Before you get mad at me, when was the last time you watched it?
- Dialogue is mediocre
- story left me indifferent
- characters are one dimensional
- there are no surprises
- the world is cool tho
- and my god are they crying a lot while carrying that MF to that Volcano 🌋
The best thing I can say about this movie trilogy is that it is kinda comfy
The soundtrack is also amazing. But yeah, the movies did the characters dirty. And it’s not like the character building is particularly compelling in the books to begin with, it’s very much a “the good guys are good and triumph over the bad guys who are evil because they’re evil” kind of story.
I’d argue the movies went a long way to humanize the characters and make them more nuanced, like Aragorn doubting himself, Gandalf worried he’s sent Frodo to his death, Faramir Sam and Aragorn all being more tempted by the ring then they were in the books, etc. Aragorn in particular is much more compelling in the movies imo.