Poll of the Day > the lotr movies aren't good

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helIy 07/22/21 7:32:59 PM #1:	there, i said it. we were all thinking it anyways. --- but i'm not the villain, despite what you're always preaching call me a traitor, i'm just collecting your victims <cite>helIy posted [p:956365416] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>there, i said it. we were all thinking it anyways. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rexcrk 07/22/21 7:33:47 PM #2:	Youre right. Theyre great. --- Bah weep grannah weep ni ni bon <cite>rexcrk posted [p:956365441] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>Youre right. Theyre great. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GanonsSpirit 07/22/21 7:34:17 PM #3:	The hellyist of helly opinions. --- https://imgur.com/tsQUpxC Thanks, Nade Duck! [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] <cite>GanonsSpirit posted [p:956365460] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>The hellyist of helly opinions.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DirtBasedSoap 07/22/21 7:37:01 PM #4:	yeah, theyre not good, theyre fucking amazing --- hoes mad <cite>DirtBasedSoap posted [p:956365539] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>yeah, theyre not good, theyre fucking amazing </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Greenfox111 07/22/21 7:37:32 PM #5:	DirtBasedSoap posted... yeah, theyre not good, theyre fucking amazing --- Don't ask. <cite>Greenfox111 posted [p:956365558] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>DirtBasedSoap posted... </cite> <quote>yeah, theyre not good, theyre fucking amazing</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 07/22/21 7:40:15 PM #6:	I dont think they are bad but also I think the story can be done better --- my resting temp can easily be in the 90's -Krazy_Kirby <cite>Mead posted [p:956365649] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>I dont think they are bad but also I think the story can be done better </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DirtBasedSoap 07/22/21 7:41:15 PM #7:	Mead posted... but also I think the story can be done better idk. The extended editions do a great job of telling the story. I wish they gave a better sense of how long everything took though. --- hoes mad <cite>DirtBasedSoap posted [p:956365677] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>Mead posted... </cite> <quote>but also I think the story can be done better</quote>idk. The extended editions do a great job of telling the story. I wish they gave a better sense of how long everything took though. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 07/22/21 7:47:58 PM #8:	GanonsSpirit posted... The hellyist of helly opinions. I mean, sure, it's helly in a nutshell, but I wouldn't say this is peak helly. He's probably had way more helly opinions than this. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:956365846] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote><cite>GanonsSpirit posted...</cite> <quote>The hellyist of helly opinions.</quote> I mean, sure, it's helly in a nutshell, but I wouldn't say this is peak helly. He's probably had way more helly opinions than this.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
helIy 07/22/21 7:49:14 PM #9:	bold words for a dude who loved destiny --- but i'm not the villain, despite what you're always preaching call me a traitor, i'm just collecting your victims <cite>helIy posted [p:956365893] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>bold words for a dude who loved destiny </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DirtBasedSoap 07/22/21 7:49:45 PM #10:	helIy posted... bold words for a dude who loved destiny got em --- hoes mad <cite>DirtBasedSoap posted [p:956365909] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>helIy posted... </cite> <quote>bold words for a dude who loved destiny</quote>got em </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 07/22/21 7:50:29 PM #11:	DirtBasedSoap posted... idk. The extended editions do a great job of telling the story. I wish they gave a better sense of how long everything took though. Im cautiously optimistic that it might make for a great series --- my resting temp can easily be in the 90's -Krazy_Kirby <cite>Mead posted [p:956365936] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>DirtBasedSoap posted... </cite> <quote>idk. The extended editions do a great job of telling the story. I wish they gave a better sense of how long everything took though.</quote> Im cautiously optimistic that it might make for a great series </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DirtBasedSoap 07/22/21 7:56:39 PM #12:	thats true, it would make a great 30-40 episode series --- hoes mad <cite>DirtBasedSoap posted [p:956366114] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>thats true, it would make a great 30-40 episode series </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FrozenBananas 07/22/21 7:59:49 PM #13:	I still play Destiny 2 and I like Indiana Jones 4 and The Last Jedi. LotR are 3 of the best films ever made. Helly this one is too much lol --- now this is podracing <cite>FrozenBananas posted [p:956366197] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>I still play Destiny 2 and I like Indiana Jones 4 and The Last Jedi. LotR are 3 of the best films ever made. Helly this one is too much lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 07/22/21 8:03:01 PM #14:	I'm still salty about Tom Bombadil but the movies are almost perfect --- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:956366295] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>I'm still salty about Tom Bombadil but the movies are almost perfect </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Krazy_Kirby 07/22/21 9:40:31 PM #15:	when you try to make a movie trilogy based a really long book, they are going to take awhile --- Kill From The Shadows. