...that Evan Almighty is better than Bruce Almighty.
I'm sure you're just waiting for this but Spiderman II, X-Men 2, Batman Begins better than originals. Some people argue Empire Strikes Back as well as Aliens and T2. Godfather II also goes on the list. 28 Weeks Later, Austin Powers second installment was better than the first. Didn't see Evil Dead 2 but it gets praised as exceeding the original. What about The Road Warrior? Good case for that. Toy Story 2 also gets mentioned in this argument. Perhaps Dawn of the Dead exceeding Night of the Dead. Halloween II should also be included on the list.One is a sequel of the other, and a sequel is never better than the original. Why do you think it was better?
Sequels better than their predecessors:
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Aliens
- Resident Evil: Apocalypse (still dreadful, but marginally better than the first)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (still the best of the franchise)
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Star Trek: First Contact
- Toy Story 2
- Batman Forever (the best of the Burton/Schumacher films)
- Scary Movie 3
- The Mummy Returns
- and that's just a few...
I must protest, though, that Terminator 2 was in no way better than the original. The same goes for X-Men 2, which was long, boring, and confusing, and the first Austin Powers was the only one of those films that was halfway decent. And Batman Begins was rather unimaginative compared to the other four. (Yes, Batman & Robin was incredibly imaginative precisely because it was so ridiculous.)
Though Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets has made more money than the other Potter films, I don't think it's the best of the series. I think Azkaban, Goblet, and Phoenix are all better than the first two movies.
Azkaban was hackneyed. People only liked it because the director was both non-American and non-British. Goblet was okay -- much more in vein of the first two. Order was played like a two-hour montage.
...that Evan Almighty is better than Bruce Almighty.
This is like asking if you prefer to be punched in the face or the belly.
Movie maker wannabes ironically seem to hate all movies.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Though Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets has made more money than the other Potter films, I don't think it's the best of the series. I think Azkaban, Goblet, and Phoenix are all better than the first two movies.
Spider-man II
I really liked the first Pirates movie. It was far better than any movie based on a theme park ride had a right to be. I thought the second one was just terrible...all sound and fury, signifying nothing. It felt like the filmmakers thought that as long as it was loud and full of effects, that nobody would notice that it didn't make any sense. The third was a little better than the second, but not on a level with the first.
I really liked the first Pirates movie. It was far better than any movie based on a theme park ride had a right to be. I thought the second one was just terrible...all sound and fury, signifying nothing. It felt like the filmmakers thought that as long as it was loud and full of effects, that nobody would notice that it didn't make any sense. The third was a little better than the second, but not on a level with the first.