Lord of the Rings Vs. First Star Wars Trilogy (4/5/6)

[BaboonGuy]

The two monster movie trilogies of all time go at it, ATOT style! Personally I was disappointed with ROTK, too many storyline holes and I didn't read the book (ending was kind of weak too, Frodo should have jumped in the lava with the ring, Terminator style... also another trilogy). Anyway, back to this poll, what was the better trilogy, the recent Lord of the Rings or the first (4/5/6) Star Wars Trilogy?




Personally, I think the SW Trilogy is just way too good, and LOTR fell a bit short.

edit: It's the 1970s Star Wars Trilogy we're talking about here, Episodes IV, V, and VI, meaning NO JAR JAR.

 

[Legendary]

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
The two monster movie trilogies of all time go at it, ATOT style! Personally I was disappointed with ROTK, too many storyline holes and I didn't read the book (ending was kind of weak too, Frodo should have jumped in the lava with the ring, Terminator style... also another trilogy). Anyway, back to this poll, what was the better trilogy, the recent Lord of the Rings or the first (4/5/6) Star Wars Trilogy?




Personally, I think the SW Trilogy is just way too good, and LOTR fell a bit short.

I don't think you should just RotK without watching the extended edition. So much was cut out that would fill your plot holes, and Frodo doesn't jump into the lava in the book so it couldn't happen, no matter how much YOU think it should.

 

[LongCoolMother]

i like star wars more. but thats probably because the sci-fi space theme interests me more than fantasy themes. i like both though, i like fantasy a lot too, just not as much as space, but a lot.

 

[Dufman]

it is nearly impossible to judge between the two. if lucas would have the orign. star wars with todays tech. it would be much better. they both have excellent plots, although star wars leaves you with a completed feeling after each one, where as LOTR doesnt.

if i HAD to vote, i would vote for LOTR - becasue the books kick ass, and the movie transforms the imagination from reading the book, to something that can be tangablly seen.

 

[Anubis]

tie

 

[theNEOone]

lotr sucks. i watched the first - long, boring, and drawn out. i went to see the second because everyone told me that two towers was different....garbage. and of course, i had to go see the third, because people kept talking about how great it was......same sh!t as before - awesome battles, with booooooorrrrrrriiinnngggg crap in between. i don't think it's possible to have a more drawn out trilogy than lotr. what the hell was w/ return of the king??!??! i thought that it ended 3 or 4 times before it actually did. lotr = yawn. oh, and there's an extended version?? yay, sounds like fun

=|

 

[Dufman]

Originally posted by: theNEOone
lotr sucks. i watched the first - long, boring, and drawn out. i went to see the second because everyone told me that two towers was different....garbage. and of course, i had to go see the third, because people kept talking about how great it was......same sh!t as before - awesome battles, with booooooorrrrrrriiinnngggg crap in between. i don't think it's possible to have a more drawn out trilogy than lotr. what the hell was w/ return of the king??!??! i thought that it ended 3 or 4 times before it actually did. lotr = yawn. oh, and there's an extended version?? yay, sounds like fun

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it is very difficult to follow the movies if you didnt read the book, or do research. once you know the names, places and such, it makes the movie much more enjoyable.

what makes LOTR great in my opinion, is that the quest is different from many movies. it involves someone trying to stop an impending danger, not stop an evil that is already present

 

[theNEOone]

Originally posted by: Dufman

Originally posted by: theNEOone
lotr sucks. i watched the first - long, boring, and drawn out. i went to see the second because everyone told me that two towers was different....garbage. and of course, i had to go see the third, because people kept talking about how great it was......same sh!t as before - awesome battles, with booooooorrrrrrriiinnngggg crap in between. i don't think it's possible to have a more drawn out trilogy than lotr. what the hell was w/ return of the king??!??! i thought that it ended 3 or 4 times before it actually did. lotr = yawn. oh, and there's an extended version?? yay, sounds like fun

=|

it is very difficult to follow the movies if you didnt read the book, or do research. once you know the names, places and such, it makes the movie much more enjoyable.

what makes LOTR great in my opinion, is that the quest is different from many movies. it involves someone trying to stop an impending danger, not stop an evil that is already present

i figured as much, but i think that it's really poor film making to make a trilogy that requires knowledge of three extremely long novels to be able to fully appreciate the movies.


=|

 

[BaboonGuy]

Originally posted by: theNEOone

Originally posted by: Dufman

Originally posted by: theNEOone
lotr sucks. i watched the first - long, boring, and drawn out. i went to see the second because everyone told me that two towers was different....garbage. and of course, i had to go see the third, because people kept talking about how great it was......same sh!t as before - awesome battles, with booooooorrrrrrriiinnngggg crap in between. i don't think it's possible to have a more drawn out trilogy than lotr. what the hell was w/ return of the king??!??! i thought that it ended 3 or 4 times before it actually did. lotr = yawn. oh, and there's an extended version?? yay, sounds like fun

=|

it is very difficult to follow the movies if you didnt read the book, or do research. once you know the names, places and such, it makes the movie much more enjoyable.

what makes LOTR great in my opinion, is that the quest is different from many movies. it involves someone trying to stop an impending danger, not stop an evil that is already present

i figured as much, but i think that it's really poor film making to make a trilogy that requires knowledge of three extremely long novels to be able to fully appreciate the movies.


