So, were the Ringwraiths cool or what! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Darby · 07-02-2003, 01:36 PM

The Ringwraiths were very cool. They didn't creep and sniff and smell around the way I imagined them doing in the book, but they looked great. They were very scary and seemed like a genuine threat. I also thought the glimpse Frodo had of them when he had the Ring on was right on - they looked very kingly and very dead. It took me a bit to get used to the sounds they make in the movie, though. My first vision of the Wraiths was formed by Bakshi's movie (my copy of LOTR had a movie still of the Riders on it - actually it looked pretty good). This movie takes that look and makes it even better. But my sense of how they should sound was heavily influenced by the BBC radio play - because that was my first exposure to anything LOTR. So, the Wraiths weren't whistley enough, and Viggo-Aragorn's voice was too high pitched, and small things like that seemed wrong the first time I saw the movie. Now, however, I'm almost used to that weird scream the Wraiths do, and Viggo seems just right (most of the time - at least he doesn't lisp like Robert Thith-ith--the-thword-that-wath-broken Stephens).

07-02-2003, 01:36 PM	#1
Darby Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The land of ice and snow. Posts: 32	The Ringwraiths were very cool. They didn't creep and sniff and smell around the way I imagined them doing in the book, but they <i>looked</i> great. They were very scary and seemed like a genuine threat.<BR>I also thought the glimpse Frodo had of them when he had the Ring on was right on - they looked very kingly and very dead.<BR>It took me a bit to get used to the sounds they make in the movie, though.<BR>My first vision of the Wraiths was formed by Bakshi's movie (my copy of LOTR had a movie still of the Riders on it - actually it looked pretty good). This movie takes that look and makes it even better. But my sense of how they should sound was heavily influenced by the BBC radio play - because that was my first exposure to anything LOTR. So, the Wraiths weren't whistley enough, and Viggo-Aragorn's voice was too high pitched, and small things like that seemed wrong the first time I saw the movie.<BR>Now, however, I'm almost used to that weird scream the Wraiths do, and Viggo seems just right (most of the time - at least he doesn't lisp like Robert Thith-ith--the-thword-that-wath-broken Stephens). __________________ My favorite scene that never made it into the movie: "By Elbereth and Luthien the fair," said Frodo with a last effort, lifting up his sword, "You shall have neither the Ring nor me!"