The Lord of the Rings movies would've been much better without this

[Curator]

- The ents.

- Gimli as comedic relief. In the books he's not nearly as silly and clumsy as in the movies.

- That green dead army that just flows over everyone like water. Nice way to instantly destroy all tension in the battle, stupid.

- Merry and Pippin. Two little cutesy faggots hijacking every potentially scary or tense scene they're in.

- Frodo's modern edgy facial expressions

 

[Racist Google Intern]

I like the ents but I kind of get the nitpicks, it was the original marvel movie.

 

[SensibleKeks]

The Witch-king of Angmar's flail was comedically oversized.

 

[TheRevAlJolson]

The Witch-king of Angmar's flail was comedically oversized.

The movie had walking trees and giant eagles, but sure - comedically oversized flail. Got it.

 

[Leeeavings]

The pirate ghosts were really lame and anti-climactic. I don’t remember it being quite like that in the book, but who knows

 

[LingerLonger]

Gimli as comedic relief. In the books he's not nearly as silly and clumsy as in the movies.

You mean the most powerful evil entity in Middle Earth should not be defeated by dwarf tossing and Marvel Movie level quips?

I like the ents but I kind of get the nitpicks, it was the original marvel movie.

All three movies suck. They are for dweebs and faggots.

 

[HeyItsVos]

The pirate ghosts were really lame and anti-climactic. I don’t remember it being quite like that in the book, but who knows

It wasn’t like that in the books. They only helped dispatch the corsairs. And they didn’t physically do anything. More like their presence was just so terrifying to the enemy that it caused that group to retreat.

 

[TheGhostOfBernellTrammell]

- The ents.

- Gimli as comedic relief. In the books he's not nearly as silly and clumsy as in the movies.

- That green dead army that just flows over everyone like water. Nice way to instantly destroy all tension in the battle, stupid.

- Merry and Pippin. Two little cutesy faggots hijacking every potentially scary or tense scene they're in.

- Frodo's modern edgy facial expressions

The comedic relief from the Hobbits makes more sense than from a dwarf. Either way you're right there was entirely too much comedic relief in the movies, it added nothing.

 

[TheGhostOfAbeVigoda]

I remember going and seeing the first one in theaters with my friends and realizing right away that I don't give a shit so I made stupid quips and talked all the way through it and pissed off my friends and everyone around me. If I didn't need my friend's mom to drive me home I would've left.

 

[RedHeadpw2]

I'm not sure you can do a trilogy of 3hour+ films and not require some bits of comedy in there to break up the tension. They made it work. I must concur that Gimli was a bit too corny at times. Merry and Pippin added some necessary chaos to counter the skill and confidence of group leaders/expert warriors Aragorn and Legolas, wouldn't you say? Hmmm?

 

[RedHeadpw2]

I like the ents but I kind of get the nitpicks...

Kind of a  moot point by the OP, isn't it?

 

[HeyItsVos]

I thought Gimli was alright in the first movie, a little too goofy in the second one, and I don’t really remember him doing much in the third. I don’t have a problem with Merry and Pippin being comic relief. That was kind of their purpose. And they both mellowed out a lot by the third one when they had gone through some shit.

My biggest problem was twink Legolas being so unstoppable. He was capable in the books but the shield sliding and elephant-thing slaying shit was too much.

 

[Andy Elliott]

Wwaw the Bakshi LOTR

 

[RedHeadpw2]

@Curator has exposed our faggotry. Seriously, what are we doing?!!

 

[Chive Turkey]

The pirate ghosts were really lame and anti-climactic. I don’t remember it being quite like that in the book, but who knows

In the books they use the corsair ships to gather up regular, alive soldiers from the rest of Gondor and brought them up as reinforcements in the nick of time. The Fairy detergent wave of ghosts cleaning up the city is easily the worst deviation, but it would be pretty hard to follow the book storyline and keep a sense of pacing in the big battle scene.

I don’t have a problem with Merry and Pippin being comic relief. That was kind of their purpose.

They were the comic relief in the books though, having the most quippy lines. Obviously not as in-your-face and low brow as the movies, as the books were written by a stuffy English professor 70 years ago.

My biggest problem was twink Legolas being so unstoppable. He was capable in the books but the shield sliding and elephant-thing slaying shit was too much.

It got exponentially worse over the course of the movies, as is the case with most of its worst elements that would really show themselves in the genuinely bad Hobbit movies (like overuse of cgi). It's why I've grown to like the first movie the most over time. It's not as excessive and indulgent as the later ones.

 

[Leeeavings]

Fuck that faggot Tom bombadil

 

[RedHeadpw2]

Fuck that faggot Tom bombadil

Did Gandalf fuck him? I never read the books.

 

[Leeeavings]

errrbody fuckin errrbody in bottom earth

Ever notice how there are no hot girls in the movies besides Orlando

 

[RedHeadpw2]

errrbody fuckin errrbody in bottom earth

Ever notice how there are no hot girls in the movies besides Orlando

Eowyn was delightful. That blubbering Aerosmith sleezeball spawn... not so much. Yuck.

Edit: Rosie Cotton (or whatever) definitely had a great rump. I'm disgusted with myself now.

 

[Leeeavings]

Eowyn was delightful. That blubbering Aerosmith sleezeball spawn... not so much. Yuck.

Eh she was like a six