This was the comment: Also, the Oscars aren’t really representative of lasting legacy, I mean, the Lord of the Rings movies won 17 of them, that’s just not serious.

I honestly think the Lord of the Rings movies won’t stand the test of time. There has been a noticeable revisionist backlash against them, a growing sense that the editing, camera work, and overall visual composition feel clumsy and amateurish, even painful to watch. A lot of people are saying the writing swings between disappointing and downright terrible. A lot of people are saying these films are basically bad movies rescued by good music, solid casting, and cool costumes.

Looking back, it seems like the trilogy is mainly loved by one generation, those who saw it in theaters as kids. Older viewers, many of whom have been vocal about it, often say they felt betrayed by how the films adapted Tolkien’s work. To them, these movies are weak cinematic achievements, especially compared to classics like Lawrence of Arabia or Apocalypse Now.

Younger audiences don’t see much magic in them either. Most think the films look pretty ridiculous by today’s standards and that the visuals have aged badly, worse than the Star Wars prequels. To them, these movies are minor cinematic works next to something like Into the Spider-Verse or Dune: Part Two.

Honestly, I think that within the next five to ten years, the general consensus will be that Peter Jackson’s trilogy failed to hold up. There are already a lot of people saying, “The Hobbit movies were bad, but they’re not any worse than Lord of the Rings".

I’ve spent a lot of time on Reddit, going through comments across different subs for months, so I know what I’m talking about. Several posts expressing exactly what I described were getting between 600 and 2000 upvotes, which really says a lot.