Poll: Best movie trilogy

[Jeremy Ackerman-Yost]

Oh, and I say that as a book snob. Books are always better than movies. But I had to force myself to read LotR. It was agony.

Not that the movies are perfect. But light years ahead of the books.

I would hesitate to say that all three of them sucked. Fellowship is the only one that was truly, heinously awful. And yet it made the best movie of the three (arguably).

 

[Laurel]

I voted for the rings, as I see many did and for many of the same reasons... but I will admit the others are all right up there...

One that may have to be added after this year, though, are the Blade movies.... I have really liked them, and though not perfect- still full of the action, humor, effects and lots of other great stuff.
I for one can't wait for Blade trinity.... I may be in the minority here, but had to say it

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

I would hesitate to say that all three of them sucked. Fellowship is the only one that was truly, heinously awful. And yet it made the best movie of the three (arguably).

I'll go the other route and say the books got "worse" as they went on. Fellowship is a fine novel, the others are less so.

P.S. Worse as in, less good than FotR, they were all quite good.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Sir, I salute you for having the courage of your convictions to say this aloud. However, this will not stop me or the other LotR cohorts from removing the memory of you from humanity for such a heretical statement.

Thank you for your kind words.

I really used to be afraid to say, publically, that I did not like the LotR books. I just decided to stop "self-censoring" and not hide that particular fact any more. I think this is the second time I've said it here on EN World.

Parts of the books were amazing--I couldn't not put it down, a real page turner, etc. But parts of it bored me to tears. Still, I did manage to finish each book before I saw each film. And, dare I say it, adding Arwen was a good thing. OK, I'll leave now, before the rotten tomatoes start heading way may.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

I would hesitate to say that all three of them sucked. Fellowship is the only one that was truly, heinously awful. And yet it made the best movie of the three (arguably).

I agree that it's the best of the movies. But the worst of the three books? Hmmmm, I'll have to read it again and--WAIT! I can't subject myself to that torture again!

 

[Pants]

I'll go the other route and say the books got "worse" as they went on. Fellowship is a fine novel, the others are less so.

P.S. Worse as in, less good than FotR, they were all quite good.

Ditto. If I wanted to, I could reread Fellowship over and over again, but I often struggle through tTT and RotK.

I still think they are mighty fine books though.

 

[replicant2]

Lord of the Rings in a landslide. While I loved the original Star Wars trilogy, LOTR is the definition of how movies should be made.

Some scenes forever etched into my memory: Sitting in my seat during the premiere of Fellowship of the Ring and drowning in the cheers and shouts when the title appeared on screen, and being literally breathless with excitement; Moria; Boromir's final speech ("My captain, my King"); Helm's Deep; Sam's speech at the end of the Two Towers; Theoden's incredible speech/tapping of the spears and the ride of the Rohirrim; Aragorn telling the hobbits "You bow to no one."

'nuff said.

 

[Welverin]

And for those of you who picked the Matrix (trilogy? there's only one...),

Who are you talking to?

when you apologise, I will be happy to say:
"Apology accepted...

...Captain Needa."

You might have a long wait, especially since no one has picked the series yet.

Maybe it's just me.

Certainly not, I like Reloaded as much as the first, Relovultions is last (I just don't like the parts set in the real world, though I can tolerate them better the more I see them).

I really like the Neo vs Agent Smith fight in the playground, and...hell I enjoyed the whole thing. But all the scenes with Agent Smith were great. Maybe I rank it so high becuause its one of the very few movies starring the worst actor in movie history that I really enjoy. It must be good if I can watch it again and again with him in it.

I can watch all of the action scenes over and over again, and considering I generally can't stand watching anything repeatedly it's a real testament ot how much I enjoy them.

The First one between Neo and the agents is good, but far too short, though the chateau fight (or blade leapers as the scene is labeled) is probably my favorite. Something I didn't notice in the theater is the music, which I like quite a bit and has me wanting to pick up the score.

The other thing that helps them stand out is that the Bros didn't rely on close-ups and a lot of cuts to hide what was going on, but actually let you see what's happening.

 

[Dakkareth]

I never saw Indiana Jones and never cared much for Star Wars, so the two are right out.

I'd rate Back to the Future and Matrix about the same - they're strong in different ways. Matrix has the interesting background story, mind-blowing action and eye-candy plus it simply feels cool (this is with fast-forwarding past cave-rock scene, Neo/WhatshernameplayedbyBelluci and Trinity's death). BttF is more about human interaction and whackyness - also great fun.

But the LotR movies simply blow everything else away.

 

[Thanee]

Curious what people think.

I think you deserve severe punishment (j/k) for even listing the Matrix trilogy as a possibility. At least you didn't add Highlander 1-3 into the mix.

Bye
Thanee