How did they turn out so perfect?

How did they turn out so perfect?

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MEN OF THE WEST

No pandering to any particular demographic

Very long pre-production, high ambition and as much use of practical effects as possible + luck.

Viggo Mortensen was like 3rd choice or something for Aragorn.

fans of the books

extense deadlines
people loving their jobs

Not even. It shat on the books in many ways.

Relies on characters instead of heavy visual effects and action.

>No resolution for Sarumon
>Antagonist of ROTK is a generic grunt
>Hobbits don't look like hobbits
>Gandalf is a Mary Sue x100
>lol jk the ghosts kill everyone XD
>Mediocre swordfighting
>Too many endings
>Most main characters (Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, etc) have no backstory
>Turned light-hearted series of novels into swashbuckling capeshit

why can't we have decent fantasy in cinema nowadays? with shitload of practical effects, and all the attributes what made lotr great


feels bad desu

>Be Tolkien
>Write book
>Some parts have war and people figthing
>Wrapped up in few words
>Movie is made
>Obliterated ass of fanboy gets wet because in the Chamber of Mazarbul, Jackson didn't wrapped up with a voice over saying "Aragorn and Boromir kill a lot of them" and cut to the Balrog.

I know a guy who has read the book 15 times. He hates the movies.

kek

For once give it a fucking rest you degenerate

Focus on practical effects rather than CGI.

>youtube.com/watch?v=QWMFpxkGO_s

I'm astounded every time I see this. Not only at the design of the whole rig, but also that Ian McKellen and Elijah Wood were able to do that scene while being scooted around the set and not actually looking at each other.

I think I'm going to have to watch Fellowship again tonight.

That was great for the most part but Frodo and Gandalf in bag end looks stupid.

This.
3,5 years of pre-production. Weta was done with most of the costumes a year before filming, during the Hobbit they delivered the props on the day of filming.

Pretentious /lit/ please go.

>Aragorn
>have no backstory

Not in the movies

except at least 4 scenes with Elrond, Arwen and Gandalf that were only about his backstory. even in thetrical releases

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