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"LOTR"

I was watching LOTR on dvd today being nearly 3 hours and just though how brilliant it was. The special affects are something else and even though there are differences it is true to the book as much as possible. They cut out a lot of the first bit after the party ie Tom and the barrow wight. It was interesting to see the Balrog as there is know discription in the book. I though Liv was very good in her brief role as Arwin though if i remember Glofindel was the elf who met Frodo just before Rivendel. Lucky EW againd LTs chest hmmm worth a morgal knife for?

you probably couldn't care less what I think of it, but here goes :

I thought the special effects were brilliant, some superb sequences, genuinely entertaining. But why oh why are we forced to endure hours of soppy shakespeare-esque character developments. I am not just some shallow action film fan, I enjoy lots of dialogue if the story is interesting, but most of the dialogue in LOTR was un-necessary and quite frankly too dramatised and uninteresting.

Final verdict : A good film, but I hope the two towers is better

Stryke wrote:
> I shall transalate NewbieSpeak for you. He is philosophically asking
> if the pain of getting a Morgul knife through your shoulder is worth
> getting held again Liv Tylers (LTs) chest. He also envies the fortunes
> of Elijah Wood for getting such a prize.

It's like the modern equivalent of speaking Orkish in Rivendell. Ha!

Great Film!!

Not as good as the book blah blah blah.....etc

But great fun.

Also, after Gandalf escapes from Orthanc and reappears at Rivendell he seems to have regained his staff that Sauruman (sp?) took off him??
am I missing something here??

Have you guys seen the advance poster for the two towers? I think it looks really cool.

I loved LOTR, it's just such a great movie. I can't wait to see The Two Towers in a few months, as I really want to see the story continue. But in the meantime I'll just go and watch The Fellowship Of The Ring again which was a great start to what should be an awesome trilogy.

Yes, LOTR is good. can't wait for the four disc box set in November

Starlight wrote:
> Well it is a nice ring..

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And ever so shiny.

Beefcake wrote:
> Before LOTR went into production there were worries that people may
> misconstrue the close relationship between Frodo and Sam. However
> there was no need.
>
> Frodo quite clearly spends the whole film fingering someone elses
> ring!

Ho ho. Their relationship is quite erm..close.

Before LOTR went into production there were worries that people may misconstrue the close relationship between Frodo and Sam. However there was no need.

Frodo quite clearly spends the whole film fingering someone elses ring!

Well it is a nice ring..