There are a certain few sequels which have proven superior to the original. Movie Cake believes there are unspoken heroes out there that haven’t yet been mentioned (With some that have).
So MC would like to present you with:
5 SEQUELS THAT WE THINK SHOULD GET MORE PRAISE WHICH HAVEN’T THEREFORE WE ARE RECOMMENDING THESE FILMS BELOW THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE PEOPLE’S PREFERRED CHOICE OF FILM BUT NEVERTHELESS WE WILL GIVE OUR OPINION OF BLOG ON MOVIE CAKE UK (Tentative title)
1.
Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey- The first played out like a haphazard history lesson on LSD while travelling at the speed of light. Although that isn’t a bad thing. Bogus Journey however took all what was good with the original kept it, and threw out the rest. Bogus Journey has a life and death battle of Battleships and Twister. To then give the Grim Reaper a Melvin, to then possessing their own parents. To then duelling robot forms of themselves in an epic battle which ends with a robot getting his block knocked off, literally. Most epic.
2.
Resident Evil Sequels- Naysayers can all get stuffed. We all know that when a new Resident Evil film comes out we flock to go see them, and that’s why the sequels just like the zombies in them just won’t die. But that isn’t a bad thing. The latest instalment was the first zombie film to use James Cameron’s Avatar 3D technology and it looked ace. 3D aside, (and I’m not the world’s greatest 3D fan), the plots were actually okay. Nemesis had a former lover turned into an unbeatable killing zombified machine. Extinction was an all round decent film (though not my favourite) and Afterlife made good use of the utopia formula ("there's a place somewhere where we can all live in peace from the zombies," etc, etc). All of the sequels made good use of their budgets and never succumbed to their popularity and made a bad film just because of demand (although it is probably a factor). Even though they're not great. You can tell they've been loved.
3.
The Incredible Hulk- though not necessarily a sequel it has by all means pissed on its predecessor (the Hulk). It carries on the story and tries to rejuvenate a shit heap of a film of Ang Lee’s. Lee left the Hulk’s facial design so last minute that when it came to having a spot on the Superbowl they had to shadow his face to hide the fact that he didn’t have one. Not good. Anyhow its sequel gave the world a Hulk more associated with the landscape crossing Hulk of the TV series. Norton was a gem in this. The tone of the film was delivered as it should have been, and the Hulk (transformed) wasn’t clunky and technology allowed more facial expressions. Unfortunately this little gem has fallen between the cracks due to an ambiguous title. When it was being released people just thought it was the Ang Lee film and didn’t bother watching it (do we blame them?)
4.
Gremlins 2- Okay, this may have get people whining. Gremlins is an absolutely fantastic film. And personally I love the Christmas setting as well as the mystery surrounding Gizmo. Also it brought in the brilliant Gizmo
song. However! The sequel just added layers on, welcomed layers may I add! It became a satire of itself. With a creature like Gizmo who creates gremlins from a splash of water it’s difficult to take itself too seriously. It went forward and produced an entertaining film, it got creative with the gremlins. Bringing an electric based gremlin, a vampire gremlin, an intelligent gremlin and who could forget the transvestite (woman!?) gremlin! Overall it was just a fantastic film. Arguably better than the original, but who cares if it is or not. If you enjoyed it then be happy we’ve got a film to enjoy!
5.
Back to the Future 2- Wowza. Just wowza! The original was so amazing I was sure my face had melted off when I watched it. It took me further than 88 miles an hour, and brought me back so hot that it made me cold. But in jokes aside the reason the sequel is worthy enough to be on this list is not just because it’s a good sequel. But because of why it’s a good sequel. BTTF2 did something what no other movie had done then or since. It went forward in time, back in time, and created an alternate universe without once confusing itself. Also a recent discovery I’ve had recently is that they actually used stock footage from the original in the sequel and it was the 2
nd and 3
rd films which were shot back to back and not the 1
st and 2
nd . So there you go you’ve learned something.
That’s it folks. Not all of these are classed as great sequels but dammit they should be. My taste in films aside they’ve created sequels either true to their originators or they’ve dared to be different. Either way the examples given have created something of awesomeness. And it is also something what a certain apocalyptic robot future franchise should take note of. Adieu film aficionados’ adieu!
Ben Doran
3. The Incredible Hulk- though not necessarily a sequel it has by all means pissed on its predecessor (the Hulk). It carries on the story and tries to rejuvenate a shit heap of a film of Ang Lee’s. Lee left the Hulk’s facial design so last minute that when it came to having a spot on the Superbowl they had to shadow his face to hide the fact that he didn’t have one. Not good. Anyhow its sequel gave the world a Hulk more associated with the landscape crossing Hulk of the TV series. Norton was a gem in this. The tone of the film was delivered as it should have been, and the Hulk (transformed) wasn’t clunky and technology allowed more facial expressions. Unfortunately this little gem has fallen between the cracks due to an ambiguous title. When it was being released people just thought it was the Ang Lee film and didn’t bother watching it (do we blame them?)
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