Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-25987328-20160413230109/@comment-158.59.252.13-20160905132916

Eoros wrote: I didn't read any of the past comments, in case you care, but here is my opinion:

LOTR Films: I enjoyed them thoroughly, but the books are superior. Yes, some canonical errors, but it was overall a good film, especially if you are an outsider and wouldn't notice or care about the canonical errors.

The Hobbit Films: Oh boy... where to begin...

I will say straight up, I didn't like the Hobbit movies at all (except for the first one). For one thing, I didn't like the CGI. Next, Tauriel was stupid and non-lore, and uttterly pointless. Third, the Battle of the Five Armies was so boring (literally just mindless fighting), and I strongly feel that Tauriel should have died in that battle. She got smashed on the head by Bolg hard enough to break anyone's spine, and either instantly kill them, or paralyze them/K.O them, leaving them open to a kill.

Ugh, just watch CinemaSins's videos on the Hobbit films... they make lots of good points, while being  humorous. The BOTFA is supposed to be a fight! In the book, Bilbo is KOed halfway through the battle! How do you expect to convey that in a movie for those 3 chapters!? Read Calanon Evergreen's above posts to hear more.