Favorite movie trilogy?

[Guppy35]

I was somewhat surprised at my first thought when I read the question, but I'll go with it anyway.

The John Ford Trilogy of Cavalry Westerns starring John Wayne.  "Fort Apache", "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon", "Rio Grande."


I very much enjoyed Star Wars when it came out, but never bought the rest of the story in the following films.  Too much making it up as they went along.  Back to the Future didn't make it as II was awful.  Godfather had a shot, but III was terrible.  LoTR is good, but got long after a while.

The three in Ford's Trilogy are just good story telling.

[druski85]

The X-wing Novels (Stackpole really nailed the feel of the film's space battles, and the "Redemption Scenario" at the beginning was a great reference to the games. I LOVED Allston's sense of humor. The Ewok pilot running gag had me in stitches)

I, Jedi

These I will entirely agree with.  The Thrawn series was well written, but something about those books didn't feel right back when I read them.  Mayhaps I should go back and take another glance...

[minke]

FAIL.

New Jedi Order was an absolute MESS and it, and everything that came after, should never have happened (I mean seriously, Jacen as a Sith Lord? Daala being elected president? WTF?). Corellian Trilogy was ok, but there were FAR better books in the Bantam run.

Only books that were really worth reading:

The Thrawn Trilogy (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, Last Command)
The X-wing Novels (Stackpole really nailed the feel of the film's space battles, and the "Redemption Scenario" at the beginning was a great reference to the games. I LOVED Allston's sense of humor. The Ewok pilot running gag had me in stitches)
I, Jedi
The Hand of Thrawn (Specter of the Past, Vision of the Future)

Lucas should have hired Timothy Zahn to write the Prequel Trilogy. It would have been AWESOME.

Spot on, I have all the star wars books up until the new jedi order. For short reads my fave is Tales from Jabba's palace, tho I like all the 'Tales' books

[Treize69]

I was somewhat surprised at my first thought when I read the question, but I'll go with it anyway.

The John Ford Trilogy of Cavalry Westerns starring John Wayne.  "Fort Apache", "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon", "Rio Grande."


I very much enjoyed Star Wars when it came out, but never bought the rest of the story in the following films.  Too much making it up as they went along.  Back to the Future didn't make it as II was awful.  Godfather had a shot, but III was terrible.  LoTR is good, but got long after a while.

The three in Ford's Trilogy are just good story telling.

Despite the fact that we refer to those films in capital letters (they're simply The Trilogy), I don't count those for the simple fact that unlike nearly all the trilogies listed so far, they have none of the same characters or continuing story arc. Same actors, but in different roles. Still among my top ten of favorite movies though.

Oh, and some of us also refer to it as The Four Part Trilogy if you consider "The Horse Soldiers".

[redman555]

Ehh starwars is ok, I wasnt really ever a big starwars fan.  I love LOTR though.


-BigBOBCH

[FiLtH]

  The Hoth scenes were some of the greatest at time time and I loved it. But once it got to Cloud City, I lost interest. I remember feeling really let down. When Return of the Jedi came out, the fim broke on 2 separate occasions, and we didnt see the complete movie till the 3rd try. Torture I tell ya!

[Muzzy]

Well the original SW trilogy tops my list for nostalgia purposes, although I honestly feel the LOTR saga was better. Need to sit down and watch those again.

As far as novels go, I pretty much restrict my SW reading to anything by Zahn.  The graphic novel series (SW Tales, Dark Empire, Legacy) have also been fantastic.

One thing SW fans should check out are the George Lucas Selects Fan Films.  Here's some of the best:

http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/love_of_the_film/

http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/pink5/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wGR4-SeuJ0

[RTHolmes]

aww the movie posters I put in disappeared

The Evil Dead
Evil Dead II
Army of Darkness

Groovy!


Platoon
Born on the Fourth of July
Heaven and Earth

[Mano]

Godfather
Crocodile Dundee (Ga'day Mate)
Jason Bourne
Star Wars IV V VI
Dirty Harry I II III
X-Men(& Women  )
Indy
Terminator (Arnold)
Spidy
Jurrasic
Major League
Back to the Future


 

[Ack-Ack]

Ehh starwars is ok, I wasnt really ever a big starwars fan.  I love LOTR though.


-BigBOBCH

the lord of the ring movies was nothing more than brokeback mountain set in new zealand, especially during the frodo/sam love fest stares they gave each other. 

ack-ack

[KgB]

Back door sluts 1,2 and 3

[Penguin]

Back door sluts 1,2 and 3

Win! 

-Penguin

[JC67]

Im with RT on this 1    Evil Dead II  one of the best remakes done. long live Bruce Campbell 

[Getback]

What is this BS

I was playing golf with a die hard Star wars fan. He wasn't playing so well and I was giving him a few pointers. He got irritated, lowered his voice an octave and threatened me. It startled me a bit, but then I countered, Your Darth Vader imitation is weak! Oh man, did that set him off even further.

While I like many of the trilogy movies, such as Pirates of the Carribean, Die Hard, Spiderman, etc. The sequals were just awful. For consistency the first 3 of the Bourne series were pretty darn good. I think I will go with that.

[4deck]

Back door sluts 1,2 and 3

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