Is the '... Planet of the Apes' the best trilogy of modern times?

Rune

resovoir dogs, pulp fiction and jackie brown is the best trilogy

Blueingreen

I'd vote for the 3 colours assuming it's modern enough to qualify.  The Bournes are a good shout, but the 3 one is poor.  I really don't understand why the "Before" trilogy has the reputation it has.  They are exactly the kind of thing I would love if they were well enough done, but for me they just aren't: they seem mannered, stagey, pseudo-profound and psychologically improbable.

hollywoodrox

I want to see a follow up to where mat damon landed back on earth and it was run by apes with like an apraham Lincoln figure , I liked that film 

AlexC

Although I agree with many of the trilogies being cited here - some of them are well over 20 years old. 

To put that in a musical context - it’s like being asked about modern music in 1985 and talking about The Beatles.

Philly_Q

AlexC said:

Although I agree with many of the trilogies being cited here - some of them are well over 20 years old. 

To put that in a musical context - it’s like being asked about modern music in 1985 and talking about The Beatles.

To me "modern music" is anything post 1990 and I wouldn't recognise anything much post 2000.

And back to the trilogies, to make and release three films probably takes the best part of a decade, so there's half your 20 years gone.

octatonic

fretmeister said:

Cornetto trilogy. 

Yes, brilliant.

zepp76

I want to say the Karate kid trilogy (not including that shite with Jackie chan) but fear it doesn’t fit the criteria of modern times.

pintspiller

Are you talking about the modern or original Planet of the Apes trilogy? The trilogy in five parts.

CMW335

zepp76 said:

I want to say the Karate kid trilogy (not including that shite with Jackie chan) but fear it doesn’t fit the criteria of modern times.

You would also need to exclude part 4 with Hilary Swank as the Karate Kid

hollywoodrox

zepp76 said:

I want to say the Karate kid trilogy (not including that shite with Jackie chan) but fear it doesn’t fit the criteria of modern times.

Awesome . I didn’t mind the JC one. I absolutely love cobra Kai too ,S3 has been held up though it’s finished but the distribution technicalities have to be ironed out and it’s held up by the current crisis

hollywoodrox

The old one was quite good, I remember reading a few novelisations of the films around 78 , I was about 10 I always used to nick dads books to read. Also had one based on the tv series.
i remember him having a moth an prophecies book around then too

pintspiller said:

Are you talking about the modern or original Planet of the Apes trilogy? The trilogy in five parts.

zepp76

CMW335 said:

zepp76 said:

I want to say the Karate kid trilogy (not including that shite with Jackie chan) but fear it doesn’t fit the criteria of modern times.

You would also need to exclude part 4 with Hilary Swank as the Karate Kid

The less said about that one the better though!

hollywoodrox said:

zepp76 said:

I want to say the Karate kid trilogy (not including that shite with Jackie chan) but fear it doesn’t fit the criteria of modern times.

Awesome . I didn’t mind the JC one. I absolutely love cobra Kai too ,S3 has been held up though it’s finished but the distribution technicalities have to be ironed out and it’s held up by the current crisis

Cobra Kai is fantastic although I’ve only seen the first two episodes of the second season.