You're misremembering.
I saw the first Lord of the Rings movie and didn't like it.
Then the second Lord of the Rings movie came out, and people kept telling me "It's SO MUCH better than the first one. Even if you didn't like the first one, you'll like this one." So, I tried to see it, but gave up after about an hour, bored out of my mind. When the third one came out, everybody said "It's SO MUCH better than the previous films. Even if you didn't like the first two..." But, at this point, they'd lost all credibility. I'd given the Rings trilogy about four hours of my time, and wasn't rewarded.
Ask anybody, just about, and they'll list The Godfather as one of the top ten American movies. I love it, and I don't like violence, gangster films, James Caan, Abe Vigoda or Nino Rota. You've your head in the sand if you don't give it a try.