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Someone Asked Folks On The Internet To Share What Movie Franchises, In Their Opinion, Should’ve Stopped At The 2nd Part And These Are 30 Of Their Best Answers
If a movie is successful, then it is almost certain that the movie creators will want to make a sequel. But sometimes the creators don’t really know where to stop and keep making more parts if there’s no story left to tell. People often say that the sequels are never as good as the first movie, but Reddit user u/karma_hit_my_dogma wanted to know what movies actually had a good second part but should have stopped there.
The thread was upvoted 47k times and 29k people came to share their opinions. Redditors came to a consensus that Home Alone is the franchise that shouldn’t have been continued after the second movie with 28k people upvoting this comment.
What movies do you think were best left with two parts and do you agree with any of the submissions in this list? Tell us your opinions in the comments and if you find a submission you agree with, don’t forget to upvote it!
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#1
Home Alone.
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#2
The Mummy. The first two focused on ancient Egyptian history & mythology; number 3 suddenly takes place in Asia? Huh?!
You could tell they had to work too hard to make it work from how long it took to introduce us to the new setting.
The cherry on top of that s*** cake was the absence of one Rachel Weiss. Her absence was felt. Don't get me wrong, Brendon Frasier did great; I blame the writers/ producers/ director. I loved them in the first two! They were so good, spooky, & full of great classic action & comedy; my fav Brandon Frasier movies.
I think Rachel had a scheduling conflict with another movie?
#3
Unpopular opinion: The Matrix. Honestly maybe even after 1.
Leigh Boatright 3 years ago
I think they could have taken the 2nd and 3rd movie and made them into one movie. Theres several moments like the zion scene where nothing happens and it drags on.
#5
Preemptively adding Frozen to this list, because I know Disney too well.
Pepper DeVoe 3 years ago
Hold up! Frozen 2 was amazing! Just as good if not better than the first. This doesn't belong here! Right, Samantha?
#6
Terminator
#7
The Fast and the Furious franchise.
I mean three was technically a spin off that was alright and then it got even more silly with 4 and so on.
But those first ones were great fun in there time and the first is actually quite a good movie and plot.
#8
The Addams Family. Family Values was great. The third one with almost none of the original cast? We don't talk about that one...
#11
Taken.
Taken - Decent enough movie. Reminds me of a simpler time when action movies were pretty strait forward and don't need to be rewatched to be fully understood. That infamous phone scene is pretty iconic.
Taken II - Ok, not bad. Same recipe, different movie. Fine. Good enough. Good Friday night movie when you don't want to spend to much effort following.
Taken 3 - Why? Why would anyone do this?
wow that's fantastic 3 years ago
taken imo is a good movie but seriously taken 3? head out of the exit or go on another trip to find ur daughter
#13
Beethoven, replacing the entire cast for films 3-5 really didn't work. Even the premise - that Beethoven's family would have ever left him with another family - didn't make any sense.
#15
Robocop. I loved the first 2, but the third was garbage.
I also didn't like the remake.
Giles McArdell 3 years ago
The remake was pointless, almost exactly the same movie, just with less tongue in cheek humour.
#16
The Land Before Time!
Brittany Preston 3 years ago
8 year old me strongly disagrees, I couldn't get enough Land Before Time movies
#18
Ninja turtles. Secret of the ooze was fun then they got too serious in 3
I tried to watch the reboots but Megan fox has the acting ability of a potato and I had to literally turn it off after 15 minutes
#20
POV: You are looking for people saying "Sam Raimi's Spider-man"
#22
Pitch perfect
Kate Avery 3 years ago
The first one was cute. I loved Kendrick and the acapella arrangements. The second started relying way too much on low brow and often borderline offensive humor. By the time the third one came out, I really had no desire to watch it.
#23
The Mighty Ducks.
D2 was sooo good, but 3 was just nowhere near the same level.
#24
Poltergeist
Sure probably after 1, the second had moments, but after that it became a giant mess and Heather O' Rourke died.
Erika Jones 3 years ago
She's got a Speak n Spell! Reminds me of my childhood in the '80s. The first movie traumatized me as a child - didn't make it all the way through. I don't know about the rest.
#25
Expendables cause they made 3 PG 13 and not rated R which really affected it all.
Robert Harrell 3 years ago
I do agree that the change in rating affects the franchise. However, there are some other commonly contested opinions on this film series, such as the repetitive pattern of the plot which seems to be present in all 3 movies. But, let's not forget that movies like these are built for a selective audience. The whole gist of the film series is to watch muscle men fire guns and blow things up, rather than the plot, which is the true essence of this film franchise. It's a classic example of taking something for what it is, and not getting caught up in the details, and the hidden 'deeper meaning'.
#26
Tyler Perry's Madea franchise.
There are currently 11 movies, with another one coming out next year.
#29
Psycho. I think 2 was a bad idea myself, but it happened and having “what happens to Norman later on” was a fun thing to explore, but 3 and 4 were totally unnecessary and I’m surprised Anthony Perkins signed on.
#30
Superman with Christopher R
What do you think ?
James016 3 years ago
Police Academy should be on this list. Too many films there and they got worse with each one. The first 2 or 3 were so funny though.
Sue Hazlewood 3 years ago
I scrolled down to say this. How on earth have these been left off the list?
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Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
But one and three were good, I didn't like the second one so much though
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CatWoman312 3 years ago
They need to do one on “shouldn’t have been remade, original is better”
Yoinks! 3 years ago (edited)
Psycho (I mean, the movie, I'm not calling you names or anything)
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James016 3 years ago
Police Academy should be on this list. Too many films there and they got worse with each one. The first 2 or 3 were so funny though.
Sue Hazlewood 3 years ago
I scrolled down to say this. How on earth have these been left off the list?
Load More Replies... Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
But one and three were good, I didn't like the second one so much though
Load More Replies... CatWoman312 3 years ago
They need to do one on “shouldn’t have been remade, original is better”
Yoinks! 3 years ago (edited)
Psycho (I mean, the movie, I'm not calling you names or anything)
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