Am I the only one in America
Maurice
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Sorry, but I have to ask this. Am I the only person who thinks the Lord of the Ring movies suck. My son loves em, and made me watch them, and my only opinion is they are too damn long and boring. OK guys, put your guns away. Just wondering if anyone else feels this way, or has the guts to say so.:rolleyes:
Everytime I think I'm out, THEY PULL ME BACK IN!!!!!!
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I thought that the last 15 min's of ROTK could have been chopped off. I guess I don't really care what Hobbits do for the rest of their lives. Although it may be fun to smoke it up down by the shire with 'em.
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I thought they were just ok nothing great the 2 one was the best ...but nothing great
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I feel the same way,too long and boring.Some of the fx are cool but I can only keep interested for about 45 min tops,my wife on the other hand loves all three. the other night I tried to watch rotk with her and I think I almost made 1 hr or 1/3 of the movie.Outlaw 990 Processor
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watched the first one, then I made sure I stayed away from the other ones. That's not my kind of thing.
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I agree -- long and boring, but I watched them just for the sound effects. No. 2 was much better than #1 and #3.HT/2-channel Rig: Sony 50 LCD TV; Toshiba HD-A2 DVD player; Emotiva LMC-1 pre/pro; Rogue Audio M-120 monoblocks (modded); Placette RVC; Emotiva LPA-1 amp; Bada HD-22 tube CDP (modded); VMPS Tower II SE (fronts); DIY Clearwave Dynamic 4CC (center); Wharfedale Opus Tri-Surrounds (rear); and VMPS 215 sub
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you are not alone..i found them very tedious to watch
I have tried to watch them more than once too
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Praise the Lord!!! Someone started this thread!!
I hated the first movie. HATED IT. I've never seen 2 or 3.
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I saw the commercials on tv and that was plenty enough English wizard stuff for moi thank you. Plus, everybody in the commercials looked like they needed a shower real bad. What's with that?
If I'm going to go see make believe stuff, it's going to be REAL make believe stuff. Like Godzilla.
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Not to stear too far off topic here, but I actually like the Harry Potter series. I would rather wipe my arse with the LOTR movies.
I don't really understand why I enjoy Harry Potter movies & hate LOTR movies, but oh well, that's life.Bob Mayo, on the keyboards. Bob Mayo. -
Hate cannot begin describe my feelings for this piece of crap.
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For me, the only good thing about LOTR (part 1) was the sound effects and visual effects. They were great.
BUT, the story was so wholely uninteresting & unwatchable that I hated the movie as a whole.
If I want to watch a mindless action movie, I'll watch a Vin Diesel movie. But LOTR is so highly acclaimed that to have such a **** story makes me hate it even more.
The story line of the first movie was so uni-dimensional & boring. It seemed like a very old, very bad early generation Nintendo game. It was a bunch of guys going on a guest. With majic powers & weapons. Lets get the majic ring and fight the evil boss at the end of the level....... Stupid....Bob Mayo, on the keyboards. Bob Mayo. -
If you think the LOTR series is bad, you should check out the spoof, Lord Of The G-Strings . Saw this piece of trash on late night cable one night when I couldn't sleep.
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pretty much seemed like a D & D movie
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any people who hate the movies read the books? i'm guessing probably not.
i think part of the reason it was so highly "acclaimed" is because of a large fan base for the books.
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Around my group of friends and acquaintances, the ones who don't like LOTR are the ones who in general lack imagination and can't let loose. They usually say they couldn't get into the movie, had hard time understanding the story.
Just my observation, not calling any of you LOTR haters tight-asses...
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actually I did read the books..my wife has read them several times..we both hated the movies..Originally posted by PhantomOG
any people who hate the movies read the books? i'm guessing probably not.
i think part of the reason it was so highly "acclaimed" is because of a large fan base for the books.
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Originally posted by Sami
Around my group of friends and acquaintances, the ones who don't like LOTR are the ones who in general lack imagination and can't let loose. They usually say they couldn't get into the movie, had hard time understanding the story.
Just my observation, not calling any of you LOTR haters tight-asses...
First of all, let me just say that I did NOT take this personally, and I am not attacking with my response.
