only thing that bothers me is Jackson complaining that he couldn't fit everything from the books in while simultaneously adding in a bunch of quips and artificially extending a bunch of scenes
What passes me off more is he took out all of Frodos scene where you seem him do heroic and admirable acts.
LOTR movies are great in general, but it's a crime that Jackson has created such a negative image of one of the main protagonists, Frodo.
Jackson made Frodo into a pussy, he made the race of Men weak and hopeless where they can only achieve things if they get help from Elves in Helms Deep or Ghost Srmy to act as Deus Ex Machina.
It's like Jackson was trying to appeal to ADHD kids.
This is true. Faramir and Frodo both get butchered.
The one thing Jackson excelled at was the horror shit. That's his background. The movies are full of creeping terror, being pursued by hideous monsters and a feeling of hopelessness and decay.
Those are elements of the books too and he hits it out the park, big reason why the movies are so timeless.
>hasn't edited all the unreleased footage into a miniseries yet >still can't watch the Legolas and Gimli epilogue scenes
He needs to stop jacking off to the Beatles and get on it HACKson.
I watched Return Of The King at an IMAX when I was a little kid. I get angry when Cinemaphile mocks the colored man on the elephant blowing a horn because that scene blew my mind when I first saw it and my dick still squirts a drop or two every time I watch it now.
This year, I read the trilogy and then watched the extended cuts.
The movies overall are like bullet points from the books. They are compressed with less character development and world building. However, if you have read the books, there are a lot of bits that are shown/implied on screen even though they are not explained. I liked this. The presence of birds as omens is in context even though it’s never stated. The orc tower gargoyle statue that has magic and makes Sam hesitate is there but very quick. Also, the fact that Sam and Frodo are at death’s door from starvation and dehydration by the time they reach Mt. Doom isn’t too clear, yet they add special effects that implies the whole sequence of Sam unlocking his considerable reserves of survival and perserverence within, and gaining the strength to carry Frodo when by all logic he should have expired.
I recently saw the extended editions all in the cinema.
Hot Take is that Two Towers is the weakest film. Painful to watch Arwen shit, and dragging out Helms Deep so long you cut out all the parts that make the book good, and throw them in ROTK.
Helms Deep is obviously kino, but it could be shorter, with less pointless build up, to fit stuff like Shelob and the Voice of Saruman in.
ROTK is fantastic throughout but way too long due to all the shit from TT in it.
To this day it still blows my mind how they managed to craft such a perfect trilogy. Nothing has ever matched the cohesive blend of narrative, entertainment and emotion that this trilogy reached.
I was probably about 10 or 11 when I watched return of the king by myself in the cinema (mum and dad had already seen it so they went and watched something else). About halfway through I needed to pee really bad but for some fricking reason the doors out of the cinema wouldn't open no matter what I did.
So I just pissed my pants in the cinema seat and completely drenched it. I smelled like piss for the next 1.5 hours but the movie was still incredibly kino.
I ended up shamefully walking out of the cinema afterwards though with everyone staring at me and my piss covered pants.
>annual tradition of watching the extended editions annually
so uh...
hold on
Every year you watch the extended editions every year? How does this work, a year can't contain a year
You fricking homosexual I’ve watched anime archs with a singular battle that goes for over 30 episodes 20 minutes a piece which is 10 fricking hours of me watching one dude take on one fricking dude, with every homosexual in the vicinity including the protagonist and antagonist reflecting on every move and every childhood trauma that led to the battle - meanwhile you sit here and cry that this English epic spent 12 hours giving us one of the best stories ever condensed into a trilogy - frick you OP I hope your entire family is forced to watch Kaiji face the Bog Pachinko machine until the end of time for your shit take
It is three movies
Did lil zoom zoom not watch them when they released?
I wasn't a big fan of capeshit even when younger
They aren’t long enough
This. They could've each been another 5 hours longer and if the quality was there, I'd watch it.
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only thing that bothers me is Jackson complaining that he couldn't fit everything from the books in while simultaneously adding in a bunch of quips and artificially extending a bunch of scenes
The trilogy is great, but fellowship is the most refined version. Kinda like got s1 ist better than the rest due to longer prep time.
What passes me off more is he took out all of Frodos scene where you seem him do heroic and admirable acts.
LOTR movies are great in general, but it's a crime that Jackson has created such a negative image of one of the main protagonists, Frodo.
Jackson made Frodo into a pussy, he made the race of Men weak and hopeless where they can only achieve things if they get help from Elves in Helms Deep or Ghost Srmy to act as Deus Ex Machina.
It's like Jackson was trying to appeal to ADHD kids.
This is true. Faramir and Frodo both get butchered.
The one thing Jackson excelled at was the horror shit. That's his background. The movies are full of creeping terror, being pursued by hideous monsters and a feeling of hopelessness and decay.
