The number 3
The number three. It is often said that “The third time is the charm.” But how is it too that death comes in threes? When it comes to the movie world, it often seems that the third movie of a series or a trilogy finds itself lacking the charm. Instead, the later of the statements is more accurate, and if the third movie doesn’t mean death, we wish it would. There are many movies that could be described as such, but a few manage to stand out in the crowd. Don’t even get me started on the third movies in a Disney series…there’s a reason why they go straight to DVD.
The Matrix Revolutions. Such a good trilogy, and then that. It was so disappointing I was sad I even wasted my time watching it. You know it’s got to be bad when it ends up on the five dollar movie rack at Wal-Mart when they’re still charging $13.74 for Britney Spears “Crossroads.”
Resident Evil Extinction. If only extinction really meant extinction. As much as zombie apocalypses excite me, there comes a point where zombies need to die. Especially when you have to find a way to clone the one person who can defeat them. Seriously.
Spider - Man 3. How I wish I wouldn’t have to include this one on the list. One thing in this movie pushed me over the edge, asking for its death. Three words sum it up…emo Spider - Man. Who thought that would be a good idea?
February 7th, 2008 at 9:30 am
Three is also the magic number (yes it is).
Matrix Revolutions wasn’t such a bad movie. They had mechs. It was Matrix Reloaded that killed the franchise.
Emo Spider-Man made sense to me and was a neat homage to “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”. The “3″ that killed this movie was the outrageous number of villains they had to give screen time to, pushing the movie to nearly “3″ hours.