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot <cite>Krazy_Kirby posted [p:956368805] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>when you try to make a movie trilogy based a really long book, they are going to take awhile</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Greenfox111 07/22/21 9:53:28 PM #16:	Metalsonic66 posted... I'm still salty about Tom Bombadil but the movies are almost perfect thank f* they didn't include bombadil --- Don't ask. <cite>Greenfox111 posted [p:956369157] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>Metalsonic66 posted... </cite> <quote>I'm still salty about Tom Bombadil but the movies are almost perfect</quote>thank f* they didn't include bombadil </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EvilMegas 07/22/21 9:55:37 PM #17:	I agree with helly. It hurt to say that --- The first person to be fully vaccinated on GameFaQs. Boobs are life, ass is hometown Kenichiro Takaki. <cite>EvilMegas posted [p:956369199] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>I agree with helly. It hurt to say that </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 07/22/21 9:57:49 PM #18:	helIy posted... bold words for a dude who loved destiny You're the one who loved Destiny. I'm the one who played it until I realized it wasn't fun as much as it was addictive, and then stopped. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:956369262] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote><cite>helIy posted...</cite> <quote>bold words for a dude who loved destiny</quote> You're the one who loved Destiny. I'm the one who played it until I realized it wasn't fun as much as it was addictive, and then stopped.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 07/22/21 10:04:59 PM #19:	Greenfox111 posted... thank f* they didn't include bombadil --- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:956369476] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>Greenfox111 posted... </cite> <quote>thank f* they didn't include bombadil</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
faramir77 07/22/21 10:07:08 PM #20:	Mods please close this topic thank you --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCtAUrZbUk -- Defeating the Running Man of Ocarina of Time in a race since 01/17/2009. -- <cite>faramir77 posted [p:956369532] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>Mods please close this topic thank you </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zareth 07/22/21 10:09:52 PM #21:	Typical helly opinion --- In my opinion, all slavery is wrong, even the really fancy kind - Mead <cite>Zareth posted [p:956369593] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>Typical helly opinion </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Muscles 07/22/21 10:12:07 PM #22:	Lord of the Rings are the greatest movies of all time, and the greatest books for that matter --- Muscles Chicago Bears \| Chicago Blackhawks \| Chicago Bulls \| Chicago Cubs \| NIU Huskies <cite>Muscles posted [p:956369659] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>Lord of the Rings are the greatest movies of all time, and the greatest books for that matter </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 07/22/21 10:39:43 PM #23:	Metalsonic66 posted... Greenfox111 posted... thank f*** they didn't include bombadil ~~He's right, though.~~ --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:956370426] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote><cite>Metalsonic66 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Greenfox111 posted...</cite> <quote>thank f*** they didn't include bombadil </quote> </quote> He's right, though.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cacciato 07/22/21 10:48:06 PM #24:	Krazy_Kirby posted... when you try to make a movie trilogy based a really long book, they are going to take awhile What a stunning observation <cite>Cacciato posted [p:956370660] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>Krazy_Kirby posted... </cite> <quote>when you try to make a movie trilogy based a really long book, they are going to take awhile</quote>What a stunning observation </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 07/22/21 10:53:31 PM #25:	They're not good, they're GRRRRRREAATTTT!!! But yeah, fucking Helly opinion. rexcrk posted... Youre right. Theyre great. This guy gets it. GanonsSpirit posted... The hellyist of helly opinions. QFT Metalsonic66 posted... I'm still salty about Tom Bombadil =x --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:956370826] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>They're not good, they're GRRRRRREAATTTT!!! But yeah, fucking Helly opinion. rexcrk posted... </cite> <quote>Youre right. Theyre great.