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The Trilogy Meter
I tend to read books in trilogies (or trilogies of trilogies) but this graph from DanMeth.com about movie threesomes (and how they stack up) made me giggle. Do you agree with his assessments? I have to say that I disagree very strongly with Jurassic Park, but I’m dinosaur biased. OK, maybe the last two movies in that series sucked, but still.
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Very amusing.
Seriously, though, Last Crusade was the best of the original three Indiana Jones movies. There is no question, it is simply a statement of fact. Ford + Connery = Win.
Also, Lord of the Rings should have all three pegged at the top. Except maybe the made up Aragorn falls off a cliff bit from Two Towers, that was weak sauce.
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#59 written by Matthew Boehm 2 years ago
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I went ahead with that idea Eric gave me…
The Scientific Trilogy Meter
http://thesomewhatmanlynerd.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/the-scientific-trilogy-meter/
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I think some of those with low first-feature scores reflect a series where the rater saw the second film first, then saw the first. Given the 1984-5 release date of Terminator, it was a fantastic movie on the large screen – for the time. The second, of course, was much better. This may also account for Raiders II getting any blue in the box at all: only someone who was a similar age to that little bratty kid would rate that piece of trash at all. (IMHO, YMMV!)
Still, a fun exercise. Thanks for sharing!
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#70 written by Jeff 2 years ago
BAH, everyone rates the 2nd and 3rd Matrix movies so lowly, I don’t think it’s deserved. Reloaded is a great, I love the scenes with the Merovingian, the highway chase, the burly brawl, the weapons fight in the hotel, and the Architect. All great, memorable scenes if you appreciate the story.
I agree in the ordering though. The Revolutions was the weakest, but it still had some great moments too.
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Ah, I hate to jump in with my, “I agree completely, except for…” comment, but I really have to. How could anyone—ANYONE—rate Superman II higher than the original?? The original is a classic, and arguably the best superhero movie ever made, while the second is a poor combination of bad plot devices and poor special effects. Tearing off the “S” and throwing it at the bad guys? Sorry, where did Superman get THAT power???
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#74 written by Greg 2 years ago
I agree with Kato above–the third Indiana Jones movie (and last one we should ever consider as truly an “Indiana Jones movie) was the best. Definitely better than the first. Sure, face-melting a bunch of Nazis is pretty awesome, but Sean Connery, holy-grail healing and super-aging one Nazi wins.
Also, JP 1 should have been a little higher. Great music, very epic feel. I think the author of the charts might have actually thought worse about JP 1 because 2 and 3 were so bad.
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I’d like to see the 4th Indiana Jones movie on that chart. I think it would have to dip below the baseline…