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I saw Waterworld for the first time like 5 years ago and thought it was fun.

The Dark Tower I thought was good, but I haven't read the books. As someone not familiar with the series, I didn't mind it, though I would have liked it more as a TV show. Mathew McConaughey is a great villain.

I'm a sucker for Michael Bay movies. I think he doesn't get enough credit for trying to make good movies for as wide an audience as possible. Making something for a niche fandom is a lot easier because you know exactly what they're into. But making something that appeals to 8-year-olds, 20-somethings on a date, retirees looking to kill an afternoon, and for multiple countries in multiple languages? That's a very difficult challenge.

A lot of sequels are good if you just ignore they're sequels and treat them as their own thing. Blair Witch 2 fits into this category. City Slickers 2 isn't as much of a drama as the first, but it's a fantastic comedy.

Speaking of sequels, Jurassic Park 2 and 3 I've always enjoyed. The second one is a bit of a low point, not bringing back a lot of the characters of the first. But how they setup the third with Grant getting conned was a really clever setup. They could have easily made In-Gen the villain again as low hanging fruit.

The Star Wars sequel trilogy is better than the prequels. Both trilogies are nonsensically dumb stories, but the sequels have better acting and practical effects. Large portions of the prequels are boring filler trying to hamfist references from the original trilogy. Solo and Rogue One were where the real Disney Star Wars talent ultimately went, however.