{"id":7079,"date":"2015-09-08T21:24:43","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T01:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=7079"},"modified":"2015-09-08T22:08:02","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T02:08:02","slug":"highest-grossing-film-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/highest-grossing-film-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Highest-grossing film series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s what I think of the highest-grossing film series. The list comes from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_highest-grossing_films\">here<\/a> on Wikipedia, on September 8, 2015.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Marvel Cinematic Universe\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;ve seen all of them except for <strong>Ant-Man<\/strong>, and they are all worth seeing. Unlike DC&#8217;s mostly serious movies, most of these ones have a great sense of humour. If forced to name a favourite, I would say <strong>The Avengers<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/movies-that-lead-up-to-the-avengers\/\">Movies that lead up to The Avengers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/the-avengers\/\">The Avengers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/iron-man-3\/\">Iron Man 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/thor-the-dark-world\/\">Thor: The Dark World<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/captain-america-the-winter-soldier\/\">Captain America: The Winter Soldier<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/guardians-of-the-galaxy\/\">Guardians of the Galaxy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/avengers-age-of-ultron\/\">Avengers: Age of Ultron<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Harry Potter\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;ve seen all of them, and even read one of the books. The movies are worth watching, and the kids playing Harry, Ron, and Hermione are always impressive &#8212; but they are not examples of masterpieces of fantasy. If forced to name a favourite I would say <strong>The Prisoner of Azkaban<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/harry-potter\/\">Harry Potter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>James Bond\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;ve seen all of them except <strong>Quantum of Solace<\/strong>, and I&#8217;ve read at least one of the books. I was a big James Bond fan in my youth. I&#8217;ve just recently started a rewatch, so we&#8217;ll see what I think of them now. My guess is I&#8217;ll think <strong>Skyfall<\/strong> is the best &#8212; it&#8217;s a masterpiece.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/dr-no\/\">Dr. No<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/from-russia-with-love\/\">From Russia with Love<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/skyfall\/\">Skyfall<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Middle-earth\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Lord of the Rings<\/strong> movies are uniformly brilliant and the <strong>Hobbit<\/strong> movies are uniformly good. I read the books quite a while ago and intend to read them again in the not-too-distant future.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-2\/\">The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug-2\/\">The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies\/\">The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars\n<ul>\n<li>The original trilogy is great, occasionally brilliant, and the prequels are terrible. My favourite is <strong>The Empire Strikes Back<\/strong>. I also read a book of short stories that take place in the Mos Eisley cantina. I also watched the first episode of <strong>Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales<\/strong> &#8212; it&#8217;s screamingly funny.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/star-wars\/\">Star Wars<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Spider-man\n<ul>\n<li>The first two movies of the original trilogy are brilliant, and the third is bad. I haven&#8217;t watched the reboot. I also read all of J. Michael Straczynski&#8217;s <strong>Spider-man<\/strong> comic books.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/spider-man\/\">Spider-man<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/spider-man-2\/\">Spider-man 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Fast and the Furious\n<ul>\n<li>I have no interest in watching these movies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Batman\n<ul>\n<li>I loved Tim Burton&#8217;s <strong>Batman<\/strong> as a teenager &#8212; it still has its moments. Christopher Nolan&#8217;s <strong>Dark Knight<\/strong> trilogy is magnificent, especially the first two movies. I&#8217;ve also read a few <strong>Batman<\/strong> comic books, including the brilliant <strong>The Dark Knight Returns<\/strong>. I&#8217;ve also watched a few episodes of <strong>Gotham<\/strong> &#8212; it&#8217;s very good.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/the-dark-knight-rises\/\">The Dark Knight Rises<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Transformers\n<ul>\n<li>I have no interest in watching these movies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pirates of the Caribbean\n<ul>\n<li>The first movie is great, the second is mediocre but fun, the third is terrible. Because the third is terrible, I boycotted the fourth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Jurassic Park\n<ul>\n<li>The first and fourth movies are great, and the middle ones have more dinosaurs eating humans. I also read the first book, which was quite similar to the movie.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/books-movies-based-on-books\/\">Books &amp; movies based on books<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/jurassic-park\/\">Jurassic Park<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/jurassic-world\/\">Jurassic World<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Shrek\n<ul>\n<li>The first one is brilliant, and the second one is great. I haven&#8217;t seen the others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Twilight Saga\n<ul>\n<li>I have no interest in watching these movies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>X-Men\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;ve seen all of them except the first <strong>Wolverine<\/strong> movie. The most recent one, <strong>Days of Future Past<\/strong>, is my favourite. <strong>The Last Stand<\/strong> is bad, but the others are all worth watching.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/x2-x-men-united\/\">X2: X-Men United<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/x-men-days-of-future-past\/\">X-Men: Days of Future Past<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/the-wolverine\/\">The Wolverine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Avengers\n<ul>\n<li>Already covered under #1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ice Age\n<ul>\n<li>The first one is OK, and I haven&#8217;t seen the others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mission: Impossible\n<ul>\n<li>These are some terrific action movies, although the second one is a bit strange.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/mission-impossible\/\">Mission: Impossible<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/mission-impossible-ghost-protocol\/\">Mission: Impossible &#8212; Ghost Protocol<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/mission-impossible-rogue-nation\/\">Mission: Impossible &#8212; Rogue Nation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Despicable Me\n<ul>\n<li>The first one is great, the second is good, and I haven&#8217;t seen <strong>Minions<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/despicable-me\/\">Despicable Me<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/despicable-me-2\/\">Despicable Me 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Iron Man\n<ul>\n<li>Already covered under #1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Hunger Games\n<ul>\n<li>I might watch these movies at some point and\/or read the books.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Madagascar\n<ul>\n<li>The first two are hilarious, and the third is mediocre. <strong>Penguins of Madagascar<\/strong> is just for kids.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/madagascar-3-europes-most-wanted\/\">Madagascar 3: Europe&#8217;s Most Wanted<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Indiana Jones\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/strong> is great although a bit boring after multiple viewings. <strong>The Temple of Doom<\/strong> is bad. <strong>The Last Crusade<\/strong> is the best one &#8212; at least, the most interesting and funny after multiple viewings. <strong>The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull<\/strong> was worth watching once but probably will induce cringes the second time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Toy Story\n<ul>\n<li>The first two are masterpieces, and the third one is great.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek\n<ul>\n<li>Most of the other series on this list are just series of movies, although a few of them cross over into books and\/or TV shows. <strong>Star Trek<\/strong> is on a different scale for me &#8212; it&#8217;s 5 TV series, 12 movies, and dozens of books. I&#8217;ve become fond even of the <strong>Star Trek<\/strong> movies that weren&#8217;t so great the first time I watched them &#8212; I now focus on the good parts. Of the <strong>Original Series<\/strong> movies my favourite now is <strong>The Undiscovered Country<\/strong>. Of the <strong>Next Generation<\/strong> movies my favourite is <strong>Insurrection<\/strong>. And of the reboot movies, my favourite is <strong>Star Trek<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/star-trek\/\">Star Trek<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/star-trek-into-darkness\/\">Star Trek Into Darkness<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Terminator\n<ul>\n<li>The first one is good, and the second one is great. I haven&#8217;t seen the others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s what I think of the highest-grossing film series. 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