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Anon loves The Lord of the Rings
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this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2025
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I have to ask, what spontaneously caused the internet to love the lord of the rings movies? For decades after they were made, only occasional jokes about unhinged 20 hour directors cut binges. Now? Frequent jokes about 20 hour directors cut binges, and endless sincere compliments. They’re good movies, to be sure, but the shift always seemed inorganic to me.
Inorganic? You think the CIA is MKUltraing everyone into liking Academy Award-winning films? I think the only culture shift that could potentially happen is that the films are old enough now that the fans feel the need to remind everyone how good they are. In the first decade after release, we kinda assumed that everyone was already aware.
No, marketing firms. Have you not noticed them?
If anything I would expect the soulless robe-slop purveyor to to want to bury the trilogy.
Just comparing the amount of genuine love and passion that went into those movies would make any later productions feel inadequate from the onset.