Off Forum - Lord of the Rings

Mephisto · #1 December 22nd, 2001, 11:22 AM

I was not totaly sure myself so I looked it up in the book. They actually stay at Rivendell for 2 month before starting the journey and in this time they re-froge the sword. I know that you did not bash the film, it was just for your information.

Spyder · #2 December 24th, 2001, 04:23 PM

Ok, saw it on Friday afternoon. I could not have asked for a better screen adaptation. The setting was perfect, the art was great, the camera work unbelievable (making those guys look 'little' was uncanny), the casting nearly perfect....I had a small problem with the Evil guy from The Matrix being Elrond

You MUST see this movie.

AJC · #3 December 24th, 2001, 04:52 PM

Well I saw it and I thought it was excellent and certainly captured the spirit of the LOTR story and the feel of middle earth. I will definately go see it again.

One thing to note is that this movie had some parts of the Silmarillion in it and parts of the Unfinished Tales of Tolkien.

[ 24 December 2001: Message edited by: AJC ]

Puke · #4 December 24th, 2001, 09:21 PM

it did? which parts? (having not read either..)

Im guessing that you are refering to the little explination in the very begining, but you find all that out throughout the book, just not until much later. i think the bit in saroumon's (sp?) tower was out of place, but again, you find out about it later in the Two Towers. same with golloum, out of place, but you find out later. for movie go-ers and continuity purposes, i think they handled it well the way they did.

everything i saw seemed to be a direct adaptation of parts of Lord of the Rings. but, since i have not read either of the books you refer to, id like to hear what i missed.

Atrocities · #5 December 25th, 2001, 03:54 AM

I saw the movie Friday, and I enjoyed it a lot.

tesco samoa · #6 December 26th, 2001, 04:19 AM

Looks like the general 'insert big word here'
is that we like the movie.

I cannot waite for the second one.

Just 360 days to goooooooooo

Askan Nightbringer · #7 December 27th, 2001, 02:04 AM

quote:
Originally posted by ZeroAdunn:
Don't get me wrong, I loved Bad taste and Dead alive (the only movie that I almost lost my lunch during) but it is just looking and those movies, then lord of the rings, Hmmmmm, something doesn't seem to fit.

Peter Jackson is just a genius. He can do movies anyway he wants to. I think its the way he doesn't take crap from the producers. Hearing Spielberg sook about Jackson getting the movie was priceless.
He has done some serious stuff (Heavenly Creatures) and I once heard him being interviewed on a radio station when this elderly lady rang up and said "I just loved Heavenly Creatures, I want to go see your other movies".
His reply was "If you liked Heavenly Creatures then you don't want to go see my other fulms".

Try watching his muppet inspired movie "Meet the Feebles", its much more tasteless than his other stuff. Dead alive was called Braindead here btw and I wouldn't have known the movie you guys were talking about except for the reference to the lawnmower.

Cheers all,
Askan

Oh...I forgot. Lord of the Rings was cool. Except for that bit when the bridge fell so Aragon and Frodo could jump to the others.
And why did the orcs bother putting armour on? It seemed to do them no good.