A secret war is secretly going on in secrecy in the IMDB LOTR message board
OMG LOTR IS GAY ALL IT HAS IS BORING OLD GEIZERS WITH BEARDS TALKING 4 THREE HOURS TEH MATRIX IS COOL IT HAS BULLET TIEM AND KEANU REEVES IS THE BEST ACTOR EVAR!!!1
NU-UH KEANU REEVES IS A RETARD AND WAS IN THAT DUMBASS BUDDHA MOVIE AND LOTR IS BETTAR B CUZ ITS SO INTELLECTUAL B CUZ IT WAS WRITTEN BY A BRITISH PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH A UNIVERSITY!!!11
YEA WELL TEH MATRICKS SI RATED R SO WE CAN CURSE AND SHOW BLOOD AND THAT MAEKS IT KEWLS AND OSCAR OMG!!!1
YEAH WELL TEH MATRIX DOESNT HAVE AS MANY K3WL FITE SEENS WITH ORCS AND GOBLINS AND ARROWS FLYING *PEW PEW* MY MOM IS CALLING ME ITS TIEM 2 TAKE MY RITALIN!!1
I think you're ignoring the political undercurrent and cinematographic acomplishment of both films