What is the best "third" film in a series?
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I'm not fussed that ROTK is not in the list as Return of the King is the worst movie in its trilogy by a significant margin, and something that I'd call a decent watch but nothing I'd go out of my way to see if it wasn't finishing off a 3 movie story.
For the listed it's a hard choice between The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Last Crusade, but I *think* I'd go with Last Crusade as it's as good if not slightly better than Lost Ark, and a fantastic movie in its own right. Need to rewatch the dollars trilogy really, it's been a few years.
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For the listed it's a hard choice between The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Last Crusade, but I *think* I'd go with Last Crusade as it's as good if not slightly better than Lost Ark, and a fantastic movie in its own right. Need to rewatch the dollars trilogy really, it's been a few years.
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From the options it's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
I wouldn't say Infinity War is a third movie in a series. Sure, technically it's the third 'Avengers' movie, but it doesn't work at all without all those other movies leading up to it and it's almost completely separated from the story of the first two Avengers movies.
First thing that came to mind was Return of the King.
Went with Last Crusade.
Die Hard 3 is up there as well; I've probably watched that one more than any of the others in the series combined.
Edit: oh yeah, forgot about Lethal Weapon 3! Probably my favorite in the series. Much as I can't freakin stand Mel Gibson for obvious reasons, those movies will always have a special place in my heart.
Went with Last Crusade.
Die Hard 3 is up there as well; I've probably watched that one more than any of the others in the series combined.
Edit: oh yeah, forgot about Lethal Weapon 3! Probably my favorite in the series. Much as I can't freakin stand Mel Gibson for obvious reasons, those movies will always have a special place in my heart.
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Goldfinger by far, then Back to the Future Part Three, Then Toy Story 3.
I like Last Crusade but it's pretty flawed.
I like Last Crusade but it's pretty flawed.
Well, too bad then, because that's my answer anyway.
What a weird reason not to count something.
In so appreciative that The Good The Bad and The Ugly is winning! My faith in Era is restored!!
If Infinity War counts, that'd be my vote, though that's kind of a weird one since it's technically the third Avengers movie, but the 19th movie in the overall series. Plus Civil War feels a lot like it's the unofficial 3rd Avengers movie due to the large cast even though it's not labeled as one.
I really liked the 3rd Ghostbusters movie, although that's more of a reboot.
I really liked the 3rd Ghostbusters movie, although that's more of a reboot.
Another awesome 3rd movie in a series is Jackie Chan's Supercop (3rd Police Story movie). Among other things it has Michelle Yeoh actually (not a special effect) jumping a motorcycle onto a moving train.
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People love Return of the King but I found that movie to be a slog on my first watch in theaters full of bizarre narrative choices, changes to the original narrative and just a weird structure overall. It was an ok way to cap off the trilogy but it bit off way more than it could chew even with excising the scouring of the shire and felt like a bloated mess.
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Pretty much. And the story change with the Dead Men just doesn't work for me, turns them into an invincible force who sweep all aside. Who needs Gondor?
you can put return of the king on that list as many times as you want to, it will always be inferior to the good, the bad and the ugly.
ROTK was a good finish to the trilogy, but no way is it the best of the three, or beating others on the list.
Just adding the shelob part at the start of the film made little sense to me. It added another major scene to a film already bursting at the seams with content to cover.
Excluding Return of the King for the reason of them being filmed back-to-back is an... interesting choice, for sure. Because Return of the King is 100% the answer.
With that being said, I'll take The World's End.
With that being said, I'll take The World's End.
Toy Story 3 is not only the best Toy Story, not only the best Pixar Movie, it might be the greatest animated movie of all time. It's darn near perfect.
