As mentioned before, I love movies and lists. Here's another one. Listed worst to best. Note: does not include "trilogies" with a fourth movie (i.e. Indiana Jones)
The Matrix
An
iconic science fiction movie is destroyed by two terribly scattered and
overdone sequels.
Best:
The Matrix
Worst:
The Matrix Revolutions
Alex Cross
Two
good detective movies with Morgan Freeman followed by a wreck of movie with Tyler Perry. Does that surprise anyone?
Best:
Kiss the Girls
Worst:
Alex Cross
The Hobbit
Should
have been at most two movies, instead they are unnecessarily stretched into a
trilogy that are essentially boring scenes of walking intermixed with overly
long action pieces.
Best:
An Unexpected Journey
Worst:
Desolation of Smaug
Madagascar
A
good first movie followed by two lackluster sequels that rely too much on the
penguins, who get old very quickly.
Best:
Madagascar
Worst:
Europe's Most Wanted
The Chronicles of Narnia
Again,
a solid opening movie and two lackluster sequels. Prince Caspain adds an unnecessary love story
and Voyage of the Dawn Treader looks like a made-for-TV movie.
Best:
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
Worst:
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Ocean's Trilogy
A
great heist movie followed by a mess and an afterthought.
Best:
Ocean's Eleven
Worst:
Ocean's Twelve
Star Wars Prequels
Of
course they pale in comparison to the originals, but they are still fun and
have some spectacular action pieces.
Best:
Revenge of the Sith
Worst:
Phantom Menace
Spider-Man
The
cast never quite felt right, and the final movie is one of the worst in
history.
Best:
Spider-Man 2
Worst:
Spider-Man 3
Austin Powers
Funny,
but definitely dated. Even better if
you're a Bond fan, which means since I saw these long before the Bond movies it
probably damaged them more for me.
Best:
Austin Powers
Worst:
Goldmember
Iron Man
The
first is one of the best superhero movies, the others are significantly weaker.
Best:
Iron Man
Worst:
Iron Man 2
Predator
My
favorite movie alien by far, so the second movie gets a bit of a pass for me.
Best:
Predator
Worst:
Predator 2
Blade
The
series that actually began the Marvel movement, though many people forget that
for some reason.
Best:
Blade
Worst:
Blade Trinity
Men In Black
These
movies are quite fun, so they do basically what they need to do.
Best:
Men In Black
Worst:
Men In Black II
The Dark Knight Trilogy
As
a huge Batman fan, I am very opinionated about these movies. They get worse with each viewing as you
realize how little Batman is actually in them and how far away from the source
material they are.
Best:
The Dark Knight
Worst:
The Dark Knight Rises
The Man with No Name
Solid
westerns all around.
Best:
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Worst:
For a Few Dollars More
Back to the Future
We're
getting into the best of the best, with no less than great movies. These are great mixtures of drama, romance,
comedy, and science fiction. Just plain
fun.
Best:
Back to the Future
Worst:
Back to the Future Part II
The Bourne Trilogy
These
movies are so go they forced the Bond movies to complete change tempo. Yes, too much shaky cam, but the awesome car
chases more than make up for that.
Best:
Bourne Supremacy
Worst:
Bourne Ultimatum
The Lord of the Rings
These
movies are so well made people don't care about the length. They single-handedly made fantasy cool. My only complaint was the added scenes and
characters (especially with Two Towers) when they left out others.
Best:
Fellowship of the Ring
Worst:
Two Towers
Toy Story
The
final two was actually a very difficult choice.
The Toy Story movies are nearly flawless, and they completed changed the
landscape of animated movies.
Best:
Toy Story 3
Worst:
None. Toy Story?
Star Wars
The
most influential movies in history, not only due to the number of movie people
they inspired but also things like marketing, toys, expanded universes,
etc. The prequels do not tarnish them at
all.
Best:
Empire Strikes Back
Worst:
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