Cracked: 50 Reasons Lord of the Rings Is Awful

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#1 TSNAKE617
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I was watching the Lord of the Rings today and decided to look up a certain Cracked article on it (Not the one I looked up.) I found this article and was ready to rage until I read it, then I read the comments and :lol:. This is worse than the Youtube comments section. Yes, I know the article's old. http://www.cracked.com/article_15739_50-reasons-lord-rings-sucks.html" title="http://www.cracked.com/article_15739_50-reasons-lord-rings-sucks.html"> Here's the article.
EDIT: I always screw up the html for links. :(

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#2 dodgerblue13
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I remember reading that. Thankfully I realized it before I got the whole way through..
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#3 chessmaster1989
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Article failed to deliver the lulz.
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#4 TSNAKE617
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Article failed to deliver the lulz.chessmaster1989

Did you read the comments?

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#5 Rutzfuz
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Ok Dip s*** as every one here as stated this "movie" was Written as a book by a brilliant man Named J.R.R. Tolken he wrote them during either World War 1 or World War 2 i dont remember which but either way those wars took place between 1900 and 1945 before any of the thing you compared them to were even thought of so next time you decide to diss some thing like this do your f**king research and these Elves were though of long before the elves of toy making and cookie making kind ever were and if any thing WOW stole orcs from LOTR

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Oh I love it!

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#6 AndyAlfredo
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Both the article and the comments made me lol.

I liked


"The concept of the violent dwarf was based on Al Pacino."

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#7 LiftedHeadshot
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And infinite reasons why Lord of the Rings is amazing......
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#8 harashawn
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How could so many people not realize it's not serious? :?
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#9 deactivated-5c37d3adcd094
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My jaw dropped when I saw the one hidiously long comment that countered some, though interestingly not all, of the points in the article. It must have taken them quite a long time to type that reply and in that time they didn't stop to think that the article was satirical? Oh dear.
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#10 taylor888
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Strangely enough, I just went out and bought the trilogy on Bluray. I havent seen the movies since I was like 9 years old when they were in theatres. Back then I had no idea what I was watching, but now I have the ability to conjure thought and I quite liked the first 2 movies. I think its dumb that they didnt put the extended editions on bluray...apparently they are going to re release them later. Sounds like profiteering if you ask me...(cough Avatar cough)

EDIT: Oh yeah...and the article made me laugh

Did someone say plot hole?


Liv Tyler's character is seen easily defeatingnine strong supernatural beings, even though she is clearlya woman.


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#11 Chojuto
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The people commenting on the article who thought it was serious are hilarious:lol:

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#12 rockerbikie
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That is very funny but fail.

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#13 TSNAKE617
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That is very funny but fail.

rockerbikie


Do you mean the article or the comments? The article is satirical. Some of the comments may be, but they're pretty funny when you pretend they're not.

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#14 rockerbikie
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[QUOTE="rockerbikie"]

That is very funny but fail.

TSNAKE617


Do you mean the article or the comments? The article is satirical. Some of the comments may be, but they're pretty funny when you pretend they're not.

Both are funny.

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#15 Mousetaches
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For the sake of my sanity, i am choosing to believe that the comments under the article are also satire. I hope many others follow suit.
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#16 worlock77
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Painfully unfunny article, painfully unfunny comments. I rate this 1/10.

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#17 jerk-o-tron2000
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I don't need fifty reasons to convince me that Lord OfThe Rings sucks.

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#18 MichaeltheCM
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loi that is pretty funny even though i like lotr :)
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#19 SuperBobz
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It's pretty funny that some people actually thought that article was not satirical.

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#20 lightleggy
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I was watching the Lord of the Rings today and decided to look up a certain Cracked article on it (Not the one I looked up.) I found this article and was ready to rage until I read it, then I read the comments and :lol:. This is worse than the Youtube comments section. Yes, I know the article's old. http://www.cracked.com/article_15739_50-reasons-lord-rings-sucks.html" title="http://www.cracked.com/article_15739_50-reasons-lord-rings-sucks.html"> Here's the article.
EDIT: I always screw up the html for links. :(

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wow thats a big way to troll the whole internet...I admit that some of the reasons were like "well he might actually think it sucks...and he might actually belives in this crap" but then when he starts saying complete nonsenses like the movie sucks because the characters eat a lot and they never go to the bathroom made me realize it was just one big trolling

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#21 UnknownSniper65
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Some of those points are completely wrong...others are funny though.

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#22 Led_poison
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Why couldn't Frodo have been played by Christopher Walken?CRACKED
I agree with this the most.
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#23 dercoo
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Hey IGN,its about time you ask cracked how to do proper lists.

