• egrets@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    The article now has 15 ways. Some are valid complaints, some are nonsense, almost none are actually about it aging poorly.

    Their list
    1. No female main characters interact throughout the trilogy
    2. It is implied that every orc and goblin is evil
    3. Frodo’s reunion with the Fellowship is ultimately underwhelming
    4. The movies lack diversity
    5. The story takes a while to get started
    6. Some main characters lack agency
    7. The heroes seem invincible
    8. Some characters show up momentarily
    9. Certain visual effects look clunky
    10. Elijah Wood’s acting in some scenes is awkward
    11. It will inevitably be rebooted
    12. The Hobbit trilogy condenses the timeline of the LOTR trilogy
    13. Important scenes are missing in the theatrical cuts
    14. Major characters like Tom Bombadil and Glorfindel are cut from the films
    15. Return of the King fades out four separate times
    • OpenStars@discuss.onlineEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Omg these sound ridiculous.

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      2. They were literally created and indoctrinated from birth to be thus, that kind of brainwashing is most effective

      3. THEY ARE LITERALLY DIFFERENT SPECIES

      #11 takes the piss though, bc that is true of every successful movie series, though notably it is mainly for successful rather than unsuccessful ones… 😜

    • Bubs@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      1. That’s a fair point. I would love to see some side stories about something like defecting orcs, or just a friendly orc living in a cabin in the forest.

      2. Yeah. Such a hard thing to avoid unless you want to kill off a lot of characters. I would say that Borimir is the only main character that dies in my mind.

      3. This 100%. Watching the 4K versions really shows some of the terrible (by today’s standards) CGI and green screens. Lot less noticable on DVD.

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      12·
      2 days ago

      The only one that always leaps out at me is the cave troll, which gets positively video-gamey in a handful of shots.

      • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Remember the barrel scene from Hobbit movies? It’s very videogamey but honestly one of the most fun and memorable scenes in that failure of a movie trilogy loosely based on Tolkien’s works

      • Nythos@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        21·
        2 days ago

        The ent attack on Isengard shows its age if I remember correctly but it’s not wildly egregious