Matt Walsh in Podcasts
personMatt Walsh, a media personality and commentator known for his opinions on media and culture.
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MARK MANDELMANN, So this analysis is really useful, but I need more dunking on Matt. So you said that you've seen a lot of Matt's hot takes. On the list of hot takes, where does this hot take fall?
One of the things that I also find weird about Matt's take on this is that obviously Matt is a very Christian person. The entire Lord of the Rings saga is filled with Christian symbolism and Christian imagery. And it's replete throughout the series. But Matt is a very literal-minded movie watcher, I think.
I mean, I have exactly the same issue with Matt's take. I mean, I think it's actually his second worst movie take after The Dark Knight is super overrated. It's his other horrifyingly bad movie take. But the whole point of the—unlike The Hobbit, which is way too long because the plot does not justify the length of those films. And the book itself makes this clear.
I mean, Matt seems like a nice guy, but man, he has some bad takes on media and I think this is up there with the worst of them. His primary complaint seems to be that the films are too long and therefore they are bad. And I've never held with that complaint about any movie. It should be as long as the plot dictates. And in this case, there is an awful lot of plot to get through.
You know, I'm doing well, except I just, I can't deal with the fact that there's a person who works for our company who has such stupid thoughts about Lord of the Rings. So I need to get your take on Matt's take.
Because if we're going to fisk somebody, we're doing it in a comprehensive fashion here. Joining us on the line is the critical drinker to analyze Matt Walsh's hot take that Lord of the Rings is bad because it is too long, among other critiques. Good to see you. How are you doing? I'm good, thank you. How are you?
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