Worst Third Film in a Series

is alien 3 the david fincher one? that was pretty terrible

I liked Exorcist III quite a bit as a teenage horror buff, but I haven't seen it since.

ISTR this being actually pretty good, although George C. Scott -- who was great great great, I love George C. Scott -- was no Lee J. Cobb. But it's got Dourif!!!

Of the one's I've seen on this list, I vote Godfather III.

no Return of the King? hmm.

went for Batman Returns off the list, would have gone for Matrix Revolutions except that, contrary to Tom's opinion, i found it a huge improvement on reloaded.

i think second movies are generally so shitty that i can't be bothered to watch the third- this is the case for Spiderman and Pirates of the Caribbean- if i'd seen them i'm sure they'd be high on my list.

I haven't seen the first of the Once upon a time.... series, but Mexico sure was a turd.

Return of the King was the best of three LoTR movies.

well, no, but even so is the poll relative or standalone? because it's still a shittily written and badly acted pantomime.

Terminator 3 guys

Voted Goldmember even though I haven't seen it, just because I hate Michael Myers so, so much.

Matrix: Revolutions probably the most disappointing (but still like several scenes) - same goes for ROTS i guess but that has the slight 12A excuse

i loved the first two POTCs but not the third much at all. are third acts just that bit more predictable generally? do we have a thread for good threquels?

the inclusion of a standard 'character arc' over three installments is getting really old and cliched at this stage, I think, as well as the inevitable doubling/tripling of 'bad guys' at every juncture.

Tempted to write-in Die Hard 3.

-- Rock Hardy

wtf rock hardy DHWAV is a blast

-- El Tomboto

One of these people is OTM, and it's not Tombot.

crazy talk, DHWAV is great as a standalone or as a sequel.

Alien Vs. Predator would be the third Predator movie, right?

3rd Godzilla movie: Godzilla Vs. King Kong (although the franchise plumbed much stinker depths later)

Alien Vs. Predator would be the third Predator movie, right?

-- Oilyrags, 30 July 2008 14:57 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

hmm, technically....

AvP isn't terrible, just not good.

it seems that comeback/resets tend to work better, but you can only consider those after the character was already done to death i guess. and yeah some of them are still shit.

T3

not the worst on this list by a long shot, but i'm giving it to Godfather 3 just because of the precipitous drop in quality between the original and it's third. I'd say Back to the Future 3 deserves mention, too. Again, not horrible, but compared to how much i liked the first, it's pretty abysmal.*

*should note i've never seen any Die Hards, any Matrices or Jaws 3D (another I suspect would be in the running)

Terminator 3 guys

-- sonderborg, Wednesday, July 30, 2008 8:42 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link

i voted matrix 3 though
also shocked and dismayed by DHWAV haters

T3 haters are insane.

If you went to more than three of these thirds, you MAY be a chump.

american wedding and back to the future 3 are pretty good

i did have super low expectations tho (xpost)

only one of these i saw in the cinema was BTTF3 - enjoyed it at the time but worst of the 3 for sure

You're just pissed off that Rules of the Game 3: 3Rules, 3Game was so terrible, Morbs.

http://www.mymovies.it/filmclub/2006/07/235/locandina.jpg

but redeemed with 4: Citizenz on Patrol, no?!

(j/k)

RoboCop 3, for the size of the drop off in quality.
Robo 1 = classic
Robo 2 = mindless, but enjoyable
Robo 3 = really, staggeringly bad

Rush Hour 3 is really terrible.

wasnt there a third Smokey & the Bandit where Jackie Gleason was the lead?

yeah, that or Jaws 3D (saw this at the NFT!) would be my choice

no one disliked Britannia Hospital, I guess.

