My Top Trilogies

A good film trilogy is hard to come by, like a majority of trilogies they start off strong with the first movie then over the next two films lose its touch.  I understand it’s difficult to make a top of the line trilogy, just like in professional sports where you rarely see team’s 3-peat.  It’s one of the hardest things to do in sports because players get older after each year and lose there touch, just like in movies, viewers get tired of seeing the same character doing the same thing over and over again. 

I’ve decided to blog about MY top 5 trilogies in my opinion.  It wouldn’t be fair to say the best 5 trilogies of all time considering I haven’t seen The Godfather which many people consider a top 5 trilogy.  I’m also excluding movies that have more than 3 films such as Indiana Jones, Scream, and Die Hard.  I will however be including Star Wars because I, like most people, consider them 2 separate trilogies.  One last note before I get started I expect this list to change once the new Dark Knight movie comes out, which could possible become my top trilogy of all time.

V.  Ocean’s 11

Three pretty solid movies with the original obviously being the best.  The star studded cast works great together doing, who wouldn’t want to be a member of Danny Oceans gang?  All they do is joke around have a good time and then rob a casino for millions.  The movies all have solid plot lines with good twist and turns throughout which makes them very enjoyable to watch.

IV. Star Wars (the original)

The original Star Wars trilogy changed film making and grabbed the attention of a generation.  The sequel delivered one of the biggest twists in movie history when Darth Vader tells Luke he’s his father.  It has great action and battle scenes, not to mention Han Solo who is the best character in the Star Wars films.

III. Back to the Future

The first movie is one of my favorite movies of all time.  All 3 are very enjoyable to watch with so many great lines to quote I don’t know which one to pick.  Anyone who’s a Back to the Future fan is probably as excited as I am that we only have to wait 4 more years for flying cars.

II. Bourne

The Bourne Identity started what would become an action packed kick-ass trilogy with Matt Damon.  All three movies have a great story line and takes hand to hand combat fighting to a whole new level.  It could argue that each movie is better than the one before it which is very rare to find.  I also find these movies way more entertaining and superior than Bond films.

I.                  Lord of the Rings

I’m sure man critics will agree with me when I say the Lord of the Rings trilogy is the best trilogy ever.  It’s hard to point out anything that’s wrong in any of the 3 movies.  The battle scenes are so intense plus the way its shot sets it apart from any other movie.  They couldn’t have gotten better actors to go along with this amazing plot.