They know how its done

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#24 ChampionoChumps
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there's one comment on the page that is literally like the half the page that some woman wrote that takes every single point and analyzes it. She cannot be serious...
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#25 spliffstar12
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i only read a couple but this one actually made me laugh Liv Tyler's character is seen easily defeating nine strong supernatural beings, even though she is clearly a woman.
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#26 GabuEx
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I lol'd, but I was also sadded by the knowledge that someone out there probably actually does think that J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a novelization of the movies.

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#27 despa1r_fact0r
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Randel summed up Lord of the Rings pretty well :P

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#28 travisstaggs
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the comments made me lol.

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#29 KH-mixerX
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"The Orcs were obviously stolen from PC game makerBlizzardand itsWarcraftseries. Too bad Blizzard is apparently too scared to sue New Line over it."

lolwut:lol:

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#30 rockerbikie
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[QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

"The Orcs were obviously stolen from PC game makerBlizzardand itsWarcraftseries. Too bad Blizzard is apparently too scared to sue New Line over it."

lolwut:lol:

I know eh. Lord of the Rings was written before Blizzard even existed.
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#31 -Big_Red-
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"Did someone say plot hole?

Liv Tyler's character is seen easily defeating nine strong supernatural beings, even though she is clearly a woman."

:lol:, WTF?

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#32 Lonelynight
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[QUOTE="rockerbikie"][QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]The Orcs were obviously stolen from PC game makerBlizzardand itsWarcraftseries. Too bad Blizzard is apparently too scared to sue New Line over it. olwut:lol:

I know eh. Lord of the Rings was written before Blizzard even existed.

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#33 SkyWard20
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Crass Marketing.

I've heard some students are being forced to read somenovelization of the moviesin their literature ****s. Ridiculous. Does Hollywood run our ****ooms now?

Read more:http://www.cracked.com/article_15739_50-reasons-lord-rings-sucks.html#ixzz19aimtReI

lol

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#34 th3warr1or
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I stopped reading at "# Homage or theft II? The wise old wizard character was stolen from Harry Potter."
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#35 chaplainDMK
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I like the dude nerd raging in the comments :P Can't people get a stupid joke?
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#36 fend_oblivion
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I was watching the Lord of the Rings today and decided to look up a certain Cracked article on it (Not the one I looked up.) I found this article and was ready to rage until I read it, then I read the comments and :lol:. This is worse than the Youtube comments section. Yes, I know the article's old. http://www.cracked.com/article_15739_50-reasons-lord-rings-sucks.html" title="http://www.cracked.com/article_15739_50-reasons-lord-rings-sucks.html"> Here's the article.
EDIT: I always screw up the html for links. :(

TSNAKE617

Use the < a href= > and < /a > tags next time.

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#37 Teenaged
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In FOTR, if you watch closely during the Inn scene, Frodo and his crew are shown getting stabbed by the Ring Wraiths. Then, five seconds later, they are fine again. Note to the director: try proofreading your movie before you release it to the public.

Why, in part 1, is the black octopus creature painted as the bad guy when it attacks, when one of the fellowship had clearly been throwing rocks at it?

My favourites so far.

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#38 Teenaged
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there's one comment on the page that is literally like the half the page that some woman wrote that takes every single point and analyzes it. She cannot be serious...ChampionoChumps
"Viggo Morsentio"

!!!!!

I cant believe her! :x

:P

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#39 horgen  Moderator
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Not funny.
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#40 GabuEx
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[QUOTE="ChampionoChumps"]there's one comment on the page that is literally like the half the page that some woman wrote that takes every single point and analyzes it. She cannot be serious...Teenaged

"Viggo Morsentio"

!!!!!

I cant believe her! :x

:P

Oh yeah, well IT WAS A MAGIC RING SO THE EYE THING DOESN'T COUNT AND THIS M A G I C MAGIC RING DOES TURN YOU INVISABLE so there I sure showed you.

:P

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#41 weezyfb
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that was good
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#42 therancors
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Lol what.
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#43 the_ChEeSe_mAn2
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The comments were more lulz-worthy than the actual article.
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#44 Theokhoth
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That article's a bunch of BS. The Ring is supposed to change sizes; IT'S MAGIC! Duh! And the racism bit was just ridiculous.
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#45 Amber084
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The article itself isn't funny, but the comments from people who think it's serious are hilarious.
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#46 Amber084
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That article's a bunch of BS. The Ring is supposed to change sizes; IT'S MAGIC! Duh! And the racism bit was just ridiculous.Theokhoth
See, people who comment thinking the article is serious are far funnier than the article itself.
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#47 Lonelynight
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[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]That article's a bunch of BS. The Ring is supposed to change sizes; IT'S MAGIC! Duh! And the racism bit was just ridiculous.Amber084
See, people who comment thinking the article is serious are far funnier than the article itself.

I doubt Theokhoth doesn't know that it's a joke.