2 Fast 2 [Movies] Thread: Time For Sequels

TexiKen

This is the D&D Movie Thread. Let's talk about movies we like, mainly sequels, which are far superior to the originals:



















And don't use the p-word. Bad things happen if you use the p-word.




Now everyone watch Stoker. And Hansel & Gretel: WItch Hunters.

reVerse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQZUaX7Xx-U

Mike Danger

For the start of a new movie thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsdCGQbbd8k&app=desktop

Hargaad of Omnar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g9XorBCikM

knitdan

Pretentious!

ElJeffe

I am torn.

Is Transformers 2 the greatest sequel ever made?

Or is it Mortal Kombat 2?

Hargaad of Omnar

ElJeffe wrote: »

I am torn.

Is Transformers 2 the greatest sequel ever made?

Or is it Mortal Kombat 2?

Or Son of the Mask?

BSoB

ElJeffe wrote: »

I am torn.

Is Transformers 2 the greatest sequel ever made?

Or is it Mortal Kombat 2?

I think speed 2 : this time on boats is the biggest step down from the first to the sequel I've ever personally seen.

ElJeffe

Moving away from sequels, I rewatched True Romance last night because I got it for Christmas. Pretty much the ultimate Kevin Bacon Game movie, because it contains fucking everyone. Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Walken, Dennis Hopper, James Gandolfini, Brad Pitt, Chris Penn, Tom Sizemore, Sam Jackson, Gary Oldman, Val Kilmer, probably some more I'm forgetting.

It's a little bit shallow and unfocused, but it's fun watching Tarantino cutting his teeth on dialogue. Super charming movie.

Hargaad of Omnar

BSoB wrote: »

ElJeffe wrote: »

I am torn.

Is Transformers 2 the greatest sequel ever made?

Or is it Mortal Kombat 2?

I think speed 2 : this time on boats is the biggest step down from the first to the sequel I've ever personally seen.

But you're listing a bad movie...we're listing great movies. :P

Edit: Sorry. I misspoke. It's just because of Keanu Reeves. Just make another Bill & Ted movie already.

Regina Fong

ElJeffe wrote: »

I am torn.

Is Transformers 2 the greatest sequel ever made?

Or is it Mortal Kombat 2?

I know it's hopelessly old school and lacking in explosions, but for my money The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter is the greatest sequel ever made.

For qualities of "great" which seem to be at work here, such as soullessness.

Pony

btw, 2 Fast 2 Furious is actually one of the weaker entries in the F&F franchise

Tokyo Drift is the worst movie

The fourth, fifth, and sixth movies are pure joy though.

Deaderinred

OP has the best sequels. thread is in good hands.

Bobble

TexiKen wrote: »

This is the D&D Movie Thread. Let's talk about movies we like, mainly sequels, which are far superior to the originals:

Together, we can make this thread into the mediocre vastly superior sequel that the previous thread deserved.

Deaderinred

Pony wrote: »

btw, 2 Fast 2 Furious is actually one of the weaker entries in the F&F franchise

Tokyo Drift is the worst movie

The fourth, fifth, and sixth movies are pure joy though.

i know right, but i kinda have this thing for 2 fast 2 furious. i like it waaay more than the first movie but then i like tokyo drift way more than the 4th movie. i just enjoyed the bromance between walker and gibson more than walker and diesel.

5 and 6 are godly, i agree on that.

Ash of Yew

There's a cool documentary on netflix about Drew Struzan, called Drew: The Man Behind the Poster.

He is the artist who painted a lot of movie posters, such as Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future etc.
http://www.drewstruzan.com/illustrated/portfolio/

It's pretty interesting and there's definitely something nice about his painted posters in comparison to ones that just use photographs, or are photoshopped.

Hargaad of Omnar

I hear the surprise reveal at the end of Furious 6

has a bromance with Walker in Fast 7.

Oh, wait...nevermind.

Harry Dresden

ReVerse wrote:

Hargaad of Omnar wrote:

Whedon and Goddard have both said that there's lots of story they feel has been left untold about the world they created for CitW. Both have also expressed a desire to work together again, and that making another movie would be enjoyable.
There is always more to the story. What about the Buckner family's origin (and why give preference to them over any other nightmare in CitW)? What and how is it the nightmares are captured? How deep is the management of these sacrifices buried in government?
Just because people choose to put on blinders and not use critical-thinking to accept that there is potential doesn't mean none exists. That's like closing your eyes and saying things don't exist because you can't see them.
I do agree that Whedon and/or Goddard are necessary to continue with any prequels or sequels for CitW. They made the world, and they put together the whole movie before pitching it, so there's much more to the world that just got absorbed into their vision that we don't see but they know.

None of those questions you're asking are particularly interesting, and the Buckner family's origin and why they were chosen is explained in the movie.

You'd think the Star Wars prequels would've taught people a lesson about wanting to know every single detail about a fictional universe.

The theory for a trilogy about the Clone Wars, and showing Vader's origins, is sound.

DasUberEdward

Perfect timing. So I'm watching The Last Stand.

Arnold Schwarzenneger, Forrest Whittaker, Johnny Knoxville, and Luis Guzman vs Evil Speed Racer


Directed by Kim Jim-Woon known for the absolutely heart breaking thriller I Saw The Devil.


What on earth is going on?

wandering

Day of the Dead spent too much time on the annoying humans, not enough time on Bub.

Bub is the best.

Regina Fong

I just don't get zombie movies.

jeffinva

Blade 2 was a terrific action movie, an improvement over an ambitious but not completely realized first installment. I choose to believe that Blade 3 never existed.

Julius

jeffinva wrote: »

Blade 2 was a terrific action movie, an improvement over an ambitious but not completely realized first installment. I choose to believe that Blade 3 never existed.

