sirussly:

(( OOC: I didn’t get to watch all of it….. because did you know it’s four bloody hours long???!! Because I didn’t!

But I have the following comments for the three-quarters that I did watch:

• Frodo is literally a human crossed with a bush baby, I have never seen eyes that large on a man in my life.
• Bush baby hobbit creeps me out a bit, but the other three hobbits? Loves of my life. Adorable, precious babies. Protect them at all costs.
• The dramatic ranger guy has the strangest chin I’ve seen in my life?
• The special effects makeup is hella good, bearing in mind this is a pretty old film now… those orcs are CREEPY AF
• That scene where Bilbo Baggins goes ape shit at Frodo and turns into a little goblin for around two seconds scared the total bejeezus out of me  like I was playing one of those horrible jump scare games
• THEY JUST DID GANDALF LIKE THAT DIDN’T THEY? Like I know he magically comes back because he’s in the other films but really, you’re gonna kill off the old man in the first film? Harsh.
• A lot of the stuff felt trope-y but I realise it’s probably because every other film got their tropes from this one? So this is the original trope film? Which is fair enough.
• I liked all the references they made to the Hobbit films.
• The last point was a joke please don’t come for my life

So, yep. First time watching Lord of the Flies. Wasn’t terrible. Four out of five stars. ))