I stopped after work yesterday to see if any advance tickets were available - there were - for the 11:30 PM show! Everything else had sold out. Bummer. For tonight, I guess I'll be watching the extended edition of he first movie without interruption. 
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The filiming was incredible and the deviations from the book minimal. Frodo and Sam do not figure that prominently in the second book simply because the story of the seige and battle are so dominating. It sets the stage for #3... I am already waiting.
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The filiming was incredible and the deviations from the book minimal. Frodo and Sam do not figure that prominently in the second book simply because the story of the seige and battle are so dominating. It sets the stage for #3... I am already waiting.
In the book, the siege was not such an epic event. Just a few pages. I think the fans that don't think the movie is 'true' will use this as a major point. That action is chosen over characters.
Also, this film left off earlier than does the book. I think that's so that Return of the King will still have some major action sequences. Because, if you just look at the books, you will see that Fellowship is the longest and Return of the King is taken up by appendices.
I too would like to do a figure from the movie. I'd love to do any of the creatures, Gimli, and Treebeard the Ent. I for one like the way the Ent's looked! A little Muppet like but still magical.
Steve
PublisherUh... you can remember this from 1978?? I have been through way too much crap since 1978 to remember much more than a blur... I bow to your superior remembrance and plan to re-read the whole thing soon... at least this decade.
OK, I loved the movie. That is enough... standing on its own it is a classic...
). No mention of Entwives either. If 50% of the battle was eliminated (orcs die, humans die, other creatures die, nobody runs out of ammo, 'run away', repeat), there would have been LOTS of time for some 'slow' stuff that makes up the meat of these two books. PublisherDamn...and I thought I was overly critical of movies.
All of that is going to be harder to set up now. The 'guerilla' tactics he and his band were using were shown well, but I'm not sure the politics of the situation are represented well. I guess the 8 three hour movies will never happen (Band of Brothers of the Ring??), but I'm amazed what they choose to keep/change/drop.
One of my fav parts of the books is the contrast between faramir and boromir. When faramir tells Frodo "where I to find it on the side of the road..etc." Those few pages of the book really illustrate the best in men and the esssence of the character of faramir.
I thought the movie was fantastic. But I am of the mind-set going in, that the movie is not going to follow the book word for word. I love LOTR, but to be honest with you, I don't want to watch character development for three hours, I can re-read the trilogy if I want that. I go because I want to see big, bold and brash. I want to see an army of 10,000 marching across the screen and feel the thunder of their steps. And, like it or not, the majority of movie-goers are of the same mind-set. Therefore, a happy medium must be made between, those who want to be completely faithful to the written works, and those who want the action. I feel that Jackson has found that happy place.
...something about being tossed...
On a seperate note, for those of you who have the extended DVD, is it worth getting if I just have the reagular DVD? Thanks.
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