Those are elements of the books too and he hits it out the park, big reason why the movies are so timeless.
>He hasn't watched the forbidden kino
>hasn't edited all the unreleased footage into a miniseries yet
>still can't watch the Legolas and Gimli epilogue scenes
He needs to stop jacking off to the Beatles and get on it HACKson.
Best way to watch these movies is Extended cut for Fellowship and theatrical for the other two.
I wish fellowship was even longer. The whole adventuring leading up to Rivendell is unbelievably comfy and kino.
I love Fellowship, it's the most rewatchable of the three for me.
I watched Return Of The King at an IMAX when I was a little kid. I get angry when Cinemaphile mocks the colored man on the elephant blowing a horn because that scene blew my mind when I first saw it and my dick still squirts a drop or two every time I watch it now.
Why do they mock it. It's great. I must have watched the movie start to finish maybe 3 times but I've seen that whole sequence at least 30 times
Are there any movies where it's just a Wizard like gandalf as the MC?
>inb4 Wizards
I like Ralph Bakshi, but I need more.
For me, they were perfect the first time I saw them, but now after every rewatch the gollum scenes drag so much I usually speed em up.
Sorry Frodo, I was delayed
>It's longer than 5 seconds waaahh
zoom zoom...
>that scene in the exendition edition where legolas makes a pitstop in Atlanta to shoot Black folk
kino
It's not long enough
Its better if watched in 45 minute segments, like a miniseries.
True, some scenes need to be removed.
Why remove that scene? It was in the books.
Not long enough they skip many cool thing from the book
>They were men once.
>zoomers either can't watch a movie over two hours or binge watch a series in one night with no in between
This year, I read the trilogy and then watched the extended cuts.
The movies overall are like bullet points from the books. They are compressed with less character development and world building. However, if you have read the books, there are a lot of bits that are shown/implied on screen even though they are not explained. I liked this. The presence of birds as omens is in context even though it’s never stated. The orc tower gargoyle statue that has magic and makes Sam hesitate is there but very quick. Also, the fact that Sam and Frodo are at death’s door from starvation and dehydration by the time they reach Mt. Doom isn’t too clear, yet they add special effects that implies the whole sequence of Sam unlocking his considerable reserves of survival and perserverence within, and gaining the strength to carry Frodo when by all logic he should have expired.
The movies are too Hollywoodish. Books have completely different atmosphere.
its honestly not very good either
Unwatchable in Blu Ray quality the effects become laughably bad. Bust out the vhs player for this one for the prime experience
Just the score from the credits of the fellowship is probably better than 90% of movies since it's release.
I recently saw the extended editions all in the cinema.
Hot Take is that Two Towers is the weakest film. Painful to watch Arwen shit, and dragging out Helms Deep so long you cut out all the parts that make the book good, and throw them in ROTK.
Helms Deep is obviously kino, but it could be shorter, with less pointless build up, to fit stuff like Shelob and the Voice of Saruman in.
ROTK is fantastic throughout but way too long due to all the shit from TT in it.
To this day it still blows my mind how they managed to craft such a perfect trilogy. Nothing has ever matched the cohesive blend of narrative, entertainment and emotion that this trilogy reached.
I watch extended edition.
And I think it needs another 3 hours of movie.
>need LOTR redux
Maybe, update the shitty cgi.
I was probably about 10 or 11 when I watched return of the king by myself in the cinema (mum and dad had already seen it so they went and watched something else). About halfway through I needed to pee really bad but for some fricking reason the doors out of the cinema wouldn't open no matter what I did.
So I just pissed my pants in the cinema seat and completely drenched it. I smelled like piss for the next 1.5 hours but the movie was still incredibly kino.
I ended up shamefully walking out of the cinema afterwards though with everyone staring at me and my piss covered pants.
7/10. Conan is better.
I have an annual tradition of watching the extended editions annually around Christmas
>annual tradition of watching the extended editions annually
so uh...
hold on
Every year you watch the extended editions every year? How does this work, a year can't contain a year
It's a typo, he meant anally, not annually
You fricking homosexual I’ve watched anime archs with a singular battle that goes for over 30 episodes 20 minutes a piece which is 10 fricking hours of me watching one dude take on one fricking dude, with every homosexual in the vicinity including the protagonist and antagonist reflecting on every move and every childhood trauma that led to the battle - meanwhile you sit here and cry that this English epic spent 12 hours giving us one of the best stories ever condensed into a trilogy - frick you OP I hope your entire family is forced to watch Kaiji face the Bog Pachinko machine until the end of time for your shit take
and too shit
mega slop for manchildren
Nah, Fotr extended is the perfect length, it simply amazes me how well paced that movie is.
>too fricking long
No such thing. Treat your ADHD zoomhomosexual.