Poll: Best movie trilogy

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Curious question for the people that vote for LotR.

Are you voting based on the books or the movies?

 

[jonesy]

You found Raiders of the Lost Ark boring? Or are you talking about Temple of Doom, since it was chronologically first?

Either way, I've never heard anyone describe these movies as boring.

I meant Temple of Doom. And I meant it in a comparative manner. No, I don't think that it or the third BttF were boring. But look at their competition here.

 

[Welverin]

I will say that the Matrix Trilogy doesn't belong on that last, to me. I really only liked the first one.

That's not a good reason for excluding it. I think think it deserves mentioning, and I'd take it over LotR. It defintiely wouldn't rank above SW, not sure about Indy though.

 

[Felix]

The THX 1996 digitally remastered original version of Star Wars. Best friggin movies ever. And my lucky Irish star was out when I found that pristine box-set on sale at a yard sale for $1.

For me LotR the movies are, and always will be, a very good interpretation of the books, which I love. But the books come first.

And for those of you who picked the Matrix (trilogy? there's only one...), when you apologise, I will be happy to say:
"Apology accepted...

...Captain Needa."

 

[diaglo]

Star Wars.



heck, i'd rate Halloween or Friday the 13th ahead of LotR

 

[MonsterMash]

I voted LotR, because I thought to Ewoks and that meant I just couldn't vote for Star Wars, for all that it meant when I was young. The Indiana Jones trilogy were enjoyable, but the Matrix would have been better as just one movie.

I think that including stuff that's not on the poll the Godfather trilogy is el primo, as even though the third is weak the other two are outstanding.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

This is a tough call between Star Wars & LotR.

Star Wars had a huge influence on who I am today. I saw SW when I was 5, and I can say without hesitation it was the first defining moment of my life. It turned me on to science fiction, which in turn lead to my (short) career in publishing. It was pretty much my obsession as a child, reading the SW picture books, playing with the toys, waiting endlessly for the next issue of Bantha Tracks to find out any new news about the films, and after RotJ I felt like a lone SW fan when everyone else didn't seem to care about the films.

Lord of the Rings was also a major point in my life, but for different reasons. I first read The Hobbit at age 8, and LotR at age 12 or 13. It had a big impact on me then, and even more as I reread it every 5 or 6 years. I always hoped that there would be a movie besides the animated Hobbit, LotR, and RotK, but never thought it would happen. So I kept on reading the books, playing RPGs, and talking with friends about how cool it would be if someone decided to make a movie, never expecting it to actually happen. Then, in the late 90s, I started to hear through word of mouth in the SF industry and online that Peter Jackson was in talks with a couple studios to make a film. I got excited, but not too excited. Then it happened. The deal was signed, and things started to roll. I followed with great anticipation, hoping that things would turn out right, but not wanting to get too excited in case it was a flop. Opening day, I drove to a distant theater with a friend to see it in the best theater we could find. There were trivia questions before the movie, and we won prizes. The movie came on, we watched with our jaws on the floor, and I felt like that little kid I had been when I was 5 years old seing Star Wars. For the LotR to bring back that magic feeling I had thought lost forever was unbelievable.

So, I have to give the nod to LotR, because it gave me back something that I thought lost forever, a sense of wonder through the eyes of a child.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

I can watch all three Star Wars movies over and over and they are still able to enthrall me. I have watched The Godfather, Godfather II, & the uncut sequential mix of both movies that was done in the 70's...all back to back in one day. I did that last summer when AMC was going Godfather crazy. Ya know what? I then watched the Godfather 1 AGAIN the next day. I can do the same with the Man With No Name Trilogy. Can't do it with LOTR. I've got a feeling that when I finally watch RotK it will put the series on par with the Indiana Jones movies. Amazing first flick, OK second, good third. But regardless, I still cant watch FOTR & TTT back to back, I really haven't given either another viewing in quite a while.

P.S. How could people not love Matrix Reloaded? I was just going "WOW!" the whole time. I lvoe that flick!

 

[Desdichado]

Amazing first flick, OK second, good third. But regardless, I still cant watch FOTR & TTT back to back, I really haven't given either another viewing in quite a while.

That's a pretty fair assessment. However, since Raiders is also one of my favorite movies ever, that's hardly a bad thing. I mean, between Han Solo and Dr. Jones, an entire generation of kids my age had Harrison Ford as their favorite actor for years.

P.S. How could people not love Matrix Reloaded? I was just going "WOW!" the whole time. I lvoe that flick!

"coz it's a mediocre film with some amazing action set pieces. I have the DVD, and I still haven't watched it all the way through. I've watched parts of it dozens of times, though, all the while bemoaning my lack of surround sound giant sized speakers.

 

[Felix]

Yep. From the moment the Merivingian walks in the entrance hall and sees Monica Bellucci with Neo and the gang to when Neo flies in and saves the day from the head-to-head truck crash is possibly the most exciting, thrilling, wonderous 20 minutes of movie making history.

But that's all the movie has, and 20 minutes does not a good movie make.