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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
What’s interesting to me is how rare it is for even the best director to make three great movies in a row. Lots have some real stinkers and some just are good but not great. It’s so hard to get it right 3x in a row.
There’s a lot of good directors but I also see a lot of close but no cigar. Jackie Brown is a weak link for Tarantino, Spielberg has a few weak ones mixed in that ruin his streak, Flags of Our Fathers was boring and one of Clint’s weakest, ROTK was clearly the weakest of the LOTR trilogy, PTA’s best weren’t consecutive etc.
It might be their best run individually but none of them were able to produce three consecutive amazing movies.
Alien
Blade Runner
Legend
For Ridley Scott. Legend is a bit weak but I love that movie.
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Like I said earlier with respect to Spielberg, in some cases there are two movies that are so overwhelmingly great that the third one acting as bookend, even if just 'good', is enough to push them collectively over the hump as three "great" movies in succession.
I thought about Ridley Scott and immediately my mind went to
Alien and
Blade Runner, arguably either of which could be considered the greatest sci-fi movie of all time, but then
Legend as the bookend rounding out the trio is... kind of 'meh' at best. His strongest run may have been
The Duellists—
Alien—
Blade Runner, but to be honest I've never actually seen
The Duellists.
Other than that
Alien—
Blade Runner couplet with one of
The Duellists or
Legend completing the threepeat... I don't think Ridley Scott has had a run of more than a couple of good movies in a row. I thought about
Gladiator and
Black Hawk Down about 20 years ago, but I forgot that he directed
Hannibal in between.
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Jonathan Demme:
Silence of the Lambs
Philadelphia
Beloved
Love all three but Beloved is clearly the weak link.
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Married to the Mob
The Silence of the Lambs
Philadelphia
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