Great Trilogies

I obsess over film trilogies. I obsess over a lot of stuff, but trilogies are near the top of the list. The Star Wars prequel trilogy is very difficult for me to deal with, because although I recognize there are a lot of flaws in them (I don't hate them), I'm still very drawn to them as they are one half of two trilogies, and I of course love the original trilogy. I think a complete saga in two trilogies is an amazing idea and that the series as a whole holds up pretty well to criticism. The other trilogies I obsess over include The Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Back to the Future, and to a lesser extent The Godfather trilogy.

The Dark Knight trilogy is also a major obsession of mine. It's funny, because I like Batman, although I've never read the comics. I really enjoyed Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, but they aren't on my absolute favorites list. I really love the idea of taking more than 70 years of mythology and characters and turning it into a definitive trilogy with a beginning, middle, and end. I am aware that right now there is only 2/3 of a trilogy. Obviously, The Dark Knight Rises comes out in July and I am very excited.

The trilogy is a very under-appreciated and misused way of making movies in my opinion. The Spider-Man film series ended up being a trilogy, and, while it didn't leave any plot threads hanging, it was not exactly intended as that and is does not have the definitive "feel" that I think The Dark Knight trilogy will. Indeed, the series is now being rebooted, and we shall see which series ends up being the better.

I could go on and on about my thoughts on all of the trilogies mentioned, but I won't (and may some other time). Needless to say they all have strengths and weaknesses, but what I love about all of them is that they all each tell one story in three films and as result have a very large scope and feel like very big movies. Also I'm just an obsessive person who likes movies.