Viggo Mortensen Had One Big Problem With The Evolution Of The Lord Of The Rings And The Hobbit – /Film

"The Fellowship of the Ring" isa clear favorite for Mortensen when it comes to "The Lord of the Rings" movies.He continued:

"The second movie ['The Two Towers'] already started ballooning, for my taste, and then by the third one ['Return of the King'], there were a lot of special effects. It was grandiose, and all that, but whatever was subtle, in the first movie, gradually got lost in the second and third. Now with 'The Hobbit,' one and two, it's like that to the power of 10."

It's important to consider the context of these comments: Mortensen was sharing them between "The Desolation of Smaug" and "The Battle of the Five Armies," the second and third films in Jackson's "Hobbit" trilogy, which was heavy on CGI and stretched out a single J.R.R. Tolkien book to three movies ("ballooning," indeed).By that time,Jackson had somewhat fallen out of critical favor, with some regarding his continued stint in Middle-earth as a symptom of Hollywood's overall, franchise-obsessed prequel-itis and sequel-itis.

Among other things, "The Return of the King" does contain a scene where Aragorn is completely surrounded by green ghosts reminiscent of the blue ones Jackson put on screen with Michael J. Fox in "The Frighteners." When you think about moments like that and contrast them with the simple forced perspective and other practical effects Jackson used in "The Fellowship of the Ring" it's maybe not so hard to see what Mortensen is talking about whenhe speaks of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy shifting more toward CGI.

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