World's weakest sequels

[Bartwald]

One rule: let's just choose sequels to mainstream movies. Meaning: no bad underground horror sequels, for instance (though Exorcist II: The Heretic sure qualifies - just no place for it in my Top 7).

[Termination]

I choose Jaws: The Revenge. Err wait a tick, don't I have that. Weakest Sequels.. hmm.. I would add Shrek 2 If thats not mainstream I don't know what is.

[ZapRowsdower]

Termination:

High score on IMDb, and critics loved it too. Shrek 2 is NOT a weak sequel.

[Bartwald]

I voted for Hannibal. In fact, I enjoyed most of these sequels to some degree (haven't seen Batman & Robin, though), so I can't say I hate Hannibal. But a disappointment it was - and pretty huge for a follow up to Silence Of The Lambs.

Shrek 2? I don't think it's that bad, Termination.

[Termination]

I don't think Shrek 2 is a bad film, but it definitely falls short of laughs when comparing it to the first one. The 2 funniest scenes were;

1) The rescue of Shrek - Pinocchio wearing woman's underwear.
2) Knights - The spinoff of Cops.

Maybe because the first one was fresh & new to the silver screen I set my expectations too high for the sequel. Dunno, I'll watch it again.

[Phoenix]

I went with Speed 2. Not that I really wanted to see that movie, so it wasn't like a HUGE disappointment, but I remember thinking it was one of the lamest sequels I had ever seen. They didn't even attempt to make a good story. Just lots of action on boats and cheesy romance. BARF!

[Bartwald]

Speed 2 seemed alright when I first saw it at the theatre - then again, I don't belong to the fan club of the first Speed (one of the best action movies ever? Come on!), so maybe that's why the sequel didn't disappoint me?

[Termination]

I loved the irony of the title & the opening credits to the first film (Speed) I mean, I didn't time it, but I almost fell asleep. ;D

[Heineken Skywalker]

BATMAN & ROBIN

For these reasons:
Unlike most of these titles, I actually paid to see it in a theater.
My expectations were high.
Just a plain stupid movie.

HANNIBAL: Disappointing, but not to the point of B & R. I wanted my money & my time back after viewing B & R.
JAWS: THE REVENGE: I only caught the end of it, it was laughably bad, but I didn't pay to see it. And I wasn't expecting much anyway.
SUPERMAN IV: Bad, but again, I wasn't expecting much after Part III, I've only seen it on cable.
HIGHLANDER 2: Bad, but again, didn't pay to see it.
SPEED 2: Bad, saw it on cable.
TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER: Not even sure if I've seen this one. Was this the one where they used outtakes of Peter Sellers?

On SHREK 2: Not nearly one of the worst sequels I've ever seen, but I think it is vastly overrated.
What about GODFATHER III? I think it's okay, but a lot of people really seemed to hate it.

[Bartwald]

Heineken said:

TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER: Not even sure if I've seen this one. Was this the one where they used outtakes of Peter Sellers?

That's the one.

And Godfather III: much weaker than I and II, but I don't think it's a bad movie.

[LivingDeadGirl]

Went w/ Speed 2....Jason Patric couldn't even save it for me.

[ZapRowsdower]

Batman and Robin.

1. I looked forward to that movie for a long time... and I really liked Batman Forever.

2. Didn't realize until I saw it, but who was the genius who cast AHNULD as Freeze? What, did this guy have a tumor or something?

"IT'S NOT A TOOMAH!"

3. BATGIRL IS NOT ALFRED'S NIECE!!!!! SHE IS THE COMMISSIONER'S DAUGHTER!!!!!

4. The only cool line Freeze had: "Alright everyone, chill." After that, we were riddled with painfully bad one-liners like "FREEZE IN HELL, BATMAN!" ...Okay, "Winter has come at last" was pretty cool, too. But for the most part, the one-liners sucked.

5. There can only be one campy Batman, and that Batman's name is Adam West. Joel Schumacher didn't realize that there was a reason Tim Burton made Batman a dark movie.

As for Speed 2, I gotta admit I liked it when I first saw it. I think I was 11, and I saw it in theaters. At the age of 11, the mind does not see MST3K-worthy inaccuracies. It just sees one big-ass boat crashing into a town. And it was the first Willem Dafoe movie I saw.

But, even at the young age of 11, I wondered what happened to Keanu.

[Bartwald]

Did you like Batman Forever, Smitty? I must admit I only saw the first Batman movie, didn't even feel like watching Returns (Chris Walken, yeah, sure - but not looking good enough to bother with it).

[ZapRowsdower]

Just because I liked Batman Forever doesn't mean I openly recommend it. But I'd definitely recommend Batman Returns. Tim Burton, man.