The best "Fourth" film in a series?

[SnakeDoctor]

I think Die Hard 4 deserves a slot, but I voted for X-Men FC.

Actually, I'd take Die Hard 4 over any listed ... and maybe even over Thunderball (which was my previous choice).

SnakeDoc

 

[CelticPredator]

Die Soft sucks. The "Unrated" or True Version is somewhat watchable.

 

[Khev]

I couldn't bring myself to include Thunderball because to me James Bond (with the exception of Casino Royale/Quantum of Solace) is more 22 standalone films rather than a movie with 21 sequels.

 

[karamazov80]

A few others, off the top of my head:

Shadow of the Thin Man (which beats any movie discussed yet in my mind)
Sudden Impact
Land of the Dead
Deathwish 4
Police Academy 4

And of course, there are scores of crappy horror franchises that got run into the ground--Saw, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, Phantasm, Exorcist (the Beginning), Amityville, Hellraiser, Children of the Corn, and probably hundreds of others.

Surely there were four of those "Vacation" movies, as well.

 

[Master Wayne]

I actually liked Land of The Dead. Wasn't great, but had it's moments.

 

[karamazov80]

I liked it, as well (still do). I think it is under-rated, and far far far far far superior to Romero's latter two zombie movies.

 

[SnakeDoctor]

I think Vegas Vacation was the fourth (Vacation, European, Christmas and Vegas).

Also ... wouldn't "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" be the fourth X-Men movie (not First Class)?

SnakeDoc

 

[KitFisto]

Of course x men is winning. It's "new" so gets the votes.

 

[Josette]

For me it's just the fact that X-Men is the best. Has nothing to do with it being new.

I've never been hugely fond of the other movies on the list (barring Pirates, which I've yet to watch).

 

[KitFisto]

I'm sure some think it is the best, but in polls like this many people vote for what's fresh in their minds and how much they enjoyed it while the feeling they had when they saw another movie 5 to 20 years ago has faded......outside of the Star Wars PT vs OT of course LOL

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

For me it's just the fact that X-Men is the best. Has nothing to do with it being new.
I've never been hugely fond of the other movies on the list (barring Pirates, which I've yet to watch).

Pretty much how I feel also.

 

[SnakeDoctor]

Good or not ... its still the fifth X-Men movie. "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" should be the one in the poll.

SnakeDoc

 

[Khev]

Of course x men is winning. It's "new" so gets the votes.

By that logic POTC: OST and Terminator Salvation should be ranked #2 and #3 in the poll then.

 

[karamazov80]

Good or not ... its still the fifth X-Men movie. "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" should be the one in the poll.

SnakeDoc

I don't think it should, because Wolverine was a spin-off of the X-Men team movies (of which First Class is a part).

However, Singer et al. supposedly said that First Class is only in the same "universe" as X1 and X2. . .

 

[Khev]

However, Singer et al. supposedly said that First Class is only in the same "universe" as X1 and X2. . .

They're really pretending The Last Stand didn't exist? Classic. They should come out with a new movie called X-Men 3 to permanently wipe it off the books then. And by "they" I mean Matthew Vaughn.

 

[SnakeDoctor]

Wolverine was pretty much the main character of all three of the first X-Men movies (certainly in X1 and X2, less in X3). I don't think a movie about the same main character (played by the same actor) is a spinoff. Its a prequel, like Star Wars Ep. I.

SnakeDoc

 

[karamazov80]

I agree that Wolvie was the main character in the first two, but they were still ostensibly movies about the X-Men team. Having said that, I can't think of any other examples of that kind of thing happening, so it is a weird case that can probably go either way. I personally don't think of it as being part of the X-Men "series," though.

 

[Khev]

Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man made his second on-screen appearance in The Incredible Hulk. That didn't make it a "sequel" to Iron Man (or make his next film Iron Man 3.) Same universe, different series, just like X-Men and X-Men Origins. Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, etc. are all basically "Avengers Origins."

 

[SnakeDoctor]

Lousy example. Downey was in Hulk for 30-seconds (after the closing credits). Logan/ Wolverine, played by Jackman, was the main character in X1, X2 and XMO:W, and a major character in X3. Those four movies should be counted together.

If they do a pre-Iron Man movie with Downey called "Tony Stark", it should be counted among the Iron Man movies.

SnakeDoc

 

[Khev]

Lousy example. Downey was in Hulk for 30-seconds (after the closing credits).

Jackman was in X-Men: FC for all of 30 seconds so by your own logic they're unrelated as well then.