If you ask me, unreachable

Rating: 10/10 (26 January 2010)

Yes, some movies are overrated, some of them are very overrated, some of them are in IMDb Top 250, some of them are not, but I try to say that people give The Lord of the Rings low ratings or don't agree that it is the greatest fantasy epic of all time, or at least one of them, so that they believe that it is overrated. The movies in the list are discussed above only is it overrated or not, does it deserve its rating, or it does not? If the movie had not been in the list, I am sure that they would not hated it like that. No fantasy movie can surpass The Lord of the Rings, if you ask me, this is the fact, not just I believe. I have learned that some people hated Elijah Wood's performance, but to me, his acting was outstanding. By the way, Hugo Weaving played in two of the most popular and phenomenal trilogies, The Matrix and The Lord of the Rings. There are some scenes that are enough to make the film a modern classic. The scene that Gandalf and Pippin go to Minas Tirith. I would not get bored, even if I watched this scene one hundred times. I don't know why, but I see this scene as a sharp response to the people who hate The Lord of the Rings and who hate fantasy movies. It is not showy, but spectacular. The scene which the beacons are lighted, the astonishing spider scene which the spider turns Frodo into a cocoon, the scene King Theoden and his thousands of warriors leave the forest. Jackson shoots such kind of scenes including battle scenes by panoramic angles that makes the movie more spectacular. There are a lot of dazzling images throughout the movie. The Lord of the Rings's battle scenes are may be the greatest. As you know, the longest and the grandest battle sequences are in The LOTR movies, one of them is in the second movie and the other one is in this movie. As said, especially camera angles are dazzling, but on all counts, it is extremely entertaining and spectacular, despite sometimes it is pretty exaggerating. The scene which Denethor looks down and sees the army is the beginning. Later, we see almost the whole army and I just love that. In an interview, for Jackson's battle scenes, Viggo Mortensen was saying that Jackson likes crowded battle scenes, more crowded battle scenes are, better for Jackson it is. That sounds great. The scene which King Theoden and his warriors come is one of the most dazzling parts in the battle. I don't know how many times I watch these battle scenes. There is also an image which we see the half of Sauron's army and Theoden's army while they ride horse to them, every time, I wish I framed that image and hanged on my wall. Not finished. Mammoths. The scenes they appear are great too, CGI is almost perfect. For the first time, I had disappointed with the warriors on the mammoths, because it was seeming that they are not belong to there, that world, but then liked it very much when watched it on DVD months after. It is exotic. By the way, the scene which they throw a marble piece to the commander who recalls The Elephant Man was not the same in DVD. In DVD, he spits on it which is ridiculous, but at theater, he said ''you have missed.'' which is great. I don't know why Jackson changed it. By the way, the movie is problematic, or should I say exaggerating about battle between people and animals. He did this in King Kong either. I mean that for example, the battle between Sam and creature, the battle between Eowyn and the mammoth (she overcomes it by four sword blows, it crouches by four sword blows!! How absurd it is, it is like what is the point then, if a female human being who did not fight before can overcome a mammoth and in an impossible (so unrealistic) way?) and the battle between her and the dragon. Gollum gives us a lesson. Bad people may seem aggrieved, downtrodden, pitiful, briefly innocent, we should not believe them blindly. Unbelievably, there is one more big battle and Jackson does not pass it quickly or makes it scratchy by saying I already showed them the longest battle of all time. Again, we see dazzling images, In terms of content and style both, the volcano scenes are powerful. A guy left the theater ten minutes to finish. I just can't do such a thing and was it boring? You watch it for three hours and cannot wait 10 minutes more? A critic also did it, he said on TV. By the way, I would wonder the extended edition, probably it is better than even this. The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring: 8/10 The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers: 10/10