Who's going to see Return of the King tonight?

narf poit chez BOOM · #1 December 20th, 2003, 09:32 AM

Baron, they did it right.

my eyes do hurt, though. all those lighting changes...

Gryphin · #2 December 29th, 2003, 05:24 PM

I saw it yesterday. I loved it.
Favortie scene: When who was it? Kills the Witch King

Favortie quote - I can't remember the exact words.
The scene Aragorn is promoting an attack on The Black Gate to draw Saron's attention. Gimli says something along the lines of:
"Outnumbered, little chance of success, lets do it"
Does anyone know the exact words?
Thanks

Worst Quote in all 3 movies:
Same scene as above Legolas says: "A diVersion!"

geoschmo · #3 December 29th, 2003, 06:05 PM

My favorite line was when Legolas brought down the giant elephant and all the soldiers riding it and drops to his feet next to Gimli, and Gimli says, "But that still only counts as one!"

I saw the movie Christmas day. It was very good as far as movies go, but I must say I left a bit unsatisfied. This one felt to me to be much the same as the second movie, only on a somewhat grander scale. Almost as if you could have watched part one and part three, and not noticed part two was missing if you hadn't read the books, which I haven't.

I had many questions about why some things happened the way they did, and stuff like that. I read the Hobbit a long time ago, but never the LOTR. I have decided to read them now and hope that it will help me understand what wasn't in the movies, but was hinted at. I reread the Hobbit over the weekend and have started on Fellowship now. It's hard to put down once you start, but I am sure I am not telling you all anything you don't already know.

Phoenix-D · #4 December 29th, 2003, 06:05 PM

I think the actual quote is
"Outnumbered, little chance of success, almost certain death. What are we waiting for?"

gravey101 · #5 December 29th, 2003, 06:27 PM

>Almost as if you could have watched part one and part three, and not noticed part two was missing if you hadn't read the books, which I haven't.

Geo, to a certain extent, one could say that about the second book too. It certainly was transitional. The movie struggled with it as much as the novels did IMO.

I the ROTK was the best of the 3, as I did with the book, it really is an epic.

I thought the ending scenes were probably unnecessary for the movie in that everyone I knew (who had not read the books) really didn't quite understand what it was all about. They could have just left it in the extended Version IMO.

I was dissapointed they did not film the scene at the gate of MT when Gandalph and the Lord of the Nazgul clashed after grond had broken that gate. That was one of my favorite passages in the book.

But overall.... very very good.

Gryphin · #6 December 29th, 2003, 06:40 PM

Phoenix D
Thanks that is close enough for me.

Posted by Geo:

Quote:

My favorite line was when Legolas brought down the giant elephant and all the soldiers riding it

Did that scene strke anyone else as being a deliberate "copy" of the scene in once one of the Star Wars movies where Luke climbs up a rope to take out an ATAT?

I have to say I really enjoyed the interplay between Gimli and Legolas.

geoschmo · #7 December 29th, 2003, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gryphin:
Posted by Geo:

quote:
My favorite line was when Legolas brought down the giant elephant and all the soldiers riding it

Did that scene strke anyone else as being a deliberate "copy" of the scene in once one of the Star Wars movies where Luke climbs up a rope to take out an ATAT?

That did come to mind for me as well actually.

Is that scene not in the books?

Quote:

Originally posted by gravey101:
Geo, to a certain extent, one could say that about the second book too. It certainly was transitional. The movie struggled with it as much as the novels did IMO.

Yes, I understand teh need for transition when dealing with a story of this length. And to be fair part two didn't feel that akward when I saw it. It did seem to fit the transitional phase quite well at the time. But somehow, after seeing part 3, part 2 changed from feeling transitional more into something that felt redundant.

Perhaps if I saw all three in close order instead of months between them I will see it differently. I'll have to try and watch them all togehether some day once all the DVD's are out.

Geoschmo