Peter Jackson’s LOTR. Which one?
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Topic: Peter Jackson’s LOTR. Which one?
Posted By: CrazyDiamond
Subject: Peter Jackson’s LOTR. Which one?
Date Posted: September 03 2005 at 12:35
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I was re-watching the trilogy and I noticed that Jackson really did a good job, altough he obscured some "important" characters, figures and objects (where is Tom Bombadil, only to name one !?!?!?!). But it's impossible to put such a big book in a movie, without doing a selection of the most important episodes and parts of the book. He did a good job. Anyway, what do you think? What's your favourite chapter? (I go for "The fellowship of the ring", my favourite! ___BYE___ ------------- 
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Posted By: CrazyDiamond
Date Posted: September 03 2005 at 12:38
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oops, I did a mistake in making the poll ! Anyway, write down your favourite! Excuse me. -------------
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 03 2005 at 12:47
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The movies are all great IMO. But generally I prefer the Silmarillion. I'd love to see that as a movie. Maybe with Blind Guardian and Marillion providing the music? ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: CrazyDiamond
Date Posted: September 03 2005 at 12:55
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Oh yes, who can make the best music for a movie called Silmarillion better than Marillion? Anyway, The Silmarillion is an epic journey through fantasy litterature! Do you know that they're making a movie based on The Hobbit? Hope to see it soon -------------
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Posted By: Borealis
Date Posted: September 03 2005 at 23:27
I do not like those movie, seriously, unless I'm stoned... then they are great...   ------------- Vive le Québec libre!... |
Posted By: Nipsey88
Date Posted: September 04 2005 at 02:48
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Jackson has created the single greatest movie trilogy ever. Doubters beware!
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Posted By: Damen
Date Posted: September 04 2005 at 03:39
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All of em, gotta love them, they follow the books just about verbatim ------------- "It's amazing that we've been able to put up with each other for 35 years. Most marriages don't last that long these days." -Chris Squire |
Posted By: SomethingGood
Date Posted: September 04 2005 at 05:34
No chance! what about Back to the Future? Indiana Jones? Die Hard? Star Wars? I've always thought the LOTR films were overatted, there's just too much boring filler material in them. Jackson's older films were better by a mile!  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/somethinggood/"> 
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Nipsey88 wrote:Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 04 2005 at 05:39
The Return Of The King!!!!!! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 04 2005 at 05:39
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Now that's Bad Taste! ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: September 04 2005 at 18:38
| I really enjoyed them all, but The Fellowship of the Ring is my favourite. It follows the book the best. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: September 04 2005 at 19:03
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The Fellowship of the Ring: 5/5 (more mystical, earthly and humble. My favorite.) The Two Towers: 4.5/5 (a great continuation...but a middle chapter, or a bridge between the two greater chapters, IMO) The Return of the King: 5/5 (the most emotional and epic, with supurb acting and the most emotional ending of any movie i've ever seen) ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: GPFR
Date Posted: September 04 2005 at 21:33
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Fellowship of the Ring
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Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: September 05 2005 at 03:02
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I voted for the purist thing, because that's closest to how I feel, but actually that's too harsh ... I think he it about 70% right ... the movies would have worked if I hadn't been such a big fan of the books ... (and I'll agree that not all the flaws are Jackson's ... any one else find it ridiculous that the "fighting" Uruk-Hai and the Nazgul are just so easily overcome?) but some things I thought really sucked ... one of which was turning Gimli into comic relief ... I wasn't too thrilled by Aragorn going "let's hunt some Orc" either ... ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: Wolf Spider
Date Posted: September 05 2005 at 04:44
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The whole trilogy is breath taking
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: September 05 2005 at 07:34
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Here come's the social suicide... I think Jacson did poor filmatisation of a medicore book. I read it as a kid and liked it. Tried to read it as an adult, but didn't manage to do it. I watched the first film (drunk, it helps), which had some nice element's, like the surroundings, Gandalf cathing the butterfly in the tower and the mines of moria sequence. I watched the second movie and screamed in agony. When Legolas surfed with the shield, I truly wanted to kill myself. I think the movie was total Hollywood crap. I'm sorry, I have no intentions to check the third movie. For movies, I'm an irritating, elitistic euro trash. Tarkovski and Bunuel for me, thank you. |
Posted By: Borealis
Date Posted: September 05 2005 at 16:52
------------- Vive le Québec libre!... |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 05:52
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Dune,The Hobbit and the LOTR's are the books I read as a kid that totally got me into the fantasy/sci-fi genre and Jackson's movies are the only book to movie adaptation I have ever been really happy with(I even forgive him for leaving out Tom Bombadil),so I chose "the whole trilogy".Hard to pick just one but if I had to I would pick Return of the King. -------------  |
Posted By: CrazyDiamond
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 15:18
I almost agree with you, but the three movies have something that is really enjoyable, I can't explain.. There is the so called "fluency", and the story goes.. Anyway, I prefer the books.. ___BYE___ -------------
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Posted By: Heptade
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 15:22
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I grew up on those books, and I found the movies hard to take (I mean,
Liv Tyler?). It's a matter of personal opinon and experience, though. I prefer the BBC radio series, which was beautifully done (and available on CD!). ------------- The world keeps spinning, people keep sinning And all the rest is just bullsh*t -Steve Kilbey |
Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 15:24
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A Big YAY for Snowy ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: Wolf Spider
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 15:39
Aren`t you to young to see this movie Eddy?  ------------- http://www.lastfm.pl/user/tomash33 - Last.fm |
Posted By: SomethingGood
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 15:53
oh dear oh dear... worst pun ever! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/somethinggood/">
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 16:09
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A joke for the Braindead. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 16:32
Well, actually I am a arachnophobic, but Shelob (OR whathername) I dident find scary at all... and normally I should run out of the cinema screaming and wild-eyed... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5">
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Posted By: SomethingGood
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 16:51
die. please. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/somethinggood/">
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 17:00
If you really want to scare me ... call The Frighteners! (ok, I'll shut up now.) ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Nipsey88
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 17:07
Apparently I just met the Feebles.  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nipsey88/?chartstyle=myspace02" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: September 07 2005 at 16:47
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I like all of them - by the time the movies had been made, I had read LOTR twice - once as a teen and then a few years back. I think he stuck pretty much to the storyline. But as someone else mentioned, he missed out Tom Bombadil in "Fellowship" electing to place more emphasis on the Nazgul, or so it seemed. But that is a small gripe. Quite simply, the best movie trillogy made ... AND by a fellow countryman ------------- 
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Posted By: Odysseus
Date Posted: September 15 2005 at 14:51
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The Whole Trilogy! |
Posted By: transend
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 18:37
| Not sure why, but 'The two towers' did it for me...the visuals were just wonderful and I felt a little let down by TROTK coz it was just a tad 'sappy' for alot of the time, I was just waiting for Frodo and Sam to kiss...the book never seemed that wet.. |
Posted By: Prodigal
Date Posted: September 19 2005 at 12:00
I think the same.
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