The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and The Hobbit Trilogy now in 4K
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Lord of the Rings, both theatrical and extended cuts are now out on 4K Blu Ray. Both editions have also had their digital versions upgraded to 4K/Dolby Vision/Dolby Atmos on the major digital platforms (iTunes, Google Store etc.) - so if you previously owned them digitally, you don't have to buy them again.
The Hobbit has also seen the same treatment.
The 4K releases are being very well received across the board from reviewers.
*At this time there is a "glitch" with the 4K digital release of Return of the King (Extended Edition) where it hasn't been upgraded/made available yet. All other movies have been upgraded.
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This movie was so incredibly well made it holds up all these years later. Only the Gollum CGI looks dated, but it's hardly jarring or out of place.
It's because so much of it was done with practical effects. I don't even think the Gollum stuff looks that bad. The Watcher in the Water... less so.
I'm glad those movies got made before everything went fully CGI, even though there are many things I wish they'd done differently with them.
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If you want to see the downside of relying on CGI too much, look no further than the Hobbit movies. Made a decade after the LotR trilogy and they look much worse.
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If you want to see the downside of relying on CGI too much, look no further than the Hobbit movies. Made a decade after the LotR trilogy and they look much worse.
The river-barrel scene, and the escape from the goblin caves were ridiculous - like watching someone play Donkey Kong.
The river-barrel scene, and the escape from the goblin caves were ridiculous - like watching someone play Donkey Kong.
The goblin caves scene really bugged me. Instead of the logical layout of a number of tunnels linked together we are supposed to believe the goblins somehow hollowed out the entire mountain then built a series of Rube Goldberg style wooden structures?
It takes a brilliant intense chapter from the book and made it a silly over the top CGI set piece. After this scene I was official over the Hobbit films.
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I watch the extended editions about once a year on bluray. So damn good.
As far as CGI goes, the only scenes that were noticeable to me were the Treebeard scenes in TT. I've always felt those scenes looked a bit odd and the battle at Isengard has always looked a bit off. Far from bad though and still better than a lot more modern CGI.
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I think LOTR to me is what the original Star Wars trilogy was to most people. I was born in 83 so I grew up during the aftermath of the SW craze and obviously was a super fun at a young age, but missed the initial buzz/experience of seeing them in the theater.
For LOTR though I was in my early college days when your friends are your family and we had a ton of fun with this trilogy. Back then you actually had to wait in line for tickets still, at least at my theater, so I remember skipping class to get there for when they opened, lined up already.
Those movies are a comfort movie for me for sure. As much as I hate to admit it, you can shave a ton of time off the viewing if you watch the Frodo/Sam free version. Basically you just skip all of their parts up to Osgiliath and then after till mount doom.
I own the original DVD extended editions but will most likely pick up some sort of box set of the 4K once it goes on sale.
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Those movies are a comfort movie for me for sure. As much as I hate to admit it, you can shave a ton of time off the viewing if you watch the Frodo/Sam free version. Basically you just skip all of their parts up to Osgiliath and then after till mount doom.
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and The Hobbit Trilogy now in 4K