=|

similar to the Harry Potter movies, but to a much much less extent

 

[Lonyo]

Harry Potter is teh suck.
RoTK wasn't too great.
Star Wars all the way baby!

 

Originally posted by: theNEOone

Originally posted by: Dufman

Originally posted by: theNEOone
lotr sucks. i watched the first - long, boring, and drawn out. i went to see the second because everyone told me that two towers was different....garbage. and of course, i had to go see the third, because people kept talking about how great it was......same sh!t as before - awesome battles, with booooooorrrrrrriiinnngggg crap in between. i don't think it's possible to have a more drawn out trilogy than lotr. what the hell was w/ return of the king??!??! i thought that it ended 3 or 4 times before it actually did. lotr = yawn. oh, and there's an extended version?? yay, sounds like fun

=|

it is very difficult to follow the movies if you didnt read the book, or do research. once you know the names, places and such, it makes the movie much more enjoyable.

what makes LOTR great in my opinion, is that the quest is different from many movies. it involves someone trying to stop an impending danger, not stop an evil that is already present

i figured as much, but i think that it's really poor film making to make a trilogy that requires knowledge of three extremely long novels to be able to fully appreciate the movies.


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my brother didnt read the novels, and he enjoyed the movies. Perhaps you just dont get it. 🙂

 

[Shockwave]

1 word. Jarjar
LOTR all the way. Hell, LOTR even without Jarjar.

 

[BaboonGuy]

Originally posted by: Shockwave
1 word. Jarjar
LOTR all the way. Hell, LOTR even without Jarjar.

Episodes 4/5/6 NO JAR JAR

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

SW is for people who are too dumb to read books. Hell, even soaps are more intelligent than SW.

Anyone who does not like LOTR should be tortured to death.

 

[BaboonGuy]

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
SW is for people who are too dumb to read books. Hell, even soaps are more intelligent than SW.

Anyone who does not like LOTR should be tortured to death.

Well that might be true for A New Hope but the Empire Strikes Back is WAY deeper, and more intelligent than a soap opera, heck it's rated #15 at imdb.com. It was the only one not directed by Lucas, and it happens to also be the best one.

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy

Originally posted by: Shockwave
1 word. Jarjar
LOTR all the way. Hell, LOTR even without Jarjar.

Episodes 4/5/6 NO JAR JAR

I judge it as a whole. 1 ruined all the rest for me.
But, to stay true to the tune.... Thats a HELL of a choice. Both are fantastic. I would like to see 4/5/6 redone with todays technology. Regardless, LOTR > 4/5/6, but I've always been a fantasy fan.

 

[Siddhartha]

The LOTR has a better story.

 

[Corporate Thug]

LOTR gets my vote

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: theNEOone
lotr sucks. i watched the first - long, boring, and drawn out. i went to see the second because everyone told me that two towers was different....garbage. and of course, i had to go see the third, because people kept talking about how great it was......same sh!t as before - awesome battles, with booooooorrrrrrriiinnngggg crap in between. i don't think it's possible to have a more drawn out trilogy than lotr. what the hell was w/ return of the king??!??! i thought that it ended 3 or 4 times before it actually did. lotr = yawn. oh, and there's an extended version?? yay, sounds like fun

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I imagine LOTRs was a liottle too much for those like you with ADD😉

 

[Adrian Tung]

LOTR for me, although I didn't really like RoTK as much. The dead army was just too fake and the idea (although fine on paper) was very silly on screen. Heck, since they already shot the dead army, I wonder why the didn't go all the way and also do the Scouring of the Shire too?

🙂atwl

 

[StageLeft]

LOTR was done better.

I wonder why the didn't go all the way and also do the Scouring of the Shire too?

He said that if they help him defend gondor then they'll be set free. They did, so they were.

 

[spaceman]

LOTR all the way.

 

[Vonkhan]

In NO particular order


Greatest trilogies:
1. Godfather
2. Star Wars 4/5/6
3. LOTR
4. Indiana Jones
5. "Dollars" trilogy

So-so:
1. Aliens
2. Terminator (1 was ok, 2 was great, 3 was ok)
3. Back to the Future

Ones that sucked:
1. Matrix (2 & 3 = sh!t)
2. Die Hard
3. Jurassic Park
4. Evil Dead

 

[Adrian Tung]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
LOTR was done better.

I wonder why the didn't go all the way and also do the Scouring of the Shire too?

He said that if they help him defend gondor then they'll be set free. They did, so they were.

I was referring to Peter Jackson shooting the scene... if he was so bold as to do the dead army (which turned out rather silly on screen IMHO) why didn't he shoot the Scouring of the Shire too (another silly concept *if* rendered on big screen)?


🙂atwl

 

[NogginBoink]

Sigh.... all you young'uns.

Star Wars was really an icon of a generation. If you didn't live through the release of these three movies, you really can't appreciate the impact they had on culture of the time.

Yes, they're some of the cheesiest movies ever made. There's bad acting, corny scripts, etc. But Star Wars was so unlike any other movie done to that point that Lucas really did capture an entire generation's imagination.

Meanwhile, LOTR series is (to me, an old fart) just another movie trilogy.