OT- LOTR fan discussion thread - SPOILER WARNING

[Parasite]

It is hard to have more than a few heros in a movie. That is my major complaint in the Tom Clancy books/movies. The books show average people being heroic, the movies Not. I think Faramir got caught up in this and had his heroism turned down.

I have a complaint about the horses and elephants. They will not ride close to one another. This is true in real life as well as in the books. The movie has them riding past each other. No problem. Right.

[gravey101]

ine (in no particular order of importance), are as follows:

>1 missing out Tom Bombadil and the Barrow Downs in Fellowship;

My least 2 favorite chapters in the book, so no loss IMO.

>2 Irish music being played in Hobbiton, when they were English (OK OK minor gripe I know)

Didn't even notice.

>3 Elves turning up at Helms Deep!!

I actually didn't mind this. I hated the Legolas skateboard scene.

>4 Completely underplaying Faramir, he is one of the most noble and heroic characters in the book, and that suicide charge in ROTK was bloody silly;

Agreed.

I liked the extended Arwen character, but hated the portrayal of Elrond. Probably the only casting choice I had issue with.

[Fyron]

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
so where is this all 3 movie dvd set ? I cannot see any info on it anywhere.

can someone post a link. I am interested in reading about it

I think AT was just being pessimistic again...

[Puke]

Originally posted by Growltigger:
7 the delay on the extended DVD is a bit of a rip off, but if it helps then finance the Hobbit movie, I dont mind it

oh yeah... I hope those poor blokes can get over their financial problems, I hear those struggling artists are really having a hard time with things. Think we can make a donation somewhere, just to make sure they dont end up on the street?

...riiiiiight

[Paul1980au]

I love The lords of the rings.

[Cheeze]

I enjoyed so much of these movies, and where they were strong they were unbelievably fantastic!! All three are simply beautiful to watch and enjoy, and do justice to this story.

Tom Bombadil's section I have come to enjoy more and more as I re-read these books. But there is no way that some guy who looks like he's come right out of Oktoberfest, sings and dances everywhere AND somehow is the most powerful being in Middle Earth really fits in the movie. A friend pointed out the image of Bombadil holding the ring and his blue eye showing through it, in contrast to Sauron's red eye.

Changing Faramir was a let-down. I have read articles where they thought making him a more flawed character made him more interesting to see grow over the two movies. The movie does capture the relationship between Faramir and Denethor, but pursues it differently than the books. Denethor comes off far worse in the movies, and I hope the Extended DVD shows him with the palantir.

My biggest complaint with the films was with Gimli. He is little more than a comic relief character, always the butt of the joke and always in jeopardy. I would like to have seen that oliphant slaying scene done by him rather than Legolas, to give some impression of the strength of the dwarves. Then Legolas could have said "That counts only as one" and see Gimli fume over it.

[Fyron]

Bombadil is most certainly not the most powerful being in Middle Earth. Far from it. He is just far older than the ring, and is not a member of any of the corruptable species, so it has no power over him.