Why Peter Jackson’s LOTR will stand the test of time

Why Peter Jackson’s LOTR will stand the test of time Joe Cianciotto. There’s no debate about it, as far as fantasy movies go, Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy is the be-all and end-all. One could probably count the other fantasy films that can hold a candle to this epic series of movies with the fingers in his right hand.

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What J.R.R. Tolkien’s magnum opus was, and still is to literature, that’s what Peter Jackson’s trilogy is to films. It’s a body of work that has risen head and shoulders above the rest, standing the test of time, and even getting better with age.

While some critics may not give that much credit to Jackson and his team and cite that it naturally helped that they had arguably the greatest fantasy source material, to begin with, it has to be said that no director had been willing to take on the responsibility of a live-action adaptation. Joe Cianciotto.

And Peter Jackson didn’t just take it on; he crafted the best adaptation that any living director could craft. Critically praised and huge blockbuster hits, those three movies didn’t just do the books justice (although nitpickers and elitists would always have something negative to point out), they also ushered in a new era in epic filmmaking, the likes of which the world has never seen before. Joe Cianciotto.

And just like the books, which are revered almost a century later, Peter Jackson’s films will live on just as long. Joe Cianciotto.