For me the first thing that comes to mind is definitely Jaws. The original is a phenomenal classic, and admittedly the second film isn’t THAT bad (although it definitely doesn’t need to exist), but it just dove way off a cliff once 3-D and The Revenge came out.
No movie needs to exist including the Original Jaws are we glad it did YES as for Jaws 2 I like Jaws 3 had a good concept but bad execution and less we say about Revenge the Better but one thing Great in all 4 is the Original Score and I should know because I have all 4 on CD and they're all Awesome so if the franchise didn't exist then the scores other than original wouldn't exist and that's something I'm against
For me The Crow series comes to mind. The first Crow is one of my all time favorite movies, and it gives a perfect ending to the movie. All the other movies bastardize the film, and I now think the other ones don't exist.
Unpopular opinion: Cars 2 is way underrated. it was such a cool movie, and granted, unnecessary to add to the original, but still way better than people give it credit for.
It feels like a stupid spin off about Tow mater trying to be James bond, not sure why they thought that would be a good fit for the cars franchise it's barely about racing
@@pickleodessey8452 I think more people are growing on these, I've heard this opinion recently. For me personally I only like the first one because *SPOILERS* they kill off gwen stacy
I would actually love to see the opposite of this; sequels/remakes that made the original film better. I think that's less common but equally interesting.
The only “sequel” to Jaws you could make is a prequel about Quint’s story on the USS Indianapolis. Thats the only film worth making if given the right execution.
Essentially: Oh, we traumatized a character for life... Oh wait, that's not good enough, let's traumatize the character for life a second time. Let's see how many times we can traumatize this family for life. Audience: Dude, I don't think they can be anymore traumatized than they already are. "Well, that's alright, let's traumatize them again."
I absolutely agree with Jaws. The original was a standalone story that had one shark terrorizing a town, and the main characters steeping up to hunt it. There were no open ends that needed continuation. There is certainly no need for sequels and there's DEFINITELY no need for a remake.
Americans in particular(i am one) have an obsession with keeping things going until all the good memories are gone and so almost nothing is remembered fondly.
Jaws 2 on rotten tomatoes consensus:Jaws 2 never approaches the lingering thrills of it's classic predecessor,but it's reasonably entertaining for a sequel that has no reason to exist.😂
You got a point, when a director puts work and time into a movie, you know it might be good, heck take the MCU, they worked on building up Infinity War for so long and it turned out to be the greatest film from that franchise
I would have to say Pacific Rim. The first movie was a good addition to the Kaiju genre that ends in a satisfying way, but the second movie Pacific Rim: Uprising undoes most of the weight of the first movie’s ending. Along with a less interesting story and characters it just feels kind of unnecessary.
Wait a minute, Avatar is STILL getting like 4 more sequels even though I've barely heard anything about the Avatar sequels and the first Avatar movie is already a pretty forgettable, albeit decent, movie that was sold as the most original and groundbreaking movie of the decade yet it felt not much of an impact?
@@onigiri2032 it made a lot of money because apparently it was great in I max 3D and made specifically for that format and everyone that saw it said it was great in I max 3D, recommended their friends and family to see it and those people recommended their friends and family to see it because it was an experience that couldn't be missed at the time. Since everyone saw it in I max 3D that's how it made so much money. I haven't seen it since I was a kid so I don't really know if this is true but that's just my theory
I’m gonna respectfully disagree. Rewatching it ten years later I found to love the concept, the story, the cinematography, and the main character arc. While I’m not sure of the direction they will go, James Cameron has been passionate about it, and I think many will be pleasantly surprised.
"Even though it wasn't all that popular of a film in the United States, so I don't know what they were thinking"....they were thinking they are British, and British people make their own films, like Canadians, Aussies, Japanese, Koreans, Indians, Chinese, Russians, Germans, French, and many other nations. James Bond hasn't been all that popular in the US compared to its international box office.
I don't know if these would've counted, but I would've done Terminator and Alien as entries despite having a solid follow up after it. I guess something like that could be saved for a sort of "Franchises that should've stopped after the second film" list, but that's just me
@@alfielee2989 I never said you liked them. I for one like cars 2 (but not as much as the first one) and iron man 2 happens to be my favorite of the trilogy. We do exist. I also like aou and sequel trilogy. I'm not hard to please when it comes to cinema
Yes, I'd say even Aliens and T2 are not that great by comparison to the original. I also hate how every Terminator movie except Salvation has to have complicated time travel shenanigans in the "present" rather than showing us the future machine world.
Please do more of these. I legit love your videos. If I’m not actively watching it or thoroughly rather, I’ll throw it on the background like re-run episodes of the office.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed with the Avatar sequels, hoping Cameron knows what he's doing.. I like to imagine an alternate universe where he spent 20 years on follow-ups to T2 instead! But then there would be no True Lies or Titanic..
Well I liked Home Alone 2 but everything after that was unwatchable. I can't belive they have another Home Alone movie with another new cast lol. Just let the franchise die already lol. I want to see Kevin played by Macaulay Culkin. The only sequel I want to see moving forward is Kevin grown up and he leaves his kid like what happened to Kevin when he was younger. Other then that I'm tired of these cringe new movies.
@@kushtrimbe2611 The island stuff was great, but I also enjoyed the final act inside the mansion. Not sure about the ending where they release all the dinosaurs tho.
Karate Kid is another great one for this conversation HOWEVER, Cobra Kai is a fantastic show and kind of the exception but filmwise yeah it should have been one and done.
Amazing, everything you just said, was wrong. (Imo) I really like katate kid 2 and the third one is good but I'm not a fan of cobra Kai. But, nice opinion though
Karate Kid 2 is a great film. There are some campy parts, but it doesn't embarrass the franchise. Even 3 feels like a logical extension. How they handled it wasn't great, but if felt like a sequel. Cobra Kai is amazing.
