The Lord of the Rings vs Star Wars

Hi,

The one with the Academy Award, Lord of the Rings.

Am I the only one who finds the Ewoks ever so slightly more annoying than Jar Jar Binks.

Star Wars, although I would really like to see the "original" original trilogy and not those special c**p editions.

Walton Street wrote: Guldbamsen wrote: Lord of the Rings. By faaaaaaaaaar the best movies. I recently watched all three of the original Star Wars flicks and boy do I wish that I hadn't. I grew up with them and must've watched them a 100 times each. Seeing those movies without the rose-tinted glasses however made me realise how bad most of the actors are. The only one really worth his salt is, perhaps not too surprisingly, Alec Guiness. Mark Hamill is absolutely dreadful and the same goes for Carrie Fisher....and don't get me started on the dialogue! ...and to think that I worshipped these movies back when I was 10 I think the first one was excellent .. a crisp fresh sci-fi take on the old serial cliffhangers from back in the day. The next 2 were toy commercials. the three after that - ugh..

Yep, you summed that up nicely. 

For the poll, Star Wars.  The Jackson films are neat looking at first but don't have much soul.  Empty calories, especially when all the battles start.  They could have been great films if they had the large budget, but more subtlety, less cartoonishness, more of the dry aesthetic vibe of the book.  Of course that isn't the kind of film the public wants anymore.  So from a commercial standpoint, Jackson's film are perfection.


Edited by Finnforest - December 09 2014 at 21:57

The Dark Elf wrote: Star Wars has some of the worst dialogue ever, which of course works well with the wooden actors involved. How Alec Guinness got caught up in this, I'll never know. Perhaps the most overrated movies of all time.

No--  Guinness, who didn't like sci-fi, took the role because of the script.

Both great, but Lord Of The Rings is better.

Guldbamsen wrote: Lord of the Rings. By faaaaaaaaaar the best movies. I recently watched all three of the original Star Wars flicks and boy do I wish that I hadn't. I grew up with them and must've watched them a 100 times each. Seeing those movies without the rose-tinted glasses however made me realise how bad most of the actors are. The only one really worth his salt is, perhaps not too surprisingly, Alec Guiness. Mark Hamill is absolutely dreadful and the same goes for Carrie Fisher....and don't get me started on the dialogue! ...and to think that I worshipped these movies back when I was 10

^ That's a tremendous movie, some of those matte paintings are spectacular.  Talk about influential.

Atavachron wrote: ^ I'm a huge SW Universe fan but I have to agree, for the most part Episodes 5 & 6 are duuullllll, and Lucas' remasters are horrifying, making a tolerable trilogy almost unwatchable.   I still admire A New Hope for its economy of storytelling and very important innovations in Science Fantasy at the time; you see that movie in almost every space flick from that point forward.   I'm a bigger fan of the prequels and I'm hoping these new films will leave out the stuff meant only for kids.   Kids get it, they don't need a JarJar, I sure didn't when I was ten.

^ I'm a huge SW Universe fan but I have to agree, for the most part Episodes 5 & 6 are duuullllll, and Lucas' remasters are horrifying, making a tolerable trilogy almost unwatchable.   I still admire A New Hope for its economy of storytelling and very important innovations in Science Fantasy at the time; you see that movie in almost every space flick from that point forward.   I'm a bigger fan of the prequels and I'm hoping these new films will leave out the stuff meant only for kids.   Kids get it, they don't need a JarJar, I sure didn't when I was ten.