Revenge of the Nerds 4 deserved to be on this list
― frogbs, Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:01 (six years ago) link
xpost You and everyone involved in making the fifth installment of a series.
― Bernard Crunderdunder (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:02 (six years ago) link
cool yeah imma get on this later today probs
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:03 (six years ago) link
I think we can avoid the painful poll by collectively agreeing that Seed of Chucky is clearly the best fifth movie in any series.
― Bernard Crunderdunder (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:04 (six years ago) link
FYI, that wiki list seems to be for series that tapped out at five installments. The visionaries which exceeded the bounds of sanity to create six or more films have been sadly excluded.
― Bernard Crunderdunder (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
Crystal skull is utter shit.
No film with the fridge scene is "utter shit."
Doc C, I haven't seen Phantom Menace since '98, cuz why would I?
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:07 (six years ago) link
I guess I figured you'd have at least made it out to its original theatrical run in '99 (sorry, couldn't resist).Yeah, last time round I spent a lot of time in the thick of Wiki pages for 11-installment series and stuff. Think I'll just start from the 4ths and see what got a 5th, with a little skimming around for anything I might have missed.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:09 (six years ago) link
98/99, same thing :)
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:10 (six years ago) link
Tied with Final Destination 5.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:10 (six years ago) link
Fridge scene was great. The scene that, had it been excised from Crystal Skull, people *might* have gotten off its nuts a little bit more is Shia with the monkeys.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:12 (six years ago) link
And yeah the fridge scene and the stuff at Harvard is all solid. Lesser Spielberg but not unrecognizable and some nicely-staged action despite the distracting CGI. It really goes off a cliff hard right after the Harvard chase, though, and the opening stuff at the warehouse is really lacking a sense of magic or larger-than-lifeness.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:12 (six years ago) link
Spielberg had a number of "It's George's baby" quotes about that one
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:13 (six years ago) link
Shia was George's baby?!
That explains a few things.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:15 (six years ago) link
I just finished that recent Lucas biography and yeah, Spielberg quotes indicate that -- at least on that particular one -- when it comes to the Indy films he considers himself a for-hire director who executes George's vision, not a collaborator.
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:17 (six years ago) link
I....enjoyed Fast Five. It's still the only FATF film I've seen
― imago, Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:17 (six years ago) link
Fridge scene is utter shit
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:22 (six years ago) link
THE utter shit
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:23 (six years ago) link
Jeez, how many 5 film series would you even consider watching?
For me... Frankenstein, Dracula, Winners/Gambler, Mr Vampire (first is very overrated but I could deal), Cremaster, Zatoichi, Lassie, Monty Python (this barely counts because I don't consider the live show a proper sequel), Police Story, Once Upon A Time In China, The Street Fighter, Lone Wolf And Cub, Romero's Dead series.
Maybe Gods Must Be Crazy, I gave up early on the first film but the later films are martial arts crossover.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
iirc the fifth Friday the 13th is bad but there are some worthwhile ones afterwards
― Simon H., Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
The thread is coming!
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Thursday, November 9, 2017 8:10 AM (twenty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
both of these posts are extremely otm
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:33 (six years ago) link
― Simon H., Thursday, November 9, 2017 8:30 AM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it features the immortal outhouse death so i can't say it's bad exactly but it's one of the less good ones
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:34 (six years ago) link
the worthwhile friday installments after five are: ... pretty much just jason lives
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:35 (six years ago) link
is that the one that opens with the SWAT team fakeout? that one RULES
― Simon H., Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:35 (six years ago) link
no that is jason goes to hell
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:36 (six years ago) link
The 7th is pretty OK, but yeah, that's the last one that's any good.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:36 (six years ago) link
which, i guess, simon, you are and i are the only two people on earth who think that movie rules xp
imo jason lives is one of the coolest action movies ever made so i'm not knocking it
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:37 (six years ago) link
clearly I'm due a series rescreen
― Simon H., Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:37 (six years ago) link
I'm in the obvious minority in thinking that Jason Goes to Hell is the best in the series by far. I mean, it's not good, but it's completely batshit and at least has the bravery to barely be a Friday the 13th movie.
― Fresh Toast (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:49 (six years ago) link
Can't agree with RAG about what constitutes a series
Mission Impossible 5 is good
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:50 (six years ago) link
best fourth film in a series, btw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9FGgwCQ22w
― imago, Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:52 (six years ago) link
Oh, yes, MI5 was good. And probably Harry Potter 5, as well. They all blur into one movie in my memory, tbh.
― Fresh Toast (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:55 (six years ago) link
o yeah HP 5 was excellent
― imago, Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:56 (six years ago) link
Darraghmac- what you mean? I only disputed a Monty Python live film.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link
― Fresh Toast (Old Lunch), Thursday, November 9, 2017 8:49 AM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
we should start a club
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 November 2017 15:59 (six years ago) link
XP maybe a discussion in itself, tbh!?
Frankenstein/Dracula, for instance.....are these coherent 'series' or are they lots of movies with recurring characters, kind of thing....is there a Sherlock Holmes 'series' or just Sherlock Holmes movies...jack the ripper, etc etc
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Thursday, 9 November 2017 16:10 (six years ago) link
They're sort of coherent. There's a universal series and a Hammer series each of Dracula and Frankenstein and they generally stick to a poorly plotted story.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 9 November 2017 16:16 (six years ago) link
I'm pretty sure there are Sherlock and Tarzan films that work as a series.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 9 November 2017 16:17 (six years ago) link
I want it asterisked if allowed
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Thursday, 9 November 2017 16:18 (six years ago) link
I'd imagine that maintaining some pretense of continuity from installment to installment is a relatively recent feature in the evolution of the film series, and even now only employed sparingly.
― Fresh Toast (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 November 2017 16:23 (six years ago) link
Forgot to mention the Whispering Corridors series. I liked one of those.
Let me know if any of you have watched all the Guinea Pig films. I'm sure you all love them and do a marathon every Christmas.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 9 November 2017 16:32 (six years ago) link
Fast 5 is where the series really turns around, I understand.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 9 November 2017 16:55 (six years ago) link
The secret was more fury.
― Fresh Toast (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 November 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
18 Abashiri Prison films. 9 Super Giants films.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 9 November 2017 17:07 (six years ago) link
fast five is the best of the series
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 November 2017 17:08 (six years ago) link
Probably doesn't need pointing out that some of these 'bests' are similar to favoring the best piece of moldering detritus in one's compost heap.
― Fresh Toast (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 November 2017 17:18 (six years ago) link
Um, it's detrius.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 November 2017 17:22 (six years ago) link
looking fwd to the Jason Goes to Hell auteur showing up in the Greatest Directors poll
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 November 2017 17:28 (six years ago) link
I have to say, having just looked over his filmography, it's much more varied and intersting than I would've assumed.
― Fresh Toast (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 November 2017 17:36 (six years ago) link