MOOVie #3

TOPIC:Minor

Why do you call it a MOO-Vie?

The calf has grown up. Now a COW.  Followers like to MOO!
You did know it was a metaphor, didn´t you?

Aaron and Golden Calf (Wiki) - Calf (Wikipedia)

Perhaps not...if this movie is any indication.

And what are all (Most of) the movies below about? VIolating the TEN COMMANDMENTS!!!

Does this sound too much like a bad movie?

Yes. And all "good" movie series - come in threes! Two down, one to go.  Trilogy! (Wikipedia)   

World War
I - II - III

Reversed_map (Wiki) -  A. Rios Upside Down Map of World - Upsidedown Map Page

World
Data compiled as of September 2007

Top World Box Office (IMDB) - Worldwide Grosses (Box Office Mojo)
The top 25 movies in both lists are the same, but the order is slightly different.
The top 10 is the same, except Box Office Mojo has Shrek 2 and IMDB does not.

Most movie trilogies are released in 5-8 years.

Top 25 - all are part of trilogies, except Independence Day, Finding Nemo, Da Vinci Code, ET, Titanic, Harry Potter
Top 10 - all are part of trilogies except, Titanic and Harry Potter (at 5, to be HO-LY 7)*
*Shrek is on BO Mojo top 10 list, and Shrek 4 is supposed to be released in May 2010 -- we´ll see. Trilogy for now.

Trilogies in top 25
(With at least 1 movie in ranking)

3rd Subtitles - Return of the King, At World´s End, Return of the Jedi, , Revenge of the Sith

Music break - Pirates of The Caribbean theme song (He's a Pirate) on piano

Harry Potter 5

#5 out in theatres (Wiki), 6th in 2009, 7th in 2010 and 2011 in 2 parts.
The champ (With most movies in top 25) will be a HO-LY 7! (Counting the 2 part 7th as one)

One-Offs in Top 25

#1 movie - Titanic.  Interesting metaphor...bigger is better mentality, which is all pervasive right now...then.crash and sink baby!
Independence Day - Yes, this day is coming -- but not for any one nation, for all of us!
Da Vinci Code - Metaphors are kind of like codes. Check out the Word DNA too!
 ET: Extra-Terrestrial - Do I really need to explain this?
Finding Nemo - sorry no metaphor is perfect. I do not have an explanation for this movie.

USA
Data compiled as of September 2007

Top 25 US Box office (IMDB)

The US top 25 list mirrors the global list except for the following--

Non-sequel movies in US Top 25 List not appearing in World Top 25

Notes

Transformers - We seem to want to become machines. TWO sequels have been approved by Dreamworks.
Thus, Transformers will be a trilogy. #2 scheduled for 2009. #3 - 2011?
Forrest Gump - We yearn for something simpler and a life of unwitting excitement.
The Passion of the Christ - We´re about to find out the true passion.
You do know about Mel Gibson's recent involuntary CONfessions, don't you? Thanks to his binge of LIquor and LIbations.

Other famous trilogies
All released to theaters. I do not include direct to video releases, unless noted.

Had you even heard of Dundee 3 prior to reading this metaphor?

3rd Subtitles - Revolutions, Last Crusade, With a Vengeance, Tokyo Drift

Trilogies spread out over longer time frame -- Godfather...Terminator.....Toy Story 3 (1995 + 1999 + 2010?)

3rd Subtitles - Goldmember, Rise of the Machines

3rd Subtitles - Extinction, Beyond Thunderdome, Red, Ultimatum

3rd Subtitles

3rd Subtitles - Revenge

- Box covers vary depending on area/country purchased. -
Numerous trilogy boxes found on Amazon-UK, that were not available on Amazon-US.

Karate Kid 4 - Hilary Swank - 1994 (New hero(ine) - so with original actor is a trilgoy )

3rd Subtitles - Game Over, Trinity, Final Insult

3rd subtitles - Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Is the list too long?
Well, this is just how much "WE" like to live
in a FANtasy world, and not the real one!!

Magazines.com - FANTasy

FANTasy football, FANtasy baseball....
007 association gives MI6 recruitment headache - Yahoo! News -  Do You Expect Too Much From Your Relationship? on Yahoo! Health

Poem of 3rd Subtitles

I lived in an age of darkness and light. I waited for the Return of the Jedi everytime things got bad.
They made things better for awhile,  but the bad guys always came back.
The Revenge of the Sith took its toll. An eye for an eye. They always came back With a Vengeance.  
It got worse with the Rise of the Machines. All the computers and technology
just made things go faster. More technology, more destruction. But, most only saw the positive side. CONsumers.
It was just one set of Revolutions after another.  Like hamsters on a wheel.
All the time I heard it was just one more Last Crusade until peace and happiness. Lies, lies, and more damn lies!
People were too busy waxing their Goldmember, trying to get  Beyond Thunderdome. Heaven, some liked to call it.
They always saw Red too. The power of jealousy. People just didn´t understood the true name of evil.
It seemed like we were headed for Extinction. Then I heard about the Return of the King. He was handed God's Ultimatum.
I was At World´s End, wondering what to do next.

Other trilogies

List_of_movie_trilogies (Wiki) - awesome list!

Black Society Trilogy, Dollars_Trilogy, Home Alone 1-3 (1990-1997), 4th is TV movie
Chronicles of Riddick series, Black Stallion 3
Major League 3, Bad News Bears 3, Apocalypse Trilogy, Never Ending Story 3, Cannonball Run 3
Poltergeist 3, Conan, Qatsi Trilogy, Robocop 3,  Final Destination 3, Road Movie Trilogy, Deepa Mehta

Direct to Video Sequels - Darkman 1-3, Hollow Man 1-3, Species 1-4
Sniper, Disney Aladdin trilogy , Little Mermaid, Wild Things, Beauty and the Beast, Candyman, Delta Force 3

Missing in Action - 3  --
1984 - 1988

Starship Troopers 3 - #3  - 2008 - I canNOT BeLIEve it!
Ace Ventura 2 - Ace Ventura 3  - 2008 (w/o Carrey)

Add graphics -  Aladdin

Amazon - UK - Matrix and Scream trilogy boxes, Die Hard, Red Curtain?, Evil Dead?, Dracula?
Ring -Japan trilogy, Vengeance - Japan
Music -- Cure -, David Bowie , Ozu-Noriko, Eye Brothers
AmzonUK search

Trilogy-One / Two / Three