Hollywood's spent 25 years chasing the wrong lessons from The Lord of the Rings
HelloUsername
11 points
9 comments
July 05, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
lanstin
Bad movies, for example the Hobbit after the LoTR always amaze me as a human endeavor. So many smart people working together, organized, talented, funded, etc., can still make a really awful movie. It's so interesting.
pshirshov
We live in the times when Jackson's LoTR, which was not faithful to the source, is considered a gold standard of "humanity"?
Gee101
I will watch any movie or genre where it has a good story and character development. Why don't they focus on this more?