The Lord of the Rings Collection
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Director Peter Jackson’s film trilogy based on the famous J.R.R Tolkien novels.
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I don't even care anymore.
I don't care that the eagles could have flown them to Mordor.
I don't care about all the blatant Christian undertones.
I don't care that it's kind of racist.
I don't care.
I don't care because this trilogy is so fucking beautiful that it makes my eyes hurt.
The music is beautiful, the cinematography is beautiful, the characters are beautiful, the battle scenes are beautiful, even the Blu-Ray box set cover art is beautiful. Everything is goddamn gorgeous.
Fuck.
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"Those fucking Hobbit movies were boring as hell. All it was was a bunch of people walking. THREE movies of people walking to a fucking volcano. Here's the first movie... *walks*... and here's the second movie... *walks...stumbles...keeps walking*.. You ready for the third movie? *walks...FINALLY dumps ring in volcano...walks away* Even the fucking trees walked in those movies."
-Randal in Clerks 2
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Arguably the greatest trilogy of all time. Everything about these movies are beyond incredible. The effects are spectacular. The scope and ambition is huge. The performances are terrific. The characters are all memorable and well developed. The story is filled with depth and emotion. The fantasy is rich and mesmerizing. The battles scenes are awe inspiring. The score is haunting, epic, and beautiful. These are the perfect examples of big budget blockbusters done right. Some of the most epic cinema I've ever seen.
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If anyone knows anything about Tolkien they will know that these films (including The Hobbit trilogy) certainly will not be the only time Middle Earth will appear on screen. I predict that the LOTR trilogy is just the tip of the ice berg and there will be many more films to come. No matter what happens to Middle Earth over the following decades the LOTR trilogy sets an extraordinary high standard.
I love these movies! Mainly because the task of putting these epic books onto screen and making it work is a monumental achievement. I'm currently over half way through reading The Two Towers and the scenery in the books at times is not easily to mentally visualise. So how Jackson managed to make the films look so amazing is nothing short of genius.
A triumph of film making!
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These films are good. Very good, in fact. They are well made, the acting's good, the special effects are good, the storyline is good. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed these films. But even so, I can recognise that they are good, not great. I'm sorry if you think the Lord of the Rings trilogy are the finest films ever made, but they're not. They're above average, they're enjoyable, but they ARE overrated. They are hyped up and hyped up to the point where they simply can't live up to the expectation. And, to be honest, it was like watching the same film 3 times. They can tend to drag sometimes, in places.
I repeat, that is not to say…
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I sincerely wish that I hadn't been so young when these films came out, because there is nothing that I would want more than to gaze upon the beauty of these films on a large screen. These films comprise what is arguably the greatest trilogy of all time, and each component has earned its place amongst the finest films ever made. This is everything that a sprawling, epic, fantasy series should be (or fantasy film, if you choose to judge the films as one entity).
Though the films do have some minor snags, every element brought forward is basically flawless. Every single performance was brilliant, especially the performances of the members of the Fellowship, who all brought their characters to…
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Look, I don't usually like to do a review of a whole trilogy. A movie should stand on it's own merits. Yet for the necessity of doing an all time favorite list, I put all the films together.
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These films are good. Very good, in fact. They are well made, the acting's good, the special effects are good, the storyline is good. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed these films. But even so, I can recognise that they are good, not great. I'm sorry if you think the Lord of the Rings trilogy are the finest films ever made, but they're not. They're above average, they're enjoyable, but they ARE overrated. They are hyped up and hyped up to the point where they simply can't live up to the expectation. And, to be honest, it was like watching the same film 3 times. They can tend to drag sometimes, in places.
I repeat, that is not to say…
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The genius of Peter Jackson. Movie magic.
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After much persuasion from my boyfriend, we finally sat down to watch the extended editions of all three films, one after the other. It took us little over twelve hours. Worth every second, I love them. Now planning a LOTR-themed drinking game for the summer.
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Not actually a rewatch, only a confession. After some time pretending to love LOTR I would actually go on and say it even if most people will disagree: I dont think LOTR deserves all its praise.
Yesterday I found myself posting LOTR stuff in my Tumblr and I thought "what am I doing with my life?"
I actually like it, the special effects, the fantasy of how is it called? Mordor? and all that stuff, but overall there isnt much to it. 10 freaking hours of walking, fighting, and one thousand epilogues.
To quote Clerks: "Here´s the first movie *walks* and here the second one *walks and trips* You ready for the third movie? *walks, stops, throws the ring into…
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Overrated.
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must watch
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Simply awesome!
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There are dozens of other reviews of these films, either as a trilogy or as individual pictures. I humbly offer one particular comparison not often made contrasting the Tolkien books and the Peter Jackson films.
In the books, Tolkien, a devout Catholic, implied a spiritual, specifically Christian world view in Middle Earth. Actor Andy Serkis (Gollum) has made statements to the effect that one of the things he likes about the Shire was that it has no churches. I wish to offer one of the more important moments in Tolkien’s story as a rebuttal. The scene of Gandalf’s fight against the Balrog in Moria is linked directly to Tolkien’s other works. Literally, Gandalf is saying, “I am a servant of…