My list of everything wrong with the movies (Not EE) - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Morima · 03-10-2004, 01:28 PM

Do anybody feel the same as me on this?

When I heard that LotR:RotK had received 11 Oscars, I was honestly NOT thrilled about it. I remember when the first movie came out; I was over the moon. Then one year later when seeing TTT, I realized I didn't care too much about it anymore. And after RotK, -- even though it's a grand and magnificent movie! -- I'm just left ... Unimpressed.

Why? I dunno to the point. But what I feel is that even though the movies are merely based on the books, and even though i realize that certain changes had to be made to make it work as movies, I think too much was changed needlessly. All in all I feel that the movies were PRIMARILY made for those who haven't read the books and/or only wants to drool over Legolas and Aragorn.

My two cents in a list.
-- Clichées. I think the movies are riddled with them. For example; to me the journey through the Dead Marshes was one of the creepiest scenes in the book, but it was made into something boring and almost pathetic with the ghost in the water, 'stretching his arms out to grab Frodo' ... Bleh!
-- As for Elijah Wood, he is, IMHO, NOT a good cast for Frodo, who is supposed to be around fifty at this point, not seventeen, and certainly have more expressions than 'agonizing suffering'. But I'll leave it at that with the cast.
-- Although the fighting scenes were magnificent, they were long, e. g. with Legolas' acrobatics on the mûmak. Now that was a great scene, but maybe that one (amongst several others) rather belonged to the extended version, whereas The Houses of Healing and Saruman getting killed were sorely missed in the theater version.
-- Saruman didn't appear at all after we saw him bobbing about on his balcony in TTT. My deepest sympathies to Christopher Lee. The same with master Wormtounge. All I can say is ... ***??
-- Some may thing that it's strange that I say so, but the Orcs did not impress me at all! I think they were like any other monster in any other movie with monsters. BUT NOO! I THINK LOTR SHOULD BE DIFFERENT! :(

Enough with the shouting ... because all in all there were great scenes as well, and great details that I recognized and appreciated. But to me it didn't redeem any of the few points listed above. And I can go on and on about it.

I'll wait and see for the Extended Edition, ... but in the meantime I'll rather sit down with the Books!

Here's a comic i did in 5 mins after having received the sad news about saruman's absence. Yes i get emotional :P

03-10-2004, 01:28 PM	#31
Morima Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Budapest. Posts: 78	Unimpressed Do anybody feel the same as me on this? When I heard that LotR:RotK had received 11 Oscars, I was honestly NOT thrilled about it. I remember when the first movie came out; I was over the moon. Then one year later when seeing TTT, I realized I didn't care too much about it anymore. And after RotK, -- even though it's a grand and magnificent movie! -- I'm just left ... Unimpressed. Why? I dunno to the point. But what I feel is that even though the movies are merely based on the books, and even though i realize that certain changes had to be made to make it work as movies, I think too much was changed needlessly. All in all I feel that the movies were PRIMARILY made for those who haven't read the books and/or only wants to drool over Legolas and Aragorn. My two cents in a list. -- Clichées. I think the movies are riddled with them. For example; to me the journey through the Dead Marshes was one of the creepiest scenes in the book, but it was made into something boring and almost pathetic with the ghost in the water, 'stretching his arms out to grab Frodo' ... Bleh! -- As for Elijah Wood, he is, IMHO, NOT a good cast for Frodo, who is supposed to be around fifty at this point, not seventeen, and certainly have more expressions than 'agonizing suffering'. But I'll leave it at that with the cast. -- Although the fighting scenes were magnificent, they were long, e. g. with Legolas' acrobatics on the mûmak. Now that was a great scene, but maybe that one (amongst several others) rather belonged to the extended version, whereas The Houses of Healing and Saruman getting killed were sorely missed in the theater version. -- Saruman didn't appear at all after we saw him bobbing about on his balcony in TTT. My deepest sympathies to Christopher Lee. The same with master Wormtounge. All I can say is ... ***?? -- Some may thing that it's strange that I say so, but the Orcs did not impress me at all! I think they were like any other monster in any other movie with monsters. BUT NOO! I THINK LOTR SHOULD BE DIFFERENT! :( Enough with the shouting ... because all in all there were great scenes as well, and great details that I recognized and appreciated. But to me it didn't redeem any of the few points listed above. And I can go on and on about it. I'll wait and see for the Extended Edition, ... but in the meantime I'll rather sit down with the Books! Here's a comic i did in 5 mins after having received the sad news about saruman's absence. Yes i get emotional :P __________________ «We're all but noon now; dawn, evening and midnight.» Aki Benetah.