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5 Most Perfect Movie Trilogies Based On Books, Ranked
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The episode ranks and evaluates five exceptional movie trilogies that successfully adapt literature into cohesive cinematic masterpieces. While turning written stories into multiple films is notoriously difficult due to potential creative missteps, these specific selections manage to maintain high artistic standards across all three installments. The featured franchises include thrilling spy adventures like The Bourne Trilogy, acclaimed family animation such as the How to Train Your Dragon Trilogy, and profound international dramas including The Human Condition Trilogy and The Apu Trilogy. Ultimately, the list culminates with Peter Jackson's fantasy epic, crowning The Lord of the Rings Trilogy as the absolute...
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So if you think back to 2001, Peter Jackson looked at this like deeply revered, intricately detailed 1200 page sacred text of modern fantasy literature. Right. The ultimate sacred text. Exactly. And he made this completely conscious decision to just
systematically dismantle it. He really did. I mean, he deleted entirely beloved characters. He excise these massive subplots that readers had obsessed over for half a century.
And he fundamentally altered the timeline of events. Book purists were absolutely livid. I mean, you remember, there were campaigns that was outrage. Oh, yeah, the backlash was huge.
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