Aside from Return of the Jedi, Return of the King, Day of the Dead, and a few select other examples, part 3 in a trilogy is typically a giant piece of crap when it comes to films.  Usually, it’s when the studio has had a great turn out from the first film, and the second film, and then they think, “let’s get more people in the theater by making it more awesome!!!”  Some times it’s the producers thinking they can make a better film than the directors and end up recutting stuff, and adding their own bullshit like making an R-rated story into a PG-13 Rocketeer wanna-be.

Examples:

The Alien Trilogy

Wow, that was amazing!

Oh my god!!  That was killer!!

Um….

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Spider-Man

That was cool!  Whoa, part 2 was even better!!  YEah, part 3….oh god no… GOD NO, STOP! PLEASE GOD, MAKE IT STOP!

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Robocop

This movie, was… FUCKING AMAZING!

Uh… OK, not a bad attempt, Not as bad as the cartoon at least.

The first 90 minute toy commercial I remember seeing.

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Godfather

Godfather I  – It set the standard for gangster films

Godfather II – Reinvented the gangster film and took it to the next level

Godfather III – it sure was a movie

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X-Men

Wow, X-Men done with style and grace

WOW!  Mutants with hearts and stories worth telling, jaw dropping.

 

Let’s just throw away everything we’ve done before this… and uh, they changed Storm’s hair.

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So while we stand on the precipus of the ending of the Dark Knight trilogy, let’s hope the studios stay the hell out of Nolin’s business.

And speaking of which….

worst end to a trilogy ever.