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Rosie Posie Burrows · 01-26-2002, 09:59 AM

I liked the Balrog. What I didn't like was when they're just standing there, clearly threatened by this giant thing coming towards them , Gandalf wastes time telling them in a long-winded way that the thing could easily kill them all, and then just said "RUN!" Why didn't he just get on with it? It was ridiculous! Overall, though, I loved the movie, particularly the first half with all the black riders and everything, and the bit with Frodo and Sam at the end. I've seen it three times now. I've never gone to see a movie three times at the cinema before. That's how much I like it. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by obloquy: Actually, the movie's Balrog wings were depicted much how I would have done it had it been my interpretation on screen: wings of shadow that may or may not be physical, functional wings. It satisfies both camps, since one believes that it had real wings (and they can see them on film), and the other believes that the wings that it had were wings of shadow (which are also on film). Bravo Jackson! Balrog was still a little huge for me though. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

01-26-2002, 09:59 AM	#28
Rosie Posie Burrows Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: England Posts: 11	I liked the Balrog. What I didn't like was when they're just standing there, clearly threatened by this giant thing coming towards them , Gandalf wastes time telling them in a long-winded way that the thing could easily kill them all, and then just said "RUN!"<BR>Why didn't he just get on with it? It was ridiculous! <BR>Overall, though, I loved the movie, particularly the first half with all the black riders and everything, and the bit with Frodo and Sam at the end. I've seen it three times now. I've never gone to see a movie three times at the cinema before. That's how much I like it. <P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by obloquy:<BR><STRONG>Actually, the movie's Balrog wings were depicted much how I would have done it had it been my interpretation on screen: wings of shadow that may or may not be physical, functional wings. It satisfies both camps, since one believes that it had real wings (and they can see them on film), and the other believes that the wings that it had were wings of shadow (which are also on film). Bravo Jackson! <P>Balrog was still a little huge for me though. </STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> __________________ "…For still there are so many things that I have never seen: in every wood in every spring there is a different green…"