@@pickleodessey8452 I watched a couple episodes and just couldn't get into it. It lacked everything that made the movies great to me. Should have come out 30 years ago
I’m not gonna lie. I absolutely LOVE jaws 2! I’m not gonna defend 3 & 4, they’re terrible. So I’m gonna try and play devils advocate here and ask the question. Why couldn’t Amity have another shark problem?!? I know of 3 or 4 beaches on the north east side of Florida that constantly have multiple sharks. Why is that such a stretch? There’s no F’g way jaws 2 could ever equal Jaws so I’m happy they went in the direction they did. Jaws 2 is Jaws in an 80’s slasher mold! The shark is going for horny teenagers and it even has a burnt Freddy Krueger face. Only thing missing was some boobs to seal the deal
My picks are: Jurassic Park Predator (although second one was decent). Some other picks are more fitted into category "Franchises that should have know when to stop" and those are: Terminator (after Judgment Day) Pirates of the Caribbean (after third one) Bad Boys (after second one)
@@ferociousrazordino3581 i think all JP movies are quite enjoyable. My main thoughts are that JP didn't need to become a franchise. Because every movie after first one is basically run away from monsters movie. In regards that writers seemingly met their creative end after the original.
@@Acromion11 well. i see what you mean, but i think they are more than that, especially Jurassic World. i feel like people didn't pay attention to that movie and started bashing it for stupid reasons like a lady in heels "outrunning a T.rex" and that it has no moral. which in my opinion solidifies that people didnt pay attention to Jurassic world. the message was very clear.
@@ferociousrazordino3581 for sure, I am just standing by my opinion that original JP would be much stronger as a standalone movie than as a part of a franchise
I disagree with Jurassic Park a bit as the concept they had for the franchise was actually decent just not handed correctly Predator again another movie that works as a franchise just need a better execution like Highlander as Sean mentioned is a movie with a goal that really only works with one film
Only thing about Highlander is that it should only have done prequels, and that's it. The idea of following several immortals throughout history would be cool.
After seeing Avatar 2 I would definitely take it off this list because that movie was phenomenal. Also an honorable mention for me is Home Alone because it doesn’t really qualify. The first 2 are classics, but anything after that shouldn’t exist. Awesome video as always Sean!
My sister-in-law just watched Jaws for the very first time and enjoyed it quite a bit. She's team Hooper! :D But when told there were 3 sequels, she was not interested at all. So either she didn't enjoy the movie and lied to us for some reason, or she knows that any possible sequel would be extremely forced and completely ridiculous! 😄
Sounds like my brother for Star Wars, I don’t know why, but he’s never given a reason to hate it except he’s not interested, but he loved the original trilogy first time watching it, but his love for it seemed to stop after watching the Star Wars sequels, and it left such a bad taste for him that he hates Star Wars, but again he keeps denying this, and says he hated it first time watching, but that’s not the case, so I don’t know
Hey Sean, just a random thought (probably cause I saw Old recently), would you consider ranking every m.night shyamalan movie plot twists ? That could be interesting
Almost every single horror movie that had sequels could be on this list. Jaws, Psycho, IT, The Blair Witch Project, Poltergeist, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Paranormal Activity, the list goes on. There are plenty of exceptions, of course, but about 60-70% of the time, sequels to classic horror movies are just made for money.
I checked, the budget for Jaws the revenge was 23 MILLION. Who decided, “Yeah this sounds great heres 23 million dollars that could go to so many better uses but no, this movie, this movie supersedes it all.”
I’ve got one that didn’t need to become a franchise, freakin’ Home Alone. The original with Macaulay Culkin is a classic and all the sequels just repeat the exact same story with little changes to keep further films in the series fresh.
@@blakek.4378 yep, saw it. Didn’t look good, another Home Alone movie that looks cheaply made with the exact same story as the original. That’s why I thought it was funny when I saw this video as Home Alone immediately came to mind.
Terminator. T1 and T2 should exist. They should make a prequel before T1 and that could be a great trilogy. But that’s it. Dark Fate was a legitimate 0/10.
What about a list of movies that weren’t going to have sequels but due to their success did , Example: First Blood, Rambo originally was scripted to die at the end, the idea for a sequel came up right before wrap up. Example 2: The Terminator was expected to be a B rated flop, ended up having a groundbreaking sequel almost a decade later
Franchises that should not have been turned into franchises in my opinion: Transformers Jurassic park/world Jaws IT Terminator Night at the museum Predator Insidious Final Destination Halloween Pirates of the caribbean
Final destination actually did need sequels because it was made specifically for a certain crowd and delivers to that crowd and it isn't like final destination was a great movie it pretty much falls to the same level as the rest of the franchise
Great list Sean! I agree with everything and that's pretty much my list except I would take out Cars for Ice Age. I think Ice Age failed in almost all the sequels
@@al0742 I honestly like the sequels as stupid straight to DVD features that aren't cannon. But since they weren't straight to DVD and are cannon, it makes them all the more bad. Ice Age 2002, in my opinion, is one of the best animated movies I've seen. It's mature, deeply emotional, super funny, and has some of the best characters in recent years, but when you take ALL that away in the sequels, it destroys the legacy of the original
I think Cars being a franchise isnt that bad tbh Cars 2 may be wacky and ridiculous but it doesnt hurt the original and is still really fun and exciting Cars 3 is a logical place to take the franchise tbh and the Cars show is a nice compromise instead of Cars 4
I won’t lie Sean being a big Cameron and especially Avatar fan I’m incredibly excited for for mainly the second film cause I am pretty cynical about the other three afterwards but I will agree it is pretty frustrating that he has only released one movie in the past twenty one years 😔
Yeah I agree. I’m surprised Sean didn’t have any of the classic horror franchises on his list. I would’ve put Halloween up their if it hadn’t been for the 2018 film. Nightmare on Elm Street would’ve been on their top if it wasn’t for the second film as well as New Nightmare.
