Not really. Theres no need to have every detail depocted on screen. With that logic the lord of the rings should have a remake because Glorfindel was not the one to save Frodo but Arwen was
In the grand scheme of things, while not as faithful as an adaptation, good old Tom Bombadil wasn't that important compared to everything else that did make the cut.
I doubt that, there were already complaints at the end of Fellowship that the big reveal was that Gandalf fell and that it had no real ending. If people had learned there was yet another 3h movie full of setup they'd be howling. But it could have been done like a Game of Thrones season, 8-10 one hour segments with a bunch of mini-cliffhangers instead. But fantasy and TV series didn't really have the budget to do it back then, the success of LotR is part of what made it possible.
They made 3 movies out of the Hobbit, they definitely could have done it.
The big bad in the first half could have just been the Nazgul and it ends when they reach Rivendell, successfully evading them and making it to this mythical place of safety. They didn't even have a plan for mordor yet. The tension trying to stay clear of them was much more detailed and intense in the book. The movies could have been a little shorter then too, definitely not 3hr each.
Calling the second half of Fellowship full of setup is a stretch. Two main characters die (if you include Gandalf), there is serious action in the mines, the fellowship disbands.
The Lord of the Rings has always been about the journey and the immense amount of lore. It doesn't have to be everyone's cup or tea. I'd even say Fellowship's "setup" is what makes LotR so great.
Love the books, love his writing. He wasn't a cinema guy. Tom Bombadil wouldn't make the movies better. They are long as it is and almost perfect for what they aimed for.
Bombadil is exactly the kind of character and sub-story that works wonders for a TV series, but not a film. They also cut stuff like all the songs and all the times people took showers and ate and stuff. You can't add everything to a film.
On the other side of the spectrum, the hobbit films added a million things and they were much worse for the wear.
i liked both seasons, but yeah. too bad Bezos couldn't get the rights for the Silmarillion (the whole point of the fucking show honestly) and went ahead with the show anyway...
also too bad the grifters reviewbombed it to oblivion for being "woke"
I watched 3 episode, i dont belive something genuinely this attrocious can be excused with "review bomb". A show can be a stinking pile of shit AND be review bombed.
wouldn't go as far as to call it "atrocious" but yeah i know it was pretty bad (mostly because of the whole Silmarillion rights issue if you ask me). you still can't really deny the absolute fact that most of the hate came from far-right "anti-SJW" grifters.
this crap happens all the time. something (subjectively) bad comes out that happens to have a diverse/inclusive cast and/or message and the amount of hate it receives is always disproportionately from the troglodyte grifters who literally make all their money off of spreading hate and pandering to the worst of the worst of humanity.
Im not denying it, you are right on the extra hate because the elf is black. Im just making sure its clear that those grifters tend to mostly influence terminally online people. Average views dont know or care about them
and the female dwarves
and Galadriel just existing and being her usual badass self (except she's young this time so they're *more* attracted to her and very vexxed by the fact that she's not a meek little housewife) GRRR!! SJW!!!
and Elrond being so fuckable (ok that one might just be me :3)
If we’re calling new adaptations of books remakes then the Peter Jackson trilogy was already a much longer remake of a story that had already been filmed so why should that have been made?
I shall, definitely on the list. I’ve mostly pieced the story together from memes, which I don’t think is the same haha. I also read the Hobbit when I was younger and enjoyed it, so it should be fun! 💍🗡️
Weird, IMDb says the first movie is 2hr32m and the second is 2hr41 mins. I think you’re a little off.
The movies total less than 20 hours. The series would likely be about 56 hours long if each book is presented in 8 episodes. So again, the series can put in much more content between twice and three times as much 👍
Not really important in the grand scheme of things but I guess it could be added. Alongside everything else that was cut to make an interesting, grounded movie, rather than a bloated slop
It deserves a remake because the films are mid with the most bland portrayals of the characters, and nerds have been banging on about it for decades as if there's more than their nostalgia holding it together at this point.
Edit: to be clear that was about lotr, but applies to hp too.
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u/Zestyclose-Scale-903 3d ago
Its neville... he forgot the password and was up there as well...