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Post by twothousandonemark on Apr 16, 2022 17:32:59 GMT
 The Godfather Part II (1974)  The Empire Strikes Back (1980)  Aliens (1986)  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
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Post by lafayette on Apr 16, 2022 17:53:36 GMT
By Mt. Rushmore do you mean sequels so good they dwarf their predecessors in comparison?
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Post by twothousandonemark on Apr 16, 2022 18:02:40 GMT
By Mt. Rushmore do you mean sequels so good they dwarf their predecessors in comparison? It's whatever ppl want it to mean. For me, it's cinematic standard bearer for the idea of sequel.
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Post by moviemouth on Apr 16, 2022 18:06:24 GMT
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Post by James on Apr 16, 2022 18:45:18 GMT
The Godfather Part II
The Empire Strikes Back
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Dark Knight
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Apr 16, 2022 18:48:06 GMT
Godfather II
Empire Strikes Back
Terminator 2
The Dark Knight
Also up for consideration -
Aliens
The Road Warrior
Evil Dead 2
Toy Story 3
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
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Post by mikef6 on Apr 16, 2022 20:00:54 GMT
The Road Warrior
Airplane II: The Sequel
The Godfather, Part 2
Star Trek: The Wrath Of Khan
Ip Man 2
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Post by Raimo47 on Apr 16, 2022 20:04:18 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Apr 16, 2022 20:05:57 GMT
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Post by mecano04 on Apr 16, 2022 21:07:37 GMT
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Post by mgmarshall on Apr 16, 2022 22:17:13 GMT
1. The Bride of Frankenstein
2. The Godfather: Part II
3. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
4. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
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Post by Archelaus on Apr 17, 2022 0:55:33 GMT
The Godfather Part II
The Empire Strikes Back
The Dark Knight
Toy Story 2
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Post by twothousandonemark on Apr 17, 2022 2:29:00 GMT
Godfather II Empire Strikes Back Terminator 2 The Dark Knight Also up for consideration - Aliens The Road Warrior Evil Dead 2 Toy Story 3 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Lethal Weapon 2 was also on my radar. Very little chance of succeeding, yet it was on my radar nonetheless. Pirates of the Caribbean 2 is good also. Bride of Frankenstein deserves a shoutout.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Apr 17, 2022 3:47:23 GMT
Counting only immediate sequels (the second as opposed to third or beyond)
Godfather II
Terminator 2
Aliens
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
HM: Empire Strikes Back, The Dark Knight, Star Trek II, Bourne Supremacy. Two Towers is kind of in its own category. It's a fantastic second entry to a franchise, but all three movies were filmed at once so it isn't like the production had to find a way to recapture the magic the way these others did.
Mt Rushmore of sequels beyond the second entry: The Last Crusade, Die Hard With A Vengeance, Bourne Ultimatum, Avengers: Infinity War (Again, Return of the King is in its own category)
What's impressive to me is out of all of the movies I mentioned, Captain America might be the only one where the first film wasn't at least an 8/10 (I'd probably give it a 7). It's crazy to think these sequels were able to measure up to, and in some cases, arguably surpass the original film, which was legitimately great in its own right.
(Then again, Star Trek the Motion Picture was a bit of a dud. I think I appreciate it more than most, but it's nowhere near the same category as the rest of the films in this post.)
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Apr 17, 2022 10:27:36 GMT
The Godfather Part II
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Mad Max 2
Star Trek II
Lethal Weapon 2
Back to the Future Part III
Star Trek VI
Terminator 2
Star Trek: First Contact
Toy Story 2
The Dark Knight
Toy Story 3
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