Your least favorite sequels and why...

[Warp Coil]

I'm sure there are TONS of sequels that I'm forgetting, but here's what I can think of:

Alien3 and Alien Resurrection - the world would be a better place if these films were erased from the franchise (you can throw in the AVP films, too; I haven't seen them but they sound awful!)

Austin Powers in Goldmember - by the third time, all the same jokes weren't funny anymore

Batman Forever and Batman & Robin - the franchise took a huge nosedive once Tim Burton and Michael Keaton left

The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III - the second one would have been okay if it stayed closer to Crichton's novel (no T-Rex loose in the mainland); the third movie was just pointless

Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions - I prefer to imagine the first film is a stand-alone because the sequels did nothing for me

Superman Returns - I can't believe Bryan Singer gave up X-Men to make this

X-Men: The Last Stand - I really, really, really wish Bryan Singer made this movie! Brett Ratner was a terrible replacement.

 

[Jack Bauer]

Alien 3. FI hated the way it began and it got worse from there on. I didn't care if any of the convicts lived.

 

[Jayson]

Men in Black 2=All the actors looked really bored doing the film and the villian was crappy.


Jason

 

[Captain Shaw]

The Matrix 2
Grease 2
Star trek 5 ' 7' 9 and 10.

 

[Ghel]

I'm sure there are TONS of sequels that I'm forgetting, but here's what I can think of:

Alien3 and Alien Resurrection - the world would be a better place if these films were erased from the franchise (you can throw in the AVP films, too; I haven't seen them but they sound awful!)

Batman Forever and Batman & Robin - the franchise took a huge nosedive once Tim Burton and Michael Keaton left

The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III - the second one would have been okay if it stayed closer to Crichton's novel (no T-Rex loose in the mainland); the third movie was just pointless

Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions - I prefer to imagine the first film is a stand-alone because the sequels did nothing for me

^^^Yes to all of these!!!

Waynes World 2--this one was so repetitive and cheezy that it ruined the original film for me.

Superman 3+ --Shows why superhero films need to take themselves at least somewhat seriously

 

[Barbados Slim]

Comedies:
Next Friday and Friday After Next were unnecessary follow ups to the comedy gold that was Friday.
Goldmember came a couple years too late because the Austin Powers zeigeist was over by then.
Beverly Hills Cop III will go down as one of the worst films I've ever seen in a theater.
Ghostbusters 2 should've taken the idea to a different level instead of repeating the same stuff but with more slime.

Saggy in the middle trilogies:
Lost World nearly killed the JP franchise, which was barely redeemed by a third film that couldn't bring the charm back but at least was a thrill ride.

Back to the Future Pt II suffered from too much time travel. The third one stayed put and was a lot more fun because of it.

Pirates. Both sequels are 30+ minutes too long but Dead Man's Chest has a huge problem of being fairly dull once we get to Davy Jones's ship. The third film stayed pretty fun at least.

Lord of the Rings. I'm only saying this because Two Towers is the least interesting and most convoluted of the three, but it's still a great film.

Mission: Impossible. John Woo is a crazy person. This franchise is so spread out that each film really only has Tom Cruise and the name "Ethan Hunt" in common. They might as well be three separate films. But M:I-III is the best of the trilogy.

Third Time was the opposite of a charm:
As other's stated, X-Men: The Last Stand suffered from killing off beloved characters, not developing newer characters and then making mutant superpowers look boring. This film had no scenes like Cyclops accidentally blowing the roof off a train station; or the white house invasion (best action scene ever?); or the X-Jet/F-16 fight; or Magneto's plastic prison escape. This was just people in running around in the dark throwing CGI bone spears at each other. Yawn.

Spider-Man 3. I still don't know what happened? At least with X-Men we can blame the loss of Singer and gain of Ratner, but Spidey had all the same talent. Let's not talk about the the running time or the excessive MJ whining about her career, or emo Peter. The biggest failure with this one was the villains. The first two set up an epic, Shakespearean conflict between Harry and Peter and it all amounted to one fight, a facial scar and all is well. Then most of the film is spent with the Sandman, which is perhaps the dullest villain in Spidey's Rogues Gallery. And finally, we see Venom in the last 20 minutes. The most interesting villain of Spidey reduced to a footnote.

Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift The first one works as a race movie with crime elements. The second one as a crime movie with racing elements. The third is just a whole lot of nonsense. Let's take a sport that for the most part originated in Japan. Then we'll set it in Japan. Then...we'll cast it with the dullest American actors we can find. I mean, this cast will make Paul Walker and Vin Diesel look like Newman & Redford. Oh, and we'll cast extremely talented Asian Americans as background and villains and get an Asian American to direct. Again, this should've been a home run but it completely flawed.

Scream 3. Just like Austin Powers, there was a pop culture phenomenon that overstayed its welcome.

 

[judge alba]

resident evil 2 and 3, the first one was good the second was OK for a chick flick then the third one sort of went down hill fast.

pirates of the Caribbean was good. the second one was so pants cant remember off hand what it was called oh ghost busters two was the biggest pile of crap i had seen for years the first one, brilliant the second just didn't get there for me.

also didnt like the lethal weapon sequals they were crap compared to the original

 

[Caligula]

Let's see....

