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Diamond18 · 12-16-2002, 08:15 PM

Sharon, I agree with you. Totally. But since you have pointed out the bad parts of the article, allow me to highlight the good parts (or at least the funny ones): <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> The Lord of the Rings trilogy beats the cannolis out of The Godfather. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Well, at least he got that part right. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>For too long, fans of The Fellowship of the Ring, last Christmas’s gift to the world of cinema, have been content to crow over the film’s superiority over the Star Wars trilogy, or even the pitiful Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s [er...huh?]Stone. This strikes me as displaying a woeful lack of ambition.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>If that is in any way true I am indeed shamed. I should try harder. When I meet people who didn't even watch LotR or "don't care much for fantasy anyway" should I stand up for it more? A thought, hmmm... After all, when "A Beautiful Mind" stole all those Oscars that rightfully belonged to LotR (especially the best adapted screenplay one...they aspired to the impossible dream and didn't fall flat on their faces...how does ABM compare to that?) ... anyway, I say, when that happened why didn't we stage a protest and demand a recount? Or something? <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> The fact is that The Two Towers has demonstrated that you can improve on perfection and deliver a sequel more thrilling, of even greater visual splendour and emotional depth than its predecessor. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Well, I hope that's a true statement. I'll find out Wednesday. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> In The Two Towers, the epic battle of Helm’s Deep, which takes up the last 45 minutes of the film - in which Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) and Théoden, the Fallen King of Rohan (Bernard Hill) fight for the future of mankind against forces of great evil (what else?) - is more easily comparable to Braveheart than other fantasy films such as Willow or Krull. And the death of Boromir (Sean Bean) in the first film and his dying speech pledging allegiance to Aragorn as "my comrade, my captain, my king", is as believable and powerful as any of Shakespeare’s scenes. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>So true, except that he forgot to give the credit to Tolkien, again. My library puts Tolkien's books in the "regular" fiction section instead of the Sci-Fi section, and that's exactly the way it should be. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> 5ft actors playing 3ft hobbits <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Five feet? This guy has a serious "exaggeration" problem going...that's his main weakness, I think. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Tickets for The Two Towers’s opening night sizzle within my wallet and at night I cradle them and coo: "my precious". <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Oh dear. [ December 16, 2002: Message edited by: Diamond18 ]

12-16-2002, 08:15 PM	#6
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	Sharon, I agree with you. Totally. But since you have pointed out the bad parts of the article, allow me to highlight the good parts (or at least the funny ones):<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> The Lord of the Rings trilogy beats the cannolis out of The Godfather. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Well, at least he got that part right. <P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>For too long, fans of The Fellowship of the Ring, last Christmas’s gift to the world of cinema, have been content to crow over the film’s superiority over the Star Wars trilogy, or even the pitiful Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s [er...huh?]Stone. This strikes me as displaying a woeful lack of ambition.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>If that is in any way true I am indeed shamed. I should try harder. When I meet people who didn't even watch LotR or "don't care much for fantasy anyway" should I stand up for it more? A thought, hmmm... After all, when "A Beautiful Mind" stole all those Oscars that rightfully belonged to LotR (especially the best adapted screenplay one...they aspired to the impossible dream and didn't fall flat on their faces...how does ABM compare to <I>that?</I>) ... anyway, I say, when that happened why didn't we stage a protest and demand a recount? Or something? <P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> The fact is that The Two Towers has demonstrated that you can improve on perfection and deliver a sequel more thrilling, of even greater visual splendour and emotional depth than its predecessor. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Well, I hope that's a true statement. I'll find out Wednesday.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> In The Two Towers, the epic battle of Helm’s Deep, which takes up the last 45 minutes of the film - in which Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) and Théoden, the Fallen King of Rohan (Bernard Hill) fight for the future of mankind against forces of great evil (what else?) - is more easily comparable to Braveheart than other fantasy films such as Willow or Krull. And the death of Boromir (Sean Bean) in the first film and his dying speech pledging allegiance to Aragorn as "my comrade, my captain, my king", is as believable and powerful as any of Shakespeare’s scenes. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>So true, except that he forgot to give the credit to Tolkien, again. My library puts Tolkien's books in the "regular" fiction section instead of the Sci-Fi section, and that's exactly the way it should be. <P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> 5ft actors playing 3ft hobbits <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Five feet? This guy has a serious "exaggeration" problem going...that's his main weakness, I think. <P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Tickets for The Two Towers’s opening night sizzle within my wallet and at night I cradle them and coo: "my precious". <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Oh dear. <p>[ December 16, 2002: Message edited by: Diamond18 ] __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.