How timely that on the same day we rented and thoroughly enjoyed "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" came news that a sequel is in the offing. A sequel? Yep. Why, oh why, can't they ever leave well enough alone?
Here's an exhaustive list of movie sequels that were as good as the originals:
"The Godfather II"
"Rocky II"
That's all, right? Or can you think of others? And I'm not talking about series movies, like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, etc.
I liked Before Sunset which is the sequel to Before Sunrise.
Posted by: susan | August 23, 2007 at 10:58 AM
Ah yes, me too. Good one.
Posted by: Karen | August 23, 2007 at 11:01 AM
I just read the item you linked to, and I really think this is NOT a good idea. "Ferris Bueller's Midlife Crisis." Can't they just leave our memories intact?
But maybe we should be grateful they're talking "sequel" and not "remake," which I think would be even worse.
If you take series movies off the table, I'm not coming up with many more sequels that were worth it. (Also, considering how many "Rocky" movies there were, could that be considered a series too?)
Posted by: Florinda | August 23, 2007 at 12:11 PM
Toy Story 2
Posted by: John | August 23, 2007 at 12:20 PM
Oy, not a remake -- that would indeed be worse!
I guess by "series" I mean when it's planned to be a series from the outset.
Posted by: Karen | August 23, 2007 at 01:19 PM
Ah, excellent! In fact, in some ways I preferred Toy Story 2 to 1 because it didn't have that scary Sid character.
Posted by: Karen | August 23, 2007 at 01:21 PM
"Aliens" was far better than the original.
Posted by: steve | August 23, 2007 at 01:35 PM
I bet I saw both, but I can't remember which was which -- oh wait, was that the one when SW was very tough and had a buzzcut?
Posted by: Karen | August 23, 2007 at 01:40 PM
I saw "Garfield" in the theater and it was so bad that I can't imagine Garfield 2 being any worse.
Does that count?
Posted by: James | August 23, 2007 at 02:28 PM
Hmmm, so the question is: Does "probably not worse" equal "better" or even "as good as"? Sorry, but I can't give it to you! ;-)
Posted by: Karen | August 23, 2007 at 02:59 PM
NOT "Rocky II." And I loved the original "Rocky" a lot. Yeah re Toy Story II.
Posted by: Wendy | August 27, 2007 at 12:45 AM
In an interview about ten years ago, I heard Matthew Broderick admit he would agree to be in a sequel to Ferris Bueller; he said people loved the movie so much, he considered it his patriotic duty.
So what that means is, if you hate Ferris II, you HATE AMERICA.
Why do you hate America? Why!???!?
Sequels I've liked as much as the original:
Men in Black II
Spiderman II (with the wonderful Alfred Molina as Doc Octopus)
Toy Story II
Aliens
um ... that may be it.
Posted by: pam | August 30, 2007 at 01:22 PM