Best Trilogy of all-time?

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22 minutes ago, listen2me 23 said:

I have never watched a lord of the rings movie 

Because you're NOT a geek. 

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2 hours ago, listen2me 23 said:

I have never watched a lord of the rings movie 

Thanks Posty!

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Human Centipede
Hostel
I Spit on Your Grave

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1 hour ago, jerryskids said:

Thanks Posty!

I could go posty with a lot of popular movies/shows.  I was even of that age when lord of the rings came out and was huge. 

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1 minute ago, listen2me 23 said:

I could go posty with a lot of popular movies/shows.  I was even of that age when lord of the rings came out and was huge. 

I had no interest in seeing Lord of the Rings or the Harry Potter movies either...

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1 minute ago, posty said:

I had no interest in seeing Lord of the Rings or the Harry Potter movies either...

Yeah. Who cares? 

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1 hour ago, listen2me 23 said:

I could go posty with a lot of popular movies/shows.  I was even of that age when lord of the rings came out and was huge. 

I should say that I'm more of a reader than a movie watcher, so when I first saw the thread title, I thought of books and instantly thought of LOTR.  For movies I like the Godfather nomination.  Also Wick which was mentioned, although now they've added a 4th book.

To me a trilogy should have a definitive end to the third installment which ties up the entire series.  Franchises like Rocky or Wick just add another episode to the ongoing saga.

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3 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

I should say that I'm more of a reader than a movie watcher, so when I first saw the thread title, I thought of books and instantly thought of LOTR.  For movies I like the Godfather nomination.  Also Wick which was mentioned, although now they've added a 4th book.

To me a trilogy should have a definitive end to the third installment which ties up the entire series.  Franchises like Rocky or Wick just add another episode to the ongoing saga.

Wick? They could have taken the first 15 minutes of that movie and played it over and over to make 3 two hour movies and it would have changed nothing about it. 

It was mildly entertaining at 2am half drunk and waiting to fall asleep but that's about it. 

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5 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

Wick? They could have taken the first 15 minutes of that movie and played it over and over to make 3 two hour movies and it would have changed nothing about it. 

It was mildly entertaining at 2am half drunk and waiting to fall asleep but that's about it. 

To each his own.  I used to study martial arts and appreciate Keanu Reeves' commitment to the craft, and how he grows his ability throughout his career (note:  I think he is NOT a very good actor in the traditional sense).  There is a lot of judo/jiu-jitsu in Wick; googling it I found a good article on it:

https://coolmaterial.com/media/john-wick-gun-fu/

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The secret to John Wick‘s success is something called “Gun Fu.” And before you run off to your local academy to see if they offer it so that you too can get revenge on the person who harmed your pet, let’s delve into what this mysterious art is.

John Woo originated the style in the late ’80s, with films like A Better Tomorrow and The Killer. He blended fast-paced martial arts with firearms to create one cohesive fighting system. Gun fu eventually made its way to U.S. shores, as films like Bulletproof Monk and Kick-Ass used it in a variety of scenes. Still, it’s John Wick that showcases the art in its most fascinating form. There are no Matrix-style effects. There are no moves that require super powers. Gun fu in John Wick, as described by director Chad Stahelski, is a combination of “Japanese jiu-jitsu, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, tactical 3-gun, and standing Judo.” Under the watchful eye of Jonathan Eusebio, the fight coordinator for both John Wick films, Keanu Reeves took those arts (and others) and threw them into a blender. What emerged was partially traditional and partially experimental, a style rooted in reality yet punched up for the big screen.

 

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2 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

To each his own.  I used to study martial arts and appreciate Keanu Reeves' commitment to the craft, and how he grows his ability throughout his career (note:  I think he is NOT a very good actor in the traditional sense).  There is a lot of judo/jiu-jitsu in Wick; googling it I found a good article on it:

https://coolmaterial.com/media/john-wick-gun-fu/

 

I studied martial arts for years from an asian dude that was a friend with my brother. He didn't do it for money, just kind of a club. And he was good at it. It was no specific style, just his own. So I can appreciate what you are saying. But all I'm saying, it was the movies were so darn repetitive and all the same thing over and over again. At least with the movies Taken (which I think is a class about Wick) , those were a little bit varied. But you are right, to each his own and for the record, I found the John Wick movies entertaining.