What do non-LotR fans think of TTT? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Luinalatawen · 12-22-2002, 07:27 PM

I am very curious as to what non-LotR fans think of Jackson's TTT. My friend thought that it was boring. Ask your friends, tell me what they think and what stuck out to them in the film.-Luinalatawen

Taure Leafsilver · 12-22-2002, 07:30 PM

I asked my friend Jessica, who....can't quite grasp the storyline. Shadowfax and gollum "aaaaww! he's kinda cute...in an ugly sorta way."

MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie · 12-22-2002, 07:39 PM

A lot of my friends like it because of all the war and because of legolas. They say stuff like, 'yeah is was so tight, it was all wars and legolas kicked butt...' I could go on forever and I could go on forever saying why I ahte it so much but I won't.

Túroch · 12-22-2002, 07:44 PM

My, ahem elf drooling friends liked the elven archers at helms deep. I didn't ahve the heart to tell them that the elves were never there.

Gorwingel · 12-22-2002, 08:08 PM

I took a friend who had only seen FOTR once (two days before we went to see TTT on Friday), and she enjoyed it very much. I was kind of surprised, the only thing is that she was still confused about many of the charaters

Frieda · 12-22-2002, 08:12 PM

I have a friend who went and saw it with me and she's never read the books(though she says she's going to soon).She loved it as far as I can tell. I think she said that she really liked the Ents.

Aylwen Dreamsong · 12-22-2002, 08:50 PM

Loads of my friends from school want to see it. I saw it with two of my closest friends from school, and though they aren't as obsessed as I am, they loved it. My good friend from Tae Kwon Do thinks I'm crazy for seeing TTT so many times and being a fan etc. My other friend from soccer skipped a game or two seeing the movie So, I suppose it depends on the friend... ~Aylwen

Manwe Sulimo · 12-22-2002, 09:09 PM

All my friends (so far) loved it, as they did FotR. I still have about 10 to bring to see it so...we'll see if my record holds.

Elanor · 12-23-2002, 03:25 AM

Well, I have one friend who is a big Star Wars fan but has never read any Tolkien. He loved both LotR films so far, said they were the best films he had ever seen, and really went overboard about how brilliantly made they were. He also said that Faramir was just like his brother (grr!) My boyfriend has also not read the books, and really liked both films. He got quite confused between all the characters though. He asked where all the elves were going - and that made me realise something: if you didn't see the extended edition, then they never explained about elves leaving Middle Earth! Kind of important really.I have several other friends who went to drool over Orlando Bloom and Viggo Mortenson, and came out loving the films and keen to see the next one. They won't listen when I tell them to read the book though!

LePetitChoux · 12-23-2002, 06:13 AM

My two non-lotr friends SAW IT A DAY BEFORE ME, and really loved it, but were like, "whatever" when I was ranting on about it. One of them just likes Frodo ("he is sooooo cuuuuuuuuuuute!)

busybee · 12-23-2002, 08:47 AM

My friends walked out!

Eomer of the Rohirrim · 12-23-2002, 01:15 PM

The only way you couldn't like it is if you went to see it with your mind pre-set; that you wouldn't enjoy it.I've never met anyone who has seen it with an open mind and not enjoyed it.

Aengthrea Greenleaf Of Mirkwood · 12-23-2002, 01:21 PM

How can anyone walk out on a great movie!? Well anyways, a small goup of friends (including me) went to see TTT on the day it came out and everyone liked, especially my friend who didnt really understand it.

Durelin · 12-23-2002, 02:24 PM

I was watchin this thing on MTV and you could tell these people weren't real LOTR fans, didn't know any names or anything, but they absolutely loved it! And the critics are liking it. This one guy definetly didn't know much about LOTR saying that the Ents were "just trees" but the still said it was the greatest movie and everything. I believe it is doing well with all types of people!

The Silver-shod Muse · 12-24-2002, 12:30 AM

Friend 1: *loooong silence* "I liked it" *smile, confused look, bigger smile*Friend 2: *loooooooonger silence, shocked look* "It was...good, I guess."I explained to them that it's one of those movies you just have to sleep on.

GreyIstar · 12-24-2002, 01:14 AM

My friends loved it. You have to admit that was the greatest beginning to a film ever. After the movie I told them what was different. I got over those changes quick though. My one friend was astounished that the Orcs held a such organized siege. Then he kept calling Eowyn "Rohanna" I'm like its Eowyn!!! Where in the hell do you get Rohanna??

MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie · 12-24-2002, 02:48 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> You have to admit that was the greatest beginning to a film ever. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>It was great, but not the greatest.

mollecon · 12-24-2002, 09:30 AM

My room mate liked better than the first one. And he doesn't know the books at all!

