Edmund's_Queen said:
I don't mean to start up a fight or debate, but Hollywood hates anything that has to do with faith, religious fantasy, or Jesus Christ.
Just my 2 cents.
Sofia
I am going to have to agree completely with this statement. Also, you should add in anything set in a fantasy world, anything with sword-type battle scenes, and anything with talking animals.
Hollywood considers that virtually anything that is not controversial, violent, or politically motivated to be absolute garbage. This seems to go double for the people on IMDB, who take real pleasure from tearing down movies, no matter how good. I mean if you bother to read the actual posts on IMDB (which is a waste of your time) you will learn that these people have the intellect of a grade school bully and the writing skills to match. (Tis movei is dUm!!!!!!! -for example was the title of a post on time.)
As far as hollywood goes the violent, controversial, sexual in nature, and/or politically motivated seems to be the favored movie choice. (Think Brokeback Mtn., Syrianna, Hostel for this year ... FH 9/11, Bowling for Columbine, Traffic for years past)
How LOTR managed to win against all of this opposition is stunning to me. It's funny though that they had to wait until the last movie to finally award it the recognition it deserves.
So in conclusion, it does not matter what the critics say, it's what the fans think, and seeing as LWW has made over $277 million dollars I would say that there are many ,many fans, all of whom are very pleased with the movie!