Star Wars vs The Lord of the Rings

[Evil-Link 10]

Which one do you prefer and why?

[Edmilson 7,436]

Voted for LOTR in all questions.

[Not Mr. Big 4,639]

1 minute ago, Edmilson said:

Voted for LOTR in all questions.

LOTR was your favorite character??

[Romão 2,274]

The Empire Strikes Back is easily the best movie of the bunch, IMHO.

 

It's actually hard for me to watch the LOTR trilogy, as I keep seeing so many wrong tonal choices and character butchering. I keep giving it another chance, and it always turns me off.

 

But the majority of Star Wars movies are pretty crappy, so it's hard to compare. 

 

There's no debate as to the music, Star Wars all the way

[Edmilson 7,436]

18 minutes ago, Not Mr. Big said:

LOTR was your favorite character??

Yep. The actor gives an awesome, Oscar-worthy performance.

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433]

I'm a really open-minded person but who are the people who vote for LOTR as best music on the JWFrickingNetwork !

I'm all in SW even though both are usually really tigh (except for music, best charecter and performance, I mean Darth Vader guys!)

[Jay 37,353]

You're not required to love everything JW does above everything anyone else ever does to be a member here

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433]

I know it's just a joke

[Smeltington 1,440]

30 minutes ago, May the Force be with You said:

who are the people who vote for LOTR as best music on the JWFrickingNetwork !

 

Ban them. Ban them all!!!

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Star Wars has endured Star Wars has paved the way for the Lord of the Ring movies to even exist in live action 

 

 

 

 

[Bespin 8,480]

Thanks to the other member who voted for R2-D2, you really understood who's the REAL Hero in Star Wars! 

[JoeinAR 1,949]

He provides the most emotional moment in Star Wars.

[Evil-Link 10]

1 hour ago, JoeinAR said:

Star Wars has endured Star Wars has paved the way for the Lord of the Ring movies to even exist in live action 

 

 

 

 

 

And yet The Lord of the Rings existed before. 

[Pellaeon 593]

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy [novels] > Star Wars Trilogy [all formats] > The Lord of the Rings Trilogy [movies]

 

So I voted for Star Wars across the board since the poll was framed as being about the LotR movies (those versions of the characters, etc.).

[JoeinAR 1,949]

29 minutes ago, Evil-Link said:

 

And yet The Lord of the Rings existed before. 

Not in live action.  

 

Even among die hard John Williams fans Star Wars is under appreciated as a score.  

Everyone nutts on ESB.

[Datameister 2,042]

My votes are a mixture. It's hard to make generalizations, particularly about SW, where the writing and directing vary so much between films.

 

Ultimately, SW has had a much bigger direct impact on my life, but LOTR did get my vote for actor/character (McKellen's Gandalf), writing, and acting. Acting was a particularly tough call because both of them can go so cheeseball.

 

I also had a hard time with visuals. LOTR is obviously more technically advanced than the SW OT, and there's a lot of truly incredible work in there. But SW has simply left a bigger mark on my life in this arena, too.

[Edmilson 7,436]

57 minutes ago, Datameister said:

Ultimately, SW has had a much bigger direct impact on my life

And I voted for LOTR because it, unlike SW, had a much bigger impact on my life.

 

Which is why this poll should probably be resumed in one simple question: which franchise you liked the most when you're a kid? People who were children in the 80s will surely choose SW, and people who spent their childhood in the early 2000s (like myself) will choose LOTR - unless they (for some reason I cannot understand) decide to favor the prequels. 

[Richard Penna 3,686]

LotR across the board - no hope of any competition. Fellowship is quite literally the score that got me into scores.

[Jay 37,353]

Star Wars got me into scores, but Fellowship cemented my love for them

[Romão 2,274]

5 hours ago, Pellaeon said:

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy [novels] > Star Wars Trilogy [all formats] > The Lord of the Rings Trilogy [movies]

 

So I voted for Star Wars across the board since the poll was framed as being about the LotR movies (those versions of the characters, etc.).

