I think so far LOTR, Star Wars and The Godfather are leading the way.
The Best Movie Trilogies
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss three 1-1 draws.
The first got us knocked out of the FA Cup, the next puts us in a good position in our Round of 16 Europa League game, and the latest was an actual decent performance against Arsenal at Old Trafford.
All hopes for the season now rest on the Europa League - does Amorim have the squad to win it?
Tricolor trilogy was very good,s was the Mariachi, Evil dead, Vengeance, Bourne, but my favourite 2 are the Back to the Future and Indiana Jones.
Too bad Lucas/Spielberg ruined it for you then
The Danish 'Pusher' films always rate high in my book.
Star Wars Original Trilogy
Godfather
Lord of the Rings
I'd like to say the Matrix and Jurassic Park but only the first of those were class, the subsequent ones were garbage
Transformers lol.
Godfather
Lord of the Rings
I'd like to say the Matrix and Jurassic Park but only the first of those were class, the subsequent ones were garbage
Transformers lol.
I don't believe this shit
My thoughts exactly. The "prequels" are awful and were just an excuse for George Lucas to make a shitzillion dollars. They tell a rough backstory that lacks any decent characters or drive. Obi Wan in A New Hope was better developed than he was in 3 films. Yoda was turned into a CGI toy that flew around and spoke backwards. Anakin was supposed to be the protagonist throughout the prequels but Christiansen and Lucas managed to completely ruin that. Instead of story, we got walls of useless CGI scenes("THIS IS PODRACING!").All we got is a bunch of crap no one really cared about anyway. Lucas should have left it alone or let someone else make the movies because he failed miserably at it.
I think everyone is forgetting the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trilogy.
George Lucas was like a rich kid with a blank cheque in a toy store with the prequels - he didn't stop to think whether he should do something, the only arbiter was whether he could do it.
That's why everything was shiny and holographic and 95% of it was actors exchanging 'dialogue' (that's a strong term for what happened in the sequels) standing on a series of blue blocks that were later turned into something that looked nothing like anything that existed in the Original Trilogy.
Technology is great George but how come in the 20 years between Ep 3 and 4 everyone wholesale stopped using hologram screens and really high definition screens and people started using old CRT monitors for everything? There is no stylistic continuity between the two.
That's why everything was shiny and holographic and 95% of it was actors exchanging 'dialogue' (that's a strong term for what happened in the sequels) standing on a series of blue blocks that were later turned into something that looked nothing like anything that existed in the Original Trilogy.
Technology is great George but how come in the 20 years between Ep 3 and 4 everyone wholesale stopped using hologram screens and really high definition screens and people started using old CRT monitors for everything? There is no stylistic continuity between the two.
Some great trilogies suffer from the crapness of one of the three films e.g. Godfather, Predator and Alien (not even a trilogy now). Others almost suffer the same fate e.g. French Connection, Toy Story and the original Star Wars trilogy depending on your tolerance for Ewoks. Others start well and then die a death e.g. the Cronicles of Narnia and Robocop. Solid contenders are easy enough to find e.g. LOTR, Mad Max, Internal Affairs but it is hard to find a truly outstanding trilogy where all three films are a masterpiece.
So the obvious winner is Transformers.
Erm ........ I mean the Three Colours trilogy.
So the obvious winner is Transformers.
Erm ........ I mean the Three Colours trilogy.
The Bourne Trilogy...jesus.
Was the 3rd Toy Story really that bad? I loved it first time round.
Was the 3rd Toy Story really that bad? I loved it first time round.
What's wrong with the Bourne Trilogy?? They are an extremely consistant batch of films.
I wonder if anyone will ever remake Star Wars in the same way Star Trek got rebooted? Give it some character depth and proper dialogue but keep the effects - it would be interesting
Die Hard 1-3 and Indiana Jones 1-3 if you discount both the final installments.
Assuming the next Batman will be excellent, Nolan's Batman trilogy could rank very highly.
Maybe when Lucas is dead.
Die Hard 4 > Die Hard 2
Remaking the Original Trilogy should be considered a crime against humanity.
[geek]They should make the Rogue Squadron books into EP's 7-11. [/geek]
Die Hard 2 was completely shit, but 1 and 3 make up for it. I didn't include 4 despite it being better than 2, because it felt out of touch with the others.
Indiana Jones 4 wasn't even a film - but a motion length troll.
Indiana Jones 4 wasn't even a film - but a motion length troll.
I'm going to consider The Holy Grail, Life of Brian and Meaning of Life as the trilogy of Python films.
Best comedy trilogy ever?
Or am I being retarded?
Best comedy trilogy ever?
Or am I being retarded?
Hell no!
Or in about a decade when he's bored of ruining the old movies with each DVD release and really wants to take the desecration to a new level.
The Omen?
They were all very ordinary. I can't remember anything about any of them.
So ordinary in fact that the Bond films used them as their inspiration for the reboot of the franchise.
Not just the Bond films either... loads of films in the spy/thriller/action genre have borrowed from the Bourne films in one way or another.
I think they're an exceptional set of movies. Good acting, good locations, good directiong, good story, and... even though it's all completely fantastical, it's all still grounded in a sense of realism in the way the action is shot/takes place.
Agreed. The new bond films are equally forgettable. Indeed I have pretty much forgotten everything about them apart from the fact that Daniel Craig was in them.
Probably LOTR for me. The Oceans 11/12/13 was pretty entertaining aswell
You've proved Wibble's point spectacularly
Oceans series was awful. I'd probably have the damn Cube trilogy ahead of that piece of shit.
Yeah, the second and third were just a travesty compared to the original.
DouLou, have you seen Primer?
DouLou, have you seen Primer?
I agree with you here AN, they are very good films, and enjoyable watching back to back on a lazy hangover sunday.
As much as I love the Godfather Part I and II, the third installment prevents it being included in any "best trilogy" list for me.
I'd love them to rehash a third installment.
I'd love them to rehash a third installment.
The best trilogy is the Three Colours one, by the way,
Goes without saying really.
I don't know - I'm a massive fan of the old trilogy and would always favour them over the prequels or any remake.
But I also have a real soft spot for the original Star Trek and feared the remake would be a traversty - then was really surprised. As long as they were considered as different entities rather than one being a replacement I think it could be pretty good.
And eps 7-9 should be the Thrawn trilogy btw
Nope, the sypnosis on IMDB doesn't reveal much... I'm guessing that's the point though. Worth a watch?