Its what Amazon would have made if they weren't woke. Its soulless and stretched so far that the skeleton of the original good book means little.
There is a reason why all anyone talks about from it is Benedict Cumberbatch (which was just them hiring the biggest actor at the time), the action scenes (because that's what the Hobbit was known for), and Ian McKellen literally having a breakdown on set because of the level of CGI (where most scenes was him alone in a full greenscreen room talking to robots with pictures taped on them).
That's the point. He realized he wasn't an actor anymore. I doubt they told him beforehand it was going to literally be that sheer level of CGI to were he spent most of his time trying to act at robots and empty air.
Especially as the budget for the films was literally more than double LotR (the exact opposite of what happens with bad sequels) and everyone was riding the high of knowing "we did it once, let's do it again."
Ironically, its one of the few problems that has nothing to do with the trilogy stretch, which is what caused nearly every other problem with the movies.
Ian McKellen literally having a breakdown on set because of the level of CGI (where most scenes was him alone in a full greenscreen room talking to robots with pictures taped on them).
OK, someone has finally pitched a non-Tolkien LOTR film I'd watch!
Its what Amazon would have made if they weren't woke. Its soulless and stretched so far that the skeleton of the original good book means little.
There is a reason why all anyone talks about from it is Benedict Cumberbatch (which was just them hiring the biggest actor at the time), the action scenes (because that's what the Hobbit was known for), and Ian McKellen literally having a breakdown on set because of the level of CGI (where most scenes was him alone in a full greenscreen room talking to robots with pictures taped on them).
Lmao at the last one, what did he think he was signing up for? He's been an actor long enough to know sequelitis at a glance.
That's the point. He realized he wasn't an actor anymore. I doubt they told him beforehand it was going to literally be that sheer level of CGI to were he spent most of his time trying to act at robots and empty air.
Especially as the budget for the films was literally more than double LotR (the exact opposite of what happens with bad sequels) and everyone was riding the high of knowing "we did it once, let's do it again."
Ironically, its one of the few problems that has nothing to do with the trilogy stretch, which is what caused nearly every other problem with the movies.
OK, someone has finally pitched a non-Tolkien LOTR film I'd watch!