• invisiblegorilla@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I walked out of the first lord of the rings an hour and a Half in when it was still character building. I mentioned to my gf at the time and she said it’ll prob be 3 years before the second part and 6+ for the third. And no, obviously I never read The books.

    I hate watching series waiting a week between cliffhangers… Couldn’t care less to wait years… Still haven’t caught up.

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      3 months ago

      They came out in 2001, 2002, and 2003 which was a cinematic triumph at the time because he secured funding and filming rights to film all three movies at the same time.

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        3 months ago

        Oh… Well still wasn’t in the mood to wait. I’m not a fantasy fan tbh.

        Has to be said though. Knocking out 9+ hours of movies over 3 years is a pretty incredible feat.

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          3 months ago

          Everyone has preferences, but you’ve done yourself a disservice not going back and finishing. OP’s right calling them a cinematic triumph.

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          @invisiblegorilla they filmed all three at the same time, they had multiple second unit directors.

          That’s why the actors don’t age between movies, there’s a seamless progression.

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      3 months ago

      I get it not being your cup of tea, I just don’t really know why you walked in in the first place. That series was exactly as advertised.