To me it would be The Godfather, Star Wars, Alien, Indiana Jones, and Back to the Future series. Do you think others like Jurassic Park, Scream, Matrix, Lord of the Rings, etc will be remebered like the ones I mentioned?Is this a trick question?
Almost certainly The Matrix. Its fans will keep it alive.
Definitely The Lord of the Rings. How could anyone doubt it? Its fans and its place in film history will keep it alive.
Let's not group Godfather: Part III with I and II.Why not?? It is Part III, right?
Godfather Part III gets less respect than it deserves. Other than the performance of Sofia Coppola, I think the movie is quite good and serves a very valid purpose in ending the Godfather saga.
I had heard so much negativity regarding part III before I saw it, that I definitely had low expectations. That being said, I don't deny that it doesn't live up to the first two. But let's not forget that the first two movies were two of the best movies EVER made (IMO and many critics lists), making it difficult to impossible to match the quality of those first two movies.
The bottom line is that The Godfather Part III, while not living up to the first two, is still better than 90% of the movies being released today.
Sergio Leone once said that he considered Once Upon A Time in the West, A Fistful of Dynamite and Once Upon A Time in America to be a trilogy about the shaping of the 20th Century. If so, then I add them to the listWasn't A Fistful Of Dynamite also called Once Upon A Time In The Revolution? Yes, I understand Leone considered them a thematic trilogy.
Put me down as one of those who liked Godfather III. Is it the equal of I and II? No, but it is a good film (Sofia excluded - and don't forget she was a last minute replacement for Winona), and I think it provides a good conclusion to the end.
In I, we got to see Vito as an old man facing his death and trying to decide who to leave the business to. We also see Michael as a young man falling from an idealistic person who hates the family business to a person who is head of that business.
In II, we get to see Vito as a young man building up the business, and Michael as the inevitable result of that business. By the end of II, Michael has completely abandoned the person he was, and the decision he makes at the end is a betrayal of the old Michael.
The reason I liked III is that it basically sees Michael when he's at the place where Vito was in I. But in addition, he has the knowledge that he has fallen, that he did become worse than his father, that he is now what he once hated. It is in my view an accurate portayal of where Michael would be at the end of his life. It doesn't ruin the tragedy - the tragedy is what he became. it just shows him trying (and failing, in my view) to gain redemption, and try to stop the next generation from becoming what he has become.
So it brought a nice symmetry to the series - we see both Vito and Michael at the start and end of their lives, and we can see how each of them responded to their impeding deaths according to who they are and who they were.
Certainly if III had been set a couple of years after II, that would have been an unnecessary movie. But being set with Michael at a different stage in his life really makes it a valuable addition. And it may not be the equal of the first two films, it is certainly a good movie.
Anyway, that's my view.
I'll also say that the Jurassic Park films will not be a holy trilogy. The first film was great, the other two were fun to watch, but wouldn't deserve to be in the list.
The reason I liked III is that it basically sees Michael when he's at the place where Vito was in I. But in addition, he has the knowledge that he has fallen, that he did become worse than his father, that he is now what he once hated. It is in my view an accurate portayal of where Michael would be at the end of his life. It doesn't ruin the tragedy - the tragedy is what he became. it just shows him trying (and failing, in my view) to gain redemption, and try to stop the next generation from becoming what he has become.Well said Matthew!
Thanks for saving me the effort!
Also, here is a link to a review by Roger Ebert: Godfather III