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I do go back and forth between loving the grandiose conflicts of the latter two films and the more grounded, adventurous smaller scope of Fellowship.

The Hollywoodisms that add not much were bound to be in there but the world building aspects that capture your imagination were present throughout the trilogy.

Its underappreciated how incredibly hard it undoubtedly was to make those books as linear and cohesive as PJ did and they did a great job editing what was shot too, as many of the extended version scenes would've watered down the enjoyment of them in theater (imo). Most other directors in his place would not have been able to create something that worked on screen that well from such a complex mess of character plots, backstories, lore and appendices.

In film format, things have to be simplified, even dumbed down rather significantly to create a chronological plot that spans a reasonable amount of time.

They are two pretty different formats of storytelling that don't translate seamlessly.