Why is The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 on this list?
Sure I understand that fans at the time didn’t want the book to be split into two movies. But it was a fantastic movie that stays very true to the Mockingjay book. Both Parts 1 & 2 of the movies I view as a singular movie.
Phantasm 2, while the first installment left so many questions unanswered, number two tried to flip the switch and add more confusion into the mix. I really loved the uneasy uncertain vibe of all the movies but man that story hits kinda sore. But Ghoulies 2 is the opposite story of redemption.
Ghostbusters 2 is sorely missing from this list. Although there may be one good reason: it’s self aware about its quality and tells you this in the form of the saddest kids’ party ever. Yes kids, my take is that someone smuggled a metaphorical warning into the script: run while you still can, because it is going to be much worse.
I don't know if it's true but I've heard the story that Bill Murray also dislikes the second film because the script they filmed was apparently very different to the one that got him to sign on to the sequel.
I'm not surprised to see SW9 at the top of the list. I think the biggest problem with the third trilogy is that seemingly, no one planned a story from the start.
It's like that game you played in school where you would write a paragraph or sentence, leave a few words exposed, food the paper over and pass it onto the next person to continue the story.
It's missing probably the worst sequel ever, Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace. Holy god was that movie awful. Maybe the list didn't include it because it did so poorly that not enough people were disappointed.
It has some genuinely great action scenes and comedic moments like the shootout with the armored guy and the scene on the boat: https://youtu.be/MMjRQ5qIti0
If you cut out the Asian family, most of the romantic + pregnancy stuff and maybe reduce some Chris Tucker (I like him, but I can see, how some people find him annoying), you get an A+ action flick.
It's still not Lethal Weapon 2 - but you've got to have your plateau somewhere.
My unpopular opinion: I actually like Terminator: Salvation. The script should have skipped the "Make it PG13 and try to please everyone phase", but it's still an OK movie. Plus Christian Bale did a great job in that role.
The plot twist of that dead guy turning out to be partially a robot was somewhat expected, but it was still an interesting story arc. Plus it hilights what was mentioned already in the first Terminator movie: It took Skynet a while to mimic humans properly, and this is when they started to figure it out.
My unwanted opinion. 😄 Terminator 3 isn't too bad and I give most of it's credit for the clever switch and bleak ending.
I watched Terminator: Salvation a few weeks ago and it's not bad at all. The grubby Mad Max look works quite well for that universe and I also enjoyed the new designs of Terminators.
Sigh. Genisys is just a mess. The faithful recreation of the opening of the original film is the only thing going for it. Either I missed it or a major plot point is never explained (possibly left for the unmade sequels), all the hype about Matt Smith appearing in it was rather pointless and the marketing department decided to use the biggest surprise plot point in all the trailers. Oh, and Jai Courtney is a terrible Kyle.
If I had to be kind, I'd say Genisys is a solid action movie but a bad terminator film.
I'm going to watch Dark Fate again this week, I haven't watched that since it's opening, see how I feel about the last entry to the franchise.
I was scrolling through that going "Highlander 2 better be at the top" then I was thinking "what could be worse?" but I'll allow that. I do have problems with Airplane 2 being in there though.
Speaking of sequels, I'm happy to announce that "Barbie 2: The Search for More Money" will continue exactly where the first movie left off,
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as Barbie experiences the wonders of the American medical industry first hand and discovers that her insurance company won't cover her yearly gynecologist exam and scrambles to find money to cover her out-of-pocket payment before it goes to collections and ruins her credit score.
Thanks Margot. I look forward to paying Mattel some of my hard-earned pennies to watch your vagina-centric harpooning of the commercialisation of medicine.
