What's your favorite movies series? / LJWorld.com

Asked at Massachusetts Street on November 20, 2010

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“Probably Indiana Jones.”

— Erin Blocher, teacher, Lawrence

“I’ll say Wes Anderson’s movies.”

— Will Vunderink, English major, Hastings, N.Y.

“Harry Potter for sure.”

— Victoria Turrentine, high school senior, Dallas

“Star Wars. It’s a classic.”

— Rebecca Dreyfus, photo media major, Lawrence

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bearded_gnome 5 years, 10 months ago

Dirty Harry.

Does KU-Law have an obsession or something?

LogicMan 5 years, 10 months ago

"or something"

Insomnia and boredom, apparently.

Andrew Reeves 5 years, 10 months ago

Duh. The Lord of the Rings. Blu-Ray. Blows everything else out of the water.

(Runner up. Everything Michael Moore has ever done.)

"Oh, what's that, Marion? Michael Moore is a scam?"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-moore/how-corporate-america-is_b_786114.html

Bill Lee 5 years, 10 months ago

The Thin Man. It's hard to beat William Powell and Myrna Loy. They've inspired countless movies and TV shows. I think they defiined romantic comedy.

RoeDapple 5 years, 10 months ago

Alien Terminator Die Hard . . Herbie

cooltrix 5 years, 10 months ago

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy is my favorite. The Pirates of the Carribean series is a close second though. If we are talking about TV series, its all Gilmore Girls all the way!

Maddy Griffin 5 years, 10 months ago

Has to be Harry Potter! I'll be sad to see it end.

parrothead8 5 years, 10 months ago

Sergio Leone...yeah, those were really good.

Flap Doodle 5 years, 10 months ago

Another vote for Sergio Leone.

bearded_gnome 5 years, 10 months ago

G-rock, right on,

(Ronaldo Ignacio) says…

It would be a toss-up between the "The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley" series, and the "Debbie Does Dallas" series.

---RI, I always knew you were the scholarly type.

"Night of the Living Shewmon?"

whats_going_on 5 years, 10 months ago

Harry Potter for sures! Haven't seen the new one yet. Last time I went on the first or second day and people were really annoying during the movie, so I'm going to wait.

Toy Story and LOTR too

davidsmom 5 years, 10 months ago

Back to the Future.

labmonkey 5 years, 10 months ago

I am such a dork that I like to talk about the holes created by the time travel plot. For instance:

What happens when George and Loraine's third kid has an uncanny resemblance to Calvin Klein? Does George accuse Loraine of cheating on him with a guy she used to have the hots for?

Doc is such a genius that he can build a time machine from a DeLorean, yet he cannot find a way to refine a gallon of gasoline to travel from 1885 to 1985.

parrothead8 5 years, 10 months ago

For me, it depends on whether I'm feeling old school or want something a little more modern. For those old school days, give me Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy. For something a little more modern and fast-paced, I want the Bourne Trilogy.

labmonkey 5 years, 10 months ago

Terminator and Rocky are my favorites.

Terminator 5 and Rocky 7 in the same movie. I haven't figured out the plot yet, but somehow Rocky and Arnold's T-800 box with John Connor's life somehow on the line. The soundtrack would be awesome.... montages with "You Could Be Mine," by GNR in there somewhere.

christie 5 years, 10 months ago

How young and uninformed these youngsters are... it's a shame really, the country is losing the greatest and coolest generation to these nit-wits.

Without a doubt, and hands-down - The Godfather - I, II, III.

How can it be refused?

beatrice 5 years, 10 months ago

What makes a series? Is it the idea that several movies are made with the intention of wrapping up the story at the end, like Lord of the Rings, or is it a successful film that then is followed by several sequels, like Alien? Or is it a concept that a director continues to return to, like Sergio Leone?

Here are some of my faves: James Bond Matrix Lord of the Rings Kill Bill I & II Star Wars (original three only) The Godfather (I and II only) Alien