The Great Movie SAGAS: Which will stand the test of time?

Star Wars.

 

Star Wars will last for many, many years to come. It is the future.

Indiana Jones is also a classic. Who can't like them?

Lord of the Rings is the book saga that will last forever.

I don't think that LOTR movies will last long. They've changed the book too much, its becoming too mainstream.
And I think Harry Potter is just a fad. A great one, though. I love the books! (the first four anyway)

 

MSN.com listed its TOP 10 Movie Trilogies.

MSN.com


10. "The Lord of the Rings"
9. "The Dead Trilogy"
8. "Star Wars"
7. "Evil Dead"
6. "Apu Trilogy"
5. "Mad Max Trilogy"
4. "Dead or Alive Trilogy"
3. "Three Colors Trilogy"
2. "The Godfather Trilogy"
1. "The Man with No Name Trilogy"

 

I defintely think SW will be around, without a question. People will pass it down to their kids and to their grandkids and so forth.

I have met very few people who don't like Indy, and it's very rewatchable so I think that will definitely go on.

The Godfather will most likely always be considered to contain some of the greatest movies. I suspect, anyway.

I think LOTR will be around because people will always love Tolkein and the movies are very good.

I don't know about things like The Matrix or Terminator. I would like to see the Alien series last because I like them. It really depends on if people are willing to watch 'old fashioned' movies that aren't so high-tech, but are well made.

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LOTR will stand the test of time.

 

The Godfather Just excellent movies

LOTR The story is mythological based and will be handed down generations to come. And the movies were handled well as far as interpeting the books....

Star Wars Again, mythology is it's strongest point. The OT have already stood for 20+ years and show no signs of wavering. And it's because of the OT's longevity record that the PT will survive.

Indiana Jones, Back to the Future all seem to be separate movies especially Indiana Jones. They are more like serials than sagas. They're good but I'm not sure I would classify them as the same as the three above.

 

Star Wars will last for many, many years to come. It is the future.

How is it the future when all but one of its chapters are finished?

 

Lord of the Rings will fall from its high estate to its rightful place in the septic tank a while after ROTK is released and fantasy becomes "un-cool" once again. Tolkien's books fell into obscurity for years, where the majority of its readers were schoolchildren who were required to read either the Hobbit or the Lord of the Rings in their middle-school english classes. There is no reason to believe that this will not happen once again, only now we have quality fantasy books to read in place of Tolkien's plagerized ramblings.

Star Wars managed for quite a while without any attention being drawn to it, so there is no reason why it wouldn't be able to survive for at least another two decades after Episode III. It probably will be remembered in the back of people's minds for at least three decades, especially with the extremely original, creative, and magnificently sculpted prequel trilogy bringing Star Wars back into the mainstream. Someday, once the critics and synics have moved on to a new series which they want to thrash and ruin, the general populace will realize how that abomination which I will only speak the acronym of (LOTR) doesn't even come close to even the worst scenes of The Phantom Menace in worthiness.

Anyway, the series which will outlast all the others (assuming that a few more additions to the saga are made) will be the Harry Potter films. The novels already have more fans than any other series in the history of modern literature. All five volumes have a place on the top-ten list of best-selling books in history, bumping off both "What Would Jesus Do?" and "The Valley of the Dolls", and together the only books or series' which exceed the Harry Potter books in total sales are the Bible and the Little Red Book and other Communist Chinese literature. The point is that these books will be around for a long, long time, and Harry Potter will be as well known for decades to come as Alice, Holden, Huck, and Tom. Because of the success of the books, the movies are going to be successful and re-played repeatedly, even if they turn out to be poorly made. As long as Harry Potter is remembered, then there will be individuals who remember the movies.

That's the funniest thing I've read all day.

 

Waterworld is the greatest Saga ever rolled into one film. Kevin Costner is the best actor ever and shows emotion like no other.


I hope no one thought I was serious.



Of course The Godfather! No other Saga can top that! Jesus Christ! I mean, do you know when you know a saga is good. And The Godfather Saga is the only one to do this so far. When you are watching it and later on someone asks you who is in the movie, you call Robert Duvall Tom Hagen. You call Marlon Brando Vito Corleone. You call Al Pacino Michael.

