April 13th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
I was watching the third installment of Blade yesterday and it got me thinking about the best and worst trilogies I’ve watched.
Here are my picks (in order)…
Best 10
1) The Godfather (they don’t make movies like that anymore)
2) Star Wars (the original three)
3) Lord of the Rings
4) Indiana Jones
5) Back to the Future (I love the concept of time travel; so I may be biased here)
6) Die Hard (pointless over the top action but you can’t help but be pumped when you see it)
7) Alien Bourne 1,2 and 3
8) Spiderman
9) Blade (very underrated but all three were nicely made; one of the better vampire movies)
10) Lethal Weapon (you can’t help but love the Danny Glover and Mel Gibson combo)
10) Mission Impossible (over the top action, lots of over acting but still pretty amusing to watch)
Worst 10
1) Matrix (classic way to spoil something good; the second one was just ok; the third one was just terrible)
2) Pirates of the Carribean (they should have left it at just one movie; the 2nd and 3rd ones were just sub standard)
3) Star Wars prequels (lots of hype, special effects were nothing we have not seen before and storyline was mediocre)
4) Rush Hour
5) Scream
6) The Fast and the Furious
7) Look Who’s Talking
8) Evil Dead
9) Species
10) Robocop
Honorable mentions
- Terminator (strong first two movies; would have been in the best ten if not for a subpar third installment)
- XMen (the first two movies were strong but killing off key characters just spoiled it for me)
Forgetables
- Beverly Hills Cop
- Austin Powers (it was just too much after the first one)
- Shrek (lost the plot after the first movie)
- Jurassic Park
- Highlander
- Aladdin
- Silence of the Lambs
7 Responses to “Trilogies: The best and the worst”
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kristarella said: @ 10:25 pm
April 13th, 2008
Do they count if there’s more than 3? I’m sure Alien is way more than a trilogy, there’s 4 Lethal Weapons… Didn’t know they made three Look Who’s Talking movies either. Anywho, it’s your list :P It’s pretty difficut to find three or even two good movies in a series. Most “two movies” are fairly lame, except Toy Story and Ocean’s 12.
Oh, you forgot the Bourne movies! I think they definitely rank.
yoshi said: @ 12:38 am
April 14th, 2008
I never consider the Matrix a trilogy. Ever. There’s only 1 matrix movie.
Evil dead as well. LOL I don’t count the first movie. I mean it really starts again in evil dead 2. and then army of darkness…well you gotta love it. and plus they’re b-movies, they should be excluded from any list! :P
but yeah these are good lists. :D
The Foo said: @ 1:04 am
April 14th, 2008
@Kris
You’re right.. there are four Alien movies and four Lethal Weapons. Opps… my mistake. Yes Bourne movies … i meant to put that in but it slipped my mind. Thanks!
@yoshi
they just had to spoil the matrix by getting to far out. idea was there and they laid a good foundation with the first movie — they could have done a better job with trying to explain everything. it became just weird and monotonous with the second and third movie.
The Foo said: @ 1:23 am
April 14th, 2008
@Kris
changed it to add the Bourne movie! about the \”two movie\” statement …it\’s quite true to a certain extent. Oceans movie actually was a trilogy but i neither liked it nor disliked it — therefore it never made the lists. Toy Story was pretty cute! The one that stands out as a good two story movie is Underworld. Fantastic 4 was not too bad but then again, I\’m partial to Marvel.
kristarella said: @ 3:04 am
April 14th, 2008
Oh yeah, forgot about Underworld. I love those movies!
amy said: @ 11:58 pm
April 15th, 2008
you forgot Chuckie, lol. is that even how you spell that awful series?
thethinker said: @ 10:00 pm
April 29th, 2008
I hated the third Spiderman. It was way too cheesy.