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Best Movie trilogies ever

post #1 of 48
3/4/06 at 3:23pm
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In no specific order.

1. The God father trilogy = With one of them being less than a classic, ( part 3 ) the first 2 still being good enough to carry the thrd one.

2. The Die hard trilogy = not one of them, ( Imo ) is a dissapointment. ( this right here, would be my personal favorite )

3. The Lord of the rings trilogy = Needless to say, this is on every ones favorite trilogy list.

4. The star wars trilogy 1977- 1983 I hesitate with this one because the last one IMO was complete CRAP! But I'll say that its still on my list.

5. The matrix trilogy. The last one IMO is a dissapointment but still an entertaing fim.

6. The Indiana Jones trilogy = The middle being the least of the films but still worthy enough to be over all an effective trilogy.


What are your favorites?
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post #2 of 48
3/4/06 at 3:37pm
Evil Dead Trilogy

El Mariachi Trilogy

The Ginger Snaps Triology

The Three Terminator movies

Those are about the only ones that I could think of that you already didn't have listed
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post #3 of 48
3/4/06 at 3:38pm
In terms of trilogies, I'd put LOTR at number one, because it's the only one that really works all the way through consistently. Star Wars, Godfather, and Die Hard all suffer from entries that severely lower the overall quality.

That said, I'd put BACK TO THE FUTURE up there.
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post #4 of 48
3/4/06 at 3:49pm
LotR isn't technically a trilogy, it is a 12-hour film split into three movies.

Speaking of trilogies, who has seen The Apu Trilogy? I am very intrigued.

Edit: I have just realized I typed the T-word three times. Damn!
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post #5 of 48
3/4/06 at 3:50pm
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Originally Posted by detonathor
LotR isn't technically a trilogy, it is a 12-hour film split into three movies.
Oh, give me a fucking break.
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post #6 of 48
3/4/06 at 3:53pm
All three films were made at the same time and the same locations, right?

Oh never mind. :P
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post #7 of 48
3/4/06 at 3:57pm
Trilogies exist outside of Hollywood. Kieslowski's Three Colours Trilogy is far and away the best I have seen.
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post #8 of 48
3/4/06 at 4:06pm
I'm not sure if you can call it a trilogy, but I always had a soft spot for S.Leone's three movies with C.Eastwood.
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post #9 of 48
3/4/06 at 4:20pm
Back to the future?! mmmm... yeah! That one's right on top, followed by indiana jones and lord of the rings.

Star Wars can kiss my ass.
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post #10 of 48
3/4/06 at 4:25pm
While it likely won't get a ton of love due to it's weaker final installment, I really enjoyed the "Blade" trilogy. They did what they set out to do, and gave some cool directors like Norrington and Del Toro a chance to really just go wild. Plus, the last gasp of stardom for Wesley Snipes.
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post #11 of 48
3/4/06 at 4:30pm
You're seriously saying that the Blade Trilogy is one of the best trilogies ever? "Doing what they set out to do", and giving "cool" directors a chance are not criteria for judging good films. Come on, man. You can do better than that.
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post #12 of 48
3/4/06 at 6:05pm
Aside from some issues with Final, I think that Miike's Dead or Alive Trilogy is utterley fantastic.
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post #13 of 48
3/4/06 at 6:37pm
Romero's Dead Trilogy. (Yeah, yeah - but it was a trilogy for 20 fucking years.)
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post #14 of 48
3/4/06 at 6:59pm
It's not one of the best ever, but since all of the best ones I can think of have been submitted (LOTR and Back to the Future being my favorites), I'll throw in another good one: the Korean Vengeance trilogy.
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post #15 of 48
3/4/06 at 7:26pm
I'm gonna be all girly and say that Baz Luhrmann's Red Curtain Trilogy (Moulin Rouge / Strictly Ballroom/ Romeo + Juliet) is pretty damn good. But as a sci-fi fan, my personal faves are The Terminator and Matrix sagas.
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post #16 of 48
3/4/06 at 8:02pm
What, no Alien?

Second to the Back to the Future nomination. Possibly the most consistently entertaining trilogy ever produced by Hollywood.

And I too am sick of the whole "Lord of the Rings is one movie" business. It's three movies. Get over it.
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post #17 of 48
3/4/06 at 8:15pm
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Originally Posted by Nigel St. Buggering
And I too am sick of the whole "Lord of the Rings is one movie" business. It's three movies. Get over it.
Hmph!
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post #18 of 48
3/4/06 at 8:32pm
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Originally Posted by Nigel St. Buggering

Second to the Back to the Future nomination. Possibly the most consistently entertaining trilogy ever produced by Hollywood.
Thirded.

