POTC vs LOTR

[The Skirata Clan]

Hawke, I would highly recommend the The Black Pearl, but thats it. The other 2 are Fx galore. Other than that I'm Rings all the way.

[Dan_OB]

The LOTR series is one of my all time favorites. I've watched them several times and will watch them many more. The POTC movies I watched once, may watch again, maybe not. Enjoyable movies, but not standouts. I don't play the game because I was entralled by the movies but because it was recommended by a friend.

[Captian Quelzar]

Lord of the rings is good but pirates of the caribbean is by far my favorite series of movies

[Superbob94000]

In my opinion, Pirates 3 stunk! My favorite was the first one, and the second one was just OK.

[League]

The third pirates film really was wacky... though it did have it's moments, like where you saw Davy Jones standing in a bucket of water on an island. It was cheesy for the whole though. The second one was decent though.

Pirates didn't really have a complex story, just complex plots and sub-plots--though it did have turns from the more believable storylines, which I personally didn't like. LOTR is a complex world, complete with stories like The Hobbit and The Samarillian (did I get that right?).

[MacIronhawk]

I've never seen the Lord of the Rings movies from beginning to end. I've seen bits and pieces of all of them but I still haven't found the time to watch them.

I'd go with pirates, although the only one that can compare to what I've seen of LOTR is the Black Pearl.

[Amelia Heartburn]

Only saw the first movie of both POTC & LOTR.
Even though, I'd have to go with Pirates.

[Buck Seahawk]

Well, I like them pretty much the same. They are 2 different movies so it is hard to say. The first movie of POTC was great! The second was awesome! the third was pretty sweet too. But, the other 2 movies completely erased the first movie! The first movie has nothing to do with Beckett or Davy Jones. LOTR is one of my fave movies... if not my fave. It keeps everything together and never changed the storyline of the movie. I love both the movies, but I can't watch POTC over and over again like I do with LOTR. What GAME do you like better? Lord Of The Rings Online or Pirates Of the Caribbean Online? I have played the 10 day trial for LOTRO and I am disappointed that it doesn't have a free option like POTCO does. LOTRO was very fun when I played. But I love POTCO because I have played it longer, and I have many friends on there. My answer is POTCO. How about you?

[Kraken Guard]

Lord of the Rings, hands down.

[Benjamin Goldeagle]

Long live POTC!!!

[swordshot]

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HINT:POTC lol

[Midhav]

POTC over LOTR though both are good. POTC is made up of comedy, a good cast & crew, awesome graphics, explorable storylines and are amazing. When i saw POTC2&3 first i didnt like it, but when i saw it a few more times ( and played POTCO and wikied it ), i liked it!
But the ultimate villain thing is kinda split between Beckett ( ruthless, cruel, evil, but not gifted with supernatural powers ), and Davy Jones ( cruel, powerful, somewhat ruthless, yet lost so easilly and is weak in the heart for love ), whereas Sauron is so pure evil along with the Wich King, and the very thought of Morgoth...

[Tuefenhandel]

I have to go with LOTR. In homage to Spike TV's "Deadliest Warrior" I broke it down when trying to make an honest assessment.

Story - Lord of the Rings. Tolkien created an entire new universe. LOTR is fantasy whereas POTC is fiction.

Characters:
Heroine - giving the check mark to Keira Knightly over Liv Tyler. Anyone who wants to dispute this score can meet me in the alley behind the Rowdy Rooster for a parlimentary debate.
Hero - Frodo wins out over Will Turner. But, as a consolation, Will does get the girl. Frodo is the ultimate underdog, and I always root for the underdog. Besides, Will Turner is Legolas (not the other way around).
Arch Villain - Sauron IS evil. Davy Jones, not so much.

Background - LOTR was written by Tolkien as a way to inspire hope in the darkest days of WWII for the English. Haven't noticed how the West triumphs? Saving the shire, where all is peaceful and happy is the allegorical equal of saving England from the ****'s.
POTC was a ride at Disneyworld that evolved into some very good (but, slightly inferior to LOTR) movies. I scored this category LOTR.

Scope - Tolkien invented races, and languages to complete the myth of his story (he was a language professor at Oxford). Before Tolkien things were elfish, after him its elven (elfs vs. elves was also his). The movie does the books justice. Whereas we have very little to compare POTC to as far as background.

Cultural Significance - POTC is doing a lot to perpetuate the pirate mystique. And, the game is wicked awesome. But, "Frodo Lives" was iconographic in the 70's, and let's face it - you just can't get any cooler than a shout out from a Led Zepplin song ('from the depths of Mordor'). Scoring this one for LOTR.

Special effects / make up - that's a draw.

The all important best battle scene category - pitting the 'duel in a vortex of the Pearl vs. the Flying Dutchman' against the Battle of Pelennor Fields. I have to go with LOTR again as Eowyn's triumph and Theoden's death make it much more memorable.

Checking with the judges, it looks like a 6-0-1 sweep.

[Buck Seahawk]

Lord Of The Rings all the way. I like Pirates too, but the movies are all sloppy. Like, the first one was great! Then the second and third movies just turn into a whole different story??? I don't like how it went like that. I was actually watching some of LOTR Two Towers today.

[The Evil Will Mcbain]

You can't do this to, me! These are my two favorie movie series! Ugh. I guess LOTR because I have read and really enjoyed the books as well. This does not mean, however, that I think the last two pirates are stupid. THEY ARE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
Hey, Tuefenhandel, what about the Jack Sparrow-Aragorn comperison XD