</quote> This guy gets it. GanonsSpirit posted... </cite> <quote>The hellyist of helly opinions.</quote> QFT Metalsonic66 posted... </cite> <quote>I'm still salty about Tom Bombadil</quote> =x </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Krazy_Kirby 07/22/21 10:55:56 PM #26:	Muscles posted... Lord of the Rings are the greatest movies of all time, and the greatest books for that matter it's really 1 book --- Kill From The Shadows. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot <cite>Krazy_Kirby posted [p:956370901] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>Muscles posted...</cite> <quote>Lord of the Rings are the greatest movies of all time, and the greatest books for that matter </quote> it's really 1 book</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 07/22/21 10:56:08 PM #27:	ParanoidObsessive posted... ~~He's right, though.~~ --- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:956370906] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite> <quote>He's right, though.</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
helIy 07/22/21 11:33:44 PM #28:	ParanoidObsessive posted... You're the one who loved Destiny. I'm the one who played it until I realized it wasn't fun as much as it was addictive, and then stopped. bold assertation from someone who loved destiny --- but i'm not the villain, despite what you're always preaching call me a traitor, i'm just collecting your victims <cite>helIy posted [p:956371799] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite> <quote>You're the one who loved Destiny. I'm the one who played it until I realized it wasn't fun as much as it was addictive, and then stopped.</quote>bold assertation from someone who loved destiny </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 07/22/21 11:45:51 PM #29:	You know what? I've changed my mind. The LotR films do suck. Mainly because they didn't include this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdXQJS3Yv0Y Put that scene in Return of the King and it would be the greatest movie ever made. It would have won ALL the Oscars. Metalsonic66 posted... Ahh, Celeborn. Poor bastard doesn't even get his own Wikipedia entry (it defaults to Galadriel's page). Tolkien describes him as one of the most wise and powerful elves left in Middle Earth in the Third Age. You'd think he'd be important. But his wife outshines him so much in narrative purpose that he barely exists. Tolkien does have a tendency to really talk up the Noldor while minimizing all the others, though. And Galadriel gets bonus points for being one of the Noldor who came from Valinor (Elrond wasn't born until thousands of years later in Beleriand). Legolas might be the only non-Noldor who gets any meaningful attention, other than maybe Thingol and his daughter (though she's basically also half-goddess). --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:956372037] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>You know what? I've changed my mind. The LotR films do suck. Mainly because they didn't include this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdXQJS3Yv0Y Put that scene in Return of the King and it would be the greatest movie ever made. It would have won ALL the Oscars. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted...</cite> <quote> </quote> Ahh, Celeborn. Poor bastard doesn't even get his own Wikipedia entry (it defaults to Galadriel's page). Tolkien describes him as one of the most wise and powerful elves left in Middle Earth in the Third Age. You'd think he'd be important. But his wife outshines him so much in narrative purpose that he barely exists. Tolkien does have a tendency to really talk up the Noldor while minimizing all the others, though. And Galadriel gets bonus points for being one of the Noldor who came from Valinor (Elrond wasn't born until thousands of years later in Beleriand). Legolas might be the only non-Noldor who gets any meaningful attention, other than maybe Thingol and his daughter (though she's basically also half-goddess).</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 07/23/21 12:06:30 AM #30:	-- --- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:956372489] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote> -- </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
OhhhJa 07/23/21 12:34:24 AM #31:	EvilMegas posted... I agree with helly. It hurt to say that Yeah. I don't wanna be that guy but the books are way better. Probably would be better if they made a netflix series out of lotr <cite>OhhhJa posted [p:956373081] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>EvilMegas posted... </cite> <quote>I agree with helly. It hurt to say that</quote>Yeah. I don't wanna be that guy but the books are way better. Probably would be better if they made a netflix series out of lotr </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 07/23/21 12:40:46 AM #32:	--- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:956373227] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gaawa_chan 07/23/21 12:59:41 AM #33:	I mean, I'm not going to lie, I hate the movies. The first one is the only one I can stand to watch, and even then only pieces of it. Cinematography and music was quite good, CGI has mostly