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fckreddit ,

Yeah, we all miss that kind of film-making. LotR trilogy is one of a kind.

philipp_ ,

Why don’t they make more masterpieces for which so stars happened to align by skill, chance and good fortune?

CrazyEddie041 ,
@CrazyEddie041@kbin.social avatar

One thing LotR does very well: lets men show emotions that aren't anger. Frodo smiles, shouts Gandalf's name excitedly, cracks a joke with him, and gives him a hug. That's how you know they're old friends.

captainjaneway ,
@captainjaneway@lemmy.world avatar

I can only tell if men are friends if they share a bicep-flexed hand clasp.

frazw ,

They need to shoulder bump too, otherwise they could just be former colleagues or perhaps two men who met for the first time yesterday.

tetris11 ,
@tetris11@lemmy.ml avatar

Maybe an ass-tap just to be certain. A chest smooch couldn’t hurt either.

MashedTech ,

“My man.” “My man.” (In unison) “Hurrah”
“What are we doing today?”
“We’re going hunting. Because we’re men. Because we like to do it. Stop being a bitch”

ICastFist ,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

You son of a bitch! 🤝💪

state_electrician ,

And a solemn nod that sums up everything they both experienced in the 10 years since they last saw each other.

leftzero ,

https://lemmynsfw.com/pictrs/image/ea27a533-d7eb-4fe5-9d7a-e6b74b204aef.gif

fckreddit , (edited )

Yeah, if made in last 10 years, they might have turned Aragorn into some kind of Conan the Barbarian ripoff. Not necessarily, for example, RDJ’s Iron Man has a lot of complex emotions and nice arc. But, they could. I mean, look at Galadriel in Rings of Power.

gladflag ,

Iron man came out it 2008!

samus12345 ,

look at Galadriel in Rings of Power

I’d rather not.

https://i.redd.it/x87v97ha4tm91.jpg

Gabu ,

By “Rings of Power” you mean the tumblr fanfic that Amazon decided to adapt? I’d rather not.

dojan ,
@dojan@lemmy.world avatar

Go back, Sam! I’m going to Mordor alone.
Of course you are. And I’m coming with you!

It always makes me tear up. Fantastic films.

Conversely, the worst film I’ve seen in recent years must be the third(?) fantastic beasts film. I still have no clue what actually happened or what it was trying to tell. It was such a jumbled mess, and them changing out the actor of the main villain for the third time didn’t help much.

FiskFisk33 ,

good writing. :|

Tar_alcaran ,

And good acting.

Thorry84 ,

And good direction.

cordlesslamp ,

and good screenplay.

9point6 ,

You know what pals, I think it might just have been a good movie

MashedTech ,

But how did they do it?

tetris11 ,
@tetris11@lemmy.ml avatar

A cast and crew all sharing the same vision and camraderie often translates well to the screen. People just sense it

criitz ,

And my axe

FiniteBanjo ,

Cinematography was sick too. Really set the mood for a warm happy place.

Minarble ,

Don’t forget the epic music!

VelvetStorm ,

Good acting.

goatbeard ,

Howard Shore is the answer

RedAggroBest ,

This is an answer I’m not seeing here enough. The score for LotR just FORCES you to feel the feelings. Don’t wanna be happy? Too bad, we’re in the Shire bitch.

Zorsith ,
@Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Don’t want to experience evil metalworking industry? Welcome to Orthanc, maggot, we makin’ swords today.

MrJameGumb ,
@MrJameGumb@lemmy.world avatar

This is how I felt when I tried to watch Rogue One. It’s part of one of my favorite franchises yet it is also an entire feature length film without one single character in it who I give a shit about.

It’s maddening.

psmgx ,

Rogue One was better than most of the drivel Disney has put out. Thank god there were finally some new characters. anitnal revolves around the same 3 fucking families.

MrJameGumb ,
@MrJameGumb@lemmy.world avatar

I actually did enjoy Andor a lot. That was why I tried watching Rogue One again, since I thought I might like it better with the added context, but I still just got bored

exocrinous ,

Moana is also really good

samus12345 ,

anitnal

What was this supposed to say? I can’t figure it out.

