The first Jurassic Park movie is all time one of the greatest films ever made with the special effects still holding up to this day. The 2nd film was still very enjoyable in my opinion but it was just a cookie cutter sequel not bad, not good. The 3rd film wasn’t great at all. But compared to the rest of the series the 3rd film is basically the godfather.

As another personal pick the 1st blade movie is a hood classic good. The other 2 not so much.

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    It would be far more interesting to ask, what movie franchise DOESN’T get worse with each new film.

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    I would argue that Blade II is the better movie. Guillermo del Toro is a much more interesting director, and the Reapers are basically a dry run for his take on Vampires in The Strain.

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    JP went from a Dinosaur Movie to a very generic monster movie with the exact same plot every time.

    Greedy evildoer wants SuperDino for nefarious purposes and must be defeated. Repeat.

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    The Matrix.

    Not sure how that isn’t mentioned yet!

    First movie was a masterpiece that became a classic, the rest were completely unnecessary.

    When my brother showed The Matrix to his kid, she asked “Is there another one?” and he said “No.”

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      I saw the original Matrix like once and never watched the sequels, so I sat down and watched them all recently. The hate for the sequels is way overblown. Apart from the bad CGI in the second, I thought they were great sequels that took the story in interesting directions.

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      I can respect the fourth one. Sure, it was a terrible movie but it feels like a deliberate piss take on the idea of reviving the franchise. And I can respect that.

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        I’m glad I’m not the only one thinking that. It was so bad, so so bad… But yeah I couldn’t help but feel the wachowski sister that did it (if I’m not wrong the other one didn’t participate) just dit it to spite the studio for trying to make a moneygrab movie.

        Having said that, despite the 2nd and 3rd movies not being great by any means compared to the first one, I do still enjoy them, like a guilty pleasure kinda thing.

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        It should have ended at the -1th movie

        I joke. I ironically love those films because they are terrible.

        Nobody likes the tuna here, asshole!

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          The first movie was serious, but as they progress they lean in on the silliness. Going to space was the cherry on the cake.

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    Pirates of the carabian.
    The first was a masterpiece in comedy.
    The second and third were good but I would still rate them slightly worse each gen.
    I am indifferent to 4 and hate 5

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      I thought 3 was a deal better than 2. 2 was generic Hollywood schlock that dragged in the middle; 3 at least attempted some interesting things, and even bordered on artsy at times.

      1 was, of course, the best. Haven’t seen 4 and 5.

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      The first movie was a complete package that told a story well, and where it ended was the right place to end it all.

      But of course, money.

      Really tarnished my feelings about the first movie and I don’t think I could even watch it the same way anymore.