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[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 95 points 11 months ago (16 children)

Title: Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings is Utterly Awful

Article: Look at me. Look at me. Hey, Internet, over here. I said something controversial. Pay attention to me.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Right. When people say "don't feed trolls," this is the contrarian bait they're talking about. Not assholes and bigots.

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[–] Rusky_900@reddthat.com 90 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If the article starts with "seriously", you know to not take it seriously.

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Seriously, that is great advice.

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[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 55 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That guy sounds just like my dad.

While I’m all for criticism where it’s due, harping about something for decades doesn’t make you any more fun to listen to.

[–] RooPappy@kbin.social 43 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Almost every teenage goes through a phase where they think that criticizing things makes you sound smart. I did it. I have a teenager going through it right now.

Some people never grow out of it.

[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

There is a certain age where it just feels right. I wish I knew the cure, but maybe it's just something people have to go through.

Maybe finding something to be happy about.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 50 points 11 months ago (3 children)

The first trilogy is great.

The second trilogy ran about 5 hours too long.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I saw a pretty good three hour cut of all three Hobbit movies. I don't remember what it was called, but I think they only used like 20 min of the last movie.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 7 points 11 months ago

I'm guessing not much of Fast and Furious: Minecart Racing made it into that cut.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The animated Hobbit movie from the 70's is still better than the Peter Jackson trilogy just on the music alone.

But his LOTR trilogy is better than the animated LOTR one. I mean... It at least finished the story.

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[–] brihuang95@sopuli.xyz 12 points 11 months ago

don't get me started about that cringey romance arc too...

[–] Masimatutu@kbin.social 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Christopher Tolkien agrees.

But in all seriousness, while I do think the films are alright, they are nothing compared to the books. People should definitely read them before watching the adaptation, it really is an experience.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 49 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I think the movies are the best adaptation we could have gotten. The books a hard read and most of it wouldn't translate well to film. All the songs, the long winded dialogs, descriptive parts, the ending, etc. I can understand Christopher Tolkien though, especially since he grew up and old with these stories, and probably nothing would ever do it justice compared to what he imagined his whole life.

[–] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 5 points 11 months ago

Having read the books long ago, and recently listened to them narrated by Andy serkis, holy shit the books do NOT translate into movie form.

Maybe a miniseries like Battlestar Galactica, but the budget for it would have to be insane.

People don't seem to understand that nobody is going to fimund their dream movie adaptation, because their dream movie adaptation has a larger budget than most countries' GDP.

I would LOVE to have seen Tom Bombadil and the barrow wights. I'd love to have gotten to see everything in the book, but let's be realistic here.

Go back in time with a few metric tons of gold, fund it however you see fit. I think if given proper funding, and more strict guidelines to keep the funding, he'd make as perfect an adaptation live-action could get in a miniseries. Make it like 90-100 minutes per "episode" and stretch it out however long it takes.

Do people not realize he was told initially it would have to be shown in ONE movie? And he fought to have at LEAST two, and that the studio we finally got insisted on 3 because this story is too long and complex (and lucrative) to be only two movies?

It could have been much, much worse. But hot damn do I wish it were better, even recognizing how good it was.

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 44 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I read the books as a child and young adult multiple times before the films came out. The films are fantastic and a solid adaptation for a different medium, they got the feeling down even if some parts were left out as part of the change to the other medium.

The Hobbit movies are hot garbage though, and I blame studio meddling for those.

[–] Hobthrob@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

On the Hobbit movies, I don't even think studio meddling was the biggest issue.

Peter Jackson had so much time to prepare for the original trilogy, where as he took over the Hobbit movies quite soon before they were scheduled to shoot and he couldn't use the preparation the previous director had done.

So he had no time to prepare and basically had to wing it with 3 movies and little to no prep.

[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I liked the hobbit movies, but I'm not going to argue that they were good. I even reread the book in preparation. The movie hit all of the points I was curious to see illustrated visually. I thought the new characters ramped up the tension nicely, and the barrel scene was genuinely joyous. I was also glad the singing was such a big part of the theming, including the wonderful opening, where Bilbo is beset by the Dwarfs and has to host them against his will.

Anyway, I'm not saying I'm right, or that my view is objective, but I enjoyed all of Peter Jackson's Tolkien movies more than I thought I ever would. Clear evidence that we don't live in the darkest timeline, at least.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Interestingly, the added characters and the barrel scene are exactly (some of) the reasons why I don't like the movies and IMO symptoms for why they're bad.

Unnecessary and don't fit well into the story, they feel tacked on and seem to be there mostly to make the movies more appealing to an action audience.

[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I've never met anyone IRL or even online who shared my opinion, so I'd say you're very much in the majority with that opinion.

[–] DroneRights@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well, now you have. The Hobbit is a silly, whimsical, and fun book. The barrels are awesome. I also like the singing and the dwarves giving Bilbo anxiety. My biggest gripe with the movies was that elf who romances a dwarf, I thought that plotline was boring.

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[–] Glemek@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

That lack of time is a direct result of studio meddling. The studios pushed Guillermo del Toro out, threatened Peter Jackson with removing the production from New Zealand to force him into coming on as director, and tried to force him to keep to a similar timetable as the GDT production.

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 11 months ago

I'll always miss the scouring of The Shire. I know the movie didn't need more endings, but it is a big part of Frodo's end and it's the big payoff for Merry and Pippin

[–] LongbottomLeaf@lemmy.nz 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo!

Ring a dong! hop along! fal lal the willow!

Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!

[–] blusterydayve26@midwest.social 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I always rate my movies by volume of Tom Bombadil.

[–] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 5 points 11 months ago

Peter Jackson asked him if he wanted to be in the movies, but he just trotted along saying "Goldberry is waiting"

So I don't blame him. I wouldn't keep her waiting either.

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[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Here's the article, btw.

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

not gonna lie, the author does make a few interesting points

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Gimli is a vehicle for cheap gags

This is a fair point in particular.

[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I think the story benefits from some humorous beats, but maybe not like that, in retrospect.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah, in retrospect, the movies kinda did Gimli dirty.

[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What I’m driving at is that by making everyone flat, no one can grow. When Boromir falls for the Ring, everyone in the audience saw it coming from a mile away. When Denethor goes suicidal, there’s no surprise because he’s a raving madman from the moment we meet him.

Damn

[–] PoopingCough@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

But if it were like he's suggesting, people would complain that those characters final(ish) actions were out of character and it would make no sense for them to do those things. Just because you can see something coming doesn't mean it isn't enjoyable to watch. If you saw two trains heading towards each other on one track you wouldn't look away simply because the you see the outcome coming. There's a difference between foreshadowing and being predictable and imo it's not good criticism.

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Jfc the ads on that page are obnoxious

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Guess my ad-blockers are doing a great job. I was completely unaware.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Unfortunately I was browsing away from my pihole at the time

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

Whoever wrote that article is a servant of Sauron.

[–] Jaderick@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Imagine being this vocally stupid

[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 7 points 11 months ago

This post better not be anything except a long tirade that omitting Tom Bombadil as an additional 2 hours of content is a travesty.

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[–] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I mean ... the warg fight in the second film is pretty bad. Even Mr. Jackson copped to that part being ... under produced.

[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago

Witless worm detected.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Must be a book reader

[–] OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As a book reader, I still don't get it. The LOTR movies are probably the best book adaptations of all time. I can't think of very much they could have done better. The extended editions really make the trilogy sing. Would a book reader want this to have been MORE than 13 hours? That's ridiculous.

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