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Durin's Bane · 12-19-2001, 08:44 PM

I LOVED it! Lord of the Rings is the best book I have ever read, and now the movie is the best movie I've seen. First I compared the movie to the book and if you do that sure it stinks. But I believe if you go into the theatre repeating to yourself this is not the book this is a movie that is BASED on the book and it PJ's view of the books and its just there for a jolly fun time not to be a actual journey with the fellowship like it is in the books. I compared it to the other movies I've seen and its the best simply because it feels like Tolkien and was based on my favorite story. For the most part I thought the characters were down tight I especially loved Gandalf and Gimli. Legolas was the only one I was disapointed with, he just seems to be there to "sense evil" and shoot orcs. Overall I think PJ did an superb job except for two things that really irked me. I think Liv Tyler did a very good job and I didn't mind her replacing Glorfindel and defying the Nazgul, until she called the ford against them. I think it could of easily been done by Gandalf and Elrond in the movie. The second was the mural of Sauron in Rivendell that Boromir looks at. NO ONE ON MIDDLE-EARTH WOULD EVER DRAW HIM EVEN LESS FOR DECORATION!!! I MEAN THEY DON'T EVEN SAY HIS NAME!!! (which they do in movie quite frequently) Those were the only 2 things I detested. One person here complained about Gollum being non-existant in the movie. If you remember your Fellowship book though, he appears alot more in the movie than he does in THAT book. And also the guy who said Boromir took too long to die. I gotta say in my opinion that was one of the movies best scenes. You can almost feel the arrows pounding into your own chest along with him and in the books I pictured Boromir getting shot with quite a few more arrows than three and still lopping of those Uruk-Hai heads. Overall I think the movie was EXCELLENT, sure the books is sooooo much better, but books have and alway will be extremely superior to movies. Personally I can't wait till Two Towers. Treebeard here I come![ December 19, 2001: Message edited by: Durin'sBane ]

12-19-2001, 08:44 PM	#20
Durin's Bane Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: California Posts: 14	I LOVED it! Lord of the Rings is the best book I have ever read, and now the movie is the best movie I've seen. First I compared the movie to the book and if you do that sure it stinks. But I believe if you go into the theatre repeating to yourself this is not the book this is a movie that is BASED on the book and it PJ's view of the books and its just there for a jolly fun time not to be a actual journey with the fellowship like it is in the books. I compared it to the other movies I've seen and its the best simply because it feels like Tolkien and was based on my favorite story.<BR>For the most part I thought the characters were down tight I especially loved Gandalf and Gimli. Legolas was the only one I was disapointed with, he just seems to be there to "sense evil" and shoot orcs.<BR>Overall I think PJ did an superb job except for two things that really irked me. I think Liv Tyler did a very good job and I didn't mind her replacing Glorfindel and defying the Nazgul, until she called the ford against them. I think it could of easily been done by Gandalf and Elrond in the movie. The second was the mural of Sauron in Rivendell that Boromir looks at. NO ONE ON MIDDLE-EARTH WOULD EVER DRAW HIM EVEN LESS FOR DECORATION!!! I MEAN THEY DON'T EVEN SAY HIS NAME!!! (which they do in movie quite frequently) Those were the only 2 things I detested. <BR>One person here complained about Gollum being non-existant in the movie. If you remember your Fellowship book though, he appears alot more in the movie than he does in THAT book. And also the guy who said Boromir took too long to die. I gotta say in my opinion that was one of the movies best scenes. You can almost feel the arrows pounding into your own chest along with him and in the books I pictured Boromir getting shot with quite a few more arrows than three and still lopping of those Uruk-Hai heads.<BR>Overall I think the movie was EXCELLENT, sure the books is sooooo much better, but books have and alway will be extremely superior to movies.<BR>Personally I can't wait till Two Towers.<BR>Treebeard here I come!<p>[ December 19, 2001: Message edited by: Durin'sBane ]