# Stephen Colbert's Tolkien Movie

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**Tags:** middle-earth, movies\
**Created:** [March 25, 2026, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-colberts-tolkien-movie/1028748 "2026-03-25T11:16:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-colberts-tolkien-movie/1028748/43 "2026-03-29T03:51:03Z")

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> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> **War of Rohirrim** was surprisingly good, especially compared the 2nd & 3rd Hobbit movies and Rings of Power.
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> It was nothing compared to the first 3 live action movies though.

[I said this:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/982)

> [@Kimstu](#):
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> I wasn’t particularly thrilled by it, but found it an interesting mashup of the Peter Jackson LoTR universe (which itself is kind of a mutated version of the original Tolkien) and Japanese fantasy anime, with a definite fanfiction vibe.
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> It did take a while to get into the film; it still kind of weirds me out to hear ostensibly Middle-earth characters saying things that Tolkien didn’t actually write. But overall, I support the Middle-earth saga becoming a genuine folk epic, and that means reimaginings at all different levels of “authenticity” by different creators. Naturally, not all folk are going to like all of them.

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