Trilogy vs. Trilogy: Why the Lord of the Rings trilogy feels timeless (Part Two)

As part two of the “huge” post concerning hobbits these films, I again would like to gently remind everyone that I enjoyed The Hobbit films and probably sound more abrasive towards them than I mean to. Am I likely being over-critical? Maybe, but this is my blog neener-neener.

Thank you.

Last time, I talked about the films’ soundtracks. While I could go on and on, I’d like to move on to the second item on my imaginary list of topics:

Trilogy vs. Trilogy: Why the Lord of the Rings trilogy feels timeless (Part One)

While watching The Fellowship of the Ring with my co-dictator of the planet (a.k.a. my significant other), we talked about the differences in things like cinematography, soundtrack, and other elements of film-making as they were in the LotR movies and then, for comparison, the way those elements were shown in The Hobbit trilogy. After I wouldn’t shut up about them for a good portion of the movie, my SO suggested that I write a blog post about it, since I clearly had a lot to say on the matter.

He was right.

Growing up in a nerdy household meant that when the LotR movies came out, my mother was excited. Well … very excited. At the time, I was a bit too young to go and see them in theatres with my parents, but I remember going to the LotR exhibit when it came by my home city. Like other movie exhibits, it featured props and costumes from the film and transformed the space into mini-versions of the sets. I’ll never forget the Dead Marshes room. It’s forever burned into my memory.

Naturally, The Hobbit movies set off a lot of excitement in my house and we went to see them right away. While I enjoyed them, watching The Lord of the Rings recently has made me realize why I never feel a sense of temporal embarrassment for the filmography of that series in the same way I predict The Hobbit will make me feel years from now.

More simply, nostalgia-goggles aside, I think The Lord of the Rings was overall a better trilogy than The Hobbit.

HUGE DISCLAIMER: I enjoyed The Hobbit trilogy and do not mean to sound as though the following things ruined the films for me. They are my observations and personal opinions.