I think it has to do with Mary Elizabeth Winstead and the whole tanning salon sequence.
shareI agree!! My ranking of the franchise is 1 > 3 > 2 > 5 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4
share3 is my fave, always has been.
It has a fun humorous vibe which makes it the most entertaining entry for me and of course MEW is the best actor/actress in this franchise by a considerable distance.
I've always liked the plot device with the pictures revealing how they'll die, though I realize they likely stole that idea from The Omen (1976).
No. No atmosphere, no suspense, no likeable or relatable characters and the cgi was terrible.
shareFinal Destination 3 is the 88th most rewatched horror movie by Letterboxd users;
https://letterboxd.com/crew/list/250-most-obsessively-rewatched-horror-films/
Some sequels outsell
While we’re on the topic, a quick note on sequels: the first installment of a series does tend to be the most rewatched, but there are occasional upsets. For example, Final Destination 3, or, Mary Elizabeth Winstead vs. a Rollercoaster, is more obsessively rewatched than the original (Devon Sawa vs. an Airplane).
The love for FD3 seems to stem from three key components:
1. The aforementioned MEW (“Mary Elizabeth Winstead is still my favorite scream queen because of this movie”—Haley).
2. Emo boy Ian (“Ian is a goddamn icon. Way ahead of his time. I’ve decided to tattoo his face on my ass.”—Dakota Joaquin).
And 3. The infamous tanning booths-match-cut-to-coffins. “I just think that the transition from two sunbeds to the coffins is the greatest scene in cinema history,” reads the most popular review, written by Aaron.
“So glad there’s not an actual Letterboxd Wrapped because they’d call me mentally ill for watching this eight times,” writes Holly, who has now logged it ten times, and for the record, we think that is normal—commendable, even. (We do actually have a Letterboxd Wrapped, called Year in Review, and it’s strictly a judgment-free zone.).