Blade 3 was pretty ok. It was funny and had Dominic Purcell. It's a shame the other vampires sucked so bad.

Harry Dresden

Julius wrote: »

jeffinva wrote: »

Blade 2 was a terrific action movie, an improvement over an ambitious but not completely realized first installment. I choose to believe that Blade 3 never existed.

Blade 3 was pretty ok. It was funny and had Dominic Purcell. It's a shame the other vampires sucked so bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McAeQiLmEYU

Sorce

All you need to know about Blade 3 was that they put the blind woman in charge of watching the security cameras.

Harry Dresden

Sorce wrote: »

All you need to know about Blade 3 was that they put the blind woman in charge of watching the security cameras.

They had Marvel's Dracula at their fingertips and they gave us this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMc38kY6tHU

emnmnme

While I was at Blockbuster Video last week, picking over the remains, I spied The Dark Crystal. That movie terrified me as a kid; I think I got it on VHS one birthday and my 5 year old brain hated everything about it. The bad guys were hideous, the good guys looked weird, I cried when that seal-grasshopper creature was fighting that beetle-crab monster and they both fell off the cliff. I hated this movie so much, I tried to hide it in the back of the closet in my room so I wouldn't have to look at it. BUT NO MORE! Now I know who Jim Henson and Frank Oz were. Now I can appreciate what a rare treasure a fantasy movie not filled with CGI is. I bought The Dark Crystal for $1 with the intention of conquering something I could hardly stomach as a little kid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVIrGONcCu4

Ah, fuck. That was gross.

Harry Dresden

Blockbuster still exists?

Regina Fong

I like the Blade films well enough but that was never a comic that Hollywood was really prepared to do justice to.

DasUberEdward

The Last Stand was a perfectly fine action movie. The director though.

It seems like this is a bit of an homage to Hollywood and westerns with a modern twist. There's nothing really to say about it other than it does everything right.

Did it blow my mind? No. But that's not a bad thing.

I'm really curious to see where this director goes.

emnmnme

Harry Dresden wrote: »

Blockbuster still exists?

Not no more it don't.

:whistle: WOW! What a difference! :whistle:

Harry Dresden

Regina Fong wrote: »

I like the Blade films well enough but that was never a comic that Hollywood was really prepared to do justice to.

They did make it relevant for modern audiences and for two movies they succeeded. Marvel's also been getting very faithful with their adaptions so I'm intrigued how they'd make a Blade movie/tv series.

TexiKen

I was hella disappointed in Last Stand. For a guy who made shooting and chases so cool in The Good The Bad The Weird, Last Stand felt very generic (and the blatant CGI screen last fight)

It wasn't as bad as John Woo's Hard Target was in terms of asia-to-america debuts, but modern Korean cinema has been so refined by basically getting the best of what we made that there should have been something more original to produce.

jeffinva

The Last Stand features Arnold tackling a goon off of a roof and shooting him in the head while they're midair. Merely throwing a guy off of a roof is pussy.

ElJeffe

Hargaad of Omnar wrote: »

I hear the surprise reveal at the end of Furious 6 has

a bromance with Walker in Fast 7.

Sorta sounds like something that should be spoilered, duder.

Harry Dresden

TexiKen wrote: »

I was hella disappointed in Last Stand. For a guy who made shooting and chases so cool in The Good The Bad The Weird, Last Stand felt very generic (and the blatant CGI screen last fight)

It wasn't as bad as John Woo's Hard Target was in terms of asia-to-america debuts, but modern Korean cinema has been so refined by basically getting the best of what we made that there should have been something more original to produce.

That's Hollywood for you. I can't recall a talented Asian director that's crossed over successfully.

DanHibiki

Harry Dresden wrote: »

TexiKen wrote: »

I was hella disappointed in Last Stand. For a guy who made shooting and chases so cool in The Good The Bad The Weird, Last Stand felt very generic (and the blatant CGI screen last fight)

It wasn't as bad as John Woo's Hard Target was in terms of asia-to-america debuts, but modern Korean cinema has been so refined by basically getting the best of what we made that there should have been something more original to produce.

That's Hollywood for you. I can't recall a talented Asian director that's crossed over successfully.

Park Chan-wook with Stoker did it absurdly well.

shryke

jeffinva wrote: »

Blade 2 was a terrific action movie, an improvement over an ambitious but not completely realized first installment. I choose to believe that Blade 3 never existed.

Ugh. God no. Blade 2 was an ok dumb action movie but missed out on everything I liked about the first Blade.

Although, yes, Blade 1 is seriously flawed in several aspects. It's got a great tone and atmosphere though and Snipes is perfect for the part.

DanHibiki

Blade 1 is hilarious.
Love that crazy movie.

nexuscrawler

emnmnme wrote: »

While I was at Blockbuster Video last week, picking over the remains, I spied The Dark Crystal. That movie terrified me as a kid; I think I got it on VHS one birthday and my 5 year old brain hated everything about it. The bad guys were hideous, the good guys looked weird, I cried when that seal-grasshopper creature was fighting that beetle-crab monster and they both fell off the cliff. I hated this movie so much, I tried to hide it in the back of the closet in my room so I wouldn't have to look at it. BUT NO MORE! Now I know who Jim Henson and Frank Oz were. Now I can appreciate what a rare treasure a fantasy movie not filled with CGI is. I bought The Dark Crystal for $1 with the intention of conquering something I could hardly stomach as a little kid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVIrGONcCu4

Ah, fuck. That was gross.

hmmmhhhmmmhhhmmmmm

h3ndu

Watching the great gatsby. I'm blown away at how well the movie carries the heart of the book.

It's strange, but enticing, how well the vibrant colors and decadence reflect such a sad story.

Poor Leonardo DiCaprio.