- All Disney movies that got direct-to-dvd sequels - Airplane - Batman (& Returns) - Wreck-It Ralph - Frozen - Ghostbusters - Bourne (which was better off as a trilogy) - Transformers - Cloudy with a chance of meatballs - Open Season - Descendants - Goosebumps - Ice Age - Independence Day - Indiana Jones (also better off as a trilogy) - Jurassic Park - The Mask of Zorro - Men in Black - The Mummy - Olympus Has Fallen - Space Jam - The Santa Clause - Shrek (& 2)
The Matrix: The second one messes up the mythology and the third is just plain bad for me. I know there are some defenders but the sequels hurt the original for me.
Exactly how I feel about it. I don't get why they went in such a weird direction in the sequel. I do hope the 4th one is good cause it looks like a semi reboot which I am on board with due to the 2ed and 3ed films being trash but I don't have any high expectations it will be good.
Honestly, I never understood why people hate what Matrix Reloaded gets so much hate for the Architect scene. I love the first Matrix but the whole Chosen One trope was so damn tiring and overused so it’s nice Reloaded decided to make it more of a story about free will, which in a way is what the original was about because Neo chose to become the One, he had a choice.
In my opinion, cars 3 wasn't bad. Infact it improved off of cars 2 which was of course more of a action movie than a cars story. Cars 3 works on so many levels for me.
@@jimmykarlsson2567 Well actually there is a Titanic II. It's not directed by Cameron. It's a low budget B movie which I believe is on one of the free streaming services.
Based on what you said about the matrix franchise, that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t have been a franchise, if anything they should’ve gone in a better direction
I actually like the Matrix sequels. Reloaded I genuinely think was a great movie. Not as good as the first one of course but still a great film nonetheless. Revolutions is definitely a weak movie but has enough good parts that I’d call it a solid ending to the trilogy. Hoping Resurrections is good
The Crow should have been a standalone film. Stop with the attempt of rebooting it. It was proven by its terrible sequels that NO ONE can replace Brandon Lee. He OWNS that role.
Not quite the same thing, but I'd much rather have seen Halloween continue with the anthology route it was going down starting with Halloween III until it went back to focusing on Michael Myers. I think there's a ton of potential there that was missed out on in favor of churning out sub-par sequels.
I personally think that Jaws 2 isn't that bad, i grew up watching both that movie and the first Jaws movie, as the sequel did feature some of the returning cast, however Jaws 3D and the revenge are absolutely bad and ridiculously hilarious in how terribly made they are.
I think Triple X, Matrix, Children Of The Corn, Jaws, Fast & Furious, Highlander, Nightmare Elm Street, Mission Impossible shouldn’t have been Franchises
That is a mash of controversy right there some obvious choices and some that actually redeemed themselves some (Mission Impossible and Fast & the Furious that have both made movies that out did the original)
Sean should have Mentioned how Most Jim Carry Sequels get things Horribly Wrong like how Evan Almighty, Ace Ventura JR, and Son of The Mask don't work cause they Lack the Personality that Jim Carry had
Avatar, Terminator, Jurassic Park, Pacific Rim, Alien, Hangover, Taken, Raiders of the lost ark, The Planet of the Apes, Pirates of the Caribbean and Mission Impossible. As an honourable mention, I'd say Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
My picks for films that shouldn’t have had sequels: - Jaws - Cars - Speed - Joker (I think it’s getting a sequel, but it doesn’t need one) - Despicable Me - The Hangover The Matrix is an interesting one, because I didn’t mind the idea of it having sequels, it’s just that they took the series in the wrong direction. Hopefully Resurrections changes that.
I will stand on my soap box and argue for jaws 2. Jaws is a masterpiece and 3 and 4 are atrocious but jaws 2 should never be lumped in with those other 2 or should be wished away. I love that film. Didn't mind the 2nd hangover either but it really is a beat for beat repeat of the first.
Despicable Me for me. Love the first but then it just started turning into a pandering cash-grab and a desprate excuse to sell merchandises. I'd rather see Megamind sequels than Despicable Me sequels. Also a 4th Despicable Me is rumored pls don't make it happen Illumination.
Jaws, Anchorman, the Hangover, Dumb and Dumber, Analyze That, Blues Brothers, Robocop, Psycho, Taken, Hitman’s Bodyguard, Speed, City Slickers, Bruce Almighty, and Scream come to mind.
The Matrix and Jaws are always the first two movies that come to mind for me. And now that our childhood dreams have all been destroyed, Return of the Jedi should never have gotten a sequel.
For me other than the most obvious example of a movie not needing a franchise with Jaws, the other one I saw absolutely no point in making a franchise was Frozen. I watched the first one when it originally came out and immediately thought "This definitely does not need a continuation." BUT they decided to make Frozen 2 which came out 2 years ago and it ended up not being anywhere near as good as the first one (though I don't enjoy the first remotely at all anyway).
15:47 and what's weird is that he seems to want movie franchises to end after two movies. He ended Terminator after the second movie and ended the Alien franchise with Aliens. Those movies got sequels but they weren't made by him. So it's weird that he is making more Avatar sequels and I'm afraid they are just going to be cash grabs
I’m gonna toss in Shrek, Ice Age, Home Alone, Indiana Jones, Back to the future, Die Hard, Terminator after T2 (know that’s cheating), Pirates of the Caribbean, Transformers.
Great idea for a list Honorable Mentions: The Hangover Poltergeist Dumb and Dumber 10. The Matrix 9. Hellraiser 8. Wreck-it Ralph 7. The Expendables 6. Jeepers Creepers 5. The Omen 4. Taken 3. Friday 2. Speed 1. Jaws
Another franchise that wasn't necessary, is home alone. Although I love the first two, I think it's too much to make 5-6 movies about a very specific type of situation that happens to a kid and other than that, the movies don't get any better
Great idea for a list Sean. Lets see.. 🤔 - The Matrix - Mad Max - Dirty Harry - John Wick - Oceans Eleven - Fright Night - Jumanji - The Fly - Rambo - Rocky Dammit i am at 10 already. 🤯😂 Here are other franchise who should have stopped at the first. 1- Beverly Hills Cop 2- Jurassic Park 3- Angel Has Fallen 4- Highlander 5- The Hangover 6- Prophecy 7- The Karate Kid 8- Pacific Rim 9- Jaws 10- Independenece Day 11- Cloverfield 12- House 13- Speed 14- Fright Night 15- The Exorcist 16- The Transporter 17- Fast and Furious 18- Triple X 19- Smoking Aces 20- Wall Street
For me the first thing that comes to mind is definitely Jaws. The original is a phenomenal classic, and admittedly the second film isn’t THAT bad (although it definitely doesn’t need to exist), but it just dove way off a cliff once 3-D and The Revenge came out.