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And I too am sick of the whole "Lord of the Rings is one movie" business. It's three movies. Get over it.
And I'm sick of the Star Wars series being touted as one movie. Who the fuck is going to sit through a 13 hour movie? Now, if you're talking about a movie where suddenly at the halfway point it completely changes tone and becomes a 70s flick, then I can kind of see it, but... one movie? The tone and production value is so wildly inconsistent, to call it one movie is absurd IMO.
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post #19 of 48
3/4/06 at 9:33pm
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Originally Posted by Nigel St. Buggering
What, no Alien?
Despite the fact that the fourth movie should not exist, the fact remains that it does.
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post #20 of 48
3/4/06 at 11:06pm
I second LOTR, back To The Future, Godfather.

Alien Resurrection's utter dogshit, but it does the series one favor in that it separates itself far enough from its predecessors that it doesn't lower my opinion of them in the least. Same goes for AVP. So, add the Alien series to the list for me.

Whoever said Blade needs to be smacked. Trinity was bad on a soul-crushing level.

A big ass Chewer Column about it, and nobody mentions Park's Vengeance films?
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post #21 of 48
3/4/06 at 11:15pm
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Originally Posted by Crow
Alien Resurrection's utter dogshit, but it does the series one favor in that it separates itself far enough from its predecessors that it doesn't lower my opinion of them in the least. So, add the Alien series to the list for me.
My point wasn't that the movies are shit (they aren't). It's that no matter how much you are able to separate "Resurrection" from the others, the fact that it exists negates putting the Alien series in a list about trilogies.
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post #22 of 48
3/5/06 at 1:45am
LOTR
The Matrix Trilogy
Back to the Future
Indiana Jones
Old Star Wars Trilogy

I wanna say the Godfathers, but I'm in no rush to watch 3.
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post #23 of 48
3/5/06 at 1:46am
What about the Apu Trilogy?
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post #24 of 48
3/5/06 at 3:26am
The Samurai Trilogy. The best character arc over a 3 film span of any trilogy. Watch this trilogy and then read Nordling's take on what Lucas should have done with the prequels. Brilliant.

http://chud.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75774
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post #25 of 48
3/5/06 at 3:45am
I'd rate the Alien series as one truly great horror film followed by one mostly cheesy action film and two pieces of shit.

Lord Of The Rings is the most consistent trilogy of great films I have seen.
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post #26 of 48
3/5/06 at 3:52am
I'll pick Back to the Future, Indiana Jones and the Original Star Wars trilogy.

Then again Indiana Jones is really a series akin to James Bond (there's no plot connection between the three).
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post #27 of 48
3/5/06 at 4:56am
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Originally Posted by Diva
Despite the fact that the fourth movie should not exist, the fact remains that it does.
True. Of course, somebody else mentioned Romero's Dead trilogy since it was a trilogy for so long, but that really shouldn't count either, since Romero never intended it to stop there.
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Originally Posted by Johnny Daywalker
The Samurai Trilogy. The best character arc over a 3 film span of any trilogy.
Shit, I was trying to think of an asian example of great trilogies, and I forgot all about that one. It does indeed rule.
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Originally Posted by Colt45
And I'm sick of the Star Wars series being touted as one movie. Who the fuck is going to sit through a 13 hour movie? Now, if you're talking about a movie where suddenly at the halfway point it completely changes tone and becomes a 70s flick, then I can kind of see it, but... one movie? The tone and production value is so wildly inconsistent, to call it one movie is absurd IMO.
I've never actually heard anyone say that it is, but it wouldn't surprise me that there are people who would, so I'll believe you. And I agree, it's too inconsistent, not only in quality, but in tone, to make that claim. Even the original trilogy on its own doesn't feel consistent.
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post #28 of 48
3/5/06 at 11:00am
I think the Mad Max trilogy is pretty good.
Each one is more or less completely different from each other.
And yes in spades to the Back the Future trilogy. Gold all the way through.
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post #29 of 48
3/5/06 at 11:51am
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Originally Posted by UserNameIndeed
I'll throw in another good one: the Korean Vengeance trilogy.
Seconded.
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post #30 of 48
3/6/06 at 1:11pm
The King Kong, Son of Kong, Mighty Joe Young: Giant Ape Trilogy? Or Maybe the '33 Kong, '76 Kong (cough), '05 Kong trilogy? I know, I know, I'm stretching the trilogy definition pretty thin... sorry, i just love that gorrilla...

I love The Muppet Movie, Great Muppet Caper, Muppets Take Manhattan "pre-Jim-Henson's passing" Muppet Trilogy.

I like the Jurassic Park trilogy as well, sorry to dissapoint any of you...
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post #31 of 48
3/6/06 at 2:54pm
Dario Argento's unfinished Three Mothers trilogy.
Apparantly he's working on the third film right now!
I hope the film will be just as good as Suspiria and Inferno.
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post #32 of 48
3/6/06 at 4:27pm
Did anyname get banned and come back, or did he just forget his login information? Seeing the first post in here, there can't be TWO people like that.
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post #33 of 48
3/6/06 at 5:01pm
These "Best Of" threads are usually pretty useless. You'd think the idea would be to whittle it down to the cream of the crop. Instead everyone just lists what they like, and eventually everything under the sun of whatever catagory you're talking about ends up getting mentioned. And then you're back at square one. We already have 30+ trilogies mentioned here. So what was the point then?

