Star Wars or Lord of the Rings?!

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Which is better?

 

[Revoltingest]

Star Wars is best, even if it's just for the hope that Jar Jar Binks will be brutally murdered.

 

[Willamena]

Lord of the Rings. It hasn't been done to death on Spike TV (yet).

 

[YmirGF]

Lord of the Rings is by far superior, in story line, acting quality, special effects and cinematic presentation.

 

[Revoltingest]

Lord of the Rings is by far superior, in story line, acting quality, special effects and cinematic presentation.

You're absolutely correct.
Yet LOTR is still less compelling.
About the only popular culture references to LOR I can think of are "My Precious!" from Smeagol (the one compelling character).
Star Wars, clumsy as it is, endures & pervades.

 

[Father Heathen]

Lord of the Rings has more depth and substance.

 

[Revoltingest]

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Robot Chicken: The Emperor's Phone Call - YouTube

 

[Storm]

You're absolutely correct.
Yet LOTR is still less compelling.
About the only popular culture references to LOR I can think of are "My Precious!" from Smeagol (the one compelling character).
Star Wars, clumsy as it is, endures & pervades.

LotR is a good deal older than SW.

 

[Revoltingest]

Real nerds & geeks prefer Star Wars.
LOTR is for neurotypicals!

 

[dawny0826]

Star Wars

Too good of memories watching it with my folks.

 

[Quagmire]

Speaking of LOTR, the trailer for the Hobbit is out:

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THE HOBBIT Trailer HD - YouTube

edit: and in answer to the OP, as far the prequels go, I'm guessing there's going to be no contest.

 

[Falvlun]

LotR is, without hyperbole, the greatest story ever written.

 

[England my lionheart]

LOTR,no competition really

 

[YmirGF]

Oh my... it looks like the Star Wars fans are getting their butts kicked on this one.

 

[MysticSang'ha]

Tolkien is unbeatable, IMO. LotR is by far better than Star Wars, but I don't think that Star Wars sucks, by any means.

Lucas has yet to make me weep in joy and sadness the way Rings does.

 

[McBell]

Which is better?

Neither.
Both.

I like each for reasons the other does not provide...

Therefore I did not vote.

 

[gnomon]

Lord of the Rings.

After Empire the Star Wars franchise became very disappointing. Don't care much for full length feature advertisements.

 

[Speedwolf]

Star Wars is best, even if it's just for the hope that Jar Jar Binks will be brutally murdered.

While I agree whole heartedly with your wish to see Jar Jar brutally murdered, I'm afraid that LOTR gets my vote as well. One of the problems with the Star Wars franchise in my view are the three 'newer' movies - it would be difficult to find films filled with more wooden acting than these. There may be too much manly crying in LOTR but I've never felt like banging my head against a wall while viewing them as I have just to drown out the sound of Teen Anakin's angst or Liam Neeson's phoned-in performance. Natalie Portman is a good actor but you'd never know it watching her cement faced expression throughout these films. I blame Lucas and no other - he gave them nothing to work with.

 

[Quagmire]

You could make a whole series of polls based on this controversy:

Yoda or Gandalf?

Luke or Frodo?

Hans Solo or Strider?

Leia or Arwen/Eowyn (would have to add them since neither has as big a part as Leai did)

The Emperor or The Eye?

Vadar or The Witch King?

Yaba the Hut or Gollum?

R2D2 and C3PO or Merry and Pippin?

 

[Revoltingest]

While I agree whole heartedly with your wish to see Jar Jar brutally murdered, I'm afraid that LOTR gets my vote as well. One of the problems with the Star Wars franchise in my view are the three 'newer' movies - it would be difficult to find films filled with more wooden acting than these. There may be too much manly crying in LOTR but I've never felt like banging my head against a wall while viewing them as I have just to drown out the sound of Teen Anakin's angst or Liam Neeson's phoned-in performance. Natalie Portman is a good actor but you'd never know it watching her cement faced expression throughout these films. I blame Lucas and no other - he gave them nothing to work with.

Acting & script quality.....pish posh!
SW has the better story.
Once Frodo destroys the ring, that's the end.
SW can continue more readily.
And there's always the possibility of Jar Jar's grisly demise.