• grue@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      Nope, including the LotR movies. I will die on this hill.

      Specifically, Robert Zemeckis > Peter Jackson. the BttF trilogy was masterfully executed with great plot, pacing, and incredible attention to detail (down to things like e.g. “Twin Pines Mall” becoming “Lone Pine Mall” because Marty ran over one of Old Man Peabody’s pines). Meanwhile, Peter Jackson couldn’t even figure out how to get major plot points like the Scouring of the Shire to work, let alone Tom Bombadil.

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        4 hours ago

        My brother in Manwe, you kind of lost some credibility calling Tom Bombadil a major plot point.

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          No, you misunderstood. “Not even X, let alone Y” is just as much about differences in magnitude as it is similarities in kind:

          Meanwhile, Peter Jackson couldn’t even figure out how to get major plot points like the Scouring of the Shire to work, let alone [minor ones like] Tom Bombadil.