held up, but I think the movies really, really fucked with many of the characters and made changes that did not jive with the themes. It's hard to look past an adaptation that just outright butchers all your favorite characters, especially when LotR has particular significance for my family; my grandfather taught classes on it, he and my mom went together to buy The Silmarillion together when it came out, my oldest memory is of me quoting The Two Towers and making my mom laugh, etc, etc... As of today my favorite adaptation of the LotR is the BBC audio drama (from what I understand the kindle version is missing parts? Lame...), the one where Ian Holm played Frodo and Robert Stephens played Aragorn (bro had the voice of a god, he died too young). --- Hi <cite>Gaawa_chan posted [p:956373546] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>I mean, I'm not going to lie, I hate the movies. The first one is the only one I can stand to watch, and even then only pieces of it. Cinematography and music was quite good, CGI has mostly held up, but I think the movies really, really fucked with many of the characters and made changes that did not jive with the themes. It's hard to look past an adaptation that just outright butchers all your favorite characters, especially when LotR has particular significance for my family; my grandfather taught classes on it, he and my mom went together to buy The Silmarillion together when it came out, my oldest memory is of me quoting The Two Towers and making my mom laugh, etc, etc... As of today my favorite adaptation of the LotR is the BBC audio drama (from what I understand the kindle version is missing parts? Lame...), the one where Ian Holm played Frodo and Robert Stephens played Aragorn (bro had the voice of a god, he died too young). </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
fishy071 07/23/21 1:51:50 AM #34:	I like the books better. I felt the movies were rushed, and didn't do a good job of introductions. They also insulted several characters, especially hobbits and dwarves. There was a lack of wisdom throughout the movies, and they tended to diminish positive aspects and exaggerate the negative ones. --- "You don't need a reason to help people." (Zidane Tribal of FFIX) <cite>fishy071 posted [p:956374424] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>I like the books better. I felt the movies were rushed, and didn't do a good job of introductions. They also insulted several characters, especially hobbits and dwarves. There was a lack of wisdom throughout the movies, and they tended to diminish positive aspects and exaggerate the negative ones. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Muscles 07/23/21 1:53:26 AM #35:	Krazy_Kirby posted... it's really 1 book 6 books and the appendices --- Muscles Chicago Bears \| Chicago Blackhawks \| Chicago Bulls \| Chicago Cubs \| NIU Huskies <cite>Muscles posted [p:956374450] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>Krazy_Kirby posted... </cite> <quote>it's really 1 book</quote>6 books and the appendices </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 07/23/21 2:05:52 AM #36:	--- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:956374640] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LeetCheet 07/23/21 2:28:01 AM #37:	The only thing I don't particularly like with the movies is how much of a wuss Frodo is. I mean yeah he carries the ring but he literally can't fight for shit. Every time he gets into a fight he just drops the sword and falls to the ground. Still great movies. Rewatched the extended versions of them last week. --- https://imgur.com/eQrRxik https://imgur.com/NC8itow <cite>LeetCheet posted [p:956374950] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>The only thing I don't particularly like with the movies is how much of a wuss Frodo is. I mean yeah he carries the ring but he literally can't fight for shit. Every time he gets into a fight he just drops the sword and falls to the ground. Still great movies. Rewatched the extended versions of them last week.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RoboXgp89 07/23/21 4:43:14 AM #38:	the movies are so easy to watch try reading the books it's like 1000 pages --- You haven't set a signature for the message boards yet <cite>RoboXgp89 posted [p:956376435] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>the movies are so easy to watch try reading the books it's like 1000 pages </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 07/23/21 4:44:41 AM #39:	--- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:956376453] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Revelation34 07/23/21 8:14:39 AM #40:	RoboXgp89 posted... the movies are so easy to watch try reading the books it's like 1000 pages If you know how to read then that's easy. Unless you mean time wise. Metalsonic66 posted... Well that explains why Link exists. --- Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355, Steam: Kegfarms <cite>Revelation34 posted [p:956378922] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>RoboXgp89 posted...</cite> <quote>the movies are so easy to watch try reading the books it's like 1000 pages </quote> If you know how to read then that's easy. Unless you mean time wise. Metalsonic66 posted...</cite> <quote> </quote> Well that explains why Link exists.