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well wanted to make another post cause dident wasnt to spoil it for everyone else..
so who liked it.. i thought it was half fighting.. i havent read the books so i dident know how it ended.. i liked the movie in general.. just some things i dident get.. probally cause i dident read the book..
but does anyone know why frodo had to get on the boat with the other people?
anywasy what did you all think?
read the book :|
i havent read the books either, but it was explained to me afterward that cos frodo had the ring for so long, he was basically going to live for a lllooonnnggg time, same as bilbo, so he had to go with gandalf and the elves to the undying lands where basically he could live and be happy and not basically be tortured in living forever with the horrors of what they have experienced with taking the ring around.... something like that :)
but as for the movie, yeah i lllloooovvveeedddd it! i was on the edge of my seat as well because i havent read it either.... 50 million stars :P
The elephant fighting rocked!
But yeah I have started reading the books now as I want to know more of what happend.
His wound from the morgul (sp?) knife still hurt sometimes. As he says some things never heal. Sailing to the undying lands is the only way of fully healing himself of the burdens of the past.
The movie was as I expected (much like the rest of the trilogy). The scripting was cliched and simple. The dialogue constantly felt too slow for me as if they were overacting, trying to squeeze as much emotional, heartfelt moments in as possible. But this just lead to a lack of contrast and subtlety in the movie which I sorely missed.
But alas, the battle scenes were bloody awesome, the graphics were amazing and despite it's downfalls there were some tear-jerking moments for this homo-erotic epic adventure.
Sailing away wasnt fully explained, either where they were going and for what reason. there is all these thoughts but it was left a mystery for a reason :) keep the story alive. the worst bit of a story is when it ends. this way..it never does :)
Quote from ruin:
The movie was as I expected (much like the rest of the trilogy). The scripting was cliched and simple. The dialogue constantly felt too slow for me as if they were overacting, trying to squeeze as much emotional, heartfelt moments in as possible. But this just lead to a lack of contrast and subtlety in the movie which I sorely missed.
which is why i'll never read the books.... i think the movies are absoloutley perfect (for movies) and i dont want to ruin the experience by reading the books and finding them better than the movie....bah, that happens too much with me.
Quote from ruin:
The movie was as I expected (much like the rest of the trilogy). The scripting was cliched and simple. The dialogue constantly felt too slow for me as if they were overacting, trying to squeeze as much emotional, heartfelt moments in as possible. But this just lead to a lack of contrast and subtlety in the movie which I sorely missed.
did anyone else feel that LOTR was very blunt in it's attempt to force audiences to care for each character? by the end i just couldnt care any more. it's a very emothional book but the movies just over did it.
[perhaps the undying lands are a metaphor for something else...]
lilu, why would you restrict yourself like that? so what if the books ruin hte movies for you...they are far more relalvent as well as better.
I think they were just jumping on the boat at the end as that was a party boat. They were heading out to do a night party, topless barmaids on board, free alcohol that sort of thing. They were coming back the next moring I believe. His mate was crying because he didnt get an invite, as I would too. :|
in the book my friend said when teh hobits got back to hobit vill orcs had taken over and the hobits all came together and made a army would be funny to see
i saw it last night in the marathon and it rocked the elephant part with the elf was just wicked evryone clapped lol :P
i also laughed at the bit where gandelf says no matter wat comes throuhg those doors stnad ya ground lol they got a nice shock :P
the ending was so slow but theres like 30 mins of jsut junk im my mind but all in all was a good movie
Yeah Enigma. They completely missed that part :/
its was Enron and Wormtounge at the end of the story that took over the hobbits. cant believe they missed it :(
i cant beleive they did the Macarena during the closing credits (did anyone else see it??)
samid, i do that because i have read way too many books after seeing the movie and the book is so amazing the movie is just shit in comparison (for example 'interview with a vampire' and 'queen of the damned') i know what you LOTR readers get all huffy about by missing out characters and bits and peices.... i just think that LOTR is such an amazing movie experience, its pretty much perfect in my head and i guess i just wanna keep it that way!
hmmmmm
first lord of the rings
BRILLIANT
second film
its ok. but missing the emotion from the first one. i couldn't care about the characters anymore.
all about helmsdeep.
overall good but not great
third film
VERY disjointed. all about action. action is good and all but when you just have action that seems to be there just for action, then the movie isn't a movie anymore is it? characters were fairly lackluster. i didn't feel for them anymore. its like if a character has an emotional moment, its just ho hum. the ending. i understand what peter jackson was trying to do with that whole extended thingy and i've always wanted a director to do something like that. unfortunately, the impetus in movie didn't drive me to care about the ending anymore. so for this movie, i think it was crap for me
legolas jumps down from fallen elephant - :)
gimli - "that still only counts as one!" - LMAO
Gimli is my favourite!
and the Gimli Vs. Legolas quotes throughout the movies are fantastic.
When he slid down the trunk of the Oliphant (yes thats how its spelt :P)
all I could think of was.....
Elven, Elven - Flinstone
hes the greatest guy in history!!!!
From the town of Rivendell,
Hes about to go kill the baddies :P
(made up in less then 5 mins, dont blame me :P)
Quote from Trojan:
legolas jumps down from fallen elephant - :)
gimli - "that still only counts as one!" - LMAO
yeah that was classic :D:D:D
Quote from BrAiN DaNcE:
Elven, Elven - Flinstone
hes the greatest guy in history!!!!
From the town of Rivendell,
Hes about to go kill the baddies :P
hahahahaha.... funny :lol: :lol: :lol:
gggrrrrrr I don't get to see it till next wednesday at earliest.... :-(
I've read the books many a time lilu, and I pretty much treat the movies as something separate from the books. Sure, I allready know the plot, but I watch it for the interpretation of the book which Peter Jackson has. I still have my images and ideas, and also his.
-D.
i was a bit disappointed, although in my opinion the movies are far far far better than the books (so shoot meh :P). i loved the action, hated the mushiness. was i the only one who thought frodo and sam were gonna kiss towards the end there? and the heroes were a bit of a weakness, even in the books. the only hero that dies is boromir. wtf? those guys go through like 89823476283488283646 orcs and uruk hai each. sauron really needs to have a look at his army. i didn't get the sense that there was ever any danger or loss.
my 2 cents :)
I think they jumped on the boat to go fishin in the river for yabbies :)
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I think they jumped on the boat to go fishin in the river for yabbies :)
ROFL you idiot.