LOTR Series: Anybody else who couldn't care less?
I haven't seen either of the movies, and don't plan to. I really am not interested in the storyline, and all the popularity and hype behind it almost makes me want to turn away and ignore it. I'm even the same way with all things Harry Potter.
My friends (a couple who are big fans of LOTR) have a hard time understanding that. Anybody else here not interested in LOTR whatsoever? Do your friends/family not understand?
My friends (a couple who are big fans of LOTR) have a hard time understanding that. Anybody else here not interested in LOTR whatsoever? Do your friends/family not understand?
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Must get some laxatives
<strong>Personally, I think that the books were bad, some good concepts, but just not well written. The first movie which I did see, reflected the book very well, it wasn't very good. I'll probably end up seeing the second one too, friends are all into it and stuff. I like little independent movies.</strong><hr></blockquote>
And just what books would we be comparing them too?
<strong>Personally, I think that the books were bad, some good concepts, but just not well written. The first movie which I did see, reflected the book very well, it wasn't very good. I'll probably end up seeing the second one too, friends are all into it and stuff. I like little independent movies.</strong><hr></blockquote>
At a budget of US$310 million and backing by New Line Cinema, I don't think "little" or "independent" apply...
Books, well other, fantasy/magic books I have read include, The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind, which though they follow the same shallow fantasy plot line, are actually written very very well. And all the Raymond E. Feist books: He wrote all the Krodor books and magitiona, silverthorn and a darkness at sethanon. I think through my obsession with that series I read like 20 books in all. Anyway, comparring those two series and a few others like the golden compass.. . .I think that the LOTR series are really lame. although I like the talking trees.
now, if you had chosen an Ithaca ex-pat like Nabokov, I would trust you . . . however, I can't help but think that there is a little bit of the 'hunh . . .I disdain to regard what the throng doth enjoy . . .their piffles and worries" attitude in this whole thread. . .
I really hated the first one and couldnt be bothered with the other one either!
Cant stand Harry Potter (Wont even see it) nor could I really be bothered with James Bond!
That's okay, right?
I'll do the same with the new one, but I'll probably catch it in January, to let some of the crowds and stuff die down a bit.
Right now, with kids out on Christmas vacation and the movie being only a few days old, it's probably a complete zoo at the multiplex.
But no, I don't have any real "interest" in the story, the books, the author, the whole lore, etc. I don't even really know what it's about, other than some barefooted people are running around with a bad-ass ring for one reason or another.
By the way (at the risk of heresy), the FX in LOTR kick the hell out of "The Phantom Menace" and "Attack of the Clones". WAY more believable and not so "computer-y". I was very disappointed with some of the CG stuff in the two "Star Wars" prequels. Honestly, some of the scale models and the stop motion stuff from "The Empire Strikes Back" looks more believable (and holds up over time) better than much of what I saw in these two recent "Star Wars" movies.