Halosheep ,

And it all maybe?

melpomenesclevage ,

I don’t know but it looks weird and I know vaguely what they meant so I’m okay using this as shorthand from now on, and we really need new words.

In favor/opposed?

samus12345 ,

It didn’t obfuscate the meaning at all, I just like trying to decrypt typos.

Lemmy anitnal is full of Linux and Star Trek.

melpomenesclevage ,

Neologism now, not typo.

samus12345 ,

Well, it’s not capitalized properly like the rest of the post, so there’s at least some typo in there.

melpomenesclevage ,

Oh it wasnt a neologism when it was written. That’s our job, cmon.

Hoomod ,

Doesn’t help that you know all the characters die in the end

tetris11 ,
@tetris11@lemmy.ml avatar

That’s why it was so great. It wasn’t about the hero punching people in the face whilst an army of troopers consistently fail to shoot them, or destiny babies failing upwards towards success.

This was a movie about normal people. Nameless people who were all parts of a whole, an orchestra of concerted effort to overcome the insurmountable. Some of them were in it for the ideal, but most of them were just in it to keep the person next to them alive. No one will sing their praises, and they don’t expect anyone to, as none of them expected to see the light of day.

It was one of the most humanist movies I’ve seen in a long time, universe be damned.

melpomenesclevage ,

Oddly? I gave more of a shit about most of the characters in rogue one than all the characters in the sequels combined.

MrJameGumb ,
@MrJameGumb@lemmy.world avatar

I wasn’t a huge fan of the sequels either lol the first one was ok but after that they were pretty awful. I at least felt like I kind of knew the characters by the end though

melpomenesclevage ,

I felt like the first one wasn’t impressive, but suggested at least some sort of plan. I felt like there were characters to get to know?

And then there weren’t.

Ashyr , (edited )

But Lord of the rings is a modern movie?

lessthanluigi ,

I think by modern, they mean pre-2010

Triple_B ,

Is a movie that came out 23 years ago still modern?

MentallyExhausted ,

Hey, fuck you

Norodix ,

The perfect comment doesn’t exi…

Nikls94 , (edited )

…t a room without shouting "I‘ll remember y‘all in therapy!“

orphiebaby ,

https://lemm.ee/pictrs/image/f74cca5c-67a8-46d9-b0bc-6cb2f62cb5eb.webp

NOT_RICK ,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

We’ve got a turd in the punch bowl

Daxtron2 ,

Yes, the word we are searching for is contemporary. Technically all films are modern, but not contemporary. Though modern has expanded definition to include it generally as well but I like to explore language :)

SoleInvictus ,

I guess it’s time for me to find a nice, cool porch to die under.

Zagorath ,

It came out after ~1800, so yes.

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

I saw it on the classic movie channel yesterday.

sockman ,

I mean it was filmed 25 years ago, I guess it depends on your definition of ‘modern’

snooggums ,
@snooggums@midwest.social avatar

Made in the current millennium.

Oh fuck.

magic_lobster_party ,

Quarter of a century ago

pete_the_cat ,

Filmed 25 years ago

I don’t want to believe this…

ChewbaccasClitoris ,
@ChewbaccasClitoris@lemmy.nz avatar

Can confirm. I was an extra in these movies and now I’m on first name terms with all the local osteopaths.

RightHandOfIkaros ,

What do you mean? Of course it isn’t a modern movie, it was filmed during the Third Age.

frazw ,

To me, modern says more about the techniques and methods used. In that respect, not much has changed even though 25 years has passed. Even stylistically it is more similar to a current film than one filmed 25 years before its release, i.e. mid 1970s. As someone else said, contemporary is a better word for describing its age than modern.

9point6 ,

Tbh you could argue the techniques created for the lotr films set the standard for the current era of filmmaking

Noodle07 ,

Props and makeup instead of full cgi?

9point6 , (edited )

Actually funnily enough the CGI is one of the biggest areas they innovated in, in addition to the great practical effects

Look up Peter Jackson’s Weta workshop & digital, a lot of the stuff that’s commonplace in cinema today has its origins there for the LotR films

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