Proving that nothing will please everyone, someone in a Tolkien group complains about the *scenery* in the Jackson films, particularly that Rohan didn't look enough like a "rich, luxuriant prairie", but was too brown and grey.
The portions in Rohan are set in early to mid March in the Northern hemisphere, i.e. in the first half of spring.
Anyway, I certainly don't think the Jackson films are perfect, but complaining that the bits of the New Zealand they used aren't majestic enough is genuinely a new one on me.
@mthr_jo Fools! If
https://youtu.be/i6LGJ7evrAg is not enough majestic for anybody than I don't know what is. I am half sobbing whenever I see it again (and yes, it is also the best possible advertisement for “Visit New Zealand now!”).
#LotR 
Lord of the Rings - Lighting of the Beacons [HD Test]
@mthr_jo Or the Ride of
#Rohirrim scene! If it is not enough majestic, really … Not perfect (I will never forgive missing The Scouring of the Shire), but not enough majestic? WTF?
Dr Jo Kershaw
Matěj Cepl 🇪🇺 🇨🇿 🇺🇦