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12-28-2001, 08:07 AM

Rhudladion, I love you! I am a refugee from Imladris, one of only two there who despised the movie. Yes, I'm a Tolkien fanatic, its an annual tradition for me to read the books, 25 years and counting.I do not consider myself a Purist by any means but by any standards, this was a HORRIBLE movie.There was NO acting because the actors were given no time to do so. The whole movie was way too rushed. For all my daughter(who hasn't read the books) knew, Merry and Pippin were a couple of thievesthat Frodo and his brotherSam took up with!The Moria scene was a travesty,it should have been silent and eerie, perhaps a whistle of wind thru the vast halls and an echoing drip of water. Where were the shivers when we heard slimy footsteps dogging the company?!?!Instead we got Gandalf (the inept Ian McKellen)"oh that? yeah, Gollums been following us, ho hum." And that ridiculously long drawn out battle with the cave troll, who at first looked fine, but too much camera time made me all too aware it was CGI.Even ignoring my disappointment with the deviations, which I expected, and taken strictly for itself, it was a bad bad film.The SFX which I thought were awesome (Barad Dur, Orthanc, Opening battle)and could have been used in combination with fine acting to create a really wonderful film, instead we got:No acting, no terror, no time for anycharacter development. And the GOD AWFUL MUSIC! Was there one single scene that didn't have that music playing? Were they trying to evoke some emotion in us that the actors couldn't possibly? It was SO intrusive at at times it was all I could focus on.Whew, anyway my disappointment is as vast as the Mines of Moria should have been.The only thing more irritating than the movie are the people who are unwilling to admit how flawed it was, not only that but insist that I should go see it again, that it will be so much better the second time.Thanks but no thanks, I know a bad movie when I see it and I don't think I'll be tricked into contributing any more cash to the reciepts by the false hope that it will be better the second time. Puleeze!

12-28-2001, 08:07 AM	#26
Beryl Guest Posts: n/a	Rhudladion, I love you! I am a refugee from Imladris, one of only two there who despised the movie. Yes, I'm a Tolkien fanatic, its an annual tradition for me to read the books, 25 years and counting.<P>I do not consider myself a Purist by any means but by any standards, this was a HORRIBLE movie.<P>There was NO acting because the actors were given no time to do so. The whole movie was way too rushed. For all my daughter(who hasn't read the books) knew, Merry and Pippin were a couple of <I>thieves</I>that Frodo and his <I>brother</I>Sam took up with!<P>The Moria scene was a <B>travesty</B>,it should have been silent and eerie, perhaps a whistle of wind thru the vast halls and an echoing drip of water. Where were the shivers when we heard slimy footsteps dogging the company?!?!<P>Instead we got Gandalf (the inept Ian McKellen)"oh that? yeah, Gollums been following us, ho hum." And that ridiculously long drawn out battle with the cave troll, who at first looked fine, but too much camera time made me all too aware it was CGI.<P>Even ignoring my disappointment with the deviations, which I expected, and taken strictly for itself, it was a bad bad film.<P>The SFX which I thought were awesome (Barad Dur, Orthanc, Opening battle)and <B>could</B> have been used in combination with fine acting to create a really wonderful film, instead we got:<P>No acting, no terror, no time for <B>any</B>character development. And the <B>GOD AWFUL MUSIC</B>! Was there one single scene that didn't have that music playing? Were they trying to evoke some emotion in us that the actors couldn't possibly? It was SO intrusive at at times it was all I could focus on.<P>Whew, anyway my disappointment is as vast as the Mines of Moria should have been.<P>The only thing more irritating than the movie are the people who are unwilling to admit how flawed it was, not only that but insist that I should go see it again, that it will be so much better the second time.<P>Thanks but no thanks, I know a bad movie when I see it and I don't think I'll be tricked into contributing any more cash to the reciepts by the false hope that it will be better the second time. Puleeze!