I found the stroy too easy to understand, too single sided. The boring story is what ruined the movie for me. It was almost juvenille. Grown men fighting wizards and dragons and monsters, just didn't appreciate it.Bob Mayo, on the keyboards. Bob Mayo. -
I know I'm in the wrong thread for this, but I'm a big fan of the book, and of the films. I'm currently re-reading the book, and finding that the films really nailed it in a lot of ways. My only annoyances concern a couple of the changes made in the story in Two Towers, although I agree Faramir should have been tempted by the ring more as in the film, rather than his near-complete resistance in the book. That said, I'd just like to say that I think it's too bad some folks can't get into fantasy. It's just as worthy a form of escapism as any other genre of film, and it has some really true emotional moments, being an allegory of WWII. No matter what Tolkein says, it is that.
I never thought about it before, but, as stated by Sami, I too know a few people who did not like these films. One in particular is a snobby elitist when it comes to film, and he takes everything so seriously and has a real hard time letting loose and just having a good time. He feels the films lack any kind of emotional truth whatsoever. I whole-heartedly disagree. The story is anything but simple, however the films can't come close to conveying the history behind the world created by Tolkein, but they do a decent job in the visual representation of the different locations and the characterizations of the different races. Like I said, they got a lot right. Anyway, I'm sorry you guys aren't taken with these films.Current System:
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I agree, fantasy is a wholey respecteable film genre. As I said before, I actually like the Harry Potter series very much.
Do I sound hypocritical by saying that LOTR is juvenille, but say I also like Harry Potter? Yes, I do. I wonder myself what the hell I'm talking about.
But the fact remains. I like the H. Pot series because on some childish level, I find it very entertaining. The LOTR, on the other hand, is boring & childish on a level I just am not into.
I've made the analogy before, but I'll say it again. LOTR is very "video game-ish" to me. (I'm not stupid, I realize the books LOTR movies were based off of were written well before video games became popular) I was not into fantasy video games when I was younger, nor am I into them now. I was more into sports and racing games. Thus, LOTR, with it's "video game-ish" feel (to me) is just not my bag of chips.
I also feel that the argument tying the "read the books" theory is invalid. They made the movies, the movies should be able to stand on their own two feet. I do not feel you should have to have prior knowledge (from the books) to understand & enjoy the movies. You guessed it, I never read the books!! I shouldn't have to. The movies should be watchable without the books. To me, they are not.
One last point, I'm very much enjoying the discussion in this thread. Glad to see we are all accepting each other points of view. Lets continue to keep this from turning into a flame war.Bob Mayo, on the keyboards. Bob Mayo. -
I agree to some extend. While it is hard to get a very complicated story into a movie AND have a lot of action as well, LOTR was lacking too much for a trilogy. I especially was left missing a more sinister story, this felt like you said, like it was more for kids.Originally posted by gmorris
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my comments about the books were not a defense of the movies, only a possible explanation of why maybe some people liked it more than others. if anyone ever made a movie requiring the American public to actually read a book beforehand to fully appreciate it, they would be sorely disappointed. would never work.
as for the whole "video game-ish" comment, I can only say that the Harry Potter movies are MUCH more perfectly setup for video games. In each and every movie there is one big "enemy" or "mystery" that needs to be defeated solved. Also each and every book/movie in that series is very able to stand on it own. They have a very distinct beginning, build up, and finale. I can't imagine someone going into the theater to see the Two Towers, having no knowledge of what happens in the first movie/book and actually enjoying it. There is just too much missing.
Again, I'm not defending the movies at all. I think people are more than justified in hating any type genre they want. There are genres that I hate. Does that mean every movie in those genres completely suck? No. -
Where the hell were you guys when I started THIS THREAD ? Damn I hated the LOTR movies. I did like the action sequences, but the plot stringing them together was inanane, sophomoric and dull. I know that these books put together the character archetypes for the fantasy world to come, but can't they do a little better than the stereotypical characters, and make them interesting? I really, really wanted the hobbits to be napalmed by the end of the 3rd movie. Two birds with one stone: Get rid of all hobbits and another action scene.There are two ways to argue with women. Both of them are wrong.
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Kingkip, farkin' A. I just read the first couple responses to your thr'd. You were quickly over run by LOTR lovers. It seems that this thr'd has enabled us LOTR haters to come out of the shadows....
We should all band together, and appoint the shortest & frailest of us as the leader. We will then obtain a majic wristwatch and go on a journey to New Zealand to get nachos & cheese.:p Bob Mayo, on the keyboards. Bob Mayo.
