I fancy a movie marathon, and inspired by the recent best scene/stunt type threads what are your favourite trilogies? Must be three solid movies, not a "first was great, second was ok, third one was pants" type trilogy.
Do they exist?
Jackass is probably the most consistent movie trilogy.
Or maybe Toy Story.
Star Wars IV-VI (original trilogy).
Star Wars, Empire, Jedi
Back to the Future
Indiana Jones, just the first three 🙂
Infernal Affairs - this is the best of the lot
Cornetto trilogy? Not much to tie them together bar actors but 3 films I really like.
Sean of the Dean, Hot Fuzz, The World's End
Star Wars IV-VI (original trilogy).
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Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy (might do that myself actually, not seen them for years - hoping they still hold up!)
Mad Max, Road Warrior, Beyond Thunderdome (Thunderdome [I]just[/I] scrapes into the "not pants" category 😃)
Lord of the Rings.
Batman.
Die Hard (1, 2 and 4. Give three a miss. We dont talk about five.)
Rules be damned! 😀
Lord of the Rings, directors extended cut: Fellowship of the Ring / 2 Towers / Return of the King
Alien 1 2 3
Godfather I, II, III
Back to the Future, of course!
Must be three solid movies, not a “first was great, second was ok, third one was pants” type trilogy.
Oh, hang on...
Back to the Futu...
Ohh wait, the third one was shit.
Die Hard (1, 2 and 4. Give three a miss. We dont talk about five.)
Eh? 1 & 3 are the only decent ones. 2 & 4 contain the same ridiculous error (massive explosion that cannot actually happen) that I cannot accept them as being any good.
The answer as previously given is Toy Story. Three practically perfect films with not ropey one.
Austin Powers?
@gonefishin - given your incredulity towards Die Hard 2 & 4, are you aware that Toy Story is not a documentary?
maybe Toy Story.
Maybe? What do you mean maybe? Toy Story is amazing
Toy Story is a great shout
You can't really go wrong with:
Original Star War Trilogy
Indiana Jones
Lord Of the Rings
Bourne (Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum)
Chris Nolan's Batman
I'll also stick up for Back to the Future. 2 and 3 are perfectly good films its just that the first one is exceptional
Now heres a real blast from the past that I'm planning on binging.
A fistful of dollars,A few Dollars More,The Good,The Bad And The Ugly.
Blade or Bourne
given your incredulity towards Die Hard 2 & 4, are you aware that Toy Story is not a documentary?
It's the lack of internal logic that annoys me. Toy story is set in a fictional universe where toys come alive, fine. See also Star Wars, Serenity, indeed any other SciFi. As long as the internal logic is consistent that's fine. Die hard is set in our "universe" and governed by our physical laws. The first plane crash in Die Hard 2 explodes on impact despite being "as dry as a martini" according to the pilot so what exploded? Ignoring the fact that aviation fuel is difficult to get to burn never mind explode, there wasn't any on that plane! A similar issue with 4 where there is an explosion in a gas pipeline. Where did the oxygen come from? Issues such as these bother me in films.
Also as good as die hard is Toy Story is better.
Scream could also have been a contender until they made the 4th one which totally ruined the premise of the third.
Police Academy 6, 7, 8
Got to agree with Chakaping. Toy Story nearest to 3 decent films.
Godfather 3 is rubbish.
Alien 3 is utterly terrible
Terminator -
I’d go for Terminator, T2 and Rise of The Machines, just about scrapes through.
The first plane crash in Die Hard 2 explodes on impact despite being “as dry as a martini” according to the pilot so what exploded?
One of the passengers was a suicide bomber who lost his nerve.
Ironic, innit.
Bourne Trilogy.
Now heres a real blast from the past that I’m planning on binging.
A fistful of dollars,A few Dollars More,The Good,The Bad And The Ugly.
Good call, Ive done Fistful & the Good The Bad ... the last 2 weekends.
Surprised thats the order, Clint looks younger in the last one! 😂
Original Star War Trilogy
Jedi is weak.
Indiana Jones
Temple of doom isn't up to much.
Lord Of the Rings
FFS pick an ending! but a fair shout.
Bourne (Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum)
That's not a bad shout.
Chris Nolan’s Batman
Could be that the first two were so good but I didn't get on with the third.
Now heres a real blast from the past that I’m planning on binging.
