Hollywood's spent 25 years chasing the wrong lessons from The Lord of the Rings

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Date: 7/5/2026

Article Summary:
The article argues that Hollywood has been copying the wrong lessons from Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, focusing on epic scale rather than the humanity and character development that made the films successful.