Best movie trilogy?

luckystars · Post by **luckystars** » 12 Apr 2009, 20:50

Yeah I rated them:

Robocop 1 5/5
Robocop 2 3.5/5
Robocop 3 2.5/5

Trilogy = 11/15. You can't argue with science

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 12 Apr 2009, 21:04

lol, sorry but any trilogy which has an installment you personally rate 2.5/5 can't really be one of the best trilogies ever. And your rating is definitely generous.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 12 Apr 2009, 23:14

Indiana Jones definitely. They never made a fourth film. That was just a communist dream.

Raiders - 5/5
Temple - 4,5/5
Crusade - 5/5
= 14,5/5

Same with Alien
Alien - 4,5/5
Aliens - 4,5/5
Alien 3 - 4,5/5
=13,5/5

List Female Prisoner too, although the fourth, fifth and sixth were all good, too.
701 - 4/5
Jailhouse 41 - 4,5/5
Beast Stable - 4/5
= 12,5

Police Story
One - 4,5/5
Two - 3,5/5
Three - 4/5
= 12/5

The One-Armed Swordsman
One-Arm - 4/5
Two-Arm - 3,5/5
Three-Arm - 4,5/5
=12

The Street Fighter
Street - 4/5
Road - 4/5
Back Alley - 3,5/5
=11,5/5

Sister Street Fighter
Sister - 4/5
Brother - 4/5
Cousin - 3/5
=11/15

Colors
Sky - 3,5/5
Snow - 3/5
Blood - 3,5/5
= 10/15

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 13 Apr 2009, 01:14

Lord of the Rings triology probuibly is the best when I think about it, nothing bad in any of them films

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Apr 2009, 03:18

Good point. Both Bourne and LOTR Trilogies are consistently good across all three films.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 13 Apr 2009, 09:17

Thats interesting names you have for the Street Fighter, Sister Street Fighter and 3 Colours films Hung

I agree with you about LOTR. Need to see all 3 Bourne films again.

degeneration · Post by **degeneration** » 13 Apr 2009, 10:31

bradavon wrote:
Aliens is a Quadrilogy, you cannot include it in a trilogy rundown when it's 4 films.

Well seeing as this is just a bit of fun, and the original poster stated in their first post that they were basically meaning any series of films that had 3 or more films in it, I think we can include the Alien Quartet... don't you know quadrilogy is actually only a made up word?!

But i've no idea how I forgot about the Lord Of The Rings trilogy it probably is the best trilogy of all time in honesty, as it was pretty damn good.

I'm going to adopt the rating each individual film and adding up scores approach:

BTTF:
1 - 4.5/5
2 - 4/5
3 - 4.5/5
Total - 13/15

Police Story::
1 - 4/5
2 - 3.5/5
3 - 5/5
Total - 12.5/15

Shrek
1 - 4/5
2 - 4.5/5
3 - 3.5/5
Total - 12/15

Alien:
1 - 4/5
2 - 5/5
3 - 4/5
Total - 13/15

Die Hard
1 - 4.5/5
2 - 3.5/5
3 - 4/5
(4 - 4/5)
Total - 12/15

Pirates of the Carribean
1 - 4.5/5
2 - 4/5
3 - 2.5/5 (Maybe I'll have to watch it again to see if it was as dissappointing as I remember)
Total - 11/15

