#oh also i was there when FIGWIT started and Bret McKenzie became an international sensation

[allgirlsareprincesses]

Lord of the Rings

Okay listen, when Fellowship came out, I MIGHT have read Hobbit at some point, and I'd seen the Ralph Bakshi Hobbit, but I'd never read LOTR and I knew N.O.T.H.I.N.G. about it. I went in completely blind. And I was TRANSFIXED. To this day, that opening gives me chills and takes me right back to how I felt in the theater ("The world has changed..."). I saw all three films in the theater 3-4 times each, which was and is still my record. I have minor quibbles, but overall I think they're gorgeous and I'm so glad they exist!

I've since read the trilogy and while they're still not my literary cup of tea, I appreciate them more and am now enjoying the return to Middle Earth in The Rings of Power. I didn't bother with the Hobbit movies because Peter Jackson is the type of director who needs limits in order to produce good films (sorry but his King Kong SUCKED), and I was still mourning what we could have had if Guillermo del Toro had stayed on.

Anyway, love them and I'm definitely due for a rewatch soon!