Lord of the Rings trilogy: Rate it.
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Topic: Lord of the Rings trilogy: Rate it.
Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Subject: Lord of the Rings trilogy: Rate it.
Date Posted: June 28 2010 at 21:20
| What would you rate this trilogy of movies out of 10? I give it a 9. |
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: June 28 2010 at 21:26
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The movies are fascinating. My gal (wife now) and I drove an hour there and an hour back just to see The Fellowship of the Ring. I had to piss through half of it. I didn't dare move. Ten. Highest rating. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: June 28 2010 at 21:29
There and back again?  I too give it 10. |
Epignosis wrote:Posted By: Tarquin Underspoon
Date Posted: June 28 2010 at 23:31
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7. Great movies, but not really "my thing". Never gripped me. Nor did the books, funny enough. ------------- "WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!" -The Great Gig in the Sky |
Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: June 28 2010 at 23:32
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Rob speaks with wisdom. Luckily that in the cinema they give an intermission right when they were passing over Cathadras mountain. I go pleased to take a piss and go on with the movie.
Eventhough the books are brilliant and the movie just can't match them, the movie is one of the best efforts in the history of mankind... it's unbelievable to think those are 10 years old and still are great...
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: June 28 2010 at 23:34
| 7 ("very good"). Not my kind of cinema, though. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: June 29 2010 at 03:43
| As movies, 4. As an illustration for a book, 9. |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: June 29 2010 at 03:51
| 7. As a trilogy, I think they are less strong. As individual movies, I would rate Fellowship and Two Towers 9 easily. Return of the King was just way too long and sluggish in its pacing. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: June 29 2010 at 04:14
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I cannot give 'em any other rating than a 9. The movies are excellent, but Gandalf being forced by Saruman to look into the Palantír is quite a violation of the story. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: June 29 2010 at 04:51
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10. So nostalgic, and so good! I had every game beaten on the hardest difficulty, no cheats, saw all the movies at least 3 times with the extended scenes, signed up to every online site, read all the books (Excluding The Hobbit), let's just say I was a real addict Really, best movies ever. ------------- http://www.formspring.me/Aragorn224" rel="nofollow - Trendsetter win! The search for nonexistent perfection. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: June 29 2010 at 11:33
er, I liked them when they came out but they're sort of boring now. Especially with the absence of Tom Bombadil 
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Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: June 29 2010 at 12:19
You can't take Tom to the films...!!! if you do that you destroy the magic of that character, I think it was a good choice, he was too d*mn good to be represented on the film... the movies are not boring, is just that now is dificult to have 3 hours free to see one of them properly... ------------- |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: June 29 2010 at 12:23
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I can't stand Tom Bombadil. So glad he wasn't in the movie.
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: June 29 2010 at 12:25
| I hate that they cut that whole part out, but seeing Tom Bombadil in the movie would have just killed the character for me, I think. |
Posted By: Mr. Maestro
Date Posted: June 29 2010 at 12:34
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I grew up with the books. My dad read me The Hobbit when I was five, and the trilogy soon followed. I was ecstatic when I heard that they were making the movies, and they did not disappoint.
10 for the best fantasy films ever made.
By the way, I love Tom Bombadil, but he really would have ruined the movies. He just wouldn't fit in. ------------- "I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...." |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: June 29 2010 at 12:54
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I'll be generous and give it a 6. as the director probably
succeeds in
realising what he aims at. Its easy to see that its perfect for those
into fantasy, magic, wizards, dragons, giant spiders and all that. I'm
not. Great big endless battlescenes bore me to tears in any genre. And
you basically know who
dies and who survives in this kind of predictable blockbuster
storytelling anyway. Its not like I prefer down to earth realism (can't
stand it really) with deeply moving going-for-oscar-acting or any of
that crap, but I prefer fairytale or
mystery to fantasy. I not that much of a snob either, I think. I do recall a quite long sequence in the middle of the movie in the middle I genuinely enjoyed. I also remember that the end of the whole trilogy is so far the longest half an hour of my entire life. Still better than everything else I've seen in this genre. Which is not much really. The two first about that annoying teen wizard (rating: 3 and 2) and the first awful Narnia film (rating: 0). What a complete waste of money that was. ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: Ronnie Pilgrim
Date Posted: June 29 2010 at 14:58
| Jackson did a smashing job of bringing the novels to life; excellent casting, special effects, and editing/rewriting the original work. The purists may be peeved, but I read the novels when I was only twelve and never believed there would be a movie rendition that I not only found acceptable, but absolutely awesome. Ten poll points, five gold stars, two thumbs up and a Nazgul in a pear tree. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: June 29 2010 at 15:00
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Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: June 29 2010 at 15:08
| I'd give the individual movies somewhere between 8-9, but as a trilogy altogether it's nothing less than a 10! |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: June 29 2010 at 15:56
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I'd have to say 9. It would have been 10 if they had been allowed to include everything they had to cut out for time from the books.
