Lord of the rings is shit

3 years ago by ProfessorFlaw to c/unpopularopinion

Its very boring, the films are too long and i have originally no idea how some people can have a yearly lotr marathon.

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gamer 14 points 3 years ago

LOTR is great. It’s pretty much the template of every single fantasy story written since the 20th century.

The Peter Jackson films are probably the best adaptation of any novel ever made, but with as long as they are, they’re TikTok videos compared to the books in the universe. Know that if you ever read any of them (the Hobbit is a great and short start btw), those fantasy tropes you see are coming straight from the source. Those greedy dwarves obsessed with gold were invented by Tolkien’s creative (and somewhat antisemitic) brain.

…btw, I assume you’re referring to the original Peter Jackson films. Saying that you don’t like the Hobbit film trilogy is not an unpopular opinion at all. In that case, I think the films were longer than the book lol

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ProfessorFlaw -1 points 3 years ago

I listened to the first one as a 30 hour audio book, it was so boring and i always hoped smth would come but nothing, just boring

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drdiemz 1 point 3 years ago

I mean the first one is boring, but it had to be to set everything up for the second two, which are much more exciting

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