10 Best Times The Lord Of The Rings Appeared In Other Movies

10. The Interview (2014)

There was a time when a Seth Rogen flick was guaranteed to bring laughs. Together with Judd Apatow, he was one of the leading forces to reinvent the American comedy movie during the 2000s. We were treated to 40 Year Old Virgin , Superbad, Pineapple Express and Knocked Up, all of which displayed Rogen's knack for delivering humorous lines, centring around pop culture and stoner jokes.

The Rogen racehorse started running out of steam during the 2010s, however. We started getting films like The Guilt Trip, Neighbors 2 and the infamous Green Hornet. This Is The End was perhaps the last hurrah for the classic Rogen line-up.

When The Interview was announced, it sounded like it had promise. The premise alone was controversial enough to start an international incident between North Korea and Sony. But, the wild plot - which centred around an assassination attempt of Kim Jong-un - wasn't enough to save a movie filled with derivative and predictable gags.

James Franco was hit or miss, but he did make several humorous references to Lord of the Rings, one of which implied the name "Boromir" was synonymous with betrayal.