Yeah. I loved Jaws 2, they should have at least stopped there.
No movie needs to exist including the Original Jaws are we glad it did YES as for Jaws 2 I like Jaws 3 had a good concept but bad execution and less we say about Revenge the Better but one thing Great in all 4 is the Original Score and I should know because I have all 4 on CD and they're all Awesome so if the franchise didn't exist then the scores other than original wouldn't exist and that's something I'm against
I think nightmare on elm street may be one of those
Or Texas chainsaw massacare
For me The Crow series comes to mind. The first Crow is one of my all time favorite movies, and it gives a perfect ending to the movie. All the other movies bastardize the film, and I now think the other ones don't exist.
I wasn’t expecting Avatar to be on this list but that’s a great shout!!!
It's too early to say avatar when the sequels haven't been released yet to say if they were shit or not
Why? We haven’t even seen the sequels
Whelp, now that the sequel came out good , the notion aged like milk .
Unpopular opinion: Cars 2 is way underrated. it was such a cool movie, and granted, unnecessary to add to the original, but still way better than people give it credit for.
It feels like a stupid spin off about Tow mater trying to be James bond, not sure why they thought that would be a good fit for the cars franchise it's barely about racing
I absolutely don’t understand that, but I have a very unpopular opinion too: I really like the Amazing Spider Man 1 & 2
@@pickleodessey8452 I think more people are growing on these, I've heard this opinion recently. For me personally I only like the first one because *SPOILERS* they kill off gwen stacy
It is very much overhated it’s so much fun and still enjoyable
And it’s not like it ruins the first movie or anything
@@flashfire9825 cars two isn't overrated at all
I would actually love to see the opposite of this; sequels/remakes that made the original film better. I think that's less common but equally interesting.
Example: Toy Story
The Godfather
Fast & Furious
Terminator 2
A tv show but stranger things
The only “sequel” to Jaws you could make is a prequel about Quint’s story on the USS Indianapolis. Thats the only film worth making if given the right execution.
That would be amazing 🤯
Essentially: Oh, we traumatized a character for life... Oh wait, that's not good enough, let's traumatize the character for life a second time. Let's see how many times we can traumatize this family for life.
Audience: Dude, I don't think they can be anymore traumatized than they already are.
"Well, that's alright, let's traumatize them again."
I absolutely agree with Jaws. The original was a standalone story that had one shark terrorizing a town, and the main characters steeping up to hunt it. There were no open ends that needed continuation. There is certainly no need for sequels and there's DEFINITELY no need for a remake.
Agreed.
What a great idea for a list. I keep saying “not everything needs to be a franchise.”
I sent him a DM on instgram with the idea a while back, he responds and engages with his viewers. Top bloke
Americans in particular(i am one) have an obsession with keeping things going until all the good memories are gone and so almost nothing is remembered fondly.
Can’t wait to see this (feel like there’s some obvious choices)
Jaws 2 on rotten tomatoes consensus:Jaws 2 never approaches the lingering thrills of it's classic predecessor,but it's reasonably entertaining for a sequel that has no reason to exist.😂
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Sums it up
Nah gotta give the Avatar sequels a chance. He’s been working on them for SOOO long that I have faith that at least the second one will be amazing!
You got a point, when a director puts work and time into a movie, you know it might be good, heck take the MCU, they worked on building up Infinity War for so long and it turned out to be the greatest film from that franchise
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Yup, seems they need to learn that lesson from Themselves now.
The MCU is way better than Avatar and The Way Of Water
This is such great concept for a video - I really appreciate you continuing to challenge yourself with these rankings, Sean!
Now let’s just hope he doesn’t make a Sequel to it 😂
I sent him a DM on instgram with the idea a while back, he responds and engages with his viewers. Top bloke
I would have to say Pacific Rim. The first movie was a good addition to the Kaiju genre that ends in a satisfying way, but the second movie Pacific Rim: Uprising undoes most of the weight of the first movie’s ending. Along with a less interesting story and characters it just feels kind of unnecessary.
10. The Blues Brothers
9. Men in Black
8. Speed
7. Coming to America
6. Taken
5. Insidious
4. The Omen
3. The Hangover
2. The Matrix
1. Jaws
Oh man, yes. Coming to America should've stopped at the 1st one!
I am fan of the third Omen film.
The idea of the worshipers of the Anti Christ killing babies is very dark,
Sam Neil was great as Damian
Wait a minute, Avatar is STILL getting like 4 more sequels even though I've barely heard anything about the Avatar sequels and the first Avatar movie is already a pretty forgettable, albeit decent, movie that was sold as the most original and groundbreaking movie of the decade yet it felt not much of an impact?
Idk how it made so much money its pretty forgettable
@@onigiri2032 it made a lot of money because apparently it was great in I max 3D and made specifically for that format and everyone that saw it said it was great in I max 3D, recommended their friends and family to see it and those people recommended their friends and family to see it because it was an experience that couldn't be missed at the time. Since everyone saw it in I max 3D that's how it made so much money. I haven't seen it since I was a kid so I don't really know if this is true but that's just my theory
They treated the first avatar like it was huge
It’s not forgettable
I’m gonna respectfully disagree. Rewatching it ten years later I found to love the concept, the story, the cinematography, and the main character arc. While I’m not sure of the direction they will go, James Cameron has been passionate about it, and I think many will be pleasantly surprised.
