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That's fine, I however prefer plots that make sense but that's just me.
I thought Part I was OK but not great, I enjoyed the scene with Bilbo and Smaug but that's about it. The CGI was sh!t.
Yes, I understand when adapting a novel you have to make changes, what works in one medium may not work in another. But the changes should make sense, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is a great example of a film that deviated from its source material for the better, LOTR and The Hobbit are not.
Naw both LOTR and The Hobbit were just one film that were sliced up into 3 segments.
Then they shouldn't have introduced the subplots at all if they didn't have the time to follow through with them. (Denethors insanity, Eowyn/Faramir's romance, etc.) or better yet they should have just not bothered with the whole Arwyn subplot which out of line 1200 pages of book takes up maybe a paragraph. Yes I am all for strong female characters but this subplot was very poorly done and pretty much fell flat on its stupid face.
Now if you enjoy the LOTR film then that's great I am happy for you but let's be honest it didn't do the book justice.
As for the Hobbit movie, I didn't really like it.
I shouldn’t have to watch the extended version, the theatrical version shouldn’t have all these plot holes. If I have to watch an extended version or read the book to make sense of it then the film doesn’t stand on its own . One of the many problems this film has is it starts subplots but then it only half asses them so it ends up not making any sense
The joke was funny at first but I'll admit about halfway through it started to get a little old. I still like Final Sequence but the first two are better.
Eh I think this is probably the weakest out of the three but it does have a few memorable lines:
Bill Boss: "Your whining makes my dick even harder, revenge is so sweat, take it in your sleep"
Bill Boss: "What's the ape n--ger's masturbation arm" Dwight: "He's right handed sir"
Bill Boss (to the man with the stoma): "My friend you don't match, take it f-cking personally"
And I find the idea that Dwight has to explain the concept of the Human Centipede to Bill Boss (who is played by Dieter Laser) hilarious.
Well I don't consider LOTR to be a trilogy and neither did Tolkein, it's just one story that was broken up into three pieces, you can do that with any film. But yes the film had problems as there are so many things that just don't make sense:
1) The film never explains why Denethor was so crazy, it made sense in the book but no sense in the movie
2) The romance between Eowyn and Faramir came out of nowhere but if you read the book it makes sense
3) Legolas says the Stars are veiled yet I can see plenty of stars in the background, just bad writing
4) The entire subplot with Arwyn was beyond unnecessary, it should have been given the due attention it was given in the book which was pretty much just one sentence.
5) What Peter Jackson did to the Army of the Dead I will never forgive, it was a complete cop out
6) No Battle of the Shire
7) Merry and Pippin who were a couple of badasses in the book were reduced to comic relief
8) No Tom Bombidail (spelling?)
9) Merry being able to harm the Witch King makes no sense whatsoever yet again if you read the book it does make sense. The way things play out in the movie it literally seems like Eowyn was able to kill the Witch King because of girl power
10) Saurman gets the lamest conclusion out of any villain I have ever seen (and yes to all of you DKR haters I am including Miranda Tate).
And that's just the beginning of this films problems. I guess if this had been a completely original work it would have been decent but it's based on one of the greatest novels ever and turned it into a joke.
I didn't think any of them were good but I will say the 3rd segment was the weakest. Leaving out the Battle of the Shire was the biggest slap in the face to anyone who respects the source material.
It had it's dumb moments but it's far from awful.