Three Movie Trilogies that Never Should Have Been

Undoubtedly, there have been some amazing movie trilogies. From the original Star Wars trilogy, the Indiana Jones trilogy, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, to Shrek and X-Men. Sadly, there are also many movie trilogies that should have stayed as single movies and left the rest up to the imagination. Here are three of the, quite possibly, worst movie trilogies that moviegoers might encounter.

Pirates of the Caribbean
The first Pirates of the Caribbean movie was incredible, even garnering a best actor nomination for Johnny Depp. The cast, the acting, the script, and the plot were complete, entertaining, and fun. Producers and writers should have stopped there. The following two movies were too convoluted to make watching them enjoyable. The scripts were long winded and confusing, and even attentive viewers were easily lost. By making Pirates of the Caribbean into a trilogy, the excellent first movie is overwhelmed by the two disasters that followed. Pirates of the Caribbean is clearly one of the worst trilogies made.

American Pie
Though incredibly inappropriate, the first American Pie movie was funny and unique. With the second two movies, writers tried, and failed, to recreate the off-color humor that made the first movie such a success. Filled with the same jokes, sometimes bordering on being too over the top, the second and third movies in the trilogy were a complete waste of money and time. While younger viewers might have laughed at the jokes, older viewers left the theaters disgusted and a little embarrassed that they'd even bothered. American Pie is another movie trilogy that should have stayed a single film.

Ocean's Eleven
Not only was Ocean's Eleven a re-make, and some say not even a good one, but producers, writers and actors decided to come back for more with Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen. These movies, rounding out the trilogy, were atrocious to watch. Again, trying to recreate the magic and excitement of the first movie proved impossible, and these subsequent films just missed the mark. The Ocean's Eleven trilogy is yet another trilogy that missed the mark.

These three movie trilogies represent, in my opinion, the worst of the movie trilogies made today. However, there were a plethora of close runners up. Karate Kid, Superman, and Spiderman are also movie trilogies that never should have been made. Producers, writers and actors are losing sight of how difficult it really is to make a good movie trilogy. If the first film is excellent and can stand alone, please don't ruin it by making it into a trilogy!

The author of this article would love to hear from you--is there a movie trilogy that you think should have topped this list of movie trilogies that never should have been? Why? Do you disagree with one of my selections? Tell me about it!