Spiderman
1 - 4/5
2 - 4.5/5
3 - 4/5
Total 12.5/15

Star Wars Prequel
1 - 3/5
2 - 3.5/5
3 - 3.5/5
Total - 10/15

Star Wars Original
4 - 4.5/5
5 - 5/5
6 - 4/5
Total 13.5/15

Indy
Lost Ark - 4.5/5
Temple - 3.5/5
Last Crusade - 4.5/5
Total - 12.5/15

Bourne
1 - 4.5/5
2 - 4/5
3 - 4/5
Total - 12.5/15

Harry Potter
1 - 3.5/5
2 - 4/5
3 - 4.5/5
4 - 4/5
5 - 4/5
Average - 4/5 --> 12/15

Infernal Affairs
1 - 4.5/5
2 - 3/5
3 - 4/5
Total - 11.5/5

Lord Of The Rings
1 - 4/5
2 - 5/5
3 - 5/5
Total 14/15

Blade
1 - 2.5/5
2 - 2/5
3 - 2.5/5
Total - 7/15

Lethal weapon
1 - 4/5
2 - 4/5
3 - 3/5
(4 - 3/5)
Total - 11/15

Terminator
1 - 4.5/5
2 - 4.5/5
3 - 3/5
Total - 12/15

Batman
1 - 4/5
Returns - 3/5
Forever - 2.5/5
Total - 9.5/15

Matrix
1 - 5/5
2 - 2.5/5
3 - 2.5/5
Total - 10/15

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 13 Apr 2009, 12:05

How the hell has no one mentioned The Godfather films yet?

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 13 Apr 2009, 12:26

Shingster wrote:How the hell has no one mentioned The Godfather films yet?

Too romantic. Tough guys don't like

Godfather
- Part 1 - 4,5/5
- Part 2 - 4/5
- Part 3 - 4/5
= 13

A Better Tomorrow
One - 5/5
Two - 3,5/5
Three - 3/5
= 11,5/15

Lord Of The Rings
- Part 1 - 4,5/5
- Part 2 - 4/5
- Part 3 - 3/5
= 11,5

Psycho
One - 4/5
Two - 4/5
Three - 3/5
=11/15

Rica
One - 4/5
Two - 3/5
Three - 4/5
=11/15

36th Chamber
One - 4,5/5
Two - 3/5
Three - 2,5/5
= 10/15

Chinese Ghost Story
One - 4,5/5
Two - 3/5
Three - 2,5/5
= 10/15

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 13 Apr 2009, 12:35

HungFist wrote:Too romantic. Tough guys don't like

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 13 Apr 2009, 14:37

degeneration wrote:I think we can include the Alien Quartet... don't you know quadrilogy is actually only a made up word?!

That it is, but I think the word you're looking for is 'tetralogy'. An Alien Quartet would be a musical group of extraterrestrials

degeneration · Post by **degeneration** » 13 Apr 2009, 15:07

*humbled*

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Apr 2009, 15:41

Godfather 1 and 2 are excellent but very slow, Godfather 3 is also very good and only hated because it's comparison to the first two. In it's own right it's very good.

degeneration wrote:I think we can include the Alien Quartet... don't you know quadrilogy is actually only a made up word?!

I do but seeing as no one has actually come up with the official alternative, it will have to do. We all know Yanks cannot help but make words up or deliberately remove letters for the sake of it.

EDIT: Tetralogy, maybe Gas has it.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 13 Apr 2009, 18:16

degeneration wrote:I'm going to adopt the rating each individual film and adding up scores approach:

Might as well follow suit.

Police Story
1 - 5/5
2 - 4/5
3 - 4/5
Total - 13/15

Alien:
1 - 3/5
2 - 4.5/5
3 - 3.5/5
Total - 11/15

Die Hard
1 - 5/5
2 - 4.5/5
3 - 4.5/5
(4 - 4.5/5)
Total - 14/15

Indy
Lost Ark - 4.5/5
Temple - 3.5/5
Last Crusade - 4.5/5
Total - 12.5/15

Bourne
1 - 4/5
2 - 3/5
3 - 3/5
Total - 10/15

Infernal Affairs
1 - 4/5
2 - 2/5
3 - 2.5/5
Total - 8.5/5

Lethal weapon
1 - 4.5/5
2 - 4.5/5
3 - 4/5
(4 - 3/5)
Total - 13/15

Terminator
1 - 4.5/5
2 - 5/5
3 - 3/5
Total - 12.5/15

Batman
1 - 4/5
Returns - 4/5
Forever - 2.5/5
Total - 10.5/15

A Better Tomorrow
One - 5/5
Two - 3.5/5
Three - 3.5/5
= 12/15

Psycho
One - 5/5
Two - 4.5/5
Three - 2.5/5
=12/15

Chinese Ghost Story
One - 4.5/5
Two - 4/5
Three - 3/5
= 11.5/15

The One-Armed Swordsman
One-Arm - 4/5
Two-Arm - 4/5
Three-Arm - 4/5
=12/15

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 13 Apr 2009, 18:36

How come Romero hasn't mentioned the Resident Evil trilogy.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Apr 2009, 19:00

Some of these choices are utterly bizarre, picking films purely because there is 3 of them.

