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If I see any of the new LOTR trilogy, I have failed.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Dec 17 '14, 09:34

haven't seen #4 & 5 and quite honestly feel absolutely super about that.

#1-3 were mediocre enough.

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I watched the first LOTR flick and was smart enough to avoid the rest. -- nm - Krusty Dec 17, 09:38 39
- I watched the first one and enjoyed it. Watched the second one but do not remember it. A SS sent me the third one but I never got around to watching. - Ultron Dec 17, 09:43
- who are you people??? -- nm - groiny Dec 17, 09:38 37
  - I like my movies to be concise. The LOTR were the anti-concise. - Will Hunting Dec 17, 09:44 19
    - I dunno, man some of the best movies of all time are that long -- nm - con_carne Dec 17, 09:58 7
      - x3, though? -- nm - Ultron Dec 17, 10:02 1
        
        As someone else mentioned, it may be an issue with ROTK (but when you sweep the Oscars, who in the frig is counting?) -- nm - con_carne Dec 17, 10:04
      - movie length is not an issue for me, UNLESS it is not using the time wisely. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 17, 09:59 4
        
        Exactly. Which he did not. -- nm - Ultron Dec 17, 10:05 1
        
        I give him a pass on that. -- nm - groiny Dec 17, 10:07
        
        Some 90 minute movies seem like an eternity. -- nm - Shaun Dec 17, 10:00 1
        
        Exactly. And so many epic length films seem over in half as long -- nm - con_carne Dec 17, 10:03
    - Anti-concise = immersive experience. At least to me. - ReluctantYuleLog Dec 17, 09:54
    - I loved every minute of them. The length didn't bother me at all (though it has kept me from re-watching them from start to finish). I only saw the - pmb Dec 17, 09:50 1
      - the new one is only 2 hours and 25 minutes or so. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 17, 09:51
    - I agree that ROTK had so much wasted time, but the others, notsomuch. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 17, 09:46 7
      - RotK was the right balance of respecting the material and edits. - Mel Profit Dec 17, 10:04 1
        
        several sequences ran too long IMO, I still loved it, but it is true.... - groiny Dec 17, 10:06
      - The first two could have been combined for one movie, easily. -- nm - Ultron Dec 17, 09:48 4
        
        NO. You should have shaved 30 minutes out of the ROTK, easily, the first 2, were perfect. - groiny Dec 17, 09:50 1
        
        The extended edition Blu-rays are glorious. Even the packaging is epic. -- nm - Shaun Dec 17, 09:51
        
        Wrong. -- nm - Shaun Dec 17, 09:48 1
        
        Okay, all three could have been, then. -- nm - Ultron Dec 17, 09:50
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    - "The ring corrupts!" Yeah, we got it 2 hour ago.....move to the finish. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 17, 09:45
    - so factually inaccurate. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 17, 09:45 2
      - OK, six hours walking up, six hours walking down! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 17, 09:47
      - Right? Four little people walking up a hill is totally for him! -- nm - ty97 Dec 17, 09:45
  - People who don't want to be bored by films. -- nm - Krusty Dec 17, 09:40 6
    - I would think a dimebag and a LOTR flick would be the shit. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 17, 09:41 5
      - For a good nap, yes. I liked the books when I was a kid but that first film just bored me to death. -- nm - Krusty Dec 17, 09:45 1
        
        You read thru the absolute disaster named Tom Bombadil and thought the FOTR was boring?!!? - Shaun Dec 17, 09:46
      - "The finest weed in the South Farthing." - con_carne Dec 17, 09:44
      - Shrooms: "It all makes sense now." -- nm - budice Dec 17, 09:43 1
        
        I think that would be hell. It would make it seem twice as long, at least. -- nm - Ultron Dec 17, 09:44
  - People who don't like the LOTR trilogy are the same people who think puppies are ugly. -- nm - Shaun Dec 17, 09:39 2
    - Bad analogy for me. :-) - Krusty Dec 17, 09:41
    - #notallpuppies -- nm - Max Dec 17, 09:41
  - The are unhappy -- nm - amoxy Dec 17, 09:39 1
    - I liked LOTR 1,2,3 a lot. I haven't seen The Hobbit, but not for lack of interest. Just lack of time. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 17, 09:40

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