silentpilot6 said:Honestly, I think the Lord of the Rings movies are absolute garbage. They’re just watered-down versions made for the masses, directed by someone who understands the fantasy genre about as well as I understand Nikita Khrushchev's sex life. He just picked through the genius Tolkien whenever it suited him, and all the changes they made feel like something out of an elementary school classroom... totally lacking any soul or imagination.
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Conan the Barbarian is ten times better and actually feels "real." Plus, the soundtrack is insane. 😁
The Lord of the Rings books have plenty of flaws and plot holes (I mean, Peter Jackson's only smart move was cutting Tom Bombadil—personally, I would've cut him from the books too 😁), but they managed to build this specific atmosphere while reading that the movies just can't touch... not even close.
As much as those books are cult classics to me, the movies are just trash. 😁
I'm not even sure I would've liked them if I hadn't read the books first.
Even having really good cinematography doesn't help that much...