Its very boring, the films are too long and i have originally no idea how some people can have a yearly lotr marathon.
Have to agree. I’m gen X and most of my gen loves 'em. I’ve always personally loved fantasy & science fiction. But both times I tried struggling my way through LotR it was like reading a dry, bland history textbook written my an academic in love with his own navel.
I also love Peter Jackson, but give me Brain Dead over any of the LotR films. They’re pretty, but BORING.
100% agree, saw one of them in the cinema with a friend in my 20’s and actually fell asleep which I have never done before or since.
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If only heard the first audiobook
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I have no idea what that means, i’m german and only heard the first one (translatet its something like “the followers” i guess it could be fellowship of the ring and is return of the king 1 2 or 3?
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Ah ok, what you say sounds good but the first one was so boring, that im scared to waste another 60 hours hearing the rest
The movies are pretty fast paced compared to the books. I’ve tried to read the books multiple times and can’t. I really like fantasy. I love a long book. Can’t read LoTR at all. The movies, however, are fantastic. They aren’t action packed like some today, but they are beautiful visually, the music is amazing, and the acting is excellent. You also don’t have to watch the extended version. That said, I know some people who think a two-hour movie is too long.
While I recognise the enormous impact and world building Tolkien created, he really couldn’t write for shit. The LOTR books are largely boring with small amounts of interesting stuff/action inbetween. Probably should have stuck to short for stuff like The Hobbit.
It’s not about the action, it’s about the world he created. Look at Dune, for example, that book is objectively boring, but the world Frank Herbert created is what makes it so fascinating
Dune is boring? Will, that’s a fresh perspective
It’s kind of boring. I’ve tried reading it and gave up. Now I’m 8 hours into the audiobook and it’s been like 6 days since I’ve put it on. I love the world of dune, but the story is very complex and expository. I wouldn’t describe Dune as a thrilling page turner, more of a space drama.
Personally, I love several pages on the specifics of how to rehabilitate a desert planet.
Well, that is the point of this community after all
I thought that once, but on rewatch my opinion changed. I love the trilogy, but it’s fine to dislike it.
LOTR is great. It’s pretty much the template of every single fantasy story written since the 20th century.
The Peter Jackson films are probably the best adaptation of any novel ever made, but with as long as they are, they’re TikTok videos compared to the books in the universe. Know that if you ever read any of them (the Hobbit is a great and short start btw), those fantasy tropes you see are coming straight from the source. Those greedy dwarves obsessed with gold were invented by Tolkien’s creative (and somewhat antisemitic) brain.
…btw, I assume you’re referring to the original Peter Jackson films. Saying that you don’t like the Hobbit film trilogy is not an unpopular opinion at all. In that case, I think the films were longer than the book lol
I listened to the first one as a 30 hour audio book, it was so boring and i always hoped smth would come but nothing, just boring
I mean the first one is boring, but it had to be to set everything up for the second two, which are much more exciting
What about Tom Bombadil? He’s the greatest thing since sliced bread friend…
Was that the guy with the beard?
Do you have any idea how little that narrows this down?
Idk, im not that smart
Lord of the rings or the Hobbit? The LOTR books are a slow burn, but the Hobbit is a much easier read. The first one I read was the Hobbit and I don’t think I’d have gotten into the trilogy without it.
Lotr the fellowship of the ring
Is that the whole book? Thank you, maybe ill give it a shot
It’s been my experience that LOTR is something you either like or dislike.
I only heard praise for it
I think that among film buffs that is true. Normies though don’t all like it. My brother hates it just because it’s fantasy. I know others who don’t like it because it’s long.
Are we back to ‘only nerds like fantasy’ again? Lord of the Rings was popular with just about everyone when it came out in theaters - shows were packed.
Then there’s Game of Thrones…
Yeah, that’s where I am at. Between LOTR, Harry Potter and Game of Thrones, fantasy is incredibly mainstream now.
Nothing screams middle-upper class, mid-30s suburban housewife more than fantasy-romance novels.
I like fantasie
It’s been my experience this is true of literally everything.
Most things actually have some grey areas. It may be just kind of meh and not necessarily a dislike.
I hate LOTR! I’ve never heard anyone else say that. Thank you for making me feel less alone!
I made the mistake of reading the books before watching the movies. Say what you want about JRRT being a world building genius, the books are dull as shit. They are the most boring thing I’ve ever read. I was an avid reader at the time and ended up skipping large portions of the books to try to find any plot.
