There are some truly awful sequels that you guys have mentioned. Still, I think the Jaws sequels and the Rocky sequels have to win. Particularly the fourth movie in each franchise. The first Jaws and the first Rocky were really good movies. The sequels totally shat on the originals and turned them into poorly done, cheesy Hollywood cash cows. I have no doubt that the sequel to Weekend at Bernie's was terrible, but in cases like that the original movie was a stupid, Hollywood cash cow. So, it's less offensive.
Richard Jeni does a pretty good bit about Jaws 4. From an interview, but basically the same as his stand up bit:
Jeni: And now, the worst movie of all time. Jaws 4 was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. You ever see a movie where they just...Let's say you're beyond stupid. You don't even have a brain. You're sitting on your bed, a bucket of popcorn, a spinal cord and that's all there is. Even your spinal cord would be going back and forth Hey, hey, hey, I'm not a brain or anything, but this movie SUCKS! I was watching this thing [Jaws 4] one night and you realize that two hours of your life go by that you can never get back. You know?
Harris: Right, it's gone.
Jeni: And you're sitting there going Maybe this movie isn't so bad and I'm not wasting my precious time on Earth. And then there's this movie that kinda slaps you in the face like, Oh yes you are! Look at you, you're sitting there in one sock watching a movie about a shark that kills one family out of a whole ocean full of perfectly edible people and you won't turn it off because you're thinking it's bound to get better! That's why you keep watching, you're sitting there eating popcorn going It can't be this bad, it must be leading up to something. No, we're not leading up to something. This is the movie in its entirety!
Jeni: This is the real movie: the mother of the family has three people in her family murdered by a shark in about a week, so she comes up with a plan. This is her plan, Well, a shark is obviously after the family, there's only one thing left to do, pack up, we're leaving town. So you're sitting there eating popcorn going, Leaving town? Pretty severe tactic to avoid a fish. Wouldn't an apartment building protect you from the average aquatic... I mean this is a real ambitious shark, real determined bastard. By the time he gets out of the water, rents a Barracuda, drives to your house, parks in the shark spot, you would most likely smell fish and split out the back door! So you go, Why doesn't the mother just not go in the water? Well if we did that the movie would be over. You know where she goes when she leaves town?
Harris: No, where?
Jeni: The Bahamas! Ideal place to avoid a fish. So you're sitting there and you're going, The Bahamas? Why didn't she go to Canada? Because it's rare you'd be in a dog sled and hear behind you...dun dun dun dun. So this is when I turn it off, she go to the Bahamas, 600 miles a hour. When they get there guess what happens?
Harris: WHAT?
Jeni: The shark is already there! A remarkable achievement, not only has he uncovered their travel plan, but he has outrun a 727 jet! And you start throwin' popcorn at the screen going, Get the heck out of here! This is two hours of my life, dammit! That's a jet, wouldn't a jet be faster than a shark? And they go, Well, ordinarily yes, but in this movie, no. The shark is the fastest form of transportation. If you are going to London through New York, screw the Concorde -- get the next fish out of town! That's my life at night, there's nothing else but these infomercials.
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