With you. It's an interminable drag. The "need to bring the ring back" tale is so excruciatingly boring probably because it doesn't even serve as a metaphor for the problems and obstacles you would meet in real life.

it is the greatest trilogy of all time and the best fantasy novel adaptation
still holds up v well
am currently doing a rewatch on prime bc they’re in 4K so now u can see the peach fuzz on gollum’s nutsack

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I love the novel but the Jackson movies are almost unwatchable.
Lots of CGI, very poor casting, and very little of it compelling.
I have tried to watch The Hobbit films. Same reaction.
I have even tried to go back and watch the LOTR films again, maybe this time enjoying them.
No. I got about half an hour into Fellowship.

I think that's understandable, I love the trilogy but im glad you acknowledge they're greatly made even if you just can't find them interesting.

LOTR is GOAT

The Lord of the Rings
trilogy is the greatest adventure movie made to date, and I don't see anyone doing anything better in the foreseeable future.
The Tolkien saga encompasses the entire range of what it means to be human, honor, courage, fortitude, love and compassion on the plus side and hatred, betrayal and evil on the negative side.
In all departments the production is superior down to the last detail and the cgi, particularly in the creation of Gollum, still holds up today while a lot of that technology looks more and more dated in other fantasy films.
I have the extended box set and have watched the entire series two or three times. Granted, it is so long you really can't watch it more than once or twice a year, unless you are a fanatic. When I do start with
The Fellowship of the Ring
, however, like eating potato chips, I have to stick with it to the end (over a couple of days, of course).
I've also read the books twice over the years and will probably do so again when I get the inclination.
They are astounding achievements in literature and the art of the motion picture. I think, if Tolkien were alive today, he would be proud of what he accomplished.
And This, Too, Shall Pass Away