A fistful of dollars,A few Dollars More,The Good,The Bad And The Ugly
Been doing that very thing of late. Added Fistful of Dynamite, High Plains Drifter and The Outlaw Josie Wales to the list.
The Lego movies
Temple of doom isn’t up to much.
I loved Temple of Doom!
First one never really recovered from it being pointed out that Indiana Jones has zero influence on the outcome of the story. 🙂
My current favourite :
Swedish crime trilogy , great characters good story .
easy money
easy money II - hard to kill
easy money III - Life DeLuxe
I considered LotR but dismissed it because I thought it was four films, but it's not, is it. Oops.
Alien 1 2 3
I know some people like it, but I thought Alien Cubed was dreadful. I rewatched all four a few years back and it didn't change my mind any. Rendering the entire Aliens movie completely pointless in the first five minutes, there's no forgiveness to be had here, no coming back from that one.
FFS pick an ending! but a fair shout.
A fair comment! The other thing that stands in the Lord Of the Rings way is the sheer bloody length of it. Even the theatrical cut is close to 10 hours!
Toy Story is still probably the best suggestion so far
I’ll also stick up for Back to the Future. 2 and 3 are perfectly good films its just that the first one is exceptional
We have a regular Saturday Night Film and Pizza Night at our house (with two 11 year old girls) and I chose the original last weekend as we have now run out of Descendants/Fantastic Beasts type of movies to endure enjoy. For the first few minutes they were like 'what on earth is this rubbish' but by the end they absolutely adored it and they both want to watch BTTF II this Saturday.
Sorted 🙂
is it? who says? Could be set in Harry Potter land for all we know, no-one ever states otherwise!! I think you'd have to trawl pretty hard to find an action movie that genuinely reflects reality. Especially one that has ANYTHING to do with computers. Or any film where someone gets shot then goes flying backwards 😃Die hard is set in our “universe” and governed by our physical laws.
Star Wars specifically implies that it's set in our universe during the opening credits.Toy story is set in a fictional universe where toys come alive, fine. See also Star Wars
It might be that, a lot of the time, a film is just fantasy and you have to suspend your disbelief a little bit...
First one never really recovered from it being pointed out that Indiana Jones has zero influence on the outcome of the story.
Killed the pilot and blew up the plane that the Ark going to be flown to Berlin in.
Indy saved Hitler and indirectly caused World War 2.
Not quite so action packed as some of the suggestions, but all this talk of a trilogy has made me dust off the three colours DVDs for a watch. Great stuff!!
I think you’d have to trawl pretty hard to find an action movie that genuinely reflects reality. Especially one that has ANYTHING to do with computers. Or any film where someone gets shot then goes flying backwards 😃
Doesn't have to be reality but does have to be consistent with it's internal logic . They are small hills I agree but they are ones upon which I am prepared to die. 😉
Star Wars specifically implies that it’s set in our universe during the opening credits.
Is it possible to specifically imply something? Like, I definitely might do the hoovering tomorrow.
You're right though. "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." rather than "in a parallel universe"
Jackass is probably the most consistent movie trilogy.
I think Police Academy (any three) wins if it's consistency you're after.
If you want stuff that's good, Toy Story. Or The Godfather if you want grown-up stuff. LOTR is just too bloody long and the hobbits jumping on the bed at the end was just too silly.
Matrix trilogy of course 🙄
LOTR is just too bloody long and the hobbits jumping on the bed at the end was just too silly.
Consistent with the internal logic though. You gotta give them that.
Alien, Aliens, Alien3
Lethal Weapon 1,2 & 3
Lord of the rings
Die Hard 1,2 & 3
Beverly Hills Cop 1,2 & 3.
Mad Max 1,2 & 3 (could even watch fury road if you wanted a full house)
Predator 1 & 2 (not a trilogy, but awesome films)
And other random films that are excellent:
The Town
Cop Land
Total Recall (original)
The Naked Gun Trilogy.
Naked Gun, Naked Gun 2 1/2, Naked Gun 33 1/3
Bourne (Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum)
Mission Impossible if you sort of ignore 1, 2 and 3 which don't really follow on from each other and just go for 4, 5 and 6.
@Cougar I think it was a punctuation fail more than anything else 😃 "Star Wars, specifically, implies" is what I meantIs it possible to specifically imply something? Like, I definitely might do the hoovering tomorrow.