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rexcrk 07/23/21 8:24:14 AM #41:	Metalsonic66 posted... Ah this movie. Despite how odd it is, I do really love the overall look / ambience of the movie. Its still what I picture in my head while Im listening to the BBC radio show. --- Bah weep grannah weep ni ni bon <cite>rexcrk posted [p:956379071] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>Metalsonic66 posted... </cite> <quote></quote>Ah this movie. Despite how odd it is, I do really love the overall look / ambience of the movie. Its still what I picture in my head while Im listening to the BBC radio show. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 07/23/21 11:06:03 AM #42:	Revelation34 posted... If you know how to read then that's easy. Unless you mean time wise. The main problem with the books is that Tolkien is an epic storyteller, but he isn't actually a very good writer. Which is really only exacerbated by the fact that Tolkien's main interest isn't really the story itself, but the myth structure and the languages he's constructing (even he admitted he mostly came up with the idea of Middle Earth in the first place to have a place where people would be able to speak Quenya and Khuzdul and the other dozen or so languages he came up with). So the books can come across as very dry and/or stilted in places, and there are definitely parts where most people are going to just go "Ugh, skip ahead until something interesting happens." The movies actually do a pretty good job of distilling what was important in the story down to a more digestible form. They're probably the only movies I've ever watched after reading the books and went "I might actually like those better." rexcrk posted... Ah this movie. Despite how odd it is, I do really love the overall look / ambience of the movie. Its still what I picture in my head while Im listening to the BBC radio show. I absolutely loved it as a kid. I can probably still quote it word-for-word now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT18OJEPU9Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qqgPa33mXU --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:956382881] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote><cite>Revelation34 posted...</cite> <quote>If you know how to read then that's easy. Unless you mean time wise.</quote> The main problem with the books is that Tolkien is an epic storyteller, but he isn't actually a very good writer. Which is really only exacerbated by the fact that Tolkien's main interest isn't really the story itself, but the myth structure and the languages he's constructing (even he admitted he mostly came up with the idea of Middle Earth in the first place to have a place where people would be able to speak Quenya and Khuzdul and the other dozen or so languages he came up with). So the books can come across as very dry and/or stilted in places, and there are definitely parts where most people are going to just go "Ugh, skip ahead until something interesting happens." The movies actually do a pretty good job of distilling what was important in the story down to a more digestible form. They're probably the only movies I've ever watched after reading the books and went "I might actually like those better." <cite>rexcrk posted...</cite> <quote>Ah this movie. Despite how odd it is, I do really love the overall look / ambience of the movie. Its still what I picture in my head while Im listening to the BBC radio show. </quote> I absolutely loved it as a kid. I can probably still quote it word-for-word now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT18OJEPU9Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qqgPa33mXU</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Revelation34 07/23/21 11:24:35 AM #43:	ParanoidObsessive posted... The main problem with the books is that Tolkien is an epic storyteller, but he isn't actually a very good writer. Which is really only exacerbated by the fact that Tolkien's main interest isn't really the story itself, but the myth structure and the languages he's constructing (even he admitted he mostly came up with the idea of Middle Earth in the first place to have a place where people would be able to speak Quenya and Khuzdul and the other dozen or so languages he came up with). So the books can come across as very dry and/or stilted in places, and there are definitely parts where most people are going to just go "Ugh, skip ahead until something interesting happens." The movies actually do a pretty good job of distilling what was important in the story down to a more digestible form. They're probably the only movies I've ever watched after reading the books and went "I might actually like those better." For me it would be timewise. I use to be a very fast reader when I was younger but I think it went away when I stopped reading. I can still read decently fast just not as fast as I could. --- Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355, Steam: Kegfarms <cite>Revelation34 posted [p:956383386] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>The main problem with the books is that Tolkien is an epic storyteller, but he isn't actually a very good writer. Which is really only exacerbated by the fact that Tolkien's main interest isn't really the story itself, but the myth structure and the languages he's constructing (even he admitted he mostly came up with the idea of Middle Earth in the first place to have a place where people would be able to speak Quenya and Khuzdul and the other dozen or so languages he came up with). So the books can come across as very dry and/or stilted in places, and there are definitely parts where most people are going to just go "Ugh, skip ahead until something interesting happens." The movies actually do a pretty good job of distilling what was important in the story down to a more digestible form. They're probably the only movies I've ever watched after reading the books and went "I might actually like those better."