Posts by Nicholas Walker3

I watched both versions a long time ago—and honestly, the '91 version is just incomparable... it's got that certain charm, you know? Everything else pretty much falls to the '91 one.

By the way, you can actually pick up this absolutely incredible documentary now
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content/id...John Ford.html

We all have our favorites... which just goes to show how much of an impact Bloody Sam had 🙏

The movie is solid—but honestly, the data they used could have been handled way better... such a shame that someone with a bit more talent didn't step in to work with this material (:

Ustinov really gave a masterclass here 🙏

Exactly the same thing...

My absolute favorites the former friend Kid, and I have a real soft spot for The Ballad of Cable Hogue!

Kurosawa's Rashomon —does it need more?
Ningen no jôken —maybe actually the best movie ever made, if you can even say something like that definitively...

So, looking at America:
Bob le Flambeur —just fantastic work from Melville
H-8 —by Nikola Tanhofer
Blue 9 —from Krešimir Golik
Senso, Bellissima, Le Notti Bianche —all Visconti

And then there's probably ten other masterpieces—meanwhile, your list is packed with at least 50 obscure flicks that only made the cut because they happen to be from English-speaking countries...

The 50s and 60s were really the golden era for Japanese cinema—everyone from Leone onwards ended up copying their style... just my two cents on world cinema knowledge from the OP!

When we see stuff like that in those big Hollywood blockbusters, everyone calls it some "damn crazy twist".....

steelrider16 said:With so many trilogies or quadrilogies where the final installments are such a mess—it almost feels like they're trying to ruin the entire series for you—thankfully, this kind of garbage usually reveals itself early enough that it stays out of my home collection. 🙂

A few examples: Terminator 3 and 4, Jurassic Park III, The Godfather 3, I always know what... (3), The Mummy 3, Alien 3 and 4, Jaws 3 and 4, Mad Max 3, Batman 3 and 4, Beverly Hills Cop 3, RoboCop 3... and so on...

Well, that's really the key distinction—we often mistakenly call something a trilogy when it's actually just a series with three sequels (:

Most of the titles you listed are actually just series rather than true trilogies. That’s why the quality drops so hard—they aren't actually planned out from the start, and when studios tack things on later just to chase a paycheck, it obviously doesn't fit the original vision at all!

Mark Wood79 said:All in all—regarding the poll itself—I'm honestly bummed that we don't see Rossellini, Lars von Trier, Michael Haneke, or Yasujirō Ozu on here, just like I mentioned before.

And what about Kieslowski!?

Just one quick correction—the Dollars Trilogy is considered a trilogy because Sergio Leone actually intended to film two separate trilogies about the West. He finished the first dollar-based one (which definitely isn't some no-name trilogy like the ones Americans push—since they probably hate being portrayed as greedy "dollar" seekers)—but sadly, he never got to the second. He was interrupted by a project he hadn't planned on (*Once Upon a Time in the West*), even though he had started and filmed only two of the three intended pieces...

Mark Wood79 said:I asked you that right away and didn't get an answer—so I guess you think it's because of 1922 and the two parts.
MoC identified it as one single thing once they started pushing the trilogy angle.

I did answer—Dr. No isn't a trilogy, even if I count Der Spieler as one film (which I do, though I only mentioned 4 to warn people about those kinds of takes)!
MoC just saw a chance to make a quick buck since these three heavily hyped films about Dr. No aren't actually the big news they're making them out to be. They released the first two ages ago as a Lang box set, and now they're adding the last film and calling it a trilogy... maybe that's why—selling the same movies for the third time—they decided to label it a trilogy.😛

Mark Wood79 said:They'll be showing it in Beverly Hills on Nov 25th and 26th in two parts: the first at 7 PM and the second at 9 PM. Maybe it's because of the runtime (4 hours—you definitely need a break), but they actually pitched it as two separate films (not sure how the ticketing will work).

Well, if they could show a bunch of other titles on the same day, they should have done this too—it deserves it... just a little 15-minute breather and that's it, just like during the premiere!

Mark Wood79 said:But it doesn't bother me if someone lumps the Leone-Eastwood collaboration together and calls it a trilogy.

It bothers me, personally—I respect the director and his intentions rather than marketing gimmicks...

Mark Wood79 said:It doesn't really matter what comes after Lang—we're just sticking to Lang himself. So, why do you think it's unfair to call it a trilogy? Is it because of that 1922 one, or those two versions from 1933? You mentioned Lang made 4 Mabuse.

I mean, Hollywood legends released the complete set with this exact line: available on Blu-ray, assembled together for the first time by a single label, and in one boxset — Fritz Lang’s legendary trilogy of films about the schemes of the master criminal Dr. No.

As far as I'm concerned, I'll accept Dr. No as a trilogy.

four, because even if you count two of them as one...
a trilogy is three films tied together by the same theme—and Mabuse doesn't fit that for several reasons, just like how you wouldn't call LOTR or those Sergio Leone westerns a trilogy, etc., etc... a real trilogy is The Godfather, Three Colors, or Lars von Trier's e-trilogy! If we actually compare them, it's clear why the others don't qualify!

Mark Wood79 said:Well, it depends on how you look at it—for instance, the first Mabuse from 1922 is split into Dr. Mabuse, The Player, and then Dr. Mabuse, The Player - Inferno, The Play of People of Our Time. But then again, most people just see it as one distinct thing... like, if you check Wikipedia, they’ll list it as the Mabuse trilogy (meaning the films from 1922, 1933, and 1960)

Honestly, whoever remembers what's on Wikipedia should probably take it with a grain of salt... we always do. In any case, Mabuse isn't really a trilogy. Besides—from the get-go—it was an adaptation of a novel that eventually trapped Lang in its orbit, turning into a series that outlived his direct involvement. They even shot a few more films later featuring the same actor who held the lead role in Lang's final film!

Mark Wood79 said:Or are you thinking of those two versions from 1933—the French and German ones?

Oh, you actually reminded me—I really should sit down and catch that French version sometime!

Ever since the Mabuse trilogy kicked off, they've rolled out about ten films based on them—and Lang himself actually directed four of them!

David Price5 said:so you finally figured out how the edit button works😉

That's why I always hit preview before posting—just to be safe...😉😉

Has anyone actually sat through all the extended editions?

I always do—I stick to Jackson's versions. I've only seen the theatrical cuts in theaters and honestly, don't plan on watching them again... I've probably watched the whole thing at least ten times, if not more!!!!!!!!!!!! Just waiting on the Blu-ray release now...

@Paul James62
I don't really have a "best part" of any movie—not even this one—it’s just one complete work to me!

Honestly—I don't think The Lord of the Rings Trilogy is actually a trilogy at all. It’s really just one massive movie split into three parts—mostly because they wanted to maximize those box office returns, which ended up carrying over directly into how the films were structured!

Japanese horror films from the 60s have such an incredibly eerie atmosphere—and honestly, most of that is thanks to the composer Takemitsu! You should definitely start with Kaidan, and then just let yourself drift into Free Will...

Anonymous said:Pet Sematary... honestly, I still get the chills just thinking about it—and that opening music is absolutely terrifying😱

And don't even get me started on those Ramones tracks at the end 😂