It's Just One Movie

Rating: 7/10 (1 July 2019)

To have all 3 parts listed so high in the ratings as if they are 3 separate movies is absurd. Part one is 8-9, Part two is 6-7, Part three is a straight 7. Will concede all 3 make an 8. But since it's just one story stretched out ad infinitum, why are all 3 movies listed individually as though they are discreet & distinct from one another?
Just watched the extended versions, so maybe jadedness is settling in. Frodo is such a weepy leaky lead. Understand the charm is that all the others (minus Boromir) of the Fellowship are The Heroes. But still, the viewer has to suffer endless shots of Frodo suffering, worrying, cowering, weeping, etc. Not a compelling figure for such a long time, no matter how many times Sam bails him out.
Viggo & Orlando are so magnificent, but from Part 1 to Part 3 - what's the difference? Viggo had to kill over a thousand Orcs and Orlando had to do a "can you top this" shooting arrows on the mammoth beast. Even by then he and the dwarf were just counting numbers.
Same stuff over & over again - part 2 and the trees was insufferable. It all ends quite nice - but it never really gets better than The Fellowship, which is truly amazing. Doing amazing all over again & again becomes, uh, less amazing.