These movies are so good that they make people forget about these super famous actors and call them by their names in the movie. No other movie will ever be able to accomplish that.



Until I direct my first saga that is.......

 

1.Star Wars (all of them)
2.Lord of the Rings
3.Matrix
4.Indiana Jones
5.Harry Potter

 

What will stand the test of time? The only sure bets are SW and LotR. Aside from that there's Matrix, Terminator, Godfather, Harry Potter... I don't consider Indiana Jones a saga, if we counted that we'd have to count 007. I can't really see BttF being watched at the level of SW and LotR twenty years from now, but it's possible with the movies listed above, most likely with Harry Potter, as it has a large amount of popularity.

The biggest problem with Matrix, Terminator, and Godfather is the fact that you can't really show 'em to the kids, eliminating a large audience. Thus, the top three sagas most likely to stand the test of time are:

1.) Star Wars
2.) LotR
3.) Harry Potter

 

1. Star Wars(Original Trilogy)

The prequels will probably be remembered as not being nearly as good as the originals. The originals will be definately remembered as being one of the best sagas if Lucas releases them on DVD in their original format and not only release that Ultimate Edition BS. If he doesn't release the original version Star Wars will probably be remembered as the classic trilogy that was screwed up by its creator years later. In my opinion hardcore fans are probably the only people who want prequel related material in the OT.

2. Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Of course the books are better, but the movies are still excellent.

3. Matrix

The first one will stand the test of time, the other two will probably be remembered as mediocre sequels.

 

Anakin: Are you an angel?
Queen Amidala: What?

Queen Amidala: You're a slave?
Anakin: I'm a person and my name is Anakin.

Jar Jar Binks: If me be returnin, the Bosses will do terrible things to me! Tewwwwible things!


VS.


Frodo: I can't do this Sam.
Sam: I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.
Frodo: What are we holding on to Sam?
Sam: That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it's worth fighting for.

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Yep, the worst scenes of Phantom Menance are definatly better then any scene in Lord of the Rings.

Have you ever heard of the late 1980's, a Dark Time for Star Wars. The movies were only revieved after a new wave of the EU came out. Lord of the Rings has been around twice as long, with far less liturature to keep it afloat between the original books, and the movies.

I need help on this plagerized thing, if there is one thing Tolkien didn't do it was plagorize; Where as your hero George Lucas has come out, and said he took his favorite childhood things smashed them together, and came out with Star Wars.

 

Yep, the worst scenes of Phantom Menance are definatly better then any scene in Lord of the Rings.

Have you ever heard of the late 1980's, a Dark Time for Star Wars. The movies were only revieved after a new wave of the EU came out. Lord of the Rings has been around twice as long, with far less liturature to keep it afloat between the original books, and the movies.

I need help on this plagerized thing, if there is one thing Tolkien didn't do it was plagorize; Where as your hero George Lucas has come out, and said he took his favorite childhood things smashed them together, and came out with Star Wars.


I have no idea in hell what you are saying. Perhaps clarifying your point better would help your argument.


The Top sagas/trilogies that will stand the test of time for me is now:

1a. Star Wars OT
1b. Lord of the Rings
2. Godfather
3. Indiana Jones


I put the LOTR film trilogy tied with the OT, because of how powerful the LoTR films are. How well directed and written they were. Even though it was an adaptation of a great work, they are still breathtaking movies. And in all honesty, I got more emotional during ROTK than any of the SW films combined. That is how I can put LOTR alongside of SW OT, its so emotionally powerful. Come on, who didn't want to cheer when Aragorn said in ROTK, My friends...you bow to no one.. Absolute great line.


That's my ranking, and I'm sticking to it.

 

For film I would says Star Wars. Both the PT and the OT.

The OT will stay the cult classics and innovations in cinema they always were.

As for the PT...

The PT is something that I think is grossly misunderstood. It has a lot of deep layers and undertones. They are subtle in their structure. Also, many do not quite see how it relates to the originals because they are not complete. There is still a bridge to be made with Episode III. I have a feeling that the public will not count them as classics until well after they are released. Kind of like some of Hitchcock's work or other cult classics like Blade Runner. Perhaps Lucas won't even be fully recognized until after his death.
The Lord of the Rings saga will also be recognized for centuries. Both in books and in cinema.