Best Lord of the Rings film

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curl-6 said:

shikamaru317 said:

I find The Hobbit movies to be criminally underrated. Yes, they have issues, such as many of the dwarf characters lacking the charisma of the main LOTR characters, and the over-reliance on CGI for the battle scenes, but aside from those issues the movies are very good. The action scenes are still excellent even if they rely on CGI too much, Gandalf is still great, Radagast is great, Martin Freeman is fantastic as Bilbo, Cumberbatch is fantastic as Smaug, Legolas is fantastic as always, I like the new Elf girl they added who wasn't in the book as well as the love story they came up with for her and Kili, I like how they managed to work Saruman and Galadriel into the movies (who also weren't in the book).

It sometimes feels like The Hobbits' only real crime was simply not being God tier like LOTR, if people wouldn't compare them so much they'd see that they're still very good movies in their own right. I feel the same way about the Star Wars prequels and Harry Potter prequels though, fans of all 3 series seem to get way to judgy about the prequels that came afterward. I thoroughly enjoyed The Hobbit, the Star Wars prequels, and the first 2 Fantastic Beasts movies so far. 

That's a fair point, even as someone who didn't love them, the Hobbit films definitely have some strong qualities. I just can't help but compare them to the films they share a universe with, and Jackson's Lucas-esque tendencies in the latter trilogy rubbed me the wrong way.

I'll tag this as it will address both comments.

Agree underrated, and I also agree probably should have been 2 movies hence why I felt the first one was great and then it went down from there.