Dr No, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger? (or adjust to your preference from the other options)
I think the most recent 3 from the Mission Impossible series are considered pretty good?
Wrath of Khan and Search for Spock might be contenders as they follow each other really well, but you can't add #1 to the start because it is complete and utter bobbins so you'd have to add The Voyage Home onto the end which I never really liked.
Bourne is a good call.
Godfather and Aliens are surely the definition of NOT a good trilogy because the third one was shit?
LOTR might have been good if Peter Jackson could do emotions, but he can't.
Cornetto trilogy sadly let down by a half-baked finale. Wanted to love World's End as it was filmed in my old stamping ground and I love movies like Bodysnatchers and Stepford Wives, but it was a big disappointment.
Re-watched original Star Wars movies last month with my daughter, they are great actually and Jedi is not bad at all. It's definitely up there.
Consistent with the internal logic though. You gotta give them that.
I like the Star Trek reboots, there's three of them. 🙂
I think X Men, X Men: First Class and X Men: Days Of Future Past would make a nice trilogy.
I think it was a punctuation fail more than anything else 😃 “Star Wars, specifically, implies” is what I meant
Boo! Hiss!
I think the most recent 3 from the Mission Impossible series are considered pretty good?
MI is problematic because you cannot, under any circumstances, include MI II. So I, III and IV?
Night of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Plenty of great calls and I feel the need to point out that both BTTF 3 and Die Hard 3 were great.
Am I allowed True Romance, Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction?
+1 for Three Colours, Dollars and Back to the Future. Don't care what anyone says the 2nd and 3rd were both great films and i'll watch them any time they are on TV!
Not sure if i'd class it as best but my favourite is Before Sunrise / Sunset / Midnight. The first two films are just about perfect and the third very good.
definitely, they're all awesome movies, and there's a fragment of character continuity between them (and most, if not all, Tarantino films)Am I allowed True Romance, Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction?
Toy Story is a great shout
You can’t really go wrong with:
Original Star War Trilogy
Lord Of the Rings
Bourne (Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum)
Chris Nolan’s BatmanI’ll also stick up for Back to the Future. 2 and 3 are perfectly good films its just that the first one is exceptional
Wholeheartedly agree with the above. What’s with the BTTF3 hate? It’s got cowboy Biff, ZZ Top and I still panic with the train at the end even though I know that Marty will make it back. If anything I think the second one is slightly weak after the great start.
Toy Story is pretty much perfect though. Never get bored of watching them with the kids. I was sceptical about the fourth one, but really enjoyed it even though it didn’t really add anything to the overall narrative. The third one is such a great movie.
Bourne or Hangover
Bridget Jones
Alien 1 ,2 ,4 .
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Or
The Hunger Games
Iron man for sure....
Bourne
Blade
John wick
Not an exact trilogy but Lock Stock & 2 smoking barrels, Snatch, Revolver or RocknRolla
Or Tom Hanks The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons & Inferno
Old boy
Mr vengance
Sympathy for lady vengance
Harold and Kumar
Rocky and Rambo.
First Blood, First Blood PtII, Rambo III
Its a left field choice, but High School Musical. I mean life is all a bit shit right now, but those 3 perked me up no end. I dare you not to try and sing along.
Loads I'd have picked already mentioned, but how about...
The First Avenger
The Winter Soldier
Civil War
Pitch Black
The Chronicles Of Riddick
Riddick
The Evil Dead
The Evil Dead 2
Army Of Darkness
Godfather and Aliens
Goodfellas vs Predator
Has to be the first 3 indiana Jones movies.
I am ignoring the more recent one as it was shit
Home Alone
Home Alone 2
Skyfall
Evil dead is a very strong contender.
The newer TV series is also excellent.
What’s with the BTTF3 hate?
I feel bound to point out that I flipping love BTTF.
But IMO whereas the first film is gold, the other two are just sort of good fun in the same vein. They're not in the same league as first. So I reckon it's a push to say they form a great trilogy.
Robert Rodriguez: El Mariachi, Desperado, Once upon a time in Mexico.
Police Academy isn't it?
Back when leather and moustaches were popular.
Robert Rodriguez: El Mariachi, Desperado, Once upon a time in Mexico.
Third one was poor no?
The 1970s Dirty Harry Films
Dirty Harry
Magnum Force
The Enforcer