A Movie With A Sequel That Was....

Kill Bill
Hellraiser

Blade II was as good as the original Blade.

Good choice. That one was leagues better than the first, fairly atrocious, Star Trek film.

As good: I think Godfather and Empire are about as equal to their originals as they come considering I go back and forth on which I like better. I think the originals are probably more "fun" and also have that "first time seeing this world" appeal, while the sequels are darker and add more depth, so it's apples and oranges.

Slightly better: Dawn of the Dead

Much better: Wrath of Khan, The Dark Knight, Evil Dead II, Strangers 2

Going by the 2nd movie being no worse than the 1st movie and strictly sticking to 1st and 2nd movies only...

-Ocean's Twelve (2004) (unpopular opinion. but at this point in time I think they are about the same for me even though in the past I would have not mentioned this)
-Terminator 2 (1991)
-Die Hard 2 (1990) (at this point in time Die Hard 1/2/3/4 are all about the same for me)
-The Godfather II (1974)
-Before Sunset (2004) (better than the first. in fact, I think the first one, while I mildly like it, is definitely the weak link of the three movies so far)
-Predator 2 (1990) (I like this one more than the first movie as I mildly like this unlike the first one even though in the past I definitely liked the first movie over this one)
-Kill Bill Vol 2 (2004) (better than the first movie)
-Magnum Force (1973) (Dirty Harry (1971) is the original and Magnum Force (1973) is the sequel)
-From Russia with Love (1963) (but if you let me count any Bond actors 1st/2nd movies then I could add in... The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)/Licence to Kill (1989) both of which are better than the initial movie from each of those Bond actors)
-The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
-Sicario 2 (2018) (unpopular opinion. although not long ago I thought the first movie was better but at this point in time it's about the same so I listed it)
-Rocky 2 (1979)
-Creed II (2018)
-Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
-Thor 2
-Ted 2
-Scream 2
-Transporter 2 (in fact, I mildly like this unlike the first movie)
-Crocodile Dundee II

I might have missed a little and there was more I was debating on but that's pretty much it for me.

p.s. not really a sequel but one remake comes to mind where the remake is far better than the original... True Grit (2010) (8-8.5/10) vs True Grit (1969) (4/10).


Jason143



I agree with you. in fact, I don't care for the original but I mildly like Predator 2.

Terminator 2, it went in another direction than the original, more action less horror, in T1 the good and bad guys are obvious, Terminator kills and violently so, Kyle does not, in T2 the movie is great at building the suspense until it reveals the Terminator is the protector not the assassin this time.

Acting and effects were also better the second time around, Edward Furlong was great as the cocky punk kid John, it also had the right amount of levity in places, and the end when the Terminator sacrifices itself in order to change the future that is wonderful too, sadly instead of continuing to evolve Terminator films have been mostly just trying to replicate T2 ever since and they keep getting worse at it.

Also Winter soldier is superior to The First Avenger, X2 is better than X-Men, The Wolverine is MUCH better than Origins as well.