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Trilogies that got better with each movie

posted 7 years ago by SpaceRain
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I can't think of one besides the Captain America trilogy, since Civil War was the best and First Avenger, although a blast, was the weakest in the trilogy. Other than that, I can't think of any movie trilogy where each installment was better than the previous one.

Most great trilogies have a stellar first installment, followed by an even better second installment, concluded with a third installment that's good but the weakest of the three. The Dark Knight, Star Wars, Spider-Man, X-Men and Godfather trilogies all followed this trend.

The Toy Story trilogy had 3 equally good movies with maybe a slightly superior third movie. LOTR was 3>1>2. Iron Man was 1>3>2. Matrix was 1>2>3. However no trilogy comes to mind besides Captain America that was 3>2>1.

[–] DesiredFX 7 years ago

If John Wick: Chapter 2 is any indication, it should be a stellar trilogy.

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[–] SpaceRain 7 years ago

While that trilogy hasn't concluded yet, it'll be hard for the third installment to beat the first two, but we'll see.

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[–] LeeMall 7 years ago

I don't consider The Captain America movies a trilogy.

Do you think they can be watched 1, 2 then 3 coherently?

To me they are 3 isolated stories featuring the same central character within a wider story. Lets be fair, The Avengers movies provided a luxury movie that most trilogies don't have.

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[–] DesiredFX 7 years ago

We were talking about this the other day: it's almost impossible to understand Civil War without watching at least Age of Ultron (and probably Avengers) outside of the Cap films.

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[–] Uberiffic 7 years ago

The Bourne Trilogy could be argued got better every time out.

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

Yes, this one did it.

Just... forget about the stepchild movie with Jeremy Renner and also the fourth installment. Those didn't exist anyway.

[–] DracTarashV2 (4475) 7 years ago

The Dollars Trilogy/Man with No Name trilogy. One could argue that For A Few Dollars More wasn't as good as A Fistful of Dollars, but evidently many do consider it to be the superior film. Then there is the universally praised third film... The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.

As for any other, it's hard to think of one where the final film surpassed the previous two. Although John Wick might just be a contender! If the third installment gets anywhere near the great reviews as the last, I personally feel we might have a perfect trilogy in our hands.

On a site note, I'm one of the few (?) people who holds the First Avenger in high regard. It's arguably more of a war film than a superhero film, however, that happens to be one of the several reasons the film is so unique to me. But yeah, The Winter Solider and Civil War took things to another level, and consequently an outstanding trilogy was made (the greatest in my book).

[–] TexasJack (12515) 7 years ago

i agree - First Avenger was awesome. It actually took me a while to warm up to Winter Soldier (no pun intended) and I have...issues with Civil War.

[–] billbrown7071 (3193) 7 years ago

this is a very hard question because its completely subjective...

for eample I dont even agree With The Captain America Trilogy , I think The Winter Soldier is the best in The Trilogy..but Civil War IMO is almost as Great

So to answer this question, I'm just gonna name Trilogies that had 3 great films....

here are 3 trilogies where each film was Great-

“ The Bourne Trilogy-(Now A Franchise With 5 Films)
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Ultimatum

The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy-
The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy: The Two Towers
The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy: The Return of the King

The Edgar Wright Trilogy-
Shaun Of The Dead
Hot Fuzz
The Worlds End

Here are some other Trilogies where I personally enjoyed all 3 films-
The Robert Langdon Trilogy-
The Da Vinci Code
Angels and Demons
Inferno

The Austin Powers Trilogy-
Austin Powers International Man Of Mystery
Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me
Austin Powers In Goldmember

The Back To The Future Trilogy-
Back To The Future
Back To The Future Part 2
Back To The Future Part 3

The Riddick Trilogy-(May Be A Future Franchise)
Pitch Black
The Chronicles Of Riddick
Riddick

The Hangover Trilogy-
The Hangover
The Hangover Part 2
The Hangover Part 3

“ The Hobbit Trilogy-
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Mummy Trilogy-
The Mummy
The Mummy Returns
Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor

The Rush Hour Trilogy-
Rush Hour
Rush Hour 2
Rush Hour 3

The Scream Trilogy-
Scream
Scream 2
Scream 3

The Star Trek Trilogy(ONLY The "New Timeline" Rebooted Series)
Star Trek(2009)(Reboot)
Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Beyond