is this a real trilogy by the traditional movie trilogy definition?

I got Red and I'm wondering if i need to watch the first two first.

because sometimes they call shit trilogies when the story is not really a trilogy.

like with amores perros, 21 grams, and babel.

3/1/2007 11:36:35 PM

There's not a continuous plot between the three, if that's what you're asking. The end of Red won't be as cool if you watch it first, though.

3/1/2007 11:42:31 PM

i see, thx

3/2/2007 12:03:01 AM

Who the fuck in the history of the world has called Amores Perros, 21 Grams, and Babel a trilogy?

But yeah, watch Red last.

3/2/2007 12:21:34 PM

^ Your mom, that's who.
Also, dude, you still need to find your copy of Blue.

3/2/2007 12:40:18 PM

john carpenter's the thing, prince of darkness, and in the mouth of madness is another fake trilogy

3/2/2007 12:56:13 PM

Deepa Mehta's Fire, Earth and Water, too.

3/2/2007 12:59:26 PM

Amores Perros A horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with loss, regret, and life's harsh realities, all in the name of love.

21 Grams A freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician (Penn), a grieving mother (Watts) and a born-again ex-con (Del Toro).

Babel Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.

Sounds Like a Trilogy to me

[Edited on March 2, 2007 at 1:17 PM. Reason : .]

3/2/2007 1:16:50 PM

^^^^ & ^^^^^ you can stop looking for Blue. I have it. Sorry, I'll watch it soon and get it back to you.

3/2/2007 1:34:29 PM

^^ That's the dumbest relation I've ever seen. You should work for the Bush administration.

3/2/2007 2:00:21 PM

each title contains the letter "a" once

let me break it down for yall

Amores Perros

21 Grams

Babel

[Edited on March 2, 2007 at 2:05 PM. Reason : breakdown]

3/2/2007 2:03:35 PM

You guys are all Haters

[Edited on March 2, 2007 at 2:08 PM. Reason : Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Babel are often called "Iñárritu's Death Trilogy". ...]

3/2/2007 2:06:52 PM

Quote :

"Who the fuck in the history of the world has called Amores Perros, 21 Grams, and Babel a trilogy?"

i dunno, rotten tomatoes' synopsis of babel is all "third installment of inarritu's trilogy including AP & 21G," and so is wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Gonzalez_Inarritu at the very bottom. so apparently whoever the movie people are just consider it a trilogy.

Budiss is obviously right if you're going to consider these a trilogy, but they definitely aren't by the standard accepted definition of trilogy... ie original star wars, lotr, indie jones

^^haha

3/2/2007 2:16:55 PM

After reading this thread I put these movies on my BB queue and they were wonderful. I think I like Red the most, but all three were pretty damn good.

I also saw that Krzysztof Kieslowski did a 10 episode series, "Dekalog", each episode based on one of the ten commandments. I just put this on my queue also, I was wondering if any of you have seen this series and if it is any good, it had good reviews on rt.


I also hate this new perfect stranger ad on IMDB

4/10/2007 3:05:49 PM

i watched a handful of the decalogues. they were pretty good if a little slow. i wouldn't recommend getting all ten of them at once. get one disc, then wait a month or so and watch the next.

4/10/2007 3:46:30 PM