Re:‘Lord of the Rings’ at 20: Why It Was One of Hollywood’s ...
by panick21_ on Thursday December 16, 2021 @01:27AM
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> They are beautiful visually but fail on every level of storytelling.
Sure the movie that is closely based on one the most critically acclaimed and most sold stories in the world totally fails as story telling
> The movie lurched from set piece to set piece and lacked the connective tissue of storytelling.
Clearly you weren't paying attention.
> just elves walking
I really seems you were not paying attention.
> The world failed to establish any rules or explain itself adequately.
Its Epic Fantasy. Not like some modern fantasy where everything has to be based on quasi scientific rules. Not getting all the rules explained and discovering the world is part of the point.
> In the modern vernacular, the whole movie is payoffs with no setups.
I assume you were not watching the Extended Editions. There is plenty of setup there, but there is enough even in the cinematic edition (even when I haven't seen them in a decade).
Sure the movie that is closely based on one the most critically acclaimed and most sold stories in the world totally fails as story telling
> The movie lurched from set piece to set piece and lacked the connective tissue of storytelling.
Clearly you weren't paying attention.
> just elves walking
I really seems you were not paying attention.
> The world failed to establish any rules or explain itself adequately.
Its Epic Fantasy. Not like some modern fantasy where everything has to be based on quasi scientific rules. Not getting all the rules explained and discovering the world is part of the point.
> In the modern vernacular, the whole movie is payoffs with no setups.
I assume you were not watching the Extended Editions. There is plenty of setup there, but there is enough even in the cinematic edition (even when I haven't seen them in a decade).