Star Trek: Nemesis
The Matrix Reloaded (never bothered with Revolutions)
Rocky IV & V
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 & 5
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Halloween: Resurrection
Rambo: First Blood Part II & Rambo III
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Jurassic Park III
Batman & Robin
Revenge of the Nerds II
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Any Pink Panther film made without Peter Sellers
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Alien 3
Superman III (thought I was watching a Richard Pryor comedy. It seemed amusing.... and then Superman shows up! )
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Here's one that may get a few reactions....
Spider-Man 2

 

[Rowan Sjet]

Not one of my least favourite sequels (most have already been mentioned) but one that I thought needed brought up is The Bourne Ultimatum.

It's got some great action and set pieces, but the plot linking everything together kinda fell flat for me.

 

[JacksonArcher]

Mission: Impossible. John Woo is a crazy person. This franchise is so spread out that each film really only has Tom Cruise and the name "Ethan Hunt" in common. They might as well be three separate films. But M:I-III is the best of the trilogy.

It's probably the trilogy with the weakest continuity. That or there's little similarities or plot points shared by any of the films. Honestly there is no real need for any of the two succeeding sequels. The first one was interesting, but there was really nothing about it that necessitated two more films. If anything, they should have done a TV series. Sort of like Alias.

I do agree -- ironically -- that Mission: Impossible III is the best of the films. Which is odd considering the third film is typically the worst.

As other's stated, X-Men: The Last Stand suffered from killing off beloved characters, not developing newer characters and then making mutant superpowers look boring. This film had no scenes like Cyclops accidentally blowing the roof off a train station; or the white house invasion (best action scene ever?); or the X-Jet/F-16 fight; or Magneto's plastic prison escape. This was just people in running around in the dark throwing CGI bone spears at each other. Yawn.

You've pretty much summarized my feelings on that film as well. It sucked all the life out of the X-Men franchise, which was a pretty extraordinary thing to do considering where they left us off with X-Men 2. That film had one of the best cliffhanger/sequel set-ups for any film I've ever seen -- besides maybe Batman Begins -- and I was literally astounded how they managed to squander its potential.

I know why 20th Century Fox isn't jumping to do another X-Men film. After the sordid taste they left in our mouths with the last one -- and particularly how they screwed up any potential for any future installment -- I'd be confused and unsure of how to proceed with another film just as well. I also don't think audiences would be jumping for another film at this rate anyway unless the studio reboots the franchise in another ten years or so with a quality filmmaking team behind the lens and a strong vision for telling good stories.

Spider-Man 3. I still don't know what happened? At least with X-Men we can blame the loss of Singer and gain of Ratner, but Spidey had all the same talent. Let's not talk about the the running time or the excessive MJ whining about her career, or emo Peter. The biggest failure with this one was the villains. The first two set up an epic, Shakespearean conflict between Harry and Peter and it all amounted to one fight, a facial scar and all is well. Then most of the film is spent with the Sandman, which is perhaps the dullest villain in Spidey's Rogues Gallery. And finally, we see Venom in the last 20 minutes. The most interesting villain of Spidey reduced to a footnote.

Spider-Man 3 was written by Sam Raimi and his brother, Ivan Raimi. You see, Raimi was smart enough to leave the writing to talented, expertized screenwriters with the first two films, and somehow with this one decided he could write. Reality check Mr. Raimi, you're no Chris Nolan.

 

[JacksonArcher]

Here's one that may get a few reactions....
Spider-Man 2

Not at all. At least, from me. I can't stand that film. Too angsty, too convoluted, and far too cheesy. I mean, seriously, the story was so haphazardly put together that we get five minutes of interaction between the main antagonist, Doctor Octopus, and our hero, Peter Parker, and we expect some type of interpersonal, emotional connection between the two that's supposed to pay off in the third act?

Uh-huh. And don't get me started on Harry Osborne. He...slaps...Peter... -- what can be more cliche? The villains were mustache-twirling cardboard cutouts, the protagonists dwindled in their self-misery with needless scenes of hashing back and forth ... the film basically had no life.

It needed a dose of Robert Downey Jr. quirkiness or well-balanced, good storytelling. Unfortunately, the film had neither.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Most disapointing sequel has to be X-Men: The Last Stand (ladies and gentlemen we have a looser!!!) just for all the reasons stated. Although in Ratner's defense he directed what he was given by Zak Penn and his partner which wasn't much. They attempted to take the seeds planted by Singer in X2 but it just wasn't executed very well at all. The hype, and the spectacular cliffhanger at the end of X2 creating all kinds of buzz and then we get the crap fest that was The Last Stand. As I said in the rumours thread, the movies only saving grace is Ellen Page as Kitty Page. I'd love to see a "Young X-Men" movie based on the New Mutants concept with Ellen as Kitty but now that her career is in full swing I doubt she would agree to come back.

Spider-Man 3...alas I'm ashamed to admit that this also fell through in terms of huge expectations revolving around Venom. The fears plagued through the production of the first two movies of too many villans or characters was realized in this movie big time. I think that if this movie was slimmed down and Sandman cut from the movie, John Jameson added, it would have been better but it probably needed a whole lot of work.

Ghostbusters II...don't think this was mentioned. I love the first Ghostbusters movie but the second one bugs me. Especially the Dues Ex Machina ending where they get the idea to use the Statue of Liberty to increase the spirit of New York City. Just doesn't quite work for me.

Batman and Robin....ugh what an ugly looking movie even with a stellar cast but with an over the top script (by a pretty good screen writer) and overblown directing by our man Joel this movie was a crap fest. Although it does contain my favourite scene of the Schmacher films when Alica Silverstone's character discovers Bruce Wayne's secret on a disc.