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[โ€“] jcit878@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

peter Jackson was dragged in kicking and screaming years after preproduction started. it was destined to be a studio driven mess from the start

[โ€“] Konman72@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

If you watch the behind the scenes stuff it honestly is pretty impressive how competent the movies ended up being. Yes, they are terrible, but they could have been a lot worse. Peter Jackson made them watchable, at least.