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10-22-2006, 05:44 AM
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10-30-2006, 10:13 PM
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The movies made X'Mas special for me, that's what they did. X'Mas for me used to be lonely and kinda depressing at times, but when LOTR came out, X'Mas was special.. and something to look forward to. *SIGH* Too bad its over
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10-31-2006, 06:31 AM
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10-31-2006, 02:58 PM
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Shade of Carn Dûm
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That's right; The Hobbit is still coming, even though it may well be four or five years till we see it.
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10-31-2006, 05:47 PM
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Truth be told, Boromir, the earth didn't move for me.
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10-31-2006, 10:50 PM
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11-01-2006, 02:22 AM
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
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The biggest thing the movies did for me was kind of not for me. (
 ) More people, icluding some of my friends, got interested in the LotR too and I got more people to babble about LotR with... 
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01-11-2007, 05:38 PM
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I love these films. I know Jackson took liberties. I wish he'd used more of the songs from LOTR - he did at least used Tolkien's Road goes Ever On I could have done without the opera-cloaked elves at Helm's Deep (couldn't we have had the Rangers? ) And of course I would have loved for each film to have been 6 hours long each so all the stuff could have been included...LOLBut these were films. Think of it as a mythological body of works that Tolkien chronicled, instead of 'this way & only this way' This is easier to do after reading the Lost Tales and the Silmarillion (talk about variations on a theme - it is VERY much like reading all the different versions of Greek myths). Jackson made the actual PLACE come alive, then did his own slightly different take on the myths. That's how I look at the films - and therefor I can love them entirely, sob my way thru them (yes, I do, my children call me a geek, ~sigh~) and still read and adore Tolkien himself. BB Teleri |
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06-20-2014, 06:40 AM
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Shade of Carn Dûm
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The thing movies did to me was introducing me to Professor Tolkien's world and work. I'd liked the movies, cast, sets, and everything. Watching the films was a good experience to me, though I didn't watch ROTK PROPERLY until now (I think last month).
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06-21-2014, 02:08 PM
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Gruesome Spectre
Join Date: Dec 2000
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Well, I can honestly say that PJ's films did at least achieve the effect of heightening my appreciation of the books. Every time I go through a re-read of LOTR, Tolkien's characterizations and singularly effective verbiage shine all the more, especially when I think of lines like 'even the smallest person can change the course of the future.'
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06-22-2014, 04:33 AM
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Emperor of the South Pole
Join Date: Dec 2002
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The PJ movies did this for me...
Due to their making, and the rumor and speculation of their making, I had a curiousity about them. I had read Lord of the Rings in the mid-70's and re-read them several times before I first heard of the movie production in 1999. Having gone 'online' to find out more, I was led to this, and some other Tolkien-based sites. On one of them I "met" someone in 2001 who was quite the flame. I met her later in person when she came to see Return of the King at a 'Trilogy Tuesday' marathon at its release in December 2003, and well, the rest just fell into place. Married the love of my life nearly 7 years ago, and all is right in the world. As for the movies, they stink, but were the catalyst that set this relationship in motion. |
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