Of course that ruined any chance of me enjoying the movies. I tried watching Fellowship but I went into it with such a negative opinion after the books that it was unwatchable.
I hate LOTR too. So now there’s three of us.
I love the movies from what I remember, but I watched them as a kid.
I also loved the Hobbit novel. But I have tried on at least three occasions to start the book trilogy to no avail. Not sure what exactly it was, but I usually get through the first chapter and then my interest just dies. Maybe I will try an audiobook version next time.
Man, all the comments in here about the “boring” songs and poetry … do yourself a favour and don’t ever even consider reading works like, oh, I don’t know, practically anything by Goethe, Schiller, or Shakespeare. Or from the other side of the world, the novel A Dream of Red Mansions. Or that Indian epic Mahabharata.
They’re not for short attention spans.
#metoo
Well that is an unpopular opinion. I think I might watch the extended editions this weekend now that you brought it up. Cheers!
Dude ROTK has like a whole hour of movie after the final battle lmao at some point it’s ridiculous
That’s how the books actually go tbf.
Exactly. Being close to pissing myself in the cinema due to the incessant false summit endings soured that film a bit. Rewatching the extended version at home was amazing though.
fades to black Oh that seems like kindof a weird place to end, just stuck on a rock in the lava field.
fades to black Oh okay, so it was just a little transition. Yeah makes sense for aragorn to be king.
fades to black Alright, this is getting weird. Sam and Frodo are back in the Shire and Sam’s going to ask this girl out now?
fades to black Jesus, I get it okay. Frodo is headed off to the undying lands, cool.
That’s my abiding memory of watching it at the cinema as well. God I needed a piss so much.
Totally true to the book in that regard, shit refused to end on any kind of high note.
The ring gets destroyed about halfway through the last book
The rest of the book is almost equally divided between Aragorn getting inaugurated, going back to Rivendale, the scouring of the shire, life in the shire afterwards, Frodo Bilbo and the elves going to the undying lands, and then the appendices lol
The ring is destroyed like halfway through the last book. Tolkien was really into worldbuilding, and he refused to let the ring be the end of it. He had to ramble for another half a book about the fallout afterwards. Aragon getting crowned king, Frodo getting banished to the Shadow Realm, some more politicking in Rivendell, and I think we hear a little bit about the elves too?
I’m also not a fan of the series, FWIW. I read the books. Gave them a fair chance. And fucking hated every minute of it, because I kept expecting it to get better. Because everyone loses their shit over it, so it has to get good eventually, right? I’m a massive fantasy nerd, but LOTR is just a slog.
He did the same thing with The Hobbit. Smaug dies like three quarters of the way through the book, and he doesn’t even get killed by one of the characters that we’ve been following for the entire fucking book. The main characters just sort of wait for him to leave the lair, then rummage through his pile of gold once he’s gone.
Don’t forget the part where they get back to the Shire and they fight off… just some dudes. Over some tobacco. They’ve fought orks, goblins, a giant spider and saved the fucking world. But their arc can’t be complete without fighting a couple guys in the woods I guess.
Thats the whole point of the sublemmy
Dunking on LotR, calling it a “sublemmy”, I see you and I respect your commitment to unpopularity.
Mhh yeah, i see you point
Oh, I know.
All the people of my generation (Millenials) absolutely love the ever loving shit out of LOTR but the new one, Gen Z, are more into Marvel and fast paced movies from what I’ve seen.
And that’s fine. I will keep that epic and timeless masterpiece for myself 🤷♂️
In fact, I think I’m gonna get high and watch all 3 movies tomorrow to start my vacation properly. Thanks for the reminder!
Yes i do think this tik tok destroyed brains have smth to do with it but i like old films like charlie and the chocolat factory or the 1954 version of 20000 miles below the sea, just lotr is sooo boring for me
Youre welcome
There’s a non zero amount of gen z liking LOTR and Tolkien’s other works. There’s a table top that I’m in running The One Ring. So much fun.
I think if I hadn’t read the Hobbit and the LOTR trilogy previously in high school, I wouldn’t have enjoyed the movies. Seeing the characters in the flesh forming the fellowship was one of the most epic movie moments ever for me.
Now this is unpopular.
May god have mercy on your soul. LotR memes was one of the first communities to migrate over.
Now that’s an unpopular opinion! I disagree, well done.
It hurts the soul but you have to appreciate the truth of the post. Damn this post got me good.
Herp?
Thank you
