INSERT WITTY BANTER HERE. I'm really lazy today. I've got a bunch of crap to do. So let's just get on with this. For today's challenge, I am to name...
MY FAVORITE MOVIE TRILOGY OR FRANCHISE
Now there are a lot of choices just from this last decade (Twilight, Shrek), but I'm going to go with the franchise that didn't just churn out movies, but made each film a quality piece. Now there are many different franchises that have done this. I mean, The Godfather trilogy notched up 3 nominations and 2 wins for Best Picture alone (9 wins out of 29 nominations) and The Lord of the Rings trilogy got 3 nominations and 1 win for Best Picture (17 wins out of 30 nominations). The original Star Wars trilogy was one of the most influential trilogies ever in film, not to mention the ground it broke in the sci-fi genre. But my choice is more sentimental. The Toy Story trilogy from Pixar is my favorite movie franchise of all time. As a college student, this trilogy was a reflection of my general life because of the age similarities between me and Andy. But it was much more than that. Critically, save for a few nay-sayers, this trilogy was flawless (100% for Toy Story, 100% for Toy Story 2 and 99% for Toy Story 3 on Rotten Tomatoes). The sob factor was in play for every single film, whether it was the sad realization that you aren't who you thought you were, or the devastation of losing your best friend, or the lesson that you can never take care of someone forever. These movies were poignant, but not moronically so. They were funny to both children and adults. The voice cast was superb. Randy Newman's songs and score were executed perfectly to help lead the viewers on an emotional journey. The stories were original and fictional, but they felt real. I was never able to look at my toys the same way after this trilogy. These movies, pardon the cliche, tugged at our heart strings and made us feel for what we before thought of as plastic. If you don't mind the references, these films made us reach for the skies, to infinity and beyond.
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