View Poll Results: Which is the better trilogy?
Original Star Wars trilogy
88
38.94%
The Lord of the Rings
107
47.35%
I like them both equally
25
11.06%
Don't care for either one
6
2.65%
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Better trilogy: Star Wars or The Lord of the Rings?
12-22-04, 11:37 PM
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Better trilogy: Star Wars or The Lord of the Rings?
Now that the true version of the final LOTR film has been released, we can determine which series in the end truly comes out on top. So which do you think is the better film trilogy?
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Last edited by Rivero; 12-22-04 at 11:39 PM.
12-22-04, 11:51 PM
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I'm just the opposite. "Star Wars" had groundbreaking effects, but the story was thin and the dialogue was weak. Just badly written. "Empire" was great and a true classic. "Return" was a major letdown.
LOTR was solid all the way through and had a much more meaningful and consistent story than the "Star Wars" trilogy had. Better acting too.
LOTR was solid all the way through and had a much more meaningful and consistent story than the "Star Wars" trilogy had. Better acting too.
12-23-04, 01:08 AM
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Originally Posted by devilshalo
How do you compare a series of movies shot 3 years apart to a movie shot back to back to back to equal 3 movies?
12-23-04, 04:25 AM
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Lord of the Rings all the way.
The Star wars Trilogy is/was great, but everytime I see it I feel like Lucas fell short in terms of the overall tone and dialog. Granted, Jackson had Tolkien to pull from so that put him ahead of the game.
The Star wars Trilogy is/was great, but everytime I see it I feel like Lucas fell short in terms of the overall tone and dialog. Granted, Jackson had Tolkien to pull from so that put him ahead of the game.
12-23-04, 04:42 AM
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Hasn't this been done to death? And I really don't care if the "true" version is out. You have to consider that the theater editions are the "true" versions since Peter Jackson has stated that the EE's are just extra's for those fans and that they are not the definitive versions of the films.
Star Wars.
Star Wars.
12-23-04, 04:46 AM
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Oh for crying out loud! What are you? twelve? God I know its taboo to come into a thread you have no interest in, but for the love of god Rivero..GET OVER IT. I think I speak for a alot of people when I say that Im sick of coming to the movie forum and find you bitching about SW. Step away from the keyboard, go outside and arrgh I dunno find a new trilogy to complain about.
12-23-04, 05:38 AM
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Personally I voted for LotR. Maybe once the entire SW story is finished I'll change my mind (granted it won't be a "trilogy" then 
) but while the stories are very similar on a basic level I think it is better told in the LotR (of course the source material was better to begin w/ 
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) but while the stories are very similar on a basic level I think it is better told in the LotR (of course the source material was better to begin w/ ).
12-23-04, 05:47 AM
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I'm almost positive we've seen this poll before. I'll say again what I said back then to those voting for LOTR - you've got to put some distance between the releases and picking a trilogy. In other words, ten years from now what will be remembered more fondly? I think it will be the Star Wars Trilogy. Of course 10 years from now, you'll still be able to see the LOTR movies as they appeared in the theaters...no telling what Star Wars will look like in 10 years.
12-23-04, 07:16 AM
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Having seen both trilogies during first release in the theater I have to vote for LOTR. No movie ever affected me like Star Wars, but then I was 10 at the time. Re-watching the entire trilogy on DVD has pulled the rose colored glasses off. Acting, script, story, directing, cinematography... in all aspects I think LOTR is superior.
Sorry, guys.
Sorry, guys.
12-23-04, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Salty
I'm just the opposite. "Star Wars" had groundbreaking effects, but the story was thin and the dialogue was weak. Just badly written. "Empire" was great and a true classic. "Return" was a major letdown.
LOTR was solid all the way through and had a much more meaningful and consistent story than the "Star Wars" trilogy had. Better acting too.
LOTR was solid all the way through and had a much more meaningful and consistent story than the "Star Wars" trilogy had. Better acting too.
12-23-04, 08:26 AM
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Being a life-long Star Wars geek (I was 5 when it came out), it took a while but I finally had to acknowledge that LOTR packed more visceral punch & power. In considering my choice for this poll, I weighed the fact that George Lucas did write Star Wars and Peter Jackson had Tolkien do the hardest work for him. However, Lucas didn't really make up the underlying story. He had historical epics & Joseph Campbell to draw from.
This will be a topic much like the Star Trek vs. Star Wars arguments, which are meaningless.
In the end, I will watch LOTR as many times as I have SW.
This will be a topic much like the Star Trek vs. Star Wars arguments, which are meaningless.
In the end, I will watch LOTR as many times as I have SW.
12-23-04, 09:36 AM
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Star Wars(the original versions), hands down.
If for no other reason then the 1-2-3 villainous punch of Grand Moff Tarkin, Darth Vader, and Emperor Palpatine. Who the hell does LOTR have? Saruman(who was cut from the third film), a really big Ork, the Witch King, and a fiery eye in a tower. Please.
If for no other reason then the 1-2-3 villainous punch of Grand Moff Tarkin, Darth Vader, and Emperor Palpatine. Who the hell does LOTR have? Saruman(who was cut from the third film), a really big Ork, the Witch King, and a fiery eye in a tower. Please.
12-23-04, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by zero
Oh for crying out loud! What are you? twelve? God I know its taboo to come into a thread you have no interest in, but for the love of god Rivero..GET OVER IT. I think I speak for a alot of people when I say that Im sick of coming to the movie forum and find you bitching about SW. Step away from the keyboard, go outside and arrgh I dunno find a new trilogy to complain about.
Anyway, LOTR has replaced SW as my fav trilogy.
