Lord of the Rings movies are better than any Marvel,DC, new Star Wars...
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Devilinurear
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yeah, i've said it.
maybe fellowship of the rings , some of the pretenders can come near to,
but two towers and the return of the king are so far ahead, it's not fair.
love the pacing of the plot/stories,especially the last 2
the scale of the action scenes are still incredible considering how old the movies are
also love the color schemes of all the movies/detail in the scenery
we only give Gladiator its props, but that's where it stops,its the ROC.
discuss or bush the thread!!
Edit: not a serious thread, just have fun with it or ignore.
merry christmas.
out!!
they are not even in the same league as these other franchises.
Im biased, i cant even finish these new SW movies.
I dont give a shyt about any of the characters. They"re just cheap recicled money grabs that rely on nostalgia. The first three were shyt anyways.
At least these marvel movies have good action scenes, interesting characters and some good humor here and there. Star wars has nothing..... NOTHING
every movie ends with the resistance beating the order or whatever and every new movie starts with the order having the resistance cornered and on the run making jumps into hyperspace or whatever.
My god those movies are shyt.
Yeppp
Duke_Droese
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Got to agree. They did a great job doing justice to the rich source material and bringing it to life.
If you want to take a nap, yeah.
AnonymityX1000
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Not a LOTR fan. I just don't get it. Besides Gollum that characters aren't that interesting and they use the, "Oh no, he's dead! No wait he's alive." device too much. They did it with Froto alone 3-5 times in the first trilogy.
Also, they can't throw a PoC in there just for appearances sake? If none of the good guys are of color it makes you think what they are trying to say about the whordes of masked soldiers they killed.
And in the books are Froto and Sam gay? It seemed like the subtext was there for that but they didn't want to go all the way there.
Also, they can't throw a PoC in there just for appearances sake? If none of the good guys are of color it makes you think what they are trying to say about the whordes of masked soldiers they killed.
And in the books are Froto and Sam gay? It seemed like the subtext was there for that but they didn't want to go all the way there.
Drew Wonder
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Two things that really made me appreciate LOTR
1. seeing a side by side comparison of The Battle of Winterfell compared to Helm’s Deep. Helm’s Deep was 17 years ago yet in terms of tension, strategy, lighting and just overall filmmaking it blows Winterfell out of the water
2. Seeing how badly Disney botched the new Star Wars trilogy really shed light on what Peter Jackson accomplished. The LOTR books were virtually unfilmable yet he somehow not only adapted them but also made them stand out on their own separate from the books and actually made a cohesive trilogy with character development and payoff over the course of three movies
it’s the GOAT trilogy imo
1. seeing a side by side comparison of The Battle of Winterfell compared to Helm’s Deep. Helm’s Deep was 17 years ago yet in terms of tension, strategy, lighting and just overall filmmaking it blows Winterfell out of the water
2. Seeing how badly Disney botched the new Star Wars trilogy really shed light on what Peter Jackson accomplished. The LOTR books were virtually unfilmable yet he somehow not only adapted them but also made them stand out on their own separate from the books and actually made a cohesive trilogy with character development and payoff over the course of three movies
it’s the GOAT trilogy imo
Drew Wonder
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Not a LOTR fan. I just don't get it. Besides Gollum that characters aren't that interesting and they use the, "Oh no, he's dead! No wait he's alive." device too much. They did it with Froto alone 3-5 times in the first trilogy.
Also, they can't throw a PoC in there just for appearances sake? If none of the good guys are of color it makes you think what they are trying to say about the whordes of masked soldiers they killed.
And in the books are Froto and Sam gay? It seemed like the subtext was there for that but they didn't want to go all the way there.
The books were heavily inspired by Tolkien’s experience in World War 1, so the theme of brotherhood and love between men who go to battle together was heavy, so much so that it came across as gay and the movies seemed to play that element up. But I don’t think they were supposed to be gay, just came across that way when you look at it from a different era
AnonymityX1000
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OK, because the way they just gave Sam a female interest at the very end seemed just latched on to throw people off the possible gay subtext.
He's into her from the start of the movie and mentions her a few times (not sure if that was also in the theatricals, I only watch the extended editions now) throughout the journey. It's a little arc for him where he starts out too nervous to ask her out and ends up swagging on her.
One of the things that gets lost in the movie is that Frodo is a lot older than Sam in the story (Frodo is like 60 years old and Sam 30). Sam is also more of a servant whereas Merry and Pip are cousins to Frodo, so their relationships are all different. They ditched the age thing but kept the rest.
AnonymityX1000
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Thanks, I only seen the movies once. Maybe I missed that.
Drew Wonder
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You’re right but to @jayshiggs point I also think they were aware of all the gay vibes so them giving Sam a wife at the end was basically their “no homo” moment lol