Good idea
Bb...
I think there are a couple decisions on why I rewatch the movies. Some of the biggest are they are good and entertaining, I like the battles, I like the acting, and maybe it's just because I've taken several film classes in my high school/college life. I watch a lot of movies, and rewatch a lot of movies, basically the reason I reread the books I always find something knew. What I'm looking for is different then in the books. The Books I'm looking for understanding, information, and maybe to try to find something. The Movies I watch to see how good Jackson portrays and shows Tolkien's Middle-earth. Othertimes, from the less scholarly self I just watch because I feel like seeing a good movie.
I wonder if this sort of goes along with the thread too, so I'm going to bring it up. When people start rereading the books the general concensus seems to be they start skipping through chapters of the books. Possibly they just want to find something and don't need to read through the entire book, just a section, other times they do reread it but skip through chapters they find slow.
So, now I'm going to ask do viewers (in general) skip parts of the movies? And why? I do often skip through parts of the movie, as I've seen it dozens of times and like the books there's just things that I'm drawn to at certain times. I'd say FOTR is the one I least skip, I usually watch that one in full if I end up rewatching. I think this was the best made of the three (not entertaining) but best made, and it always keeps me interested. From the very beginning (which some see as slow) to Boromir's death and off to hunt the orcs. TTT and ROTK I start skipping through parts I don't like. Mostly parts that I don't agree with and wish they had not been in the movies. (Example, Faramir taking the hobbits to Osgiliath in TTT, and Frodo sending Sam away in ROTK). So, I'm wondering if people on the downs skip parts of the movies? and their reasons.
Also, I'm interested in what movie have you rewatched the most and why? For me (if you can't tell already) it's FOTR. Again, I think this was the best one done by Jackson. The focus is on the actors and the characters not large scale battles. He has an excellent cast for these movies and he sorts of gets away from that aspect of the films in TTT and even more in ROTK. Also, I just happen to love the scenery (although Rohan and Gondor are done great as well). It's a splendid movie to watch, that keeps my eyes open from just seeing the scenery, the Shire, Lothlorien...etc, to the Hobbits in the beggining of the movie, and the Fellowship members.
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Bb, hope you don't mind that I've thought of some more things. I just sort of ran with it and some few things I'm interested in seeing about the downers and their perspectives on the movies.
Again, great thread.