That being said, I don't really care for superhero flicks, burned out on them, too much market saturation and the only ones I really cared for lately were the Nolan Batman flicks. I'll wait until Joker is on Netflix, then I'll give it a watch.
I do think Joker is probably better then any of the Nolan batman flicks. And in truth isn't really a comic book movie. Even if it is with a comic book character.
I would say Peter Jackson's
Hobbit trilogy is bad but LOTR still holds up to this day despite some parts or aspects of it that are super cheesy. The first film, the
Fellowship, was the best of the bunch in terms of both a coherent narrative and excellent cinematography, despite
Return of the King having a flashier, more grandiose use of CGI.
LOTR is a good trilogy, objectively speaking they are good films, specially fellowship as you mention. Of course you can argue the books are better, but that doesn't take away from what the movies accomplished cinematographically. IMHO.
The hobbit was just bad. It had a good dwarf song though.