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What we’ve been talking about As the much-anticipated Trainspotting sequel hits its way through cinemas now (why it wasn’t subtitled ‘Radge of Honour’ is a total mystery), we thought long and hard about the best and worst follow-ups in cinema history. Would the super-delightful Toy Story franchise get a mention? Would Speed 2 be cited as appalling? And would the always- quoted Godfather 2 be namechecked? Yes, yes, and well, what do you think?
BEST SEQUELS
TOY STORY 2 / TOY STORY3
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE II
Two magical films
that you’d have to be a monster to hate. They
both remind me
of being little and wishing my toys would come to life just like Buzz,
Woody and co.
The 15-year-old forever trapped in my psyche
can’t get enough of the John Woo fight sequences, gratuitous use of slow-motion and motorbike chases.
DAWN OF THE DEAD It’s the zombies again, only with added critique of mindless consumerism!
FAST & FURIOUS THE GODFATHER
FIVE PART 2
It turned a turgid Because of the
boyracer farce way it dramatises
into a Bond- the terrible gulf
rivalling action franchise (I’m serious, btw).
between Vito, who for all his ruthlessness is all about loyalty to the people he cares about, and Michael, who’s all
about everyone else’s loyalty to himself. It’s not just a sequel: it completes the first film.
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WORST SEQUELS
SPIDERMAN III Who thought giving Peter
ROBOCOP 3 The RoboCop
films are a lesson
TITANIC II SPEED 2
I’m not sure any terrible sequel
It’s Speed, but on a ship. So . . .
Parker an emo in decreasing
can beat the
Slow, then.
fringe would be a good idea?
returns and the third part is an unredeemable
atrocity that was directed by Dick Van Dyke’s
travesty. grandson, Shane.
THE MATRIX RELOADED / THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS They have the
honour of being less considered and intelligent than the fan fiction which
came out on the
web after the first film.
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