Poll: Star Wars vs LOTR Movies

[NASEDO]

I can't choose, tough choice.

 

[Darth Loki]

Yeah, I was almost 18 when Star Wars came out! My best friend owned his own comic book shop (well, that's what we called it anyway) and we went around to all the grocery stores, drug stores and convenience stores buying the first issues of the Marvel comic. By the time the movie was a sensation, that first issue was worth about $25!

Wow, I bet that was a fortune back then. You could've probably retired on that much money. No wonder you have 180,348 SS rewards points


I missed ANH, and my parents first movie after I was born was ESB. I did get to see ROTJ in the theater when I was 3 though. All I remember from it is my Mom crying like a baby when Vader helped Luke.

 

[pixletwin]

All I remember from it is my Mom crying like a baby when Vader helped Luke.

Yeah, I can remember the whole theater being torn apart with people gasping, laughing, crying, and wooping with joy when Vader picked up the emperor. It gave me chills then and it gives me chills to write it now...

Why did I vote LOTR?

 

[carbo-fation]

Yeah, I can remember the whole theater being torn apart with people gasping, laughing, crying, and wooping with joy when Vader picked up the emperor. It gave me chills then and it gives me chills to write it now...

Why did I vote LOTR?

Are you telling me you didn't get any chills when you saw LOTR??

 

[pixletwin]

Are you telling me you didn't get any chills when you saw LOTR??

Yes. The dialogue between Pippen and Gandalf. That scene where Sam lifts up Frodo and carries him up MT. Doom. I was a bit blubbery-eyes by the end of ROTK...

 

[Darth Loki]

Yes. The dialogue between Pippen and Gandalf. That scene where Sam lifts up Frodo and carries him up MT. Doom. I was a bit blubbery-eyes by the end of ROTK...

It's OK Pix, I'm not ashamed to admit that I almost cried a couple times during ROTK. I still get chills when Pippen says 'The Eagles are coming.'

 

[choopie]

Tough choice, but I'm going with Star Wars. I saw ANH in theaters when I was 8 and the movies have just stayed with me throughout my entire life. I was buying Star Wars action figures long before I even knew about LOTR as a literary work.

Star Wars is more than just a series of films, but a pop culture phenomenon, something I feel LOTR will never achieve, even though the books are wonderful and the films are amazing.

I also chose Star Wars because I'm just more of a sci-fi fan than a fan of fantasy. I even put my love for horror movies above fantasy films.

I do, however, enjoy collecting LOTR items more so than SW items. Not really sure why. I think I have more of a connection to specific LOTR characters than specific Star Wars characters, although I like SW as a whole more than LOTR.

 

[WetaWork]

Take the SW nostalgia factor out of the equation and it's a no brainer. For the film trilogy, content and execution, >

 

[LOTRFan]

I missed ANH, and my parents first movie after I was born was ESB. I did get to see ROTJ in the theater when I was 3 though. All I remember from it is my Mom crying like a baby when Vader helped Luke.

Me too, ROTJ was my very first film that I remember going to anyway - though it was rumored that I saw Peter Pan, Bambi and Snow White in theatres. I will absolutely never forget going with my father to get ice cream and taking the half mile walk to the theatre - it was a small neighborhood in upstate New York. I can't shake my memories of the first time I saw the Rancor, or experiencing movie surround sound (even in those days), or even the epic lightsaber battle at the end of the film. After that, we went immediately to K-Mart and got some ROTJ bed sheets!

 

[jungle jom]

For me an easy choice Star Wars hands down. LOTR could have been a lot better had Jackson not loved everything he shot that he could not bring himself to edit a frame. Too Long, too many false endings, TOO MUCH WALKING.

 

[lcummins]

For me an easy choice Star Wars hands down. LOTR could have been a lot better had Jackson not loved everything he shot that he could not bring himself to edit a frame. Too Long, too many false endings, TOO MUCH WALKING.

I'm guessing you have never read the books...

 

[BDboystoys]

This is so hard. The OTs hav that rare quality about them and I love them deeply, but then again as films, LOTR would surpass them, maybe in story also.
Too hard.

 

[lcummins]

...Star Wars is more than just a series of films, but a pop culture phenomenon, something I feel LOTR will never achieve, even though the books are wonderful and the films are amazing...

I believe it would be classified as a pop culture phenomenon, since it is the second most read book of all time, behind only the Bible... (at least according to some reports I've read)


https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml

 

[jungle jom]

I'm guessing you have never read the books...

No never read them. My son tried and got through about half. He found a lot of parts went on, and on, and on, and on, and on....

 

[pixletwin]

I believe it would be classified as a pop culture phenomenon, since it is the second most read book of all time, behind only the Bible... (at least according to some reports I've read)

I think by "pop culture phenomenon" she meant merchandising (such as shampoo, toys, books, spin-off books) and general imagery and associations (imperial theme, certain dialogue, etc.. which has entered into the public conciousness). I believe in these things, SW definately has LOTR OWNED.

 

[Amanaman]

SW is a lot like poetry. The visuals and music tell the story, not necessarily the dialogue.

 

[LOTRFan]

SW is a lot like poetry. The visuals and music tell the story, not necessarily the dialogue.

Without John Williams and Howard Shore respectively these films wouldn't even be half of what they are.

 

[jungle jom]

Without John Williams and Howard Shore respectively these films wouldn't even be half of what they are.

Very true.

 

[Amanaman]

Without McQuarrie, SW wouldn't be SW at all.

 

[DarthNeil]

YEAH! My vote for SW tied it at 24 apiece...
My earliest childhood memory (or at least the fuzziest in a good way) was my dad taking my brother and I to see ANH in the theatre---- nothing could cut through that nostalgia buzz...