Terminator 3? Robocop 3? WTF! If we're going to pick random films I may as well include:

Goldeneye - 6 out of 10
Tomorrow Never Dies - 7 out of 10
The World is not Enough - 6.5 out of 10

luckystars · Post by **luckystars** » 13 Apr 2009, 19:22

gasteropod wrote:lol, sorry but any trilogy which has an installment you personally rate 2.5/5 can't really be one of the best trilogies ever. And your rating is definitely generous.

I didn't say it was the best of all time, just 3 in a row I'm familiar with.

A highest average score does make sense though...

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 13 Apr 2009, 19:49

The topic title is BEST MOVIE TRILOGY!!!

Not... 'list all the trilogies you are familiar with'

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 13 Apr 2009, 20:30

gasteropod wrote:The topic title is BEST MOVIE TRILOGY!!!

Not... 'list all the trilogies you are familiar with'

Why limit the conversation to 7 posts when we have a good chance to have a real discussion (about trilogies in general)?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Apr 2009, 22:03

gasteropod wrote:The topic title is BEST MOVIE TRILOGY!!! Not... 'list all the trilogies you are familiar with'

That's what I was thinking.

The thread is worthless if we're just going to list every trilogy and every vaguely related trilogy ever created.

Like those who're picking films where there are more than 3 films, fine if there is a thematic trilogy in there but if you're just picking 3 because you dislike the fourth, what's the point?

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 13 Apr 2009, 22:58

This thread would get boring quickly if we didn't find a way to expand it as there aren't that many genuine trilogies to begin with.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Apr 2009, 23:15

Fair point but some aren't even trying

. First mention the genuine ones then move on to the rest.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 13 Apr 2009, 23:50

The Naked Gun trilogy had 2 very good movies, and 1 mediocre 3rd movie.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 14 Apr 2009, 06:41

A Better Tomorrow trilogy

ABT1 = Terrifically scripted and acted first film with mediocre action.
ABT2 = The script is all over the place, with a lot of dumb shit like Dean Shek going catatonic. But the action is fucking awesome, John Woo mastered his craft with this film.

ABT3 = Long, boring and totally uninteresting. I ignore this film. Anita Mui was hot in it, I suppose.

Bullet in the Head = For me, THIS is the true ABT3. A beautifully written tale about three young friends losing their innocence and becoming men. Tony Leung Chiu-Wai is fantastic in this. The action was fucking sweet too.

Infernal Affairs
The first one is an utterly fantastic thriller.

The second one is an interesting crime family drama, Francis Ng is terrific in this one.

I've yet to see the third.

Wong Kar Wai - Hong Kong 1960's trilogy
Days of Being Wild - I didn't see what the big deal about this one was, his later films are loads better. I found Leslie Cheung's character to be highly unlikeable.

In the Mood for Love - Utterly fantastic. The cinematography, soundtrack, acting, script - the works. The slow-motion scenes set to the Nat King Cole tracks are engrained into my head for all time.

2046 - I loved this film. Yes, it's flawed, but I wouldn't have seen the others if I hadn't had liked this one so much. The narrative was utterly compelling and Tony Leung was highly impressive, as usual.

degeneration · Post by **degeneration** » 14 Apr 2009, 08:18

If we are limiting this thread to just the best trilogy ever and not wanting people to bring other trilogies, rate them in a hope of stimulating discussion, then the original poster should get a poll going, allow people to vote, then close and lock the thread once most people have voted.

LotR AND Star Wars get my vote.

I was going to rate other trilogies in this post for more comparison on the relative quality of them compared to others, but as none of them were going to be the best trilogy ever I won't bother.