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Casting choices and politics aside, the intro was weak, the story lacked grip and the characters were all unlikable. It doesn't even feel like Tolkien. As a hug
by pharos92 4y ago
Casting choices and politics aside, the intro was weak, the story lacked grip and the characters were all unlikable. It doesn't even feel like Tolkien. As a huge Tolkein fan, it feels like yet another betrayal (just like The Hobbit movies). I'll give it the benefit of doubt for another episode or two, and if it fails to improve I'll give up.
- dmix 4y ago> (just like The Hobbit movies) This is a good point. Everyone is saying people just expected Peter Jackson movies and got disappoint... but the Hobbit series was PJ and had a significant amount of negative reviews. Especially the further it got into the series, particularly by diehards. For ex: this imdb page has plenty of 1 and 10s, just like the new show but you can't simply dismiss it all as culture war nonsense like people are trying to do this time around https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2310332/reviews?ref_=tt_urv https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2310332/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
- midoridensha 4y agoEven Peter Jackson can't make a worthy successor to the Peter Jackson LotR movies. If he can't pull it off, how can anyone else be expected to achieve that level of greatness? Maybe people should just re-adjust their expectations and stop expecting a cinematic masterpiece. We got lucky with LotR, and honestly, FotR because the successor movies in that trilogy (particularly the last one) weren't as good as the first.
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