 

 

Agreed 100%

[Tom 4,654]

I have never heard of either of these.  

[Edmilson 7,436]

Both franchises have more crappy installments than good installments anyway

[Andy 4,123]

Nice to see a few votes for Mark Hamill/Luke Skywalker. 
 

I found that for a number of years, it became sort of uncool to like Luke, and more people would say Han was their guy. 
 

The further we get from the original film, the more I find that the energetic farm kid with wonder in his eyes and bravery to take an incredible journey is the heart and soul of Star Wars. 

[p0llux 398]

LOTR is objectively better across the board, but I voted for Star Wars music simply because I enjoy Williams orchestrations more than Shore's. LOTR scores are overall more cohesive because Shore approached it as a 12 hour film, while Williams scored Star Wars on a film by film basis, putting him at a slight disadvantage musically when it comes to cohesiveness. However, he maximized what a composer could do using that approach. Both are masterclasses in leitmotivs scoring. For me, it really just came down to whose style of orchestration I preferred.

[Evil-Link 10]

I haven't seen either as a kid. 

[Evil-Link 10]

17 hours ago, JoeinAR said:

Not in live action.  

 

Even among die hard John Williams fans Star Wars is under appreciated as a score.  

Everyone nutts on ESB.

 

No not in live action. 

[JoeinAR 1,949]

1 minute ago, Evil-Link said:

 

No not in live action. 

I anticipated for people like you 😉

[Evil-Link 10]

4 hours ago, Evil-Link said:

I haven't seen either as a kid. 

 

but I prefer The Lord of the Rings, especially the first film. Star Wars is too much action-heavy for me and I dont find it interesting thematically. 

 

[Naïve Old Fart 9,520]

Best LOTR film? Depends.

THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING is my favourite T.V, but THE RETURN OF THE KING is my favourite E.V.

[Evil-Link 10]

1 hour ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

Best LOTR film? Depends.

THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING is my favourite T.V, but THE RETURN OF THE KING is my favourite E.V.

 

What do you mean with T.V and E.V.?

[Stark 312]

I love Star Wars, but LOTR is the peak of cinema, so it has most of my votes.

[Edmilson 7,436]

59 minutes ago, Evil-Link said:

 

What do you mean with T.V and E.V.?

I think it means Theatrical Version and Extended Version

[Datameister 2,042]

29 minutes ago, Stark said:

I love Star Wars, but LOTR is the peak of cinema, so it has most of my votes.

 

I don't know what I'd designate as the "peak of cinema" … but whatever it is, it doesn't rely so heavily on cheesy slow mo.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,520]

1 hour ago, Evil-Link said:

What do you mean with T.V and E.V.?

 

12 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

I think it means Theatrical Version and Extended Version

 

What @Edmilson said.

[Evil-Link 10]

39 minutes ago, Datameister said:

 

I don't know what I'd designate as the "peak of cinema" … but whatever it is, it doesn't rely so heavily on cheesy slow mo.

 

Stalker maybe.

[Evil-Link 10]

2 hours ago, Edmilson said:

I think it means Theatrical Version and Extended Version

 

2 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

 

 

What @Edmilson said.

 

Oh i see, thank you.

[Evil-Link 10]

23 hours ago, Edmilson said:

Both franchises have more crappy installments than good installments anyway

 

I don't disagree with that. 

[Evil-Link 10]

On 03/11/2022 at 6:52 AM, p0llux said:

LOTR is objectively better across the board, but I voted for Star Wars music simply because I enjoy Williams orchestrations more than Shore's. LOTR scores are overall more cohesive because Shore approached it as a 12 hour film, while Williams scored Star Wars on a film by film basis, putting him at a slight disadvantage musically when it comes to cohesiveness. However, he maximized what a composer could do using that approach. Both are masterclasses in leitmotivs scoring. For me, it really just came down to whose style of orchestration I preferred.

 

What do you think is objectively better in LOTR?