Tolkien estate apparently did not like the movies. So we must needs wait for the copyright expiration before we can expect the movie of Berenice and Lúthien, the woman who entered Sauron’s tower full of werewolves and vampires. So , what’s that, 1973+70 years? 90 years? More!? Ask yourself: do you want copyright to be extended? Fuck that shit.
@kensanata to be fair, Peter Jackson is a good argument for the abolition of cinema
@nautilee @kensanata I have yet to inflict those on myself. I am hoping they are are least entertaining, as a train wreck can be.
@mona @kensanata I mean they're not unwatchable by any means but they're too busy going Hey Look We're LOTR Movies! than standing on their own... and they feel rushed.
@nautilee @kensanata heh. my point is that the _first_ three Jackson LOTR movies were too busy going Hey Look We're LOTR Movies to bother with any sort of fidelity or honor to the text, or even to ordinary workmanlike standards of film direction. they're loud, empty blockbusters
@mona @kensanata my pooint is that The Hobbit films are that but even worse... for a lot of reasons. For example: they wanted to film it at 48 FPS, which meant a lot of effects they used to decent enough effect in the first film wouldn't look right at the higher frame rate which meant more CGI... and they didn't give the CGI teams enough time to work... so there's some scenes you can just tell they didn't have the time to work on (the melting statue scene for the most glaring example). Like holy crap it's bad
@kensanata I really would like to know how a semi-competent director of cheap shockers, whose previous film was a turkey called "The Frighteners", managed to score the LOTR job. I'm guessing that Jackson was hired partly because of his weaknesses. He could be trusted to impress some personal flavor on the material, but wasn't in a strong enough position to compete for authorship of the project with the corporate interests who were the real motive force behind turning Tolkien into a shitty action trilogy.
@mona I think it’s great when people get given chances even if they didn’t work their way up the ranks. You don’t like the movies and I do, that’s fine, too. It is a bit tiresome to keep hearing other people say how shitty one’s taste is, though. Let’s wait for some other topic to talk about?
@kensanata of course. *bows* forgive me. I have strong feelings about seeing a childhood source of inspiration handled so...but it is the way of the world, and there are other stories to tell.
@mona @kensanata I'd argue the hobbit movies are a lot bigger argument than the LOTR trilogy, in that regard. Butchered the... everything.