I know I'm the exception, especially among fellow conservative evangelical and Reformed Christians, but I didn't really like the LOTR film trilogy all that much. At best, I liked Fellowship of the Ring well enough, and I thought there were some standout scenes in each of the movies, but overall the movies as a whole as a single story were less than their parts. And indeed one of the many reasons I think this way is because I didn't like how Aragorn was portrayed by Viggo.
In general, though, I liked the books more than the movies. But I still didn't like the books as much as most people (especially fellow Christians) liked the books. In other words I think they're good stories, but not great stories. I suppose I sit somewhere between W.H. Auden's "At the End of the Quest, Victory" review as well as C.S. Lewis's <a href="https://epistleofdude.wordpress.com/2018/11/24/c-s-lewis-roundup/">raving reviews</a> (e.g. "The gods return to earth: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The dethronement of power: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers") and Edmund Wilson's "Oo, Those Awful Orcs!" review.
I know I'm the exception, especially among fellow conservative evangelical and Reformed Christians, but I didn't really like the LOTR film trilogy all that much. At best, I liked Fellowship of the Ring well enough, and I thought there were some standout scenes in each of the movies, but overall the movies as a whole as a single story were less than their parts. And indeed one of the many reasons I think this way is because I didn't like how Aragorn was portrayed by Viggo.
In general, though, I liked the books more than the movies. But I still didn't like the books as much as most people (especially fellow Christians) liked the books. In other words I think they're good stories, but not great stories. I suppose I sit somewhere between W.H. Auden's "At the End of the Quest, Victory" review as well as C.S. Lewis's <a href="https://epistleofdude.wordpress.com/2018/11/24/c-s-lewis-roundup/">raving reviews</a> (e.g. "The gods return to earth: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The dethronement of power: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers") and Edmund Wilson's "Oo, Those Awful Orcs!" review.
Magic the Gathering tried giving us an Aragorn for mOdErN aUdIeNcEs. https://media.mtgsalvation.com/avatars/296/767/638229498519596737.png
May the Lord award them according to their works.