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weebeardedman t1_iycp4cm wrote

Reply to comment by BenefitPale in Someone explain me why LOTR movies are so highly regarded by BenefitPale

I disagree here. I love reading, I hate the lotr books, I love the trilogy (but really only the extended versions).

I like the lotr trilogy for the same reason I like the og star wars trilogy - the characters have iconic voices/presences with amazing music composition that lend to background noise/comfort watching. I think they are fantastic movies, for a bunch of reasons (I still think they are respectively the best fantasy/sci-fi fi movie trilogy to be released) but I think their strength is their "audio"

That being said - if it's not something you grew up with, it ain't gonna hit the same

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BenefitPale OP t1_iycq4i8 wrote

I guess your last line could be one of the reasons why it didn't hit for me as it did for other people. I didn't grew up with it like HP but yeah i loved the costumes and background scores.

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weebeardedman t1_iycr14h wrote

Yea.. like I usually am never In a "I'm bored, I'm gonna watch the lotr trilogy!" mood - it's almost always a "I have a 102 degree fever, I'm barely coherent, PUT MAH SHOW ON"

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