OT: Movies You Have Seen Lately

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:

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Secondly, doesn't frodo fight a dragon toward the end and not a spider???

that's in the hobbit.

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And it's not Frodo, it's Bilbo. And he doesn't really fight the dragon, the men of the lake town do... Oh never mind. Read the book. Audio books are good I hear. But I sympathize with your condition. I can't imagine what I'd do if I lost my eyesight.

[ January 05, 2004, 17:13: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

[gregebowman]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Umm... there are a lot of things that are great in a book, but do not translate well to the movie screen at all. And then there are a lot of things that are good in a movie, but don't translate well to a book.

Hence, that's why all of Stephen King movies suck, because the characterization and the tension just don't translate well into movies, especially when you get some hack screenwriter who puts his interpretation into what he thinks would be a better movie.

[David E. Gervais]

Well, it's now the day after tomorrow, but the shock and awe factor of the movie forced me to spend time recouping.

Very good movie, a bit long at 3 hours and 15 minutes but very good indeed. I think the Two Towers is the high point of the trilogy. I now will wait for the three films to come to DVD in a full set with lots of behind the scenes stuff.

Cheers!

[Growltigger]

Dunno how factually correct this is, but I was told that the extended DVD of Return of the King would be 6 hours long.

Hope it is. Great movie but for a Tolkienista like myself, a lot was missed out that I would like to have seen.

I have seen the extended Two Towers, and IMHO, it is a much better movie, that fills up a lot of gaps and just "watches" better

[Atrocities]

Originally posted by geoschmo:

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:

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Secondly, doesn't frodo fight a dragon toward the end and not a spider???

that's in the hobbit.

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And it's not Frodo, it's Bilbo. And he doesn't really fight the dragon, the men of the lake town do... Oh never mind. Read the book. Audio books are good I hear. But I sympathize with your condition. I can't imagine what I'd do if I lost my eyesight.

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I have glasses that help me read, but most of the time my vission is rather blurry. I used to spend a lot more time on the PC than I do now.

Its not that I don't want to read the books Geo, its that I know once I start my mind will cloud up and a head acke will come. Think of it like this, You have to read a 1000 page book about soil composission while sufforing from the worst hang over of your life.

I used to love to read, but any more its become problematic for me.

Hell I used to love to write, but even that seems to elude my interest now. And from the lack of story Posts I can see other have the same alament when it comes to writing as of late.

But audio books are good. Very good.

And thanks for the info on the dragon thing. I was rather confused.

[Atrocities]

SPOILER DO NOT READ>

Riddic - What can I say but WOW. Pure Science Fiction mixed in with a lot of interesting but not very developed religious under tones.

I think if they would have had another half hour the moview could have become far more than what it is.

Great costumes, action, acting, and interest. Worth the price of admittion = yes and no. See it on the big screen but see it on the cheap.

[Captain Kwok]

Originally posted by gregebowman:
Hence, that's why all of Stephen King movies suck, because the characterization and the tension just don't translate well into movies, especially when you get some hack screenwriter who puts his interpretation into what he thinks would be a better movie.

I wouldn't say that. There have been a handful of Stephen King novels/stories that have made great movies like Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile, Stand By Me, and the Shining.