we are allowed to (respectfully) disagree with people's opinions here (since it's not the debate subforum 😂 but)

@(you need an account to see links) while I love the Frozen franchise, full stop, big ol periodt, objectively I cannot agree the second is better than the first. The "plot" of the second is just so... out of the blue random and nonsensical (not saying there weren't gaping plot holes in the first one either), and just felt too much of a disconnect from the first one storywise. The songs and adventure were amazing of course, but I think as a complete "experience" the first movie is way more fulfilling.
@(you need an account to see links) I can't even put it into words but the last trilogy is just so so so so terrible compared to either of the previous ones the characters on their own were pretty great (okay who am I kidding I'm only referring to Poe and Finn LOL) and I enjoyed their characterizations/interactions (with the exception of Rey/Kylo) but the plot was all over the place, the romance shoehorn made me want to hit my head against the wall, and the total anti-climactic ending that just felt empty and deus ex over their journey... blah. which made me feel really bad because I truly felt Rey/Poe/Finn/Kylo deserved so much more and had so much more to offer

[Alister]

Aliens >>> Alien, so much it's not even a contest. Also it's a standing, ongoing battle in my home on which is better, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre or the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (my husband refuses to be convinced TCM2 isn't the funniest, most clever movie ever made and IT IS NOT).

There are some movies where the first film enables the second one to be better (Terminator 2 is made awesome by the existence of Terminator, and the way the sequel subverts the first one) and some like Aliens where the sequel is just flat out better.

for reboots as good or better than the original, Mad Max Fury Road has my whole entire heart.