moviefreakedmind said:

TV's Frink said:

Alderaan said:

I haven't seen the new Hobbit films and probably won't. I really liked The Fellowship Of The Ring when it came out, I must have been 19 or 20. But when I watched it again in 2010 I didn't think too highly of it anymore, and Peter Jackson is a terrible, terrible director in my opinion. I think if people go back and watch these films at an older age, they may form a different opinion, similar to how a lot of PT fanboys stopped liking those "movies" once they grew up.

Return of the King was absolutely insufferable when I watched it in 2003. Other than Viggo Mortensen's performance, there was nothing redeemable about that flick at all.

You're so right. In my early 30's I was so impressed with these movies, but now that I'm in my early 40's I know better.

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Or maybe you just don't like anything fun.

I myself was quite young when the LOTR films came out and I have fond memories of seeing them with friends from school, and re-watching them in my twenties I actually think I appreciate them more since when I was younger I watched them more for the action whereas now I enjoy the story much more. I can't stand it when people try to speak for everyone, and to assume that the majority of people who enjoyed the LOTR films (which were nearly universally acclaimed by critics, all of whom were likely fully matured adults) were just clueless children or fanboys is a pretty absurd statement.

Completely agree with this. Along those lines I don't think there were any children in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences when they gave Return of the King eleven Oscars. Say what you will about the validity of those awards, but they are voted on by industry professionals (i.e. more qualified film viewers than most of us I dare say) so I doubt they would give a record amount of trophies to an immature and "terrible" work.

Speak for yourself Alderaan. I think Frink's got it right.