25) Tomb Raider 2: The Cradle of Life

What we said then:
The success of the first film, while surprising, was clearly inevitable to us after we saw the first frame of the first teaser trailer. Cradle of Life brings back the sultry Jolie in her sexiest bad girl role and it's easy to see that if you liked the first film, you will most likely love this one.

What we say now:
While people who liked the first film may very well have loved the second one, it seems that not many people liked the first one enough to see the second one. Continuing a trend started by Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life: Is This Enough Subtitles Yet? opened to $21.8 million, down considerably from the $47.7 that the original scored in its opening weekend. To date, the sequel has only earned $62 million, and looks to not even gross half of the $131 million the first flick made. Against a $90 million production budget, that's called a franchise killer.

24) Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

What we said then:
Robert Rodriguez took a lot of care when he brought us the first two films and it showed in the finished product. Hopefully, we'll be given another treat this time around.

What we say now:
Gimmicky? Yes. But it worked. Bucking the trend of the summer, Spy Kids 3-D had the highest opening of any film in the Spy Kids trilogy. It's had weekend drops higher than normal for kids’ films but it’s certainly still ahead of the first two movies in the series at this point in its release. It crossed the $100 million mark in its fifth weekend, and should only be a couple weeks away from being the top grosser in the franchise. How profitable have these movies been? Listen closely, and you can hear Miramax/Dimension executives crying that there won't be a Spy Kids 4.

23) The In-Laws

What we say now:
No, seriously. Who voted for this?

22) Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde

What we said then:
If this film is anything like its predecessor, it is a guaranteed fun time at the movies.

What we say now:
This film is nothing like its predecessor. Speed 2 was a better reflection on the film it followed than this monstrosity. Elle should be disbarred immediately and charged with contempt of congress.

21) Bad Boys II

What we said then:
Even if it sucks, at least it wasn't pretending that it was something more than mid-July popcorn fare at its heart.

What we say now:
Between the corpses getting felt up and thrown on the streets during car chases and the Shanty Smash finale, we regret not getting mid-July nachos instead.

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