The first movie is always better than the series
By funorb12
@funorb12 (456)
United States
June 13, 2010 1:36pm CST
The first movie of every series is always better! Shrek 1 is by far more better than Shrek 2, Shrek 3, And the latest shrek movie. The further it goes, the cornier it gets. Toy Story 1 was brilliant. Toy Story 2 was good, but it wasn't as emotional as Toy Story 2. Karate Kid (the first ever one) was way better than its series. Karate Kid - The movie was good too, but the first one was more emotional. It is lame how the world ages. New technology makes new ways of making movies, which is also a lamer way to make movies. I wish we were back in the old days where movies were more better.
Anyways, what do you think? Do you agree with me that the first movies of the series are the best? Please tell me why you think if it is better or not. Thank you and have a great day!
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14 responses
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
13 Jun 10
The point is if the first movie is not good, there would be no sequels. So the first movie has to be really good for the sequels to be made. Having said that there are movies for which sequels are better for example the LOTR series, the Star Wars series and the Harry Potter series.
Usually sequels are cheap turnovers of the originals and thus are much poorer than the original, but there are movies such as ICE Age where ICE Age 2 was definitely better than ICE Age 1.
Cheers!
Ram
@starsailover (7829)
• Mexico
13 Jun 10
Hi ram cv: I completely agree with you and I have also forgotten to mention Star Wars series. I think that, it's very common that, when a film had a good reception, Hollywood want to keep exploiting the potential of the film doing a sequel. Unfortunetly, the result could be a disaster. Thanks for your answer. Have a nice day.
ALVARO.
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@funorb12 (456)
• United States
14 Jun 10
I love your response. Indeed I find some exceptions to what I just said. The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter are very good indeed. I love how some sequels can keep the same fidelity and concept, but different storyline... I hate how some sequels are rushed, especially Pixar films. I'm not sure if Ice Age is part of Pixar, but i do agree Ice Age 2 if far better. If only Hollywood took their time to build the tension in their sequels...
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Though all of them are great, it's just that the second and third installments are funnier.
@starsailover (7829)
• Mexico
13 Jun 10
HI funorb: I think that the majority of all the first movies of a serie of movies are far better than the rest of the movies. However I think there are some few exceptions. For example I love the whole serie of Lord of the Rings because each movie has it's own plot and the director has kept fidelity with the spirit of the books. Same happends with the Harry Potter series, I think they are really good and i don't consider that the first one was the best. So I think that if there's a good reason for making a sequel, second, third and forth parts, etc. can be as good as the first movies of a serie. Thanks for asking us this question. Have a nice day.
ALVARO.
@funorb12 (456)
• United States
14 Jun 10
I think that movie producers that really take pride in their work produce far better sequels. Do you know after the Star Wars movie that the producer secretly perfects the scripts and movie? He takes pride in his work, even though it is creepy and pointless... Anyways, prideful movie producers i.e., Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, etc. have their sequels better than their first movie.
@reckon21 (3479)
• Philippines
15 Jun 10
You are right in most cases but some movies are worth watching the second time around or the sequel itself is much more good in quality but it can only happen in rare times. The original ones is always much better. The next installments should be much more double the times in good quality.
But why some sequels are getting ordinary and loses some of the deep character and we only see the movies enveloped with more grander special effects and the real story is nothing to find. Maybe because the writer of the movie already incorporated the real score in the original movies and he can't add nothing more to the new sequel.
@mturacom (632)
• India
14 Jun 10
This thing have two main reasons. One thing is that we all want new ideas, new story, new characters in every film we see. So generally the first film is the best ever as in the next films the interest will be little lesser.
The second reason is even more important, whenever a film get massive response and earn a lot of revenue then the director try to follow up with even better film. They just want the money to be keep coming in. But in this hassle, they are not able to give their best.
@puccagirl (7294)
• Israel
13 Jun 10
Usually, that is true indeed, and I think it makes sense in a way too, since the first movie is usually the one they work on the most. If the first movie then becomes very popular, producers are in a rush to produce the next one, so the work on that will be a bit rushed.
I think there are exceptions to this rule as well though, the Godfather series for instance, where the second movie was better than the first.
@animegirl334 (3263)
• United States
14 Jun 10
Mostly the first movie is better than all of its sequels. I guess this is because the producers, the actors and the script writers uses all their best, giving all their best ideas and the most dedication to the first movie. But sometimes the sequel can be equally as good or even better. There was a Japanese horror movie called One Missed Call and it's sequel was much scarier and had a better storyline. Also there's Rush Hour where, in my opinion, the second one was as good as the first one. Usually the sequel doesn't measure up but that it's always true.
@abhaijith (2963)
• India
14 Jun 10
What you said is absolutely right my friend.
We have lots of examples for that.
Especially in the films like Anaconda, Tremours , where the more technology is involved,while coming to the second part even the originality of the creature is lost. I just wonder why its so, normally as the technoloy advances the films should be more good.
Good Topic.
@o0jopak0o (6394)
• Philippines
14 Jun 10
well i think its the same. i liked back to the future 2 and 3 than the first. well its basically a hit or miss because people can get bored seeing the same thing all over again.
@vjsham (59)
• Malaysia
14 Jun 10
in ma opinion, it actually depends on the viewers.. We tend to be not excited as for the 1st movie out as it goes.. even they have done all their best we still have it in mind that the 1st one is much better.. this is human psychology...
hmm.. not only in movues but in what ever we do we still think the first step is better.. its just ma opinion...
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
14 Jun 10
The first movie of a series does seem to do the best. We are so fire up and inspired by the original. We try to keep the momemntum going in sequels. Sequels just don't do the original justice. We csn never recapture that first first feeling from the the first film no matter how hard we try.
@mjcookie (2271)
• Philippines
14 Jun 10
That is true for many movies, for example, Transformers. LOL. I like the first one better as the second one seems complicated in my opinion. Iron Man as well. But then there are exceptions. The Twilight movie series is one. I found New Moon way better than Twilight, and many critics have spoken a lot of very positive things about Eclipse, which could probably even surpass New Moon.
@juggerogre (1653)
• Philippines
14 Jun 10
Yes there are times that the first installment is always the best. But there are series that are much much better than the first part. Example is Lord of the Rings. The series became better as it progresses. The best part for me is the Return of the King. Same with Harry Potter. The matrix trilogy is also another example but the best part is the second one. The last part is all action and not much story telling.
@Booster911 (18)
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14 Jun 10
I have heard this theory before and it is true in many cases. However I always looked forward to the next "Nightmare on Elm Street" and was never disappointed.
