When I was walking around Blockbuster Video yesterday . . . looking for a movie to rent . . . I came across The Cutting Edge 3. No . . . I did not rent it. I just had to shake my head and roll my eyes. It left me wanting to make this list . . . enjoy.
Top Five Worst Movie Sequels ever . . . in no order . . .
1) The Cutting Edge 3 - Ok . . . so in the 90's, what young man was not forced to watch the original movie by his girlfriend? Or what girl did not force their boyfriend to watch this movie? We all know the story line . . . girl is a figure skater . . . boy is an ice hockey player. They meet on the ice . . . and then . . . Im sure you can figure out the rest. It was a storyline that was so predictable and cheezy . . . it is no wonder the ladies loved this one. Ahhhh . . . but then came The Cutting Edge 2. This movie was the SAME story as the first one. Needless to say . . . I didnt see this one.
Then comes the Cutting Edge 3 . . . This time we are thrown a loop. This time the male is the figure skater and the girl is the hockey player. Way to change things up in this Title IX world. However . . . Im going out on a limb here . . . but I am going to assume that during the movie, neither one of them respects each others sport . . . they teach each other a trick or two about skating in order to get better . . . they end up falling in love.
Id rather play Jumpman on my old Commadore 64 . . . then watch either of these sequels.
2) Major League 3 - Now find me a person who doesnt like Major League and I will find you a person who actually does own the Brooklyn Bridge. This may not be your favorite movie . . . but its an enjoyable movie to watch (IM TALKING ABOUT THE ORIGINAL). Wild Thing, hats for bats, up your butt jobu, and other memories/lines made this movie fun. It was your typical sports movie . . . and even more so, your typical sports comedy movie . . . but it rocked. Major League 2 . . . had it's moments . . . but all in all . . . nothing to brag about.
In the words of Kenny Rogers "You gotta know when to . . ." . . . well we know the song . . . at least most of us. Apparently the executives who gave the thumbs up to make Major League 3, didnt. Now the movie focuses in on a minor league team. You may be shocked about this story line . . . but its about a team who cant seem to play together and makes stupid mistakes. . . . then learns from those mistakes and wins it all. Go figure. In terms of sports movies . . . this one is one of the worst . . . with Angels in the Infield a close second. Although the Sandlot sequels are pretty sucky as well. Boy . . . we got a LOT to chose from.
3) Star Wars "The Clone Wars" - Seriously . . . a 900 HP vacuum cleaner does not suck as much as this movie. I honestly can not believe that I fell for the hype. Although Im not an all knowing Star Wars nut . . . I will not lie, I like the movies. For some reason, there are people out there who hate the new trilogy. Personally, I like them for what they are. Episode I could have been on this list though because Jake Lloyd (I think that is his name) had to be the worst kid actor in the world to play this role. When Lloyd hides in the fighter . . . it goes downhill. Cheezy lines, awful acting, and a plot which includes a 10 year old boy winning an epic battle. Hmmm . . .
So out of the 6 movies . . . Episode I easily is the worst, in my opinion. Due to the overwhelming hype of this movie . . . it could have actually made this list . . . again based on the hype alone. But no . . . I stand corrected. The Clone Wars is the worst movie . . . AND it deserves to be on this list. The story behind this is that this was supposed to be on the cartoon network as a half hour episode . . . George Lucas thought it was neat . . . and said to make it an hour and a half long. This has Saturday morning cartoon written all over it. I almost expected the characters to run in place, with a xylaphone alternating between two notes . . . right before the characters ran. My favorite though . . . was how they added in Jabba The Hutt's uncle . . . Ziro the Hutt. The man is covered in strange tattoos, wears a feather coming from his head, and sounds like a cross between Droopy the Dog and a guy from New Orleans. Dont believe me . . . watch it for yourself. Just wait till it comes out in the dollar theater.
Technically a prequel . . . but who gives a darn . . . it stunk.
4) The Lost Boys 2 - What a waste of space. This movie came straight to DVD (which usually means "Too sucky for the theater). I had to watch this movie though. It was one of my favorites when I was a kid. The original was scary, yet action packed, yet funny . . . all at the same time. This one managed to be crappy, lousy, and lame all at the same time. Where to start on this one . . . well how about the fact that when the two main characters turn to vampires, they dont seem to be to scared about that. Corey Haim and Corey Feldman are in the movie. . . . enough said about that. In order to make an interesting connection between the original and the new one . . . the main vampire is Keifer Sutherlands Brother. He is such a useless talent that I dont even know his name, other than Keifer Sutherland's brother. If you have seen the original, you have to see this movie . . . but you are going to hate every second of it.
5) Thinking of a 5th movie was tough . . . . because there are soooooo many I want to put here. However . . . based on the "hype" theory . . . I am going to put The Godfather III as my final pick. This movie has ONE good line . . . if you know what it is . . . take a stab and guess. Besides that ONE line . . . ughhh. Sonny's son is exactly the same as Sonny? So just because Sonny was a hot head . . . his son had to be too? Whatever. Then there is the girl . . . was given the role because she happened to be standing there. The actress who was supposed to play the role didnt show up . . . and the director just picked his daughter, because she was standing there doing nothing.
You could have put a walking talkie in manaquins mouth . . . and it would have acted better than her. Again . . . there are worse sequels in the world . . . but when you think of the "hype" factor . . . and how great the first two movies were . . .. this movie was the pits.
So there you have it . . . 5 movies which should never have been made. They should have just left the originals alone . . .
Have some that you want to add on here? Go ahead . . . .