Frieda · 12-24-2002, 09:42 AM

Hmmm...I hope my boyfriend goes and sees it. I really am curious to see what he thinks of it.I know he saw the first one and liked it though I wouldn't say he loved it.I also have a friend who I've been trying to get to see the first one still....cause he hasn't even seen that one yet. -_-

Orual · 12-24-2002, 12:44 PM

My friend saw it twice in two days, so I think it's safe to say he loved it. LoL, but he was rather surprised (and, dare I hope, intrigued) by the fact that the tide of the battle at Helm's Deep was not turned by Eomer and his men, but rather by Huorns.Heh, my friend brought her mom (who hasn't read the books), and when the horse's hooves come down on what appears to be on top of Pippin's face, she told her mom that Pippin died! LoL! I would've killed her if she had told me that. Newbies can be fun. ~*~Orual~*~

Taure Leafsilver · 12-24-2002, 12:59 PM

Newbies are VERY fun! One girl watch the first one with me and was screaming "no! no! NO!" when the wraiths stab the pillows. My other friend had already seen it and we were just grinning at each other. The same thing happened every time some one "died" hehe

Namarie · 12-24-2002, 02:51 PM

Omg, my mom has a HUGE crush on Aragorn (viggo) and when he fell of that cliff shes like "O my god , does he die"And I said " Yup, he sure dies mom."And she goes "poor arwen" I was like OMG mom,the next movie is called the freaking RETURN OF THE KING. He cant die!

-Imrahil- · 12-24-2002, 03:06 PM

Actually in FotR it says the elves ARE leaving.It's in the scene where Gandalf is talking to Elrond about where the ring will go, then Elrond says something like "my people are leaving these shores."

Nenya · 12-25-2002, 04:52 PM

Namarie, it seems we both have particularly clever mothers... I too went to see FotR with my mom (that was my third time), wich was an...umm...interesting experience. When she saw Galadriel for the first time, she asked me: "Is this the same girl whom we saw in the beginning? (talking about Arwen)" I tell you, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. [ December 25, 2002: Message edited by: Nenya ]

Arien · 01-03-2003, 03:57 AM

Frist of all my Mum thought "the first one was better"My friend Vicki thought: "that was amazing".... While I was sitting next to her in the Cinema she started crying when Sam was doing his little talk at the end.....And she said the bit with the wraith and Frodo in Osgiliath was scary. My other friend Teresa, who is a Harry Potter fan,(nuff said).....thought it was good, and even though she dosn't fancy him she thought Legolas was the best...

doug*platypus · 01-03-2003, 06:47 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> One girl watch the first one with me and was screaming "no! no! NO!" when the wraiths stab the pillows. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> AWESOME!!! It's definitely a good idea to watch movies like these with lots of different people, to get different viewpoints, and to enjoy different aspects of them.Most common non-JRRTfan comment I've heard: "I liked the tree men." *groan*

dunedain_aragorn · 01-03-2003, 04:24 PM

all the snotty cheerleaders and jocks say that tolkien is a freak and that the movies are awful.

Faye Took · 01-03-2003, 04:33 PM

Hey, not all cheerleaders are snotty. Anyways, yea one of my friends just saw FotR (which is sad) and said it was OK. Gawd I hate to her that, lol.

Luinalatawen · 02-12-2003, 06:18 PM

Hee hee, that's funny how dramatic some ppl are! And walking out?? What's that all about?

Arvedui III · 02-12-2003, 06:30 PM

My friends came for Legolas, fell asleep, and almost screamed when the battle of Helm's Deep woke them up. That was really funny. Despite the sleeping and the screaming they liked it, though they were really confused and I'm still trying to explain it to them.

Vardadurwen · 02-12-2003, 07:10 PM

All my friends really liked the movie. My one friend says she'll see it with me again anytime I ever wanna go... She also said that she really wants to read the books, especially since I told her that the movie was very different from the book in some parts and that the book was much better.But, I do know a lot of people who find it really hard to sit through that long of a movie. I must admit, your butt does indeed get a little sore after about two hours!!

Morgul Queen · 02-12-2003, 09:31 PM

One Phrase..."She, who's She and Her?"...OMG how stupid can these people be?!!!! BTW did anyone else just start crying when Faramir showed up and dragged Hobbits and...Thing...off to Osgiliath!

12-22-2002, 07:27 PM	#1
Luinalatawen Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 122	What do non-LotR fans think of TTT? I am very curious as to what non-LotR fans think of Jackson's TTT. My friend thought that it was boring. Ask your friends, tell me what they think and what stuck out to them in the film.<P>-Luinalatawen __________________ My philosophy: A chapter of a Tolkien book a day keeps Sauron's hitmen away.

12-22-2002, 07:30 PM	#2
Taure Leafsilver Wight Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Shire,Alabama Posts: 131	I asked my friend Jessica, who....can't quite grasp the storyline. Shadowfax and gollum "aaaaww! he's kinda cute...in an ugly sorta way." __________________ Pippin Lives!

12-22-2002, 07:39 PM	#3
MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: San Francisco Posts: 573	A lot of my friends like it because of all the war and because of legolas. They say stuff like, 'yeah is was so tight, it was all wars and legolas kicked butt...' I could go on forever and I could go on forever saying why I ahte it so much but I won't. __________________ Do Not Touch -Willie

12-22-2002, 07:44 PM	#4
Túroch Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Oklahoma State University Posts: 102	My, ahem elf drooling friends liked the elven archers at helms deep. I didn't ahve the heart to tell them that the elves were never there. __________________ For the valour of the Edain the Elves shall ever remember as the ages lengthen, marvelling that they gave life so freely of which thay had on earth so little. But it is not for thy valour only that I send thee, but to bring into the world a hope beyond thy sight, and a light that shall pierce the darkness." Ulmo - Lord of waters

12-22-2002