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Change #1 - .<newline><newline>[~~heading]Conclusion[/heading]<newline><newline>TBC<newline>~~url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=215998"][imgmc=0000296948.jpg][/url]<newline>[heading]Conclusion[/heading]<newline>You can see my heart went out of this venture the further I got into it, when you look at the length of the reviews. I went with my usual length for The Fellowship of the Ring, and by the time I got to The Return of the King, I could barely muster two-thirds of the word count. I just didn’t have much to say about films which really aren’t that complex when you think about it. The best thing that I can say about them is that they are as close an adaptation of the original novel as you are likely to get. Given what I think of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1000 page stream of consciousness, it’s also the worst thing I can say about them as well.<newline><newline>[url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=216043"][imgmc=0000296993.jpg][/url]<newline>Liberties had to be taken to make the story work in a cinematic medium, when it comes to pacing and character, which is all well and good. But once in a while a little bit of modern sensibility creeps in as well, especially in the sense of humour (Gimli’s a case in point), and the odd character attitude (particularly Eowyn), which I find throws me out of the experience, not that I’m ever fully committed to the experience to begin with.<newline><newline>[url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=216053"][imgmc=0000297003.jpg][/url]<newline>The Fellowship of the Ring has the most heart to it; it’s where the character development happens after all, and there is a greater sense of narrative and drama to it. The rest of the trilogy feels more like a dry recitation of faux-history. I’m torn between saying that I enjoyed the films, which I did, and saying that watching them was a chore, which is also true. I’ve certainly lost that momentary fanboy feeling I had twenty years ago. They just don’t stand up strongly as memorable cinema any more. I suspect if I watch them again in the future, the balance will shift even more towards tedium. If I ever feel like experiencing the Lord of the Rings saga again, I’ll watch Babylon 5.<newline><newline>[url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=216059"][imgmc=0000297009.jpg][/url]<newline>Where this set deserves its place in any collection, is as a document on filmmaking. I’ll admit straight off that the prospect of me watching the films through again, four times over to take in the commentaries is remote indeed. That’s about forty hours worth all in. However, the last time I watched the films on DVD, I set aside 10 days to take in the documentaries on The Appendices discs, and they were, and still are fantastic. This set adds the excellent behind the scenes feature discs too, and you really get taken on a deep dive, from beginning to end, of the filmmaking process. Laserdiscs used to offer this kind of curated content, and DVD initially took on that mantle. But it’s a rare release now that gets that kind of love, and in this respect, The Lord of the Rings trilogy exemplifies the pinnacle of the home cinema boom.<newline><newline>

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Created on Monday, 3rd January 2022, 16:32
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