Greatest Movie Franchise Tournament?

[Moo]

33 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Abbott and Costello

Star Wars

Sherlock Holmes (Universal, Rathbone era)

Indiana Jones

Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford era)

 

Honourable mention to Hope and Crosby's Road To series, and Mad Max. Not including that though because I always have to skip the dog dying in MM2.

 

As much as I like Dirty Harry, The Godfather, as franchises they've just got two great films and that's it. May as well go for The Raid if that's the criteria.

 

I think three films surely classifies as a franchise?  The Godfather is three movies, not all are great but the first two are so great that that they cannot (and should not) be left out.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

2 minutes ago, Moo said:

I think three films surely classifies as a franchise?  The Godfather is three movies, not all are great but the first two are so great that that they cannot (and should not) be left out.

Three is definitely a franchise, I'm just arguing that if there are only two great films, no matter how good they are, that isn't a great franchise.

 

Some would argue Oasis had two good albums...

[cloggypop]

6 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Three is definitely a franchise, I'm just arguing that if there are only two great films, no matter how good they are, that isn't a great franchise.

 

Some would argue Oasis had two good albums...

One and a half 

[Code]

14 minutes ago, SasaS said:

Read any of the books? I read Guillous Crusades trilogy and that was brilliant.

No, not read that, but I watched the movies.

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0837106/

 

 

[Mook]

8 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Three is definitely a franchise, I'm just arguing that if there are only two great films, no matter how good they are, that isn't a great franchise.

 

Some would argue Oasis had two good albums...

I can't think of a film franchise which had more than two 'great' films though. Really great films.

[Bjornebye]

7 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Three is definitely a franchise, I'm just arguing that if there are only two great films, no matter how good they are, that isn't a great franchise.

 

Some would argue Oasis had two good albums...

They had 8 good albums, 2 of which were great, 3 very good and the rest better than good. Ignore Cloggy, that fucking virgin cancelled his Itunes because U2 had the cheek to give him some free music the bad strimmer. 

[Bjornebye]

Just now, Mook said:

I can't think of a film franchise which had more than two 'great' films though. Really great films.

Rocky 

[Mook]

1 hour ago, Bjornebye said:

Rocky 

The Rocky sequels are enjoyable nonsense. Only the first one is a great film in my opinion.

[Ezekiel 25:17]

people debating what is good and isn't, mad idea, debate it within the tournament.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 hour ago, Bjornebye said:

Well I don't mean to be picky or anything but it isn't a movie franchise and this is a movie franchise tournament. You absolute maniac. 

 

Hamilton it is. 

Tsk! You're so pedantic!

 

Anyway, is it too late to nominate A-Ha for the Female Solo Artist tournament?

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 hour ago, Mook said:

I can't think of a film franchise which had more than two 'great' films though. Really great films.

This is why I nominated Sharknado.  Nobody can argue that the quality dipped after the first two.

[Code]

21 minutes ago, AngryofTuebrook said:

Tsk! You're so pedantic!

 

Anyway, is it too late to nominate A-Ha for the Female Solo Artist tournament?

You could always had nominated Morten Harket’s daughter Tomine or his niece Ragnhild.

 

 

 

 

[Pidge]

I don't think the Godfather is a franchise. A franchise is the setup of a narrative world that can be added on with future properties, there needs to be something transferable beyond the original characters that would retain some quality recognisable from the original.

 

Back to the Future counts for me, just. As it's spawned TV series and other stories and I wouldn't be shocked to see them try and continue the story at some point, as a time-travelling DeLorean is the hook. I don't think the Godfather could work along the same lines.

[SasaS]

5 hours ago, General Dryness said:

In keeping with the usual forum cuntery, something czechoslovakian from the 50s with subtitles. 

How about,

 

Schulmädchen-Report (Germany)

Mazurka på sengekanten (Danish bedside franchise)

Emanuelle (France)

[John102]

54 minutes ago, Mook said:

The Rocky sequels are enjoyable nonsense. Only the first one is a great film in my opinion.

 

[Bjornebye]

1 minute ago, John102 said:

 

Put it on ice mate, we'll get the cunt in the tourney. 

[Moo]

20 minutes ago, Pidge said:

I don't think the Godfather is a franchise. A franchise is the setup of a narrative world that can be added on with future properties, there needs to be something transferable beyond the original characters that would retain some quality recognisable from the original.

 

Back to the Future counts for me, just. As it's spawned TV series and other stories and I wouldn't be shocked to see them try and continue the story at some point, as a time-travelling DeLorean is the hook. I don't think the Godfather could work along the same lines.

Bjornebye, did you mean franchise as defined above? Or more typically a movie series? If the former then a few nominees will have to drop out already!

[Chip Butty]

Star Wars

Emmanuel

Godfather

Electric Blue

Ealing comedies

 

[Bjornebye]

9 minutes ago, Moo said:

Bjornebye, did you mean franchise as defined above? Or more typically a movie series? If the former then a few nominees will have to drop out already!

More a movie series mate. Godfather counts. 

[Code]

13 minutes ago, Chip Butty said:

 

Emmanuelle

 

Electric Blue

 

Haha

[Epsomred]

Toy story

godfather

indianna jones

ealing comedy (if that counts)

alien

[Skidfingers McGonical]

Star Wars

Godfather 

Alien 

Blade Runner (so what if its only 2)

Avengers

[AngryOfTuebrook]

7 minutes ago, Skidfingers McGonical said:

Avengers

 

[Code]

Is Marvel considered okay, or should we list X-Men etc?

[IronSpy]

The Cornetto Trilogy

Wallace and Gromit

Monty Python

Toy Story

Shrek