Movie Thread

[tifosi77]

Biggest drop off in quality from og to a sequel. Only condition is that the original filmmaker was involved w both.

Escape From New York --- Escape From L.A. is a decent contender.

[nocera]

Major League — Major League 2
Speed — Speed 2: Cruise Control
Zoolander — Zoolander 2

[blackjack68]

Blues Brothers- Blues Brothers 2000

[meow]

Does Jaws count? Same writer and producer, but different director.

[eddy]

Escape from LA is good fun

[eddy]

This too looks like a blast

[shafnutz05]

Escape from LA is good fun

It was almost certified fresh on RT. I enjoyed it.

[tifosi77]

Does Jaws count? Same writer and producer, but different director.

Nope. Gotta be same director, the person in control of the 'vision'. (What promoted the criteria for me was actually the talk of Alien3: Same producers and - to hear them tell it - writers as the original, but a different director. If you want to submit Alien and............. P-word, I'm all ears.)

But Jaws 2 is........... actually a decent movie imo. The biggest reason it suffers so badly in comparison is that the comparison is to one of the greatest films on all time.

Iirc it was PFiDC who shared the belief w me that the biggest problem with Jaws 2 isn't that they've got another monster shark on the loose, it's that the same schmuck who lead Amity into the first disaster is somehow still mayor.

[dodint]

Yeah, Jaws 2 is okay. Jaws 3 is awful. Jaws 4 is hilarious.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

I watched Escape Room. It was dumb fun for most of it but oh my god the end was one of the most idiotic things I’ve ever seen in a movie. Not just that they pathetically set up the sequel but they did it with an Inspector Gadget-esque Big Bad reveal


It was so ridiculous

[nocera]

Godfather 1 & 2 -- Godfather 3

[meow]

Does Jaws count? Same writer and producer, but different director.

Nope. Gotta be same director, the person in control of the 'vision'. (What promoted the criteria for me was actually the talk of Alien3: Same producers and - to hear them tell it - writers as the original, but a different director. If you want to submit Alien and............. P-word, I'm all ears.)

But Jaws 2 is........... actually a decent movie imo. The biggest reason it suffers so badly in comparison is that the comparison is to one of the greatest films on all time.

Iirc it was PFiDC who shared the belief w me that the biggest problem with Jaws 2 isn't that they've got another monster shark on the loose, it's that the same schmuck who lead Amity into the first disaster is somehow still mayor.

Most of this is fair, but the wording “biggest drop off” doesn’t get Jaws 2 off the hook. It very well might be the biggest drop off out there. But since SS was not involved, I’ll yield.

[mikey]

Watched: Everything Everywhere All At Once.

In short, it did better with Inception than Inception did. Wasn't bad. It was another feelings piece, as things tend to be these days, but it's a decent flick...fairly unique vehicle. Disappointed that it took 45-50 minutes to establish the rules, great movies get all the rules out on 15 minutes and they stick to that...this takes a while to get there, but it's decent.

[dodint]

Jamie Lee Curtis and an otherwise full Asian cast?

[mikey]

That's right.

[tifosi77]

Does Jaws count? Same writer and producer, but different director.

Nope. Gotta be same director, the person in control of the 'vision'. (What promoted the criteria for me was actually the talk of Alien3: Same producers and - to hear them tell it - writers as the original, but a different director. If you want to submit Alien and............. P-word, I'm all ears.)

But Jaws 2 is........... actually a decent movie imo. The biggest reason it suffers so badly in comparison is that the comparison is to one of the greatest films on all time.

Iirc it was PFiDC who shared the belief w me that the biggest problem with Jaws 2 isn't that they've got another monster shark on the loose, it's that the same schmuck who lead Amity into the first disaster is somehow still mayor.

Most of this is fair, but the wording “biggest drop off” doesn’t get Jaws 2 off the hook. It very well might be the biggest drop off out there. But since SS was not involved, I’ll yield.

I guess I'm relying too much on the (intended) implication that 'drop off' meant 'bad movie'.

[DigitalGypsy66]

Watched: Everything Everywhere All At Once.

In short, it did better with Inception than Inception did. Wasn't bad. It was another feelings piece, as things tend to be these days, but it's a decent flick...fairly unique vehicle. Disappointed that it took 45-50 minutes to establish the rules, great movies get all the rules out on 15 minutes and they stick to that...this takes a while to get there, but it's decent.

I've been struggling to get through those first 45 minutes though. I'll give it another go tonight.

[NTP66]

This looks good.

[meow]

Does Jaws count? Same writer and producer, but different director.

Nope. Gotta be same director, the person in control of the 'vision'. (What promoted the criteria for me was actually the talk of Alien3: Same producers and - to hear them tell it - writers as the original, but a different director. If you want to submit Alien and............. P-word, I'm all ears.)

But Jaws 2 is........... actually a decent movie imo. The biggest reason it suffers so badly in comparison is that the comparison is to one of the greatest films on all time.

Iirc it was PFiDC who shared the belief w me that the biggest problem with Jaws 2 isn't that they've got another monster shark on the loose, it's that the same schmuck who lead Amity into the first disaster is somehow still mayor.

Most of this is fair, but the wording “biggest drop off” doesn’t get Jaws 2 off the hook. It very well might be the biggest drop off out there. But since SS was not involved, I’ll yield.

I guess I'm relying too much on the (intended) implication that 'drop off' meant 'bad movie'.

I think that’s the common thought.

Also. No mention of my pun “off the hook” with a shark movie? Come on now

[DigitalGypsy66]

Good cast. Russo Bros can get the names these days.

[Dickie Dunn]

This looks good.

Better look good, it’s the most expensive movie Netflix has produced. Can’t wait for them to raise prices to $30 per month for each person living in your household in order to pay for it.

[NTP66]

Oof…

[eddy]

Pretty funny releasing that alongside mission impossible trailer this week. After seeing both, it's no surprise one of those is popping up on Netflix and the other in theaters.

[blackjack68]

Does Jaws count? Same writer and producer, but different director.

Nope. Gotta be same director, the person in control of the 'vision'. (What promoted the criteria for me was actually the talk of Alien3: Same producers and - to hear them tell it - writers as the original, but a different director. If you want to submit Alien and............. P-word, I'm all ears.)

But Jaws 2 is........... actually a decent movie imo. The biggest reason it suffers so badly in comparison is that the comparison is to one of the greatest films on all time.

Iirc it was PFiDC who shared the belief w me that the biggest problem with Jaws 2 isn't that they've got another monster shark on the loose, it's that the same schmuck who lead Amity into the first disaster is somehow still mayor.

Most of this is fair, but the wording “biggest drop off” doesn’t get Jaws 2 off the hook. It very well might be the biggest drop off out there. But since SS was not involved, I’ll yield.

I guess I'm relying too much on the (intended) implication that 'drop off' meant 'bad movie'.

Caddyshack to Caddyshack 2 is the biggest drop off…ever! But different directors. Coincidence that Dan Akroyd is in two of the biggest drop offs? Blues Brothers 2

[dodint]

Speaking of Akroyd, I can definitely say that Ghostbusters: Afterlife is a movie. Yup. Sure was.