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I used to say that all sequels were bad but now that the internet is around movie studios are putting more work into sequels because everyone already knows if sucks before watching it.
Not all new sequels are good though. Sequels do have a harder life because the bar set for them is raised higher that an original movie. If it doesn't meet the bar it automatically sucks in the mind of most fans of the first movie, even if it was an excelent stand-alone movie.
I don't really look at Lord of the Rings as sequels. Its kind of like Back to the Future(2 & 3) and Martix(2 & 3) in that It was all shot simultanously there was no time for the actors to age, or not come back for the sequel. It was 1 story that needed to be broken up into parts so that you wouldn't have to set in the theater for 9 hours.
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