The Lord of the Rings trilogy was one of those "once in a lifetime" experiences which, as of now, has proven a tough act to follow. There have been follow-up efforts like The Hobbit trilogy and Amazon's "Rings of Power" series, but both projects, for all their strengths, never really were able to recapture that same magic. It doesn't help, that these two have faced a lot of controversy from both diehard Tolkien fans and even casual viewers over the…
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2014
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Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy worked beautifully because it was based on a trilogy of books with the genuine depth of an epic fantasy drama. Turning the relatively shorter Hobbit into a trilogy was a much riskier move, however, as the length of the story doesn't really require a nearly nine hour long marathon. One of the biggest criticisms of this trilogy is that it's slower paced and filled with padding. Most of it is from footnotes of…
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Castle in the Sky 1986
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Having scored a box office success with Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Hayao Miyazaki was on his way to becoming a respected animator in his native country of Japan. Yet this was only the beginning; with the help of Isao Takahata, Miyazaki enlisted the backing of their financial distributor, Tokuma Shoten, to establish their own animation company, known today as Studio Ghibli. Under this new facility, Miyazaki directed his third feature--and the first to be produced under the…
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2019
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As the final chapter of both the sequel trilogy of Star Wars and the Skywalker saga in general, The Rise of Skywalker comes with quite a burden. It is a burden that is inevitable with any final chapter in a trilogy, but George Lucas' space saga which began over 40 years ago especially has it tough, particularly when it comes to both the original and prequel trilogies. For the latter, Revenge of the Sith was the best of of an…
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