What would you all consider the "holy trilogies" of movies? (1 Viewer)

[GrantM]

I always thought that the Star Wars OT (original, non-special edition) would be the end-all, be-all of not just trilogies, but all movies. But the Matrix series and LOTR are challenging. Of course I have to wait until after Revolutions and ROTK, but I have a feeling that to me I will just have to lump them all together, as I will not be able to single out one as my favorite.
Matrix and LOTR will definitely bump Indy and Back to the Future from my Holy Trilogy of Trilogies list.

 

[ChrisChap]

I hate to nitpick, but most of the movies listed are not "trilogies".

A trilogy would be three films that comprise one story, such as Godfather, LOTR, or The Matrix.

The Indiana Jones movies are serials, each one is a stand-alone adventure story about one character. The plot of one movie has nothing to do with the plot of another. The same can be said for Lethal Weapon or Mad Max or Die Hard.

 

[Rob Tomlin]

I hate to nitpick, but most of the movies listed are not "trilogies".

A trilogy would be three films that comprise one story, such as Godfather, LOTR, or The Matrix.

The Indiana Jones movies are serials, each one is a stand-alone adventure story about one character. The plot of one movie has nothing to do with the plot of another. The same can be said for Lethal Weapon or Mad Max or Die Hard.

I agree with you Chris!

Of course, most people consider any movie that had to "sequels" to be a "trilogy", which isn't really the case, in my opinion either.

 

[ChuckSolo]

Please, Please don't lump the last two "Evil Dead" movies in the same league as the first. The sequals are everything that is wrong with the horror genre of late. Everytime I am flipping channels and see "Army of Darkness" being played I immediately have to go rinse my eyes out with Visine!!!! I am so sick and tired of so-called writers having to dump a bunch of lame comedy into what should be horror movies.:frowning:
To stay on topic though, a sequal should be a continuation of the first, second etc., which would make the Die Hard and Indiana Jones movies NOT trilogies. Unfortunately, the "Evil Dead" series would be considered a trilogy.

 

[Ashley Seymour]

Harry Potter

 

[Matt Stone]

I am so sick and tired of so-called writers having to dump a bunch of lame comedy into what should be horror movies.

God forbid they should make the movie that they want. I can understand disliking AoD, but it is Sam Raimi's movie, and he can make it any way he pleases.

 

[Garrett Lundy]

Rob Tomlin,

Are your font characters supposed to be four times as large as most peoples font, or is this a problem with my eMac?

 

[Patrick Larkin]

• Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• A Clockwork Orange

 

[Paul_Sjordal]

• Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• A Clockwork Orange

Not to be overly negative or anything, but how in the heck do those comprise a trilogy?

 

[Rob Tomlin]

Rob Tomlin,

Are your font characters supposed to be four times as large as most peoples font, or is this a problem with my eMac?

It's a problem with your eMac.

It has been raised before....only by Mac users!

My font is actually smaller than most of the posts here!

 

[Cees Alons]

Not to be overly negative or anything, but how in the heck do those comprise a trilogy?

Kubrickology.

Cees

 

[Patrick Larkin]

Not to be overly negative or anything, but how in the heck do those comprise a trilogy?

It was mostly in jest however some have written that these three films were connected in theme. Think about it. Kubrickology indeed.

 

[Rob Tomlin]

Your font is gigantic in Safari but normal in Internet Explorer on MacOS X. What font do you select? I looked at the html of this page and don't even see where the font is declared. Wierd. I sent a bug report.

The Font is "arial". The font size is "02".

 

[Richard Hardbattle]

Romereo's Dead movies
Kieslowski's Three Colors
Back to The Future (just scrapes in there...)
Leone's Dollar trilogy

It often seems that the 3rd lets the series down on the following:

Star Wars (I Hate Jedi)
Mad Max (Tina Turner?! Why?!)
Godfather ("I Dread you....")
Evil Dead (part three is simply ok...)

Can't add TLOTR yet - not seen part 3


Rich

 

[Patrick Larkin]

The Font is "arial". The font size is "02".

Sorry to be offtopic.

I did some testing in the "Testing" area and found that if you set the font size to "02" (I assume you set the font manually rather than using the "size" pulldown) the gigantic font appears. If you just set the font size to "2" it doesn't happen.

I think Safari is less forgiving on bad html than IE which will attempt to recover from bad code.

 

[Rob Tomlin]

Patrick-

I went in and changed the font to "2" instead of "02".

Did that help?

 

[Patrick Larkin]

Rob - Yes, its normal size. Strange what a single 0 will do.

 

[Richard_D_Ramirez]

I consider the following sets of films, "Holy Trilogies":

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. Nevermind that I haven't seen ROTK yet, it WILL be the trilogy to beat in my mind.

The Terry Gilliam "Trilogy": Time Bandits, Brazil, and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Each film representing Youth, Adulthood, and Old Age, respectively.

The Original Star Wars Trilogy: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and The Return of the Jedi. This only qualifies for the "unedited" versions (Solo shot first!)

Indiana Jones Series: Ever since the Paramount logo transition, I've been hooked on this series of films (thank goodness for the DVD!). I guess it won't be a trilogy with the 4th coming out (unless the 4th is a start of new trilogy!).

8^B

 

[Dan Rudolph]

Does the Red Curtain Trilogy count?

Dictionary.com lists "a set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or theme" as a valid definition of trilogy. I'd say by that measure three films featurign the same characters are a trilogy, same story or not.

And the reason Army of Darkness isn't a very good horror movie is that it wasn't intended to be a horror movie. it's a Harryhausenesque action-adventure, only with more blood.

 

[BrettB]

Here is an MSN article listing their top 10 trilogies.

The latest offering is the "Indiana Jones" series, snuggled neatly into a package that helps us forget the first and second films were sub-par.

Not a lot of love for Indy. Oh well, to each their own, enjoy.