"Even though it wasn't all that popular of a film in the United States, so I don't know what they were thinking"....they were thinking they are British, and British people make their own films, like Canadians, Aussies, Japanese, Koreans, Indians, Chinese, Russians, Germans, French, and many other nations. James Bond hasn't been all that popular in the US compared to its international box office.
I don't know if these would've counted, but I would've done Terminator and Alien as entries despite having a solid follow up after it. I guess something like that could be saved for a sort of "Franchises that should've stopped after the second film" list, but that's just me
Yup
Cars and iron man should have stopped after 2 as well
@@andrewmoore4510 imo for both of those the second film is by far the worst
@@alfielee2989 I never said you liked them. I for one like cars 2 (but not as much as the first one) and iron man 2 happens to be my favorite of the trilogy. We do exist. I also like aou and sequel trilogy. I'm not hard to please when it comes to cinema
Yes, I'd say even Aliens and T2 are not that great by comparison to the original. I also hate how every Terminator movie except Salvation has to have complicated time travel shenanigans in the "present" rather than showing us the future machine world.
Please do more of these. I legit love your videos. If I’m not actively watching it or thoroughly rather, I’ll throw it on the background like re-run episodes of the office.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed with the Avatar sequels, hoping Cameron knows what he's doing..
I like to imagine an alternate universe where he spent 20 years on follow-ups to T2 instead! But then there would be no True Lies or Titanic..
*From the top of my head…*
- Mean Girls
- The Crow
- The Hangover
- Jaws
- The Matrix
- Home Alone 1 & 2
Hey hey hey Home Alone 2 is fantastic
@@AOB454 Oh yeah yeah you’re right except for Home Alone 2.
Home alone 2 is epic
mean girls got a sequel?!
Well I liked Home Alone 2 but everything after that was unwatchable. I can't belive they have another Home Alone movie with another new cast lol. Just let the franchise die already lol. I want to see Kevin played by Macaulay Culkin. The only sequel I want to see moving forward is Kevin grown up and he leaves his kid like what happened to Kevin when he was younger. Other then that I'm tired of these cringe new movies.
Spielberg actually made a good sequel to “Jaws”: It was called “Jurassic Park” …
Jurassic park is iconic i love all of them except The second half of Fallen kingdom imo
@@kushtrimbe2611 I watched Fallen Kingdom again today and I have to say, it's pretty good imo. Underrated.
@@0202-t3h tbh if the movie was set in the island the whole time it deff would move in my top 3
@@kushtrimbe2611 The island stuff was great, but I also enjoyed the final act inside the mansion. Not sure about the ending where they release all the dinosaurs tho.
@@0202-t3h I had a few problems with JW:FK but I still enjoy it
Karate Kid is another great one for this conversation HOWEVER, Cobra Kai is a fantastic show and kind of the exception but filmwise yeah it should have been one and done.
Amazing, everything you just said, was wrong. (Imo) I really like katate kid 2 and the third one is good but I'm not a fan of cobra Kai. But, nice opinion though
Karate Kid 2 is a great film. There are some campy parts, but it doesn't embarrass the franchise. Even 3 feels like a logical extension. How they handled it wasn't great, but if felt like a sequel. Cobra Kai is amazing.
@@andrewmoore4510 What is yur opinion on Cobra Kai?? I’m interested
@@pickleodessey8452 I watched a couple episodes and just couldn't get into it. It lacked everything that made the movies great to me. Should have come out 30 years ago
@@andrewmoore4510 Well u didn’t watch the rest of it and it gets better and better as it goes along. One of my friends did the exact same thing as you
I’m not gonna lie. I absolutely LOVE jaws 2! I’m not gonna defend 3 & 4, they’re terrible. So I’m gonna try and play devils advocate here and ask the question. Why couldn’t Amity have another shark problem?!? I know of 3 or 4 beaches on the north east side of Florida that constantly have multiple sharks. Why is that such a stretch? There’s no F’g way jaws 2 could ever equal Jaws so I’m happy they went in the direction they did. Jaws 2 is Jaws in an 80’s slasher mold! The shark is going for horny teenagers and it even has a burnt Freddy Krueger face. Only thing missing was some boobs to seal the deal
Absolutely agree on Avatar! It’s not even about him wasting 30 years for me I just don’t like Avatar at all.
My picks are:
Jurassic Park
Predator (although second one was decent).
Some other picks are more fitted into category "Franchises that should have know when to stop" and those are:
Terminator (after Judgment Day)
Pirates of the Caribbean (after third one)
Bad Boys (after second one)
Respectfully Disagreed. The only bad jp film is jp3 and maybe fk. And even they introduced new dinos and stuff
@@ferociousrazordino3581 i think all JP movies are quite enjoyable. My main thoughts are that JP didn't need to become a franchise. Because every movie after first one is basically run away from monsters movie. In regards that writers seemingly met their creative end after the original.
@@Acromion11 well. i see what you mean, but i think they are more than that, especially Jurassic World. i feel like people didn't pay attention to that movie and started bashing it for stupid reasons like a lady in heels "outrunning a T.rex" and that it has no moral. which in my opinion solidifies that people didnt pay attention to Jurassic world. the message was very clear.
@@ferociousrazordino3581 for sure, I am just standing by my opinion that original JP would be much stronger as a standalone movie than as a part of a franchise
I disagree with Jurassic Park a bit as the concept they had for the franchise was actually decent just not handed correctly
Predator again another movie that works as a franchise just need a better execution like Highlander as Sean mentioned is a movie with a goal that really only works with one film
Rocky: there ain’t gonna be no rematch
*makes 8 sequels*
Thank goodness. I'm in Rocky Balboa.
Only thing about Highlander is that it should only have done prequels, and that's it. The idea of following several immortals throughout history would be cool.
I definitely agree with you on that it never made any sense to do a sequel after the first movie 👍
After seeing Avatar 2 I would definitely take it off this list because that movie was phenomenal. Also an honorable mention for me is Home Alone because it doesn’t really qualify. The first 2 are classics, but anything after that shouldn’t exist. Awesome video as always Sean!
