I'm mostly a sci-fi and dystopia person when it comes to the major franchises, so I never managed to get into LoTR when it was initially hitting cinemas. I attempted the books a few years later and became convinced that maybe fantasy isn't my thing. I often made fun of it just being about walking trees for three hours.I just watched the trilogy now, thanks to the lockdown and Netflix, and I am positively blown away by what was achieved here. Peter Jackson's adaptation almost sounds mad when I realise what he and his team actually had to do. For such a vast story to be told in such a concise and well-produced way is incredible. The thing that really struck me is how important character was, and how expertly it was developed throughout the trilogy. My idiot former self thought that it would mostly be dragons and battles but I found myself fully invested in their growth and how Sam's friendship and loyalty tugged at my heartstrings. That even the supporting characters were so pivotal to the plot, as opposed to being cannon fodder was genuinely impressive. No minute of screen time felt wasted or undeserved. I have not seen any other adaptation of a fantasy work which handled all of its moving parts so well and with so much respect.Beyond all of this, seeing where so many of these memes come from was like living through a hilarious history lesson. I could not help laughing during all of the quotable moments like Frodo's 'keep your secrets' and Gollum's 'give it to us raw and wriggling' among many others.I get it now. I get the franchise. Almost twenty years later. Treebeard was fucking metal. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/2Z00NqY
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