Unpopular Movie Opinions: Part III

[scifisuperfan]

Originally Posted by Cinemania1984

I don't think that's an unpopular opinon. The first 3 minutes of Bumblebee was probably the best 3 minutes of Transformers ever put to film.

And the end, dont forget the ending where we see the REAL Optimus prime truck. THE REAL ONE!!!!!! Not that crap from all the movies.

[Show spoiler]

How it should be. A shame we didnt get to see those 2 together...

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[BladeRunner2007]

Originally Posted by LegacyCosts

John Wick 3 is the best third film in action franchise history. I can see an argument for Goldfinger possibly but I'm not a huge fan.

I think I like it even better than part 2, but not better than part 1.

[LegacyCosts]

Originally Posted by BladeRunner2007

I think I like it even better than part 2, but not better than part 1.

For me it goes 3<2<1 or 2<3<1 depending on my mood. The first is good but I dont find it to be as rewatchable as the sequels. It's probably my favorite action franchise so theres no wrong answer.

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by AintNoSin

Big action franchises seem to have exactly two movies in them that don't suck.

Terminator 1 & 2
Die Hard 1 & 3
Alien and Aliens
Predator 1 & 2
Lethal Weapon 1 & 2
Batman and Batman Returns
Superman (1978) and Superman II.

The John Wick movies seem to be defying the odds... so far.

Maybe Dark Fate will buck the trend, but after multiple attempts to resuscitate the Terminator franchise, I worry we're past CPR and now it's just necrophilia.

Bro...Die Hard 2 doesn’t suck.

[Damon1281]

Godzilla: King of Monsters is the best Godzilla movie of them all.

[Josep5349]

Originally Posted by AintNoSin

Big action franchises seem to have exactly two movies in them that don't suck.

Terminator 1 & 2
Die Hard 1 & 3
Alien and Aliens
Predator 1 & 2
Lethal Weapon 1 & 2
Batman and Batman Returns
Superman (1978) and Superman II.

The John Wick movies seem to be defying the odds... so far.

Maybe Dark Fate will buck the trend, but after multiple attempts to resuscitate the Terminator franchise, I worry we're past CPR and now it's just necrophilia.

None of the four Avengers movies suck. Star Wars certainly has more than two that don’t suck, as does Star Trek, & Lord of the Rings.

[LegacyCosts]

Originally Posted by Josep5349

None of the four Avengers movies suck. Star Wars certainly has more than two that don’t suck, as does Star Trek, & Lord of the Rings.

I don't know, avengers 2 was painful to get through for me. Star Trek, Star Wars and Lord of the rings aren't action franchises, fantasy and science fiction right?

[dgoswald]

I tend to mistake Civil War for an Avengers film when it's clearly the third Cap movie. The considerable variety of characters throws me for a moment.

[Josep5349]

Originally Posted by LegacyCosts

I don't know, avengers 2 was painful to get through for me. Star Trek, Star Wars and Lord of the rings aren't action franchises, fantasy and science fiction right?

They have as much action as the two Superman movies mentioned. Age of Ultron may not be as strong as the other three to some folk, that doesn’t mean it sucked though.

[Arawn]

Civil War sometimes feels like Avengers 2.5, just without Thor and Hulk.

[BladeRunner2007]

Originally Posted by LegacyCosts

For me it goes 3<2<1 or 2<3<1 depending on my mood. The first is good but I dont find it to be as rewatchable as the sequels. It's probably my favorite action franchise so theres no wrong answer.

I think it's my favorite action franchise too, next to the Rambo franchise.

[Blu-21]

Originally Posted by Damon1281

Godzilla: King of Monsters is the best Godzilla movie of them all.

1956 or 2019?

[Agent Bond]

Thor: The Dark World was a good sequel!

[The_Donster]

Originally Posted by Agent Bond

Thor: The Dark World was a good sequel!

I agree. I watched this last night with The Mrs and enjoyed it very much.

[AintNoSin]

Originally Posted by Josep5349

None of the four Avengers movies suck. Star Wars certainly has more than two that don’t suck, as does Star Trek, & Lord of the Rings.

I agree, but Marvel appears to be a special case that defies the normal laws of nature, as do the Star Wars films, maybe because both franchises have a single creative force behind them (which may also explain why the new trilogy is so uneven, because there doesn't seem to be anyone in charge, creatively speaking. At least the prequels were consistently awful).

Star Trek also seems an exception to the rule, maybe because of the source material it had to draw upon. Like with Marvel and Star Wars, there was an established mythology to draw upon.

The Lord of the Rings is similar. It was based on solid source material and there was a single guiding hand at the helm. Also, because of the way it was produced, LOTR is really one nine to eleven hour movie.

The trend of "two are good, but the rest suck" applies mostly to the usual Hollywood method for creating franchise. A movie is successful, so the studio greenlights a sequel. If the sequel is successful, we get a third... and a fourth... and...

By the third or fourth film, the original creative team is long gone, and the studio is the main driving force behind a series of increasingly cynical cash-grabs.

[AintNoSin]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Bro...Die Hard 2 doesn’t suck.

DH2 isn't terrible. It's just feels like a by-the-numbers rehash of the first, with a bland villain.

[scifisuperfan]

Bumblebee > Aquaman

[Rodney-2187]

Wonder Woman > Iron Man 3 > Aquaman

[LegacyCosts]

Mostly anything > Wonder Woman, Iron Man 3, Aquaman

[Josep5349]

The Deadpool movies don’t belong in the official X-Men franchise. Nor should they be included in any larger comic universe, unless all of that comic universe conforms to the same use of slapstick, meta, etc.