This is one of the most educational TH-cam videos that I have ever seen. I now know which movies I shall never see. Ever. As long as I live.
My sister-in-law just watched Jaws for the very first time and enjoyed it quite a bit. She's team Hooper! :D
But when told there were 3 sequels, she was not interested at all. So either she didn't enjoy the movie and lied to us for some reason, or she knows that any possible sequel would be extremely forced and completely ridiculous! 😄
Sounds like my brother for Star Wars, I don’t know why, but he’s never given a reason to hate it except he’s not interested, but he loved the original trilogy first time watching it, but his love for it seemed to stop after watching the Star Wars sequels, and it left such a bad taste for him that he hates Star Wars, but again he keeps denying this, and says he hated it first time watching, but that’s not the case, so I don’t know
Hey Sean, just a random thought (probably cause I saw Old recently), would you consider ranking every m.night shyamalan movie plot twists ? That could be interesting
Almost every single horror movie that had sequels could be on this list. Jaws, Psycho, IT, The Blair Witch Project, Poltergeist, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Paranormal Activity, the list goes on. There are plenty of exceptions, of course, but about 60-70% of the time, sequels to classic horror movies are just made for money.
99% of movies in general are mad for money
IT needed a sequel because the first one was only part of the book that it was based off of. It’s one story told in two movies.
Blair Witch 2 was nothing compared to the original but was still at least interesting and OK.
"Speed" DID need a sequel... Father Ted's "Speed 3", that is.
I’d love to see something like this for television series that should have ended after one season (Thirteen Reasons Why)
Yeah thirteen reasons why definitely should had ended after season 1
I checked, the budget for Jaws the revenge was 23 MILLION. Who decided, “Yeah this sounds great heres 23 million dollars that could go to so many better uses but no, this movie, this movie supersedes it all.”
I’ve got one that didn’t need to become a franchise, freakin’ Home Alone. The original with Macaulay Culkin is a classic and all the sequels just repeat the exact same story with little changes to keep further films in the series fresh.
Excatly did you see that new movie trailer
@@blakek.4378 yep, saw it. Didn’t look good, another Home Alone movie that looks cheaply made with the exact same story as the original. That’s why I thought it was funny when I saw this video as Home Alone immediately came to mind.
@@PokeScott101 yeah I’m pretty sure they quoted the original about 100 times and the cop was Kevin
@@blakek.4378 oh, yeah
I mean Home Alone 2 was actually pretty good but 3 onwards is just unnecessary
These types of videos are one of the reasons I love your channel so much. It's really interesting stuff and it's unique. Good work! 😊
Terminator.
T1 and T2 should exist. They should make a prequel before T1 and that could be a great trilogy. But that’s it. Dark Fate was a legitimate 0/10.
What about a list of movies that weren’t going to have sequels but due to their success did , Example: First Blood, Rambo originally was scripted to die at the end, the idea for a sequel came up right before wrap up. Example 2: The Terminator was expected to be a B rated flop, ended up having a groundbreaking sequel almost a decade later
Franchises that should not have been turned into franchises in my opinion:
Transformers
Jurassic park/world
Jaws
IT
Terminator
Night at the museum
Predator
Insidious
Final Destination
Halloween
Pirates of the caribbean
Final destination actually did need sequels because it was made specifically for a certain crowd and delivers to that crowd and it isn't like final destination was a great movie it pretty much falls to the same level as the rest of the franchise
We needed terminator 2 but the others after that rubbish
@@t-7777 Exactly
I actually liked the Night at the Museum trilogy
Pireates of the Caribbean worked real well on own, could have made good series but really didn't.
Paranormal Activity Should’ve stopped after the first movie
Great list Sean!
I agree with everything and that's pretty much my list except I would take out Cars for Ice Age. I think Ice Age failed in almost all the sequels
Actually I liked Ice Age 3 over the original but yeah, the rest are pretty bad.
@@al0742 I honestly like the sequels as stupid straight to DVD features that aren't cannon. But since they weren't straight to DVD and are cannon, it makes them all the more bad. Ice Age 2002, in my opinion, is one of the best animated movies I've seen. It's mature, deeply emotional, super funny, and has some of the best characters in recent years, but when you take ALL that away in the sequels, it destroys the legacy of the original
I actually thought Cars 3 was just as good as the first one
Avatar is one of my favorite films and I can't tell you how frustrated I've been waiting for just the first sequel. THEY BETTER BE Good!!
I think Cars being a franchise isnt that bad tbh
Cars 2 may be wacky and ridiculous but it doesnt hurt the original and is still really fun and exciting
Cars 3 is a logical place to take the franchise tbh
and the Cars show is a nice compromise instead of Cars 4
I won’t lie Sean being a big Cameron and especially Avatar fan I’m incredibly excited for for mainly the second film cause I am pretty cynical about the other three afterwards but I will agree it is pretty frustrating that he has only released one movie in the past twenty one years 😔
Scream (5 movies so far) and I Know What You Did Last Summer (3 movies)
Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th
Halloween probably shouldn’t have made a franchise considering the first one was a classic but that’s what makes horror movies known: The franchises
Yeah I agree. I’m surprised Sean didn’t have any of the classic horror franchises on his list. I would’ve put Halloween up their if it hadn’t been for the 2018 film. Nightmare on Elm Street would’ve been on their top if it wasn’t for the second film as well as New Nightmare.
- All Disney movies that got direct-to-dvd sequels
- Airplane
- Batman (& Returns)
- Wreck-It Ralph
- Frozen
- Ghostbusters
- Bourne (which was better off as a trilogy)
- Transformers
- Cloudy with a chance of meatballs
- Open Season
- Descendants
- Goosebumps
- Ice Age
- Independence Day
- Indiana Jones (also better off as a trilogy)
- Jurassic Park
- The Mask of Zorro
- Men in Black
- The Mummy
- Olympus Has Fallen
- Space Jam
- The Santa Clause
- Shrek (& 2)
I actually never saw Jaws 2&3. I saw Jaws The Revenge to see how bad it was and my god it was as bad as people say it is.
