Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
The LOTR trilogy has just as much of an "overuse" of CG, and perhaps more, than the PT. People seem to like the LOTR trilogy so much becuase it is new, and they have nothing to judge against it.
LOTR provides a brilliant mix of old and new with exquisite models and judicious use of CGI when models can't get the job done.
People like LOTR because it's good.
I congratulate you on your good taste
We share the same opinion of LOTR. I don't get to watch many movies these days, but when I was watching movies frequently, I found time to watch the entire LOTR trilogy back-to-back several times within the previous year.
What's fun is, once again, to look at these comments at the end of the PT, and compare them to older fans comments in 83. People then didn't think Star Wars would perservere with the younger people at the end of the whole shebang, either. And here we are.
The LOTR trilogy has just as much of an "overuse" of CG, and perhaps more, than the PT. People seem to like the LOTR trilogy so much becuase it is new, and they have nothing to judge against it.
LOTR provides a brilliant mix of old and new with exquisite models and judicious use of CGI when models can't get the job done.
People like LOTR because it's good.
Originally posted by: The Bizzle
Never said it was expertly pulled off, but the job that was done on the OT is noticeably superior to that of the PT.
Lord of the Rings, much like Titanic before it, seems to have been very much of its time, and out of that time--it drops out of mind. All this King Kong hype, and how many people you know re-watching Lord of the Rings right now? I love those movies, I find them better than ALL of Star Wars, OT AND PT, due to their emotional depth and storytelling skill, but I haven't felt the need to throw one in the dvd player for about a year now.
It won't have anything to do with the involving storyline, gorgeous cinematography, or sophisticated mythology.
Why so sure? It's not like the Original Trilogy's was all that expertly pulled off.
Why so sure? It's not like the Original Trilogy's was all that expertly pulled off.
Never said it was expertly pulled off, but the job that was done on the OT is noticeably superior to that of the PT.
Lord of the Rings, much like Titanic before it, seems to have been very much of its time, and out of that time--it drops out of mind. All this King Kong hype, and how many people you know re-watching Lord of the Rings right now? I love those movies, I find them better than ALL of Star Wars, OT AND PT, due to their emotional depth and storytelling skill, but I haven't felt the need to throw one in the dvd player for about a year now.
I congratulate you on your good taste
We share the same opinion of LOTR. I don't get to watch many movies these days, but when I was watching movies frequently, I found time to watch the entire LOTR trilogy back-to-back several times within the previous year.What's fun is, once again, to look at these comments at the end of the PT, and compare them to older fans comments in 83. People then didn't think Star Wars would perservere with the younger people at the end of the whole shebang, either. And here we are.
Those older fans were disappointed--and rightly so--with ROTJ. What they didn't recognize then was that ANH and ESB were good enough that most fans find the shortcomings of ROTJ forgivable. The prequels don't have that kind of anchor. None of them is particularly good, and I think the young fans of today will grow up and realize there isn't all that much to the prequels.