Re: Most disappointing films.

On 3/4/2025 12:30 AM, Mike Van Pelt wrote:

In article <vovrtm$18b9h$1@dont-email.me>,
William Hyde  <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:

In a conversation the other day I came up with a list of these, and to
my surprise they were all SF/F.

 Jackson's Hobbit movies.
 After the marvel that was his Lord of the Rings trilogy, I hardly
expected the Hobbit movies to be so very bad. (Maybe they were
OK-ish judged in isolation, but in comparison to his Lord of
the Rings movies, they suffered badly.)

Lindsey Ellis did a really excellent analysis as to why the Hobbit
films failed where the LotR films succeeded.
The Hobbit: A long awaited autopsy.
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTRUQ-RKfUs
The Hobbit: Battle of Five Studios
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElPJr_tKkO4
Part 1 is mostly about the difficulties of adapting
The Hobbit to a film, including the critical error of
expanding from 2 to 3 films at the last moment,
Part 2 is more about the tortured production process,
with the switch of director from del Toro to Jackson,
and the ultra-rushed schedule.
Its worth watching.
pt