The Matrix: The second one messes up the mythology and the third is just plain bad for me.
I know there are some defenders but the sequels hurt the original for me.
Exactly how I feel about it. I don't get why they went in such a weird direction in the sequel. I do hope the 4th one is good cause it looks like a semi reboot which I am on board with due to the 2ed and 3ed films being trash but I don't have any high expectations it will be good.
I think The Matrix could have had some good sequels, but the two it got weren't it. Did like the Animatrix though.
I like watching the original one and then going into reloaded knowing that I'm continuing that story
@@GingeyBoi57 awesome
Honestly, I never understood why people hate what Matrix Reloaded gets so much hate for the Architect scene. I love the first Matrix but the whole Chosen One trope was so damn tiring and overused so it’s nice Reloaded decided to make it more of a story about free will, which in a way is what the original was about because Neo chose to become the One, he had a choice.
In my opinion, cars 3 wasn't bad. Infact it improved off of cars 2 which was of course more of a action movie than a cars story. Cars 3 works on so many levels for me.
Speed 2 is easily one of the worst sequels of all time
But the third one works, right?
The original wasn't that good.
I am actually really excited for the Avatar sequels because of James Cameron's track record with sequels (Aliens and Terminator 2: Judgement Day)
I somewhat agree but every filmmaker does have at least a few stinkers. But maybe James Cameron can pull it off. Who knows?
@@StaticBlaster 😂😂😂 I want a Titanic sequel 😂
Have been waiting now for 25 years
@@jimmykarlsson2567 Well actually there is a Titanic II. It's not directed by Cameron. It's a low budget B movie which I believe is on one of the free streaming services.
Based on what you said about the matrix franchise, that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t have been a franchise, if anything they should’ve gone in a better direction
I actually like the Matrix sequels. Reloaded I genuinely think was a great movie. Not as good as the first one of course but still a great film nonetheless. Revolutions is definitely a weak movie but has enough good parts that I’d call it a solid ending to the trilogy. Hoping Resurrections is good
I think the matrix films make up a wonderful series. Cannot wait to see Resurrections!!!
@@randallrutherford1384 Yea sry I wasn’t a fan of Ressurections
And how do you like Resurrections now?
You need to rank the Sharknado movies
Great video. Thanks Sean!
Home Alone should've NEVER been a franchise I'm really dreading watching Home Sweet Home Alone
Do you at least like 1 and 2
@@jamesggggg8598 I really do like the first and the second but the rest are trash
@@maxreviews6179 👍
The Crow should have been a standalone film. Stop with the attempt of rebooting it. It was proven by its terrible sequels that NO ONE can replace Brandon Lee. He OWNS that role.
Not quite the same thing, but I'd much rather have seen Halloween continue with the anthology route it was going down starting with Halloween III until it went back to focusing on Michael Myers. I think there's a ton of potential there that was missed out on in favor of churning out sub-par sequels.
True, I love a Michael Myers and stuff, but it does feel like a missed opportunity to give up on the Halloween themed anthology.
The MCU should have stopped after Endgame.
Smokey and the Bandit is another classic example of this. I would even say that Jurassic park falls into this as well.
Hangover should have been number 1.
They are my favourite actions movies atm and I have loved everyone of them but I feel John Wick could go down hill if they continue to make sequels
Agreed even though I watched all of them the first one is the best and it ends the story arch outside the world building.
Ya right. Second was good too actually. But the third was totally unnecessary.
Hi Sean, love your content. Keep up the good work. Just a question - where did you get your posters at the back on the wall?
I personally think that Jaws 2 isn't that bad, i grew up watching both that movie and the first Jaws movie, as the sequel did feature some of the returning cast, however Jaws 3D and the revenge are absolutely bad and ridiculously hilarious in how terribly made they are.
I think Triple X, Matrix, Children Of The Corn, Jaws, Fast & Furious, Highlander, Nightmare Elm Street, Mission Impossible shouldn’t have been Franchises
That is a mash of controversy right there some obvious choices and some that actually redeemed themselves some (Mission Impossible and Fast & the Furious that have both made movies that out did the original)
@@aaronrumph3291 Reason why because I don't really like Mission Impossible Films and Fast and Furious Films
@@devinharbert2245 action films aren't for everyone
Next video:
Franchises that shouldn't have existed
Top 1 is Sharknado
or go in the opposite direction movies that should have got a franchise
Captain Marvel
@@aaronrumph3291 I might be wrong he might've done that or I might be thinking that he did movies that deserve a sequel
@@richardperaza5083 he did one on movies that deserve a sequel
#2 didn't age too well, considering the sequel is superior to the first. LOL
But yes, Cameron only making Avatar films for 30 years is unfortunate.
30 years???
He made the first one in 2009
Sean should have Mentioned how Most Jim Carry Sequels get things Horribly Wrong like how Evan Almighty, Ace Ventura JR, and Son of The Mask don't work cause they Lack the Personality that Jim Carry had
Hearing you mention Highlander reminded me of Aqua Teen “Oh, Frylock, the Highlander was a documentary. And the events happened in real time”.
Sitting in the deer stand on the first day of hunting with a Sean video on my headphones is the best
Yooooo, it's awesome that you included Poltergeist. That's what I commented on your post asking which movie shouldn't have been a franchise
Avatar, Terminator, Jurassic Park, Pacific Rim, Alien, Hangover, Taken, Raiders of the lost ark, The Planet of the Apes, Pirates of the Caribbean and Mission Impossible. As an honourable mention, I'd say Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
I agree with Matrix
1. Jurassic Park
2. The Matrix
3. Terminator and Terminator 2
4. Pacific Rim
5. Jaws
6. Taken
7. Men in Black
8. Anchorman
9. Jumanji
10. The Exorcist
My picks for films that shouldn’t have had sequels:
- Jaws
- Cars
- Speed
- Joker (I think it’s getting a sequel, but it doesn’t need one)
- Despicable Me
- The Hangover
The Matrix is an interesting one, because I didn’t mind the idea of it having sequels, it’s just that they took the series in the wrong direction. Hopefully Resurrections changes that.
