best film saga?

[phacemeltar]

im wondering what people think are some of the best film sagas out there. that means films that tell one story through multiple parts (i.e. Godfather, Lord of the Rings, the Matrix, etc). animated films are fair game, too.

im not referring to movies which, after being successful, received sequels; but instead stories that were originally intended to be a multiple-part series.

[fash]

Bourne series

[Spyder73]

http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/trilogy/

This is a pretty legit list with a couple of glaring omissions - Never Ending Story, Ninja Turtles (Secret of the ooooze!), James Bond, and Predator all jump out immediately.

If you were going to trap me in a dark room with a TV and say I can only pick 1 saga to watch for the next week - I would say the Aliens and Predator movies, but only if I could include both franchises in their entirety plus the AVP line of film, plus Promethius and Covenant. Otherwise I would probably get a bunch of weed and go Three Ninjas/Three Ninjas Kick back

[phacemeltar]

Originally Posted by Spyder73 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/trilogy/

nice

[gummab]

Indiana Jones, Indy is the man.

[Baler]

Alien Series
It redefined the sifi & horror genre at the same time. Despite how lack luster the latter movies are.

Pirates of the Caribbean.
Really pushed the pirate theme movie genre in the modern age.

Oceans 11-13. They were fun movies imo.

Home Alone movies for kids.

edit: REC series it reinvented the zombie genre. Daemons, Zombies & god. You won't find the same in any other series.

Hang over 1-3

Star Wars? uhh hello? anyone?

Evil Dead series, NEED I SAY MORE? (my favorite was army of darkness)

(I excluded series of movies already mentioned in this thread)
ps. I'm a movie/tv show junkies. I dare a man to challenge my views.

[Lune]

Not an exciting answer or even an interesting answer, but it's the honest answer: Lord of the Rings.

Honorable mention is Band of Brothers; not exactly a film but the quality is cinematic and it's a hell of a saga.

[AzzarTheGod]

Originally Posted by Ahldagor [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My only hang up on Godfather is the violence cycle is predictable. Everything else is great in it. Hbo has 1 and 2 in chronological order uncut. Worth the 8 hrs.

Havent seen it but want to. To me, its something you watch with another person.

And godfather/film/premium TV connoisseurs in general are hard to find. Esp ladies.

Well not college educated ladies. seriously there's a "hobby" gap between highschool dropout women and college women in this area. its really bad.

You try to show them stuff or share interests and they pretend because they like you and feel attracted to you, but since they have never had an interest of their own, they cant appreciate it at all....I guess its hard to appreciate anything when you have never appreciated anything from a critical standpoint. College tends to decrease this "lack of hobbies and interests" syndrome among women.

Men on the other hand tend to self-teach and learn their own 5% lessons just fine without the college thing. I'd go so far as to say you cant tell the difference between a college guy and a highschool dropout. The guy is either woke or he isn't. He either has interests or he doesn't.

Anyone else notice this phenomenon?

[Daywolf]

SW, Matrix, Hannibal, Fist full of Dollars+, Terminator, Alien, LOTR. In no order.

[Daywolf]

Originally Posted by Daywolf [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

SW, Matrix, Hannibal, Fist full of Dollars+, Terminator, Alien, LOTR. In no order.

Oh I know what I missed now, was eating at me. The Babylon 5 movies. Made for tv, but aired as full movies and sold as DVD movies. Movies are: The Gathering, Thirdspace, In the Beginning, River of Souls, A Call To Arms, The Lost Tales, Legend of the Rangers. Also best series made, especialy seasons 3&4.

As for SW, just the 3 original, and before he edited the BS in. For LOTR, I liked Two Towers best, of the books too.