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The Best Movie Trilogies

jervin007jervin007 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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  • soulsingingsoulsinging 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: 11,563
    Lord of the mother fucking Rings!
  • youngsteryoungster 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.

    9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
    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,
  • PorchsitterPorchsitter Loganville, GA Posts: 1,078
    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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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    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 ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Spiderman 8-)
    If only for Mary Jane :shock:
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • dunkmandunkman 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.
  • tybirdtybird 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 MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,766
    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
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,194
    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.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • Solat13Solat13 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 MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,766
    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.....
  • Solat13Solat13 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 MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,766
    maybe this saturday ill rent those clint movies.....
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    maybe this saturday ill rent those clint movies.....
    They're pretty darn good. Long though.
  • soulsingingsoulsinging 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.
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,194
    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.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • milarsomilarso 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."
  • Solat13Solat13 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
  • soulsingingsoulsinging 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.
  • milarsomilarso Posts: 1,280
    soulsinging wrote:
    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.

    Eh, agree to disagree. I think it's hilarious.
    "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."
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    milarso wrote:
    soulsinging wrote:
    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.

    Eh, agree to disagree. I think it's hilarious.

    I've seen only that scene on youtube, never the whole movie, so that might have something to do with it. Just seemed to me like Randall was way more cutting and pointed in Clerks and that scene seemed much more... I dunno, mainstream humor. Less wit.
  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Glad someone mentioned the spaghetti westerns, I love those but they are not exactly a trilogy, well they sort of are in that there's 3 of them with Clint playing a similar character.
    Whatever, they are 3 great movies, and true, the graveyard scene in Good, Bad.... is one of the greatest movie endings ever (damn I almost said climaxes there....won't invite any of that talk here :mrgreen: )
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    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 thinking of this scene immediately after reading the title of the thread. I do like LOTR though. But Star Wars is THE trilogy.
  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    1. Back To The Future
    2. Back To The Future
    3. Back To The Future
    4. Lord of The Rings
    5. Back To The Future
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • milarsomilarso Posts: 1,280
    petrocs wrote:
    1. Back To The Future
    2. Back To The Future
    3. Back To The Future
    4. Lord of The Rings
    5. Back To The Future

    Back to the Future I and II were pretty amazing. I is one of my favorite movies ever, but I hated part III.
    "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."
  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    1. Original Star Wars
    2. Lord of the Rings
    3. Indiana Jones - not counting Crystal Skull and I loved Temple of Doom
    4. Back to the Future


    Worst? Tie betwenn the Matrix (one was awesome, two and three sucked ass) and the Star Wars prequels (one and two sucked ass, three was awesome).

    Pirates was like the Matrix - one was great, the other two not so much. I don't think that was intended to be a trilogy originally anyway.
    DAL-7/5/98,10/17/00,6/9/03,11/15/13
    BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
    PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
    CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
    HTFD-6/27/08
    ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
    KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
    Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
    PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
    OKC-11/16/13
    SEA-12/6/13
    TUL-10/8/14
  • supersonicyearssupersonicyears Posts: 2,619
    C'mon the Matrix is great
    "In the age of darkness
    want to be enlightened"
  • milarsomilarso Posts: 1,280
    Flagg wrote:
    1. Original Star Wars
    2. Lord of the Rings
    3. Indiana Jones - not counting Crystal Skull and I loved Temple of Doom
    4. Back to the Future


    Worst? Tie betwenn the Matrix (one was awesome, two and three sucked ass) and the Star Wars prequels (one and two sucked ass, three was awesome).

    Pirates was like the Matrix - one was great, the other two not so much. I don't think that was intended to be a trilogy originally anyway.

    Agree whole heartedly!
    "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."
  • strummersstrummers Posts: 2,611
    Pusher (Danish movies)
    Lord of the Rings
    Infernal Affairs (Korean movies - wipes the floor with The Departed!!!)
    Three Colours trilogy
    The vengeance trilogy (Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance)

    Not in any particular order.
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