TheMovieman

We all know that Hollywood makes sequels to make an extra buck off the successes of the previous installment(s). My question is, which one do you feel was the most blatant?

For me, off the top of my head, Home Alone 2. Nearly the same exact plot, just taking out of the house into NYC.

DJariya

Speed 2: Cruise Control

Totally unnecessary sequel without the excitement of the original. So obvious it was rushed to capitalize of the first being a sleeper hit.

Ridiculous that it had over quadruple the budget of the first. I saw it in theaters ans was hugely disappointed. Never bothered owning it.

gryffinmaster

The Hobbit "trilogy". 300-something pages of storytelling turned into three damn movies.

Mabuse

Jaws 3 and 4.

stvn1974

The Dark Knight Trilogy. We had two perfect Batman films already, we didn't need anymore.

Josh-da-man

Blair Witch 2
American Pie: Band Camp/Naked Mile/Beta House/Book of Love

GoldenJCJ

To go along those same lines I'd suggest any series' final film that's broken up into 2 parts. Harry Potter and The Hungar Games are two that immediately come to mind.

Fuck that bullshit!!

movieguru

Space Balls 2: The Search for More Money.

dex14

Give it a fucking rest already. And your answer makes no sense then... If there were "two perfect Batman films already" the two subsequent films would be the answer...assuming you mean the first two... because otherwise... wtf.

movieguru

Any of the Fast Nd the Furious movies.
SCREAM 2 and up.
The Independence Day sequel that came out 20 years later.

Ash Ketchum

Every Planet of the Apes movie made after 1968.

Decker

The Last Exorcism 2
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter

Why So Blu?

McHawkson

The Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions.

Decker

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold - There was a movie absolutely nobody wanted.
The Sting II - Replacing Paul Newman and Robert Redford with Jackie Gleason and Mac Davis? Probably not the best idea in cinematic history.


Show me on the doll where Mr. Nolan touched you.

Decker

Strongly disagree. They were bad movies, but they were highly demanded sequels before anyone saw them. They certainly didn't feel like pointless money grabs when they were being made. Folks were really looking forward to seeing Matrix Reloaded before it came out. I think it was on the cover of Time Magazine.

dex14

The Hangover II and III.

mcnabb

Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls. This came 1 year after the original and it looks like they wrote the script in a weekend as it's so bad. Even Jim Carrey said he would never do another sequel after it.

Mike86

The new films have actually been really great.

Nick Danger

The Last Days of Patton (TV movie)
Exorcist II: The Heretic

kd5

I was actually expecting 2 movies out of that, it was planned that way pretty early on, then they changed the gameplan to make it into 3 movies and that was when I had to shake my head and call it a blatant cash grab. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed them, maybe not as much as LOTR, but they were still entertaining to me. I just wish he'd stayed with 2.

RichC2

Transformers 2 - 5

Hazel Motes

I mean, generally most sequels are blatant money grab sequels. The Fast & the Furious franchise, The Transformers franchise, almost every horror movie sequel. This thread would have been faster to answer if the question was sequels that weren't money grabs.

inri222

Anything after Aliens.

TheMovieman

As I already posted:

I was curious which one (or ones) YOU (generally) felt was the most blatant of the bunch.