Lord of the Rings deppreciation thread

[Random Female]

Originally posted by I_was_aborted


Do you even like the Fantasy genre? I think people dismiss the film just because its not about some depressed chick or a mid life crisis doesn't mean it isn't as well made as the other films. Don't let your opinion on the subject skew your opinion on the quality of the film making.

I loved the books. I liked the first two movies, but the third one simply didn't have any punch at all for me. It seems silly that they would award the third best film when the first two were so much better (imho). I seriously almost left because i was so bored.

and, really. Let's not talk about the quality of the moviemaking. Aside from its technical feat -- camera, sound, graphics etc, the movie really didn't have much. There's a reason no one was nominated in the acting category for that movie. They had the good story, yeah, but it became such a sweeping epic that it was hard for me to give a damn about anything at all except for the pretty screen.

[Random Female]

I guess what bums me out is this: The Academy Awards are consistently swayed by which movies were popular according to the American public rather than having some relatively objective list of things to look for when judging the movie. Look what happened in the past. SHakespeare in Love was up against Saving Private Ryan, Life is Beautiful, and the Thin Red Line. The first movie was a cute romantic comedy while the rest dealt with issues that are impossible to deal with without the aid of art in a wonderful manner.

The Titanic won.

Gladiator won. Do I need to say more?

[I_was_aborted]

I still thought it was an excellent movie. I thought that the 3rd was the most entertaining actually. Oh well.....everyone never agrees on one thing.