Attack of the Thirds

Spiderman 3
Shrek the Third
Pirates of the Carribean: At world’s end (3rd movie of the series)
Ocean’s Thirteen (3rd movie of the series)

Within a span of a month we have a slew of these 3rd installments. I am sure most of them arent as good as their originals, though (i am expecting) some might be. Spiderman 3 was a letdown….could have easily been much better. But atleast they have original Spiderman stories to create new movies from. Movies such as Shrek, Pirates are totally new stories. If the first installment succeeds, the next ones tend to be stretched thin for the sake of generating more and more revenue just on the brand. Also, newer movies warrant for newer characters, who dont get fleshed out as well as the original ones. All of which means, there should be a tradeoff in terms of money making attitude and good cinema, which should be considered before making the next sequel. If the trend of sequel disaster continues, future sequels will surely be looked warily.

From another view, we dont have any good new movies coming recently… Are there no new ideas left that we have to contend with these thirds … ?

I also heard they are making Terminator 4 (sigh!) and Rocky 6 (it was released as Rocky Balboa, so I missed it…. thanks INet for Updating me with these news).