He calls the thread "Best trilogies ever" but then asks for everyone's favorites? Huh?
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post #34 of 48
3/6/06 at 5:22pm
In no specific order.

The Problem Child trilogy=I realize there were 4, but the last one, it just doesn't exist IMO.

The Home Alone trilogy=the 4th one sucks, so it doesn't exist either IMO.

The Major League trilogy=hands down, the very best ever... IMO.

The Deuce Bigalow trilogy=true the 3rd one isn't done yet, but just wait.

The Bad News Bears trilogy=three words:GO TO JAPAN!

The Weekend at Bernie's trilogy=based on the strength of the first 2, it's only a matter of time until we get the final chapter.
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post #35 of 48
3/6/06 at 11:49pm
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Originally Posted by Neal
Instead everyone just lists what they like, and eventually everything under the sun of whatever catagory you're talking about ends up getting mentioned.
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post #36 of 48
3/7/06 at 12:28am
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post #37 of 48
3/8/06 at 5:41pm
Holy s**t! How'd i forget Evil Dead? And the Harryhausen Sinbad Trilogy...

With all these listed, I gotta say that it's a close one with Indy, LOTR, and B2F. They are pure trilogies. All directed by the same director's (singular visions). All are quality. And none jump the ewok-riding-shark.

Evil Dead 2 is kinda a remake, SW are now 6 episodes, and I never did get my Ghostbusters 3 or Gremlins 3, WTF! I mean c'mon it's not like Reitman (no Evolution doesn't count) & Dante haven't been that busy lately...
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post #38 of 48
3/8/06 at 6:27pm
U R All Bigg Fuking Loosers 4 Not Rekonizing Teh Bestest Triliogie Evar!!!

Karatey Kid!!!! Yesss!!!
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post #39 of 48
3/9/06 at 2:35pm
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Originally Posted by Neal
U R All Bigg Fuking Loosers 4 Not Rekonizing Teh Bestest Triliogie Evar!!!

Karatey Kid!!!! Yesss!!!
even including the 4th with Hillary Swank?
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post #40 of 48
3/10/06 at 12:27am
STAR TREK II

STAR TREK III

STAR TREK IV


What producer Harve Bennett and director Nicholas Meyer like to call their "three part novel." They didn't start out to write a trilogy but ended up with one. (For you youngsters, in the 1980's this was the only real competition STAR WARS had. And since it was before Berman nad Company diluted the franchise for TV, each movie was a major event)
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post #41 of 48
3/10/06 at 6:33am
Yes, I remember the days when a Star Trek movie was something to look forward to. Thank you, Berman and Braga, for ending that era.
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post #42 of 48
3/17/06 at 2:08pm
Moltisanti, I'll see your Sniper, and raise you a:



Up until 2001, I would've added The Substitute saga to that list, but when Failure Is Not An Option went to tape, it sorta knocked it out of this particular running.

Granted, Berenger bailed after the first one, and School's Out and Winner Takes All were shot for TV, the latter's script apparently written by a monkey at a typewriter after several drinks and cold-turkeying a heroin addiction, but the series still remains a lofty pinnacle in Marc Anthony's, Luis Guzmán's, and Ernie Hudson's careers.
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post #43 of 48
3/17/06 at 3:55pm
Goddamn this thread depresses me.
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post #44 of 48
3/17/06 at 4:09pm
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Originally Posted by Leto II
Up until 2001, I would've added The Substitute saga to that list, but when Failure Is Not An Option went to tape, it sorta knocked it out of this particular running.

Granted, Berenger bailed after the first one, and School's Out and Winner Takes All were shot for TV, the latter's script apparently written by a monkey at a typewriter after several drinks and cold-turkeying a heroin addiction, but the series still remains a lofty pinnacle in Marc Anthony's, Luis Guzmán's, and Ernie Hudson's careers.
Valid points. Technically one could argue the SUBSTITUTE series would be a trilogy if you take the 3 outings of Treat Williams and view them as their own entity. If you add Berenger’s original then the series would be tailor made for best quadrilogy ever. That's right, even better than the WISHMASTER films.
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post #45 of 48
3/17/06 at 4:22pm
Wong Kar Wai's
Days of Being Wild
In The Mood For Love
2046
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post #46 of 48
3/17/06 at 5:29pm
And behold, this thread is nothing but an exhaustive list of trilogies. Why don't you all go here and do it instead:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_movie_trilogies

It'd be a lot more constructive.
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post #47 of 48
3/17/06 at 6:38pm
Let's not forget the big daddy.

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post #48 of 48
3/17/06 at 10:25pm
1 LOTR

2 Star wars(OT)

3 Godfather

4 Indiana Jones

5 Back to the future
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