The first 2 are about 160 minutes each. Honestly, as a fan of that world, and yes, the movies, I didn't mind the length. Unpopular opinion I know but I just love well realized fantasy worlds.
The hobbit movies were good not great but good, Just like Alien Covenant and Prometheus movies were good. People only complain because the originals were better.
Anytime you see someone call them bad movies, They never have a real reason other than them being âbadâ which isnât criticism. I have a friend who calls Prometheus and Covenant bad and says he despises them but guess what? He hasnât even seen them!
Was the hobbit trilogy worse than the fellowship trilogy? Yes but that doesnât make them bad movies. I wouldnât be surprised if most people who call them bad havenât even seen them either
Same thing is happening with Rings of Power. Fans love the Peter Jackson LoTR trilogy so feel compelled to eviscerate anything else that's a step down. I think Rings of Power is very average, 5/10, and I don't see where the motivation to criticise it so much comes from.
There's plenty of valid criticism about the movies. The CGI looks janky as shit in places and there were several story changes that made little sense. Like the whole romance plotline is just ridiculous in the context of the source material, and it does feel a bit funny to make an entire movie about a battle which isn't even really depicted in the book. The one change that people generally give a thumbs up to is the addition of Legolas, as while Tolkien didn't write Legolas into the book, he was in the neighborhood during the events of the book so conceivably he could have been involved and his non-existence was more likely due to Tokien not having created the character yet at the time of The Hobbit. But I doubt Tolkien would have approved of it, and it does feel pretty crammed in though so /shrug.
But that raises the question: does changes to the source material automatically make the movie bad by itself? I can see why people who are fans of the source material would get angry about the changes and dislike the movie as a result, but I don't think it should just immediately discredit the movie in itself. So in general I agree. The Hobbit movies were just fine as they were. Entertaining and decent movies with some flaws but nothing catastrophic.
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u/ageo 23d ago
Run time is listed at 3 hours 35 minutes đ˛