The Best Movie Trilogies

jervin007
jervin007 Posts: 3,182
edited January 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
After having a super lazy weekend and watching the extended edition trilogy of Lord of the Rings I came to the belief that it may be the greatest of all trilogies. So, I am curious what may be considered the best for others on the forum? My only criteria is that each of the three movies has to be excellent, having two out of the three doesn't cut it. Here are some of my thoughts.

1. Lord of the Rings
2. Original Star Wars
3. Jason Bourne Trilogy
4. Indiana Jones Trilogy (yes, I liked Temple of Doom)
5. The Man with No Name Trilogy

Just missing the cut were....

1. The Godfather (first two were exceptional, last one not so much)
2. Star Wars episodes 1-3 (take away Jar Jar binks and the overusage of CGI and its actually pretty good)
3. X-men (X-3 was terrible)
4. Terminator Trilogy
5. Pirates of the Caribbean
6. Back to the Future
7. Die Hard
PJ:
2003 Mansfield: July 2
2004 Boston: Sept 28 & 29
2005 Montreal: Sept 15
2006 Boston: May 24 & 25
2008 Hartford: June 27, Mansfield: June 28,
2010 Boston: May 17
2013 Worcester: Oct 15, Hartford: Oct 25,
2016 Hampton: April 18, Raleigh: April 20 (cancelled), Columbia: April 21. Quebec: May 5. Boston (Fenway): August 7

EV Solo: Boston 8/2/08, Boston 6/16/11
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Pirates of the Caribbean was a good movie, but it sucked as a trilogy. Both of the sequels were so bad it's painful.

    But I agree LOTR cannot be beat for consistency in a trilogy. There were no noticeable weaknesses or dips in quality. Star Wars (original) is close behind. I also dig the Bourne trilogy and the Indiana Jones trilogy (I like Temple as well).

    I've got the No Name trilogy due up on my netflix this week.
  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    Lord of the mother fucking Rings!
  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Definately The Godfather for me, although I can only watch all 3 once every 5 years.
    Back to the Future is a close second.
    Oh, and how could you forget Austin Powers?!
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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    5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
    8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
    EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,
  • Porchsitter
    Porchsitter Loganville, GA Posts: 1,092
    1. Indiana Jones: When I was a kid growing up, all the kids had Star Wars. I had Indy. Funny enough, I've watched two of the four movies today (Skull, Temple).
    2. Godfather
    3. Star Wars
    4. Lord of the Rings
    5. Back to the Future
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    I am on board with the LotR. To coin of phrase they are the one Trilogy to rule them all :D
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  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Spiderman 8-)
    If only for Mary Jane :shock:
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    The Godfathers
    The Bournes
    The 3 colours trilogy by Krzystof Kieslowski
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    The first two Lethal Weapon movies were great....after that...not so much. My vote goes to LOTR, as someone else mentioned there was no drop in quality among any of those three movies. The original Star Wars trilogy (IV-VI) is a very, very close second.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,953
    jervin007 wrote:
    After having a super lazy weekend and watching the extended edition trilogy of Lord of the Rings I came to the belief that it may be the greatest of all trilogies. So, I am curious what may be considered the best for others on the forum? My only criteria is that each of the three movies has to be excellent, having two out of the three doesn't cut it. Here are some of my thoughts.

    1. Lord of the Rings
    2. Original Star Wars
    3. Jason Bourne Trilogy
    4. Indiana Jones Trilogy (yes, I liked Temple of Doom)
    5. The Man with No Name Trilogy

    Just missing the cut were....

    1. The Godfather (first two were exceptional, last one not so much)
    2. Star Wars episodes 1-3 (take away Jar Jar binks and the overusage of CGI and its actually pretty good)
    3. X-men (X-3 was terrible)
    4. Terminator Trilogy
    5. Pirates of the Caribbean
    6. Back to the Future
    7. Die Hard
    lets see.....

    lord of the rings.....never watched any of them
    original star wars...i watched the first 2
    jason bourne.....never watched any of them
    indiana jones....watched the first one
    the man with no name....never watched any of them

    i guess i need to get to blockbuster...huh???? hehehehehe
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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,936
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    the man with no name....never watched any of them

    i guess i need to get to blockbuster...huh???? hehehehehe
    Surprising, I would have figured you for a Clint Eastwood fan, especially old school Clint.
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  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    jervin007 wrote:
    After having a super lazy weekend and watching the extended edition trilogy of Lord of the Rings I came to the belief that it may be the greatest of all trilogies. So, I am curious what may be considered the best for others on the forum? My only criteria is that each of the three movies has to be excellent, having two out of the three doesn't cut it. Here are some of my thoughts.

    1. Lord of the Rings
    2. Original Star Wars
    3. Jason Bourne Trilogy
    4. Indiana Jones Trilogy (yes, I liked Temple of Doom)
    5. The Man with No Name Trilogy

    Just missing the cut were....

    1. The Godfather (first two were exceptional, last one not so much)
    2. Star Wars episodes 1-3 (take away Jar Jar binks and the overusage of CGI and its actually pretty good)
    3. X-men (X-3 was terrible)
    4. Terminator Trilogy
    5. Pirates of the Caribbean
    6. Back to the Future
    7. Die Hard

    the man with no name....never watched any of them

    You've never seen A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly?

    I though for sure you would have seen those.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,953
    Poncier wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    the man with no name....never watched any of them

    i guess i need to get to blockbuster...huh???? hehehehehe
    Surprising, I would have figured you for a Clint Eastwood fan, especially old school Clint.

    i like the first couple dirty harry movies....

    hehehehe
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Poncier wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    the man with no name....never watched any of them

    i guess i need to get to blockbuster...huh???? hehehehehe
    Surprising, I would have figured you for a Clint Eastwood fan, especially old school Clint.

    i like the first couple dirty harry movies....

    hehehehe


    You need to check out the Good, the Bad and the Ugly - one of my fav movies of all time.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,953
    maybe this saturday ill rent those clint movies.....
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    maybe this saturday ill rent those clint movies.....
    They're pretty darn good. Long though.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Rygar wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    maybe this saturday ill rent those clint movies.....
    They're pretty darn good. Long though.

    Once I get through the movies I have now, that trilogy is up next on my netflix.
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,936
    Solat13 wrote:


    You need to check out the Good, the Bad and the Ugly - one of my fav movies of all time.
    And one of the greatest movie theme songs ever.
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  • milarso
    milarso Posts: 1,280
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dZUJj2DSc8

    "There's only one Return, OK? And it ain't of the King, it's of the Jedi. Oh what the fuck happened to this world? There's only one Trilogy you fucking morons..."

    I love that scene :D
    "The dude abides. I don't know about you, but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' her easy for all us sinners."
  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    Poncier wrote:
    Solat13 wrote:


    You need to check out the Good, the Bad and the Ugly - one of my fav movies of all time.
    And one of the greatest movie theme songs ever.

    True, but I like when "The Ecstasy of Gold" plays during the movie more. That piece of music just fits that scene so well.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    milarso wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dZUJj2DSc8

    "There's only one Return, OK? And it ain't of the King, it's of the Jedi. Oh what the fuck happened to this world? There's only one Trilogy you fucking morons..."

    I love that scene :D

    I was underwhelmed with it. When I heard Kevin Smith had written a scene like that, I was pretty excited... much as I love LOTR, there's plenty of material there for ridicule and parody. But it was pretty lame I thought... just not very funny.

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