Sadly, the movie Lord of the rings has not aged well.
I have recently saw again all the “Hobbits” movies, along with the earlier “Lord of the rings”, all in extended editions.
While I really enjoyed the Hobbit, I cannot say the same for Lord of the rings trilogy.
The trilogies are quite different, while the Hobbit is full of funny moments, LOTR has a more darker tone.
This is probably the biggest difference between the movies.
Everything is more serious in Lord of the rings, there are less jokes, more dramatic moments, music etc.
Also, one more thing that some people care about is the CGI.
Lord of the rings is very outdated and really looks like a movie from the early 2000.
The Hobbit vs Lord of the rings CGI?
Many scenes were made using primitive green screens effects, the initial technology of green screens, while the Hobbit was made a lot on computers, using more and more CGI.
To be clear, The Hobbit looks amazing, most of the time.
Everything in that movies looks amazing, from the characters, to the landscapes, settings, to the CGI, dragons, monsters etc.
Also the tone of the Hobbit is more fluid, we don’t jump from characters to characters like in Lord of the rings.
In Lord of the rings, one scene would go to Frodo, then another to Aragorn, then another to Gandalf and so on.
This kind of fragmentation is making the movie to be a bit hard to watch.
As you watch the movie, if a scene goes from one character to another, you might want to take a break or feel that a chapter ended and a new one starts.
Maybe another approach could have been used instead, to make the movie more fluid.
Overall, if you want to rewatch the Lord of the rings trilogy, you might want to consider getting your patience tested.
Lord of the rings has not aged well and many people will agree with that, while some fans will say otherwise.