The long-held belief that sequels are the product of a creatively bankrupt studio system, blandly rehashing the original in an attempt to make an easy buck isn't entirely untrue. Certainly many, if not most movie franchises get worse as time goes on, and the idea well runs dry. But the industry relies so much on movie franchises nowadays, and these films keep attracting better and better talent, so sometimes - only sometimes - a film series actually gets better as it goes along.
Maybe the original film wasn't that good to begin with, or maybe it took a couple of tries to completely crack the formula. Or maybe the series started off great, lost its way and then - with the injection of new perspectives - gets really good again. Whatever the case may be, there are some movie franchises that improved with time. And as Mission: Impossible - Fallout hits theaters (a franchise that definitely fits the bill), we look at some other movie series that improved with time.
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Maybe the original film wasn't that good to begin with, or maybe it took a couple of tries to completely crack the formula. Or maybe the series started off great, lost its way and then - with the injection of new perspectives - gets really good again. Whatever the case may be, there are some movie franchises that improved with time. And as Mission: Impossible - Fallout hits theaters (a franchise that definitely fits the bill), we look at some other movie series that improved with time.
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