</quote> For me it would be timewise. I use to be a very fast reader when I was younger but I think it went away when I stopped reading. I can still read decently fast just not as fast as I could.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 07/23/21 11:55:53 AM #44:	The world building is amazing, but the moment-to-moment stuff can be a huge drag. I hate to say this, but I feel the same way about Les Mis --- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:956384191] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>The world building is amazing, but the moment-to-moment stuff can be a huge drag. I hate to say this, but I feel the same way about Les Mis </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FrozenBananas 07/23/21 11:59:30 AM #45:	Metalsonic66 posted... The world building is amazing, but the moment-to-moment stuff can be a huge drag. the songs and such are a bit too much, but I get it. Peter Jackson and his wife made some of the best adaptations ever, though, by transforming the story into something more relevant for today --- now this is podracing <cite>FrozenBananas posted [p:956384301] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>Metalsonic66 posted... </cite> <quote>The world building is amazing, but the moment-to-moment stuff can be a huge drag.</quote> the songs and such are a bit too much, but I get it. Peter Jackson and his wife made some of the best adaptations ever, though, by transforming the story into something more relevant for today </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 07/23/21 12:02:51 PM #46:	I love the songs, actually. I wish the movies included at least a couple of them --- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:956384401] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>I love the songs, actually. I wish the movies included at least a couple of them </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Krazy_Kirby 07/23/21 12:03:46 PM #47:	hobbit movies butchered the book --- Kill From The Shadows. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot <cite>Krazy_Kirby posted [p:956384438] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>hobbit movies butchered the book</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rexcrk 07/23/21 12:42:11 PM #48:	Krazy_Kirby posted... hobbit movies butchered the book I disagree. I appreciated that the entire book was in those movies, as well as extra world building and events alluded to in later works (such as driving Sauron out of Dol Guldur). AND all those songs Some of the actions scenes couldve been trimmed a bit (I still hate the chase on the way to Rivendell, for example), but overall Im very happy with how the Hobbit movies came out and I still believe they wouldve been better received if they came out in 04, 05, and 06. ~~Plus, lets not pretend like the LotR movies dont have their faults in terms of adapting the books~~ --- Bah weep grannah weep ni ni bon <cite>rexcrk posted [p:956385579] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>Krazy_Kirby posted... </cite> <quote>hobbit movies butchered the book</quote>I disagree. I appreciated that the entire book was in those movies, as well as extra world building and events alluded to in later works (such as driving Sauron out of Dol Guldur). AND all those songs Some of the actions scenes couldve been trimmed a bit (I still hate the chase on the way to Rivendell, for example), but overall Im very happy with how the Hobbit movies came out and I still believe they wouldve been better received if they came out in 04, 05, and 06. Plus, lets not pretend like the LotR movies dont have their faults in terms of adapting the books </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Krazy_Kirby 07/23/21 12:43:43 PM #49:	dwarf-elf love story was horrible. how smaug was fought was stupid --- Kill From The Shadows. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot <cite>Krazy_Kirby posted [p:956385631] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote>dwarf-elf love story was horrible. how smaug was fought was stupid</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 07/23/21 12:53:47 PM #50:	Metalsonic66 posted... I hate to say this, but I feel the same way about Les Mis Les Mis the book can be a phenomenal slog. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:956385960] in the lotr m... [t:79578287]...</cite> <quote><cite>Metalsonic66 posted...</cite> <quote>I hate to say this, but I feel the same way about Les Mis</quote> Les Mis the book can be a phenomenal slog.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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