“Lord of the Rings, It’s was like watching other people play gauntlet “
Lord of the Rings Trilogy is my all-time favorite movie. I own the extended version and watch it every year. Try reading the book and maybe you can understand the concept of overcoming evil, both external and internal.
I found it symbolic of what the author's experience of growing up in England not long after the industrial revolution and of his experience in WWI.
It's all there: from the countryside being destroyed by industrial development and pollution, to the gifted young men (the Elfs) who instead of living long enough to be immortalized by their works, died young in WWI, fighting for their friends; to Gandalf's near death experience, from which he comes back profoundly changed in some way, as people who have had such an experience do.
Really a profound tale, if you understand the author's inspiration.
The Peter Jackson productions are an insult to the book.
Strong, noble Aragorn transformed into an “I’m not sure if I have what it takes to be king” antihero. Merry and Pippin reduced to comic relief. Faramir made into a copy of Boromir. Denethor made into a near copy of Theoden.
Jackson’s noted refusal to show Tolkien’s excellent refutation of socialism (the Scouring of the Shire) and the various bits of leftist nonsense he inserts in the dialogue.