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[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 43 points 11 months ago

I don't think it's that big of a mystery. I'm sure it had a lot to do with him trying to turn The Hobbit into a new epic trilogy. It's a pretty short book, it really just needed one film. Also, the first one was terrible to the point that I never bothered watching the other two, and I love LOTR

[-] resketreke@kbin.social 11 points 11 months ago

I watched all three, and they were all terrible. I've watched the LOTR trilogy a few times, I've only watched The Hobbit trilogy once and I don't think I'm ever watching them again.

[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

There are a few fan edits that dump all the padding bullshit and the LOTR foreshadowing. The results is two Ok movies that follow the book quite well, still nowhere near LOTR but not the pile of shit the studio cuts are.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

We watched the six movies not that long ago and it was the first time my GF watched them and she really enjoyed the Bilbo movies but couldn't wait to be done with LotR...

[-] 6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

Did you show her the extended lotr cuts or the original releases? Extended editions are better for telling closer to the whole story, but the originals are better films.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Extended and I guess you're right, even for me it felt like the movies didn't age that well

[-] 6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah the long cuts are for existing fans and are generally not good for first time viewing. I've made the same mistake for nearly two decades before I realized that. And Peter Jackson even says as much!

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