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 29 2010 at 16:48
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A 9 as well.
I think the first part had some moments which were a bit too much. They shouldn't have casted Steven Tyler's daughter and they should have done the threat of the Nazgul a bit more subtle. They should have let some quieter parts in it. Still, it's quite good.
Part 2 is a masterpiece and part 3 is very good as well.
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Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: June 29 2010 at 16:49
You call yourself a Tolkien fanboy and haven't read The Hobbit? What is wrong with this picture?
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: June 29 2010 at 16:56
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As a trilogy: 8 The Fellowship 8
The Two Towers 9
The Return of the King 7
The Battle of the Helm's Deep is the climax.
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: June 29 2010 at 22:18
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: June 29 2010 at 22:25
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9. A fantastic adaptation of one of my very favorite books, but one point knocked off for lack of Tom Bombadil.
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Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: June 29 2010 at 22:40
| I'm surprised so many people are complaining about the lack of Tom Bombadil. He was one of the least interesting parts of the books, and was removed because it would ruin the pacing. |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: June 29 2010 at 22:43
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^Yeah I've got a friend who hates him too, despite loving the rest of the books. Not me though! Old Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow, bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow! (I mean come on, how do you dislike a guy with yellow boots?) -------------
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: June 30 2010 at 02:41
^I don't know much about Tom Bombadil, but agree. ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: June 30 2010 at 10:58
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The presence of Tom Bombadil would've ruined the movie. It almost ruins the first book... With less singing and walking than the books, I actually think this is one of the rare cases where the adaptations are more fortunate than the originals... The books are full of creativity and imagination but are slightly long and there are too many passages that... BORE. Also, the changes in the story work for the better in the movie. A few things pale in comparison to the book (the council of elrond for one) but in general better adapted the trilogy couldn't have been... 9/10 TFOTR 8/10 TTT 8/10 TROTK 9/10 ------------- 
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Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: June 30 2010 at 12:18
| ^^ I agree with absolutely everything he said. |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: July 01 2010 at 13:30
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I rate it with 9 as I am never satisfied entirely with anything.... Seriously now, if a few mellow and Hollywood-like moments were missing, the movies would be absolutely perfect (now they are just perfect) Fantastic adaptation of characters! |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: July 01 2010 at 16:21
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I liked the movies, but the books are the books. So I'm rating with 7, let's say. However, my recommendation (and 10 out of 10 score) for the old LOTR cartoon. That was...scary. ------------- |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: July 01 2010 at 17:33
I'm giving it three rings.  I really enjoyed the movies and the books are good, too. I haven't seen the movies in a while, though I have them on DVD. Anyone ever attempted a 'thon with them? ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: M@X
Date Posted: July 01 2010 at 17:41
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Easily set the new BAR for epic movies ! Rated 10 ------------- Prog On ! |
Posted By: Falx
Date Posted: July 02 2010 at 04:10
 Now nobody will bother to read the books  ------------- "You must go beyond the limit of the limit of your limits!" - Mr. Doctor "It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin |
Posted By: Progist
Date Posted: July 02 2010 at 06:25
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7 from me. If Liv had been a topless elf, I would have given it 8...oh well...
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: July 02 2010 at 15:13
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OK, I'll be the first to vote: "Never seen"
And might I add: "No interest" -------------  Time always wins. |