What is the best film trilogy?

[Dunners]

I'm not sure they count as a trilogy. You're straying into open ended franchise territory here which surely does not count.

I think that it's fair to differentiate between the 'original' trilogy of a film series and any others that come about through studio desperation for reboots.

For example, the first three Alien or Terminator films can easily be considered as a trilogy, whilst ignoring anything that came later (i.e. Alien Resurrection, Dark Fate etc).

See also Indiana Jones:
1 - Raiders of the Lost Ark = Excellent.
2 - Temple of Doom = It'll do.
3 - The Last Crusade = Brilliant end to the trilogy series.

4 - Kingdom of the Crystal Skull = F*ck off.

No way can the first three terminators be considered a trilogy separate from the rest.
Why?
Well it fails under any criteria you care to mention

1: coherence: the first two films both explicitly seem to rule out any sequels (in the first it’s made clear no one else is coming. In the second the whole point is in making it impossible for the events in the future to transpire)

2: one director’s vision: the first two films are Cameron, the third a decade later by a jobbing director (with all future films having more in common with 3 than the first two in that respect)

I'm trying to find a counter argument to this, but I can't.

Thank you for putting me right on a point I was unsure of.

[Daily Express bot]

Debbie Does Dallas
Debbie Does Dallas Part II
Debbie Does Dallas III

Got boring after that.

I read Suella Braverman was named after a star in that show.

[Omygawd]

Debbie Does Dallas
Debbie Does Dallas Part II
Debbie Does Dallas III

Got boring after that.

I read Suella Braverman was named after a star in that show.

Wrong Dallas.

[PotatOhead]

No Jaws or Sharknado either

Kill Bill must be worth a mention too and in the same vein the Bruce Lee collection

Only 2 kill bills

[Mick McQuaid]

Guardians of the galaxy is my personal favourite just for how much my kid loves them. Watched the first two in lockdown, in between playing lego superheroes and the third one at the Imax. He still puts the soundtrack on in the car so we can pretend to be Drax and Groot. Thoroughly enjoyable films.

[Long slender neck]

Dirty Harry or Lethal Weapon, hard to choose between them

Lethal Weapon is a great shout, i even loved 4.

[Hoover Attack]

Guardians of the galaxy is my personal favourite just for how much my kid loves them. Watched the first two in lockdown, in between playing lego superheroes and the third one at the Imax. He still puts the soundtrack on in the car so we can pretend to be Drax and Groot. Thoroughly enjoyable films.

And what great soundtracks they are too.

[StillSpike]

I quite liked the first 3 Friday 13th movies - the 3rd one, I seem to remember, being in 3D (there was something of a fad about making the 3rd movie in a series in 3D - Jaws did it about the same time with a 3D Simon McQuorkindale)

[slacker]

If you’ve never seen The Apu Trilogy by Indian director Satyajit Ray, try and find it. Was on ITVX, of all places, recently, but think it’s dropped off their stream again now.

[Admin]

Was going to claim the "This is England" series but remembered only the first one was a film.

[Loyal_Supporter]

Obviously, there's the Alien series. I know Alien 3 is sometimes criticised, but I really liked it. It also means you have to conveniently ignore any other Alien films. And if we're going to play that game, then allow me to thrown in a curve ball:

Star Trek 2, 4 and 6.

As a Trek fan myself, I'd take Star Trek 4 out and put in Star Trek: First Contact.