I once saw a list of “things to say during a LOTR screening”. Sadly the only one I remember is: when the Ents are marching to war, stand up and shout “run forrest, run!”
“Why are the hobos so small?”
“Is there plumbing in these holes?”
“I think Dumbledore would kick his ass.”
Tell them this is the second best Sci-Fi/Fantasy movie you’ve seen.
When they ask for the first best, tell them “Eragon”
I loved Eragon as a kid. I read all the books in release. The movie was so embarrassingly bad even for my ten year self.
I honestly liked the books too. But I also know they aren’t exactly literary masterpieces and I had to think of something to juxtapose against LOTR :) … and then there’s the movies 😵
Why has nobody ever made a good movie out of those books?
Interrupt 5 minutes into Fellowship during Isildur’s death scene throwing your hands up in the air saying “I’m sorry, I’m having trouble suspending disbelief here. Isildur, supposedly descended from the bloodline of Númenor, was taken in and controlled by a ‘dollar store’ knock off of Celebrimbor’s craftsmanship? Come on! I can’t watch this garbage any longer.”
Wait until it’s quiet. And then: “Oh, I get it! It’s like Game of Thrones for babies!”
All your bad guys die and good guys survive
You can tell what’s gonna happen from page and age five!
“A dwarf and elf in love? See! It’s just like the Hobbit movies.”
“Is the Balrog like Smaug?”
“Is Aragorn supposed to be Bard’s son?”
“So why are the elves tall? I thought elves were small.”
so, after the nine-hour New Zealand travel documentary, can we now watch LotR?
LOL! Oh, that’s just cruel. I love it!
What’s the turmoil exactly? The Hobbit movies were advertised as prequels (and way overblown, sadly).
Calling it the Sequels implies that The Hobbit is the Originals, which is typically considered superior in many canons, versus the more popular mindset of LOTR being the Original and then The Hobbit the afterthought Prequels
