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Originally Posted by djsFlames
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.
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The maybe odd thing for me is I didnt care about the parts Jackson clearly cut out for cost and running time, I was ok with that, I could even have ignored the areas where he rewrote the story for effect, it was the constant dumbing down and playing for laughs that ruined it for me, of course that was just a forshadowing of the complete butchers he made of the hobbit, I cant even watch that it so bad.