What Film Sequals are equal Or Better Than The Origional

Exactly what I was about to post.

Also Back To the Future 2 and 3 are more exciting than 1 imo

I prefer the action in X-Men 3 to the slow stories of the first 2
 
OK.

Maybe it's more highly regarded by the fans, but Alien is much more highly regarded by the critics & film historians.
IMO it's not a great film, just an enjoyable & effective action adventure. It's fairly poorly written but well made.
 
hellboy 2
batman returns
the dark knight (was better than batman begins)

aliens is a classic example of the perfect sequel. it takes the story from alien and expanRAB it, explores the characters more, remains faithful to and complements the source subject but takes it in a different direction and stanRAB up on its own as a superb film
 
I have to disagree Ghostbusters 2 was good but not as good as Ghostbusters 1.

The Lord Of The Rings just gets better and better. The first one is actually very slow going imo and took me a few efforts to sit through it until they eventually start making their way to Mordor.
 
To completely deviate from this original thread, i am going to make up sequels to films that would've been better than the originals:

Remains Of The Day 2: The Revenge - Emma Thompson struts around the English countryside with a flame thrower and a bunch of grenades murdering posh statesmen, whilst Anthony Hopkins' butler character pilots an Apache attack helicopter and shoots missiles at a nearby polo match.

Bad Lieutenant 2: Badderer Lieutenant - Harvey Keitel upsets old ladies by spitting phlegm at the bus stop, picking his nose and eating the contents from his finger, farting loudly and sniggering about it, and then goading the bus driver to show him how he sucks a guy's c*ck with his mouth, which causes the bus driver to give him a good clip round the ear and throw the Bad Lieutenant off the bus.
 
I think the saw series of films have all lived up to and improved on the first film. Just watched all 5 recently, and they are fantastic.
 
Aliens is 'better' than the original mainly 'cos it's fun, as well as scary. Alien is just a wall to wall 'brown trousers' experience. :D Both superb movies though.



Pretty much every film ever made is better than The Phantom Menace.
 
Sequels made to expand on the story and not made to milk a good film can be included. For example all the Police Academy films were milking a good idea.
The Dark Knight made for story first and expansion not money.
 
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