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Lord of the rings is shit (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ProfessorFlaw@lemmy.world to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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Its very boring, the films are too long and i have originally no idea how some people can have a yearly lotr marathon.

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[–] Nioxic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My sister completely agrees. She has watched the first one..

Or.. half of it, and fell asleep.

Or so she claims. Meanwhile she has watched a movie like "The abyss" a few times, which is also 3ish hours long

The lotr movies to have their fair share of uninteresting scenes.. personally i hate all scenes with gollum. And the last time i watched the movies i skipped all the scenes with him.. he is annoying and takes up the whole scene with his annoying drunk-kermit voice. I hate it so much.

Everything else about the movies are great. And i appreciate the use of practical effects rather than shitty cgi

[–] soulifix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm disappointed to see that there are posts on this community that are half-assed. I mean, come on, I see this kind of quality on another platform in another community of the same name.

You can do better...

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[–] michael@lemmy.perthchat.org 2 points 1 year ago

*applauds harder

Thank you friend.

[–] NeighborlyNomad@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I think if I hadn’t read the Hobbit and the LOTR trilogy previously in high school, I wouldn’t have enjoyed the movies. Seeing the characters in the flesh forming the fellowship was one of the most epic movie moments ever for me.

[–] oSillyScope@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I read the rings trilogy preceded by the Hobbit as a teenager. Then did it again in my late 20s. I hate the movies. They drag on. The effects are lackluster. The acting is mediocre and not believable. That said I have no patience for cinema. My favorite movie is Big Trouble in Little China. I am not the target demographic for the rings movies. Someone likes 'em, and that's fine.

[–] BrandoCalrissian9229@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

I'm in the opposite boat- love the movies, not crazy about the books. Love the hobbit novel and have read and re read it multiple times, but I can't start Lord of the Rings for some reason. Never am able to get into it

[–] kmkz_ninja@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The effects are lackluster? Several technologies they developed were revolutionary for film. The flames on the Balrog and the huge armies were both practically bespoke tech that they used for the movies.

[–] oSillyScope@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

That's great but my imagination does it better. I was particularly disappointed by the Ents.

[–] Entropywins@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Give the extended versions a shot!!!

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[–] housepanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com 1 points 1 year ago (7 children)

It's been my experience that LOTR is something you either like or dislike.

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[–] Llewellyn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

#metoo

[–] yip-bonk@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree. The first little bit is okay, but then it’s two and a half hours of D-minor synthesizer droning and a lot of panicked faces and screaming. Tedious and exhausting for nothing.

Feh. Bah. The books are great, though.

[–] ProfessorFlaw@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I listened to the first book as a 30 hr audio book, was very boring and i watched like the first hour of the first film

[–] SlothMama@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I felt this way for a long, long time, and I mostly still agree, but I love the universe.

I loved the animated Hobbit from the 80s and I highly enjoyed the Amazon Rings of Power series though, so I think there is something to the universe, just these movies aren't actually good ( to me )

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