Off Forum - Lord of the Rings

dmm · #1 January 2nd, 2002, 08:52 PM

Awesome film adaptation of LOTR. Reasonably faithful to books' details; very faithful to spirit of books. Definitely worth seeing, unless you absolutely hate the fantasy genre. Most definitely worth supporting whole-heartedly, if you are sick and tired of movies that you either can't take your kids to, or you can but you don't want to. (Parents out there will know what I mean!) There is NO cursing, NO sex/nudity/innuendo, NO potty jokes. The scariness/gore/violence is at an entirely appropriate level, IMHO. I took my 4 sons (ages 7-13), and plan to take them again, plus my wife. AND bought some of the action figures for Christmas. So I'm doing my part!

I actually like what they did with Arwen, even though it strayed from the books. Gave her more of an active role than Tolkien did, and yet kept it as something that Tolkien would have been able to swallow. (As opposed to making her Xena Warrior Princess, or Lara Croft, or similar idiocy.)

The hobbits were the best I've ever seen or heard in any film or radio adaptation. They aren't nearly plump enough, but they talk and behave the way I imagined hobbits behaving. Childlike and innocent, without being childish and stupid. Bilbo, Frodo, and Samwise have impressed me already; I look forward to the development of Merry and Pippin.

They wisely didn't mention anything about Galadriel and Arwen being the most beautiful females in Middle Earth. Unfortunately, I've read the books, so I kept thinking, "Yeah, Kate Blanchett is beautiful, but she's no Galadriel."

Of course, even a plain elven woman should be beautiful compared to any human woman, so it isn't fair to expect any human actress to be able to pull off Galadriel!

Sinapus · #2 January 2nd, 2002, 09:37 PM

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Originally posted by Spyder:
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

"One of these hobbits has a future... and one does not."

Yes, various parody quotes are coming up with regards to that guy.

Saw it Last Friday and enjoyed it. Haven't read Tolkien in a loong time and don't remember it so I can't pick nits about what was and was not in the film vs the novel.

GhostBear · #3 January 4th, 2002, 02:58 AM

[quote]Originally posted by dmm:
I actually like what they did with Arwen, even though it strayed from the books. Gave her more of an active role than Tolkien did, and yet kept it as something that Tolkien would have been able to swallow. (As opposed to making her Xena Warrior Princess, or Lara Croft, or similar idiocy.)

GhostBear · #4 January 4th, 2002, 03:02 AM

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Originally posted by GhostBear:
[quote]Originally posted by dmm:
I actually like what they did with Arwen, even though it strayed from the books. Gave her more of an active role than Tolkien did, and yet kept it as something that Tolkien would have been able to swallow. (As opposed to making her Xena Warrior Princess, or Lara Croft, or similar idiocy.)

My bad, I've been lurking for a long time and this is one of my first Posts, anyway...

I thought what they did with Arwen was ok, it didn't cause me any heartache (and I've read the trilogy about a dozen times). However, the question becomes what about Eowyn? Do they slip Arwen into that role too? I think that would be a shame.

All in all, I only had problems with a few places where the story veered from the books. Mostly with the way they handled the breaking of the fellowship and Boromir in general.

I thought the Orcs were very effective. Its not readily apparent in the books that they were originally elves that were "mutated", though it is mentioned (in the Silmarillion I think). The Uruk Hai were also very good, they definately came across as a "bigger and badder" type of orc.

GB

tesco samoa · #5 January 4th, 2002, 06:55 PM

Anyone read the article about Nynsc as jedi masters..................... and a song for the new soundtrack....................

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo........... ....

who ruined star wars ???????????

G.L. did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Growltigga · #6 January 4th, 2002, 06:57 PM

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Originally posted by tesco samoa:
Anyone read the article about Nynsc as jedi masters

You are joking - but then I suppose Britney is going to be the new dark lord of the sith

Will · #7 January 5th, 2002, 07:00 AM

I saw it... I wanted to believe it was just a rumor at first, but when I saw it on both scifi.com and on CNN (television, not internet

), a few things happened. First I screamed, "NOOOOOO!!!!!!!". Then I went into the fetal position, and tried to think happy thoughts about Star Wars. Then I tried to console myself by saying, "Hey, maybe they'll die!". Then I remembered that Jar Jar is going to be in this one too, and I went back into the fetal position. Then I said, "Screw Star Wars, it's over. Lord of the Rings rules!".