Crappy movies with good sequels

[Bastian]

About Terminator. I reaaaaally liked T2 when I was a kid. And I was sorely disappointed with t3 when it came out. But I rewatched them all after becoming obsessed with the Sarah Connor Chronicles and . . . T1 is actually much better than T2 to me now.

But I actually prefer the TV show. No Arnold! Yay! Hotter John Connor. Yay!

As for other sequels that are better than their originals . . . Revenge of Madame Doubtfire. It was so hilarious seeing Robin Williams as an old English lady in the Iraq War. Priceless.

[Kossage]

The Rescuers Down Under. The end.

Although I don't think the first Rescuers film is crappy (Madame Medusa is freaking awesome!), I have to agree with you that TRDU is a good sequel which I actually prever over the first Rescuers film.

Ditto for Terminator, A New Hope and T2 and The Empire Strikes Back, although I really like T1 and ANH too. I'd even dare say that Back to the Future Part 2 is better than the first one (which is a good film too, though).

[Bastian]

Harry Potter 3 was WAY better than 1 & 2.

Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and 3 were better than 1.

And Star Wars 4 was better than 1,2, and 3.

[charliepanayi]

Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and 3 were better than 1.

No, no, just....no. Pirates of the Caribbean is up there with The Matrix when it comes to sequels dropping the ball big time.

[VorpalCyberWolf]

I agree with the statement on the Evil Dead series. Evil Dead was actually a pretty terrible movie, only fun to laugh at how terrible it is. Evil Dead 2 is where Sam Raimi really got the feel of what he was trying to accomplish, but Army of Darkness was the best just because Raimi and Campbell are both better suited for Comedy.

I also agree with the Escape From franchise.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, The Secret of the Ooze wins, even if everything made after that was garbage. The first film was kind of boring and seemed low quality (Everything was dark and hard to see)

Oh yeah, how would we class Star Wars as a whole, The sequels are way better than the prequels (Some would say they were crappy) but the sequels were the originals...?

Oh, I liked Kill Bill Vol. 2 Better than Vol. 1, but 1 by no means was crappy.