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What's an example of something that was just done right the first time round? (reddthat.com)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Jackson’s Lord of the Rings. All three are the absolute pinnacle of every craft represented in them. (i.e.: camera work, costumes, casting, CG, practical effects, soundtrack, and all the rest.)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

That was not the first film adapatation

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I thought it was a huge disappointment, most of all due to the CG.

  • Everything looks hueless, often with only a few colors, with weird light angles and enemies often shown as a blur. As if it was made to put everyone on the same level as those who are colorblind and visiually impaired.
  • Soundtrack was a dissonance of what went on on screen.
  • The towns and villages were beautifully animated and showed wide shots of them, so one could be sure that they were missing any signs of food production or water sources.
  • The world did not just look dry in color, but also literally dry. Especially the shire which gives it a plastic feel to it.

All of those put together made me feel it was taking place on a pre-dinosaur earth or not yet fully terraformed planet Mars, rather than a place of fantasy and wonder.

And Saruman's death was absent in the theatrical cut. One of the most important parts of the story was simply cut out.