Bro this movie is actually so bad it makes me upset. It starts out so promising with scenes with Frodo, Sam and Gollum that are almost straight from the book, but then it just devolves so quickly from there. I already dug deeply on all the major things I disliked about Fellowship, so I’m going to be more brief with this review.
Gimli is made into the weakest and biggest liability of the 3 hunters, always slower and basically always…
TL;DR: All the characters are flat and one-note, Frodo is stripped of all his heroic moments and is just lame, everyone speaks in a campy, melodramatic way the ENTIRE movie, battle scenes are way too indulgent and unbelievable, the main twist at the end is completely telegraphed from the first moments the character is on-screen, internal logic of the story is muddled by unnecessary plot changes, and the camera angles and transitions are distracting. The set and costume design is…
The set and costume design was good.
okay now that i said one good thing can we talk about how terrible this movie is?
First off, this is one of the least subtle movies i've seen in my life. I appreciate movies with coherent themes, but this was essentially complete propaganda.
Second, this movie feels completely confused about its tone and target audience. I saw a ton of mothers and daughters going to see it, so clearly they felt like…
I watched this like 2 weeks ago but forgot to rate it then. I really enjoyed the movie and it made me think and feel a lot so I give it a lot of credit for that. Part of those feelings and thoughts were that this movie is really bizarre and makes you cringe, but also that makes it pretty entertaining. I honestly dont know how i feel about the overall message of the movie or even if ive fully…
