I smell cheeze.

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Turin

There WAS a reason why Fran Walsh and Phillipa Boyens failed to win an oscar for best script/writing!!!

Given the usual Hollywood approach, surely this was because they retained some of the original lines.

[Essex]

Turin, you may have missed one of the multitude of Oscars ROTK received this year was in fact for Best Adapted Screenplay..........

[Turin]

Originally Posted by Essex

Turin, you may have missed one of the multitude of Oscars ROTK received this year was in fact for Best Adapted Screenplay..........

I didn't. There is a difference between adapting the LoTR into cinematic form and actually winning an oscar for having a decent script .

[The Saucepan Man]

Although I believe that book-based adaptations are excluded from the category of best original script ...

[Turin]

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

Although I believe that book-based adaptations are excluded from the category of best original script ...

Though Walsh and Boyens still wouldn't have won; not unless Hollywood politics is even worse than I imagined!!

I, in no way, want to sound sexist or chauvinist (honestly) but...

1. I felt that having 2 women predominantly write the script was detriment to the whole Trilogy. I mean (and some have already mentioned these in this thread), there were a lot of (IMO, too many) cheesy lines that had too much femininity about them.

2. Characterisations such as Legolas had a (too) obvious fangirl (no disrespect to fangirls out there ) element to it. I can see that for commercial success you need to have some "glamour" but to that kind of extent?

3. I know that both writers were very inexperienced. Should they have taken such lead roles in creating a decent script for such an important movie? Certainly, some of their "naivity" came out on numerous occasions.

PS

Please don't lambast me for asking these questions. I only want to know if others share similar sentiments.

[Sapphire_Flame]

Why, Turin, all the pessimism of your name seems to have rubbed off on you.

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

You know, some of these are among my favourite lines (and not because I find them humourous in some way). Perhaps I just have a different definition of "cheeze" from everyone else ...

Ditto that. In fact, Boromir's cave troll line is one of my favourite lines in the films. Cheeze varies from person to person, evidently.

Abedithon le,

~ Saphy ~

[Boromir88]

Ditto that. In fact, Boromir's cave troll line is one of my favourite lines in the films. Cheeze varies from person to person, evidently.

Saphy, I found it very fitting for Boromir. Not only is the line fitting for Boromir, but the way Sean Bean says it, makes you think of the Boromir in the books. "Great, they have a cave troll."

Maybe, that's why some people would consider Legolas' lines "cheesy," because Mr. Bloom has the same accent for a pirate, an elf, and a Greek Warrior .

I would suggest that it's not necessarily the line that is the cheesy part, but maybe just how the actors say it?

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

In TTT, during the warg attack, Legolas grabs onto a horse by its saddle and swings himself up (feet over head) onto its back.

Captain Obvious meets Captain Gymnastics.