Finding Nemo
Joker needs a sequel
I agree with all except Cars because I loved Cars 3
I want a sequel to Joker to see this Joker go pure fucking evil
@@parthsarthimuranjan9069 why does joker need a sequel they told the story they wanted no need to drag it out
Great idea for a list video Sean!👍
I feel like you have to mention Pacific Rim. That should have just been Del Torro’s love letter to mecha anime.
9:06 Don't forget about the Dumb and Dumber cartoon
I will stand on my soap box and argue for jaws 2. Jaws is a masterpiece and 3 and 4 are atrocious but jaws 2 should never be lumped in with those other 2 or should be wished away. I love that film. Didn't mind the 2nd hangover either but it really is a beat for beat repeat of the first.
You're not alone. I liked Jaws 2 as well. That was when they should have stopped.
Despicable Me for me. Love the first but then it just started turning into a pandering cash-grab and a desprate excuse to sell merchandises.
I'd rather see Megamind sequels than Despicable Me sequels. Also a 4th Despicable Me is rumored pls don't make it happen Illumination.
I absolutely agree. I really liked the first one, but the second one was meh, and the third one was bad.
@@JackInfinity203 I personally really like the 2nd. The 3rd one was terrible
1st for story and 2nd for more comedy
Jaws, Anchorman, the Hangover, Dumb and Dumber, Analyze That, Blues Brothers, Robocop, Psycho, Taken, Hitman’s Bodyguard, Speed, City Slickers, Bruce Almighty, and Scream come to mind.
The Matrix and Jaws are always the first two movies that come to mind for me. And now that our childhood dreams have all been destroyed, Return of the Jedi should never have gotten a sequel.
For me other than the most obvious example of a movie not needing a franchise with Jaws, the other one I saw absolutely no point in making a franchise was Frozen. I watched the first one when it originally came out and immediately thought "This definitely does not need a continuation." BUT they decided to make Frozen 2 which came out 2 years ago and it ended up not being anywhere near as good as the first one (though I don't enjoy the first remotely at all anyway).
15:47 and what's weird is that he seems to want movie franchises to end after two movies. He ended Terminator after the second movie and ended the Alien franchise with Aliens. Those movies got sequels but they weren't made by him. So it's weird that he is making more Avatar sequels and I'm afraid they are just going to be cash grabs
Well Alien is a little different, he didn't even make the first.
Honorable mention: Terminator (except it should’ve ended after 2)
Honorable mention #2: every slasher franchise ever
Some slasher films set themselves up for a sequel though.
I also disagree about slashers not having sequels but to each his own.
@@mystery4561 true like the first Nightmare on Elm Street has an open ending. So the story continues.
Universal Soldier, Fast and Furious, The Mummy, Halloween, The Amityville Horror, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Franchises that didn't work Critters, Taken, The Hangover, Grown Ups, Half Past Dead, Hostel, Blair Witch, and Pirates of The Caribbean
I’m gonna toss in Shrek, Ice Age, Home Alone, Indiana Jones, Back to the future, Die Hard, Terminator after T2 (know that’s cheating), Pirates of the Caribbean, Transformers.
I completely disagree with all of these except Back to the Future
@@apecentury228 WDYM? Back to the Future have one of the best movie trilogy ever.
Before watching the video, my picks would be
Jaws
Fast and Furious
Nightmare on elm Street
TAKEN
Men in Black
That's all I could think of for now
And maybe half of the alien franchise. alien and aliens are masterpieces. the rest are crap.
Independence Day maybe.
And Ramboo aswell
@@StaticBlaster yess absolutely.
1 and 2 totally masterpieces.
The rest could be a direct to dvd movies
@@jimmykarlsson2567 wooooooow you literally just said Rambo??
That's my favorite action series of all time 😭💔
@@Minnesota_Central sorry I've heart you 😔
If Cobra kai didn't exist number one for me would've been the karate kid franchise.
I disagree about Part II but Part III is just a dumpster fire
@@brendan4784 I think the sequels make the original look bad
Great idea for a list
Honorable Mentions:
The Hangover
Poltergeist
Dumb and Dumber
10. The Matrix
9. Hellraiser
8. Wreck-it Ralph
7. The Expendables
6. Jeepers Creepers
5. The Omen
4. Taken
3. Friday
2. Speed
1. Jaws
Great list
Jaws - Halloween - First Blood - Highlander - Predator - RoboCop
Another franchise that wasn't necessary, is home alone. Although I love the first two, I think it's too much to make 5-6 movies about a very specific type of situation that happens to a kid and other than that, the movies don't get any better
The Matrix, no competition
I’m still surprised they managed stretch the concept of “a shark is attacking people” into four different movies.
6:43, watch the original film, which has 90% on RT, while Speed 2 has 3%, falling into the so bad its good category.
Great idea for a list Sean. Lets see.. 🤔
- The Matrix
- Mad Max
- Dirty Harry
- John Wick
- Oceans Eleven
- Fright Night
- Jumanji
- The Fly
- Rambo
- Rocky
Dammit i am at 10 already. 🤯😂
Here are other franchise who should have stopped at the first.
1- Beverly Hills Cop
2- Jurassic Park
3- Angel Has Fallen
4- Highlander
5- The Hangover
6- Prophecy
7- The Karate Kid
8- Pacific Rim
9- Jaws
10- Independenece Day
11- Cloverfield
12- House
13- Speed
14- Fright Night
15- The Exorcist
16- The Transporter
17- Fast and Furious
18- Triple X
19- Smoking Aces
20- Wall Street
I disagree with Jurassic park and karate kid, but the rest I totally agree with you
What about a list about movies franchises that wore out their welcome. Like star wars, the original Spiderman trilogy, the original Batman franchise.