Gordon Bombay: I was like you, Charlie. When I played hockey, I was a total hot shot... tried to take control of every game. I wound up quitting. So I tried the law. Same thing. I ruled the courtroom, but inside I was a mess. Started drinking. Man, I was going down. But then this great thing happened, maybe the best thing ever: I got arrested and sentenced to community service. And there you were: Charlie and the Ducks. And as hard as I fought it, there you were. You gave me a life, Charlie, and I want to say thank you. I told Orien about all this when I talked to him about taking over. I told him that you were the heart of the team and that you would learn something from each other. I told him that you were the real Minnesota Miracle Man.
Charlie Conway: (astonished) You did?
Gordon Bombay: (nods) So be that man, Charlie. Be that man.

Coach Orion: (picks hockey puck up off the ice and addresses the Ducks) What's the one thing all great teams have in common?

Lester Averman: Great coaching.

Coach Orion: (unamused) Don't try to suck up to me, Averman.

Coach Orion: Defense. See, unlike scoring, defense never quits. But to play great defense you need one thing above all else.

Lester Averman: (sarcastically, to Goldberg) Bet it starts with a W.

Coach Orion: Confidence. Listen, if you learn nothin' else when you're here, you learn this, all right? This is not just about hockey. It's easy to be confident when you have control of the puck. It's very, very difficult to keep that confidence when you gotta take whatever strange bounces life throws your way. Don't be careless, but don't be too careful either. You cannot be afraid to lose! That's how you gain the confidence to attack the game when the puck isn't yours. That's how you attack life... even when you think you don't have any control. And that's how you play real defense.

"no one disliked Britannia Hospital, I guess."

Why would they?

Ken Wu: Yo, Russ, you gotta teach me how to talk some trash.
Russ: It can't be taught, Kenny-man. I mean, it's gotta be the first thing that comes to your mind. You just gotta go for it. Try it.
Ken Wu: Hey Ref! You - ...
Russ: (covers Ken's mouth) Ah! Shh. Pick another target.
Ken Wu: (stuttering) Hey, number forty-four, you - you - you - you- you play - you don't play real good.
Bears Player: Yeah, right.
Russ: Shorter, man. Get to the point.
Ken Wu: Hey, number nine! Bite me!
(is knocked over by number nine player)
Russ: (laughs) Now we're gettin' somewhere.

D3 MIGHTY DUCKS WINS

and I liked Brittania Hospital!

goldmember is the best of the austin powers

I have never seen Karate Kid 3, but it was one of the first movies to be released only in widescreen on VHS. The back of the videocassette for KK3 explains how the format shows respect for the film and its audience by preserving its unique scope and directorial vision.

can't believe no one else is repping for alien 3 here, such a huge comedown after alien and aliens

I was just goofing on the Lindsay Anderson movies being a 'series' -- but Brit Hospital is not nearly as good as If or OLM!

That's true, but it's still good stuff.

Oh, you big GOOFER!

Pirates of the Caribbean 3 gets my vote!

I made myself watch Rush Hour 3 the other day, it's the most S&M thing I've ever done in my life, well apart from making myself watch Anger Management. What if there was a third Anger Management film?

alien 3 has its merits.

Alien 3 is actually quite good. Nice looking and it's reasonably well-paced and acted. The Jesus ending is kind of tiresome, I guess. And compared to film #4 it's practically a work of genius.

POTC3 is really really bad too.

props to Alien3 for trying to do something a bit different tho. "no guns", strong female lead character now BALD. uh, that may be it.

CROCODILE DUNDEE 3 people

i mean i enjoyed the first one tho many didn't

He never even went to Scotland!

which will happen first? Ghostbusters 3 (or a redo) or Gremlins 3 (they are currently featurng in an ad here in the UK, still looking pretty good and suggests they're on for a comeback)

also heeeeeeeeeey wait THIS isn't the original cover art!
http://www.lovefilm.com/lovefilm/images/products/7/34577-large.jpg

I'll never forget sitting in the theatre watching Made in America (the Ted Danson/Whoopi Goldberg thing, yeah) and the trailer for the original FW showing before the film. As soon as the title flashed on the screen at the end of the trailer, the whole crowd burst out laughing.

free willy - a thirst 4 vengeance, rated R