re: Busting out the extended edition LOTRs

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I love the books and the movies, but Game of Thrones has really cast a shadow over these, IMO, and shown just how one-dimensional the characters are. Everyone is either totally good or totally bad with no shades whatsoever.

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I think Lord of the Rings had strong characters. Just because there's only two sides (mostly) doesn't mean we had hollow characters. I'd say they're all pretty easily describable without saying their role in the movie, what race they were, or what they looked like, which is usually an indication of a strong character. The only weak character in the Fellowship I would say was Legolas. Gollum I still think is one of the best characters ever put into literature or film.