nightm4re 65 points 3 years ago

In a parallel universe, people are watching LotR movies one at a time, and not the entire extended trilogy in one go. Pathetic.

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scrubbles 19 points 3 years ago

my mother in law does this! Drives me insane! "I just wanted to watch the two towers". That's IT? You didn't feel the drive to immediately start RotK?

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Dindonmasker 15 points 3 years ago

I watch them backwards starting from battle of the five armies.

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SomeBoyo 14 points 3 years ago

I usually only watch the parts, where Legolas talks to Frodo.

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Viking_Hippie 12 points 3 years ago

First I watch the scenes with hobbits but not Frodo. Then I watch the scenes with Frodo but no other hobbits. Then I watch the scenes with Frodo and Bilbo but not Gandalf. Then I watch the scenes with dwarves and without Boromir. Then I seek psychiatric help.

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Zagorath 5 points 3 years ago

To be fair, that's a little like how the books are structured once the Fellowship breaks up. Book 3 is entirely following the Three Hunters, Merry, & Pippin. Then book 4 gives us Frodo & Sam. Book 5 returns to what Aragorn, Gandalf et al. are doing in Rohan & Gondor. The book 6 starts with Frodo & Sam in Mordor and their rescue from it. Then returns for the hobbits' return trip to the Shire and the Scouring, and the denouement.

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And009 3 points 3 years ago

I kept falling asleep they first 4 times, now it's second nature

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state_electrician 54 points 3 years ago

I once watched the extended cut in a cinema, all in one sitting. If I remember correctly, we started at 9 in the morning and went home after 10 in the evening. It was really cool. There weren't many people attending. We got Chinese takeout in between and ate it during the second one, the cinema didn't care about people bringing in food. Some people a few rows away looked at us annoyed. Might've been the smell, but I think they were just jealous that we had real food.

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Acronychal 51 points 3 years ago

It was definitely the smell. Broke their immersion, as Chinese food is not lore friendly. Right?

Next time bring some baked goods and people can pretend they're smelling Lembas bread.

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OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe 20 points 3 years ago

Nah, if anything, we get to Eowyn's soup and that just became a 4d experience.

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rmuk 3 points 3 years ago

You just reminded me of that copypasta that people used to post on R😫dd🤮t, ranting about the stew scene.

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nitefox 2 points 3 years ago

Sauce

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DontRedditMyLemmy 12 points 3 years ago

Po-tay-toes!

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solarvector 17 points 3 years ago

It actually works great as a mini series if you watch it like a TV show over a week or weekend.

Also, if you can find the Hobbit fan edit called 'M4', that's actually worth adding into the marathon.

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Telodzrum 7 points 3 years ago

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theworstshepard 14 points 3 years ago

Yeah, they really went all out on the M4, loads of thought and time went into it.

Much better than the other one, I felt they only made a Tolkein effort.

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Nouveau_Burnswick 12 points 3 years ago

I felt they only made a Tolkein effort.

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solarvector 4 points 3 years ago

Sorry, that one I'm not familiar with. Probably similar goals, although I think M4 is supposed to be one of the most ambitious. It certainly radically changed the tone and pacing. I didn't even bother finishing the original trilogy when it came out I found them so disappointing and generally boring.

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Zagorath 4 points 3 years ago

Out of interest does M4 cut it down to only the content from the book, or does it keep the White Council & Dol Guldur storyline?

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GenderNeutralBro 1 point 3 years ago

The only way I'll ever watch the theatrical release again is if it's re-released in HFR 3D. Watching them in that form was amazing, even though the movies themselves were not good.

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Blackmist 1 point 3 years ago

I wasn't super keen. HFR is a real double edged sword. It makes everything look more realistic, but unfortunately what you're looking at is Martin Freeman in rubber feet.

Shame you can't watch at home though. 3D HFR may be dead on TVs, but VR headsets have been around a while now. If I can watch 60fps 3D 180° porn livestreamed from Eastern Europe, I'm pretty sure a multi-billion dollar corporation could figure it out as well to let me watch a movie.

And none of it helps me look past the fact that the movies were gash.

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Zagorath 2 points 3 years ago

The Tolkien edit removes the White Council & Dol Guldur storyline, right? Or am I thinking of something else?

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synae 5 points 3 years ago

To be honest it's not that extra storyline that ruins it for me, it's the awful cgi, pacing, and those assholes in Laketown.

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Zagorath 5 points 3 years ago

Yeah I agree completely. I actually view the removal of the White Council storyline as a negative. Adapting The Hobbit as a book on its own was never on the table, and giving us more detail about what was going on concurrently with it was a great idea. The execution wasn't great, although in my opinion this part of it is actually executed quite well.

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Telodzrum 2 points 3 years ago

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Zagorath 3 points 3 years ago

Yeah that's a shame. That's one bit that honestly was a good move from the original movie. The adaptation of the parts that are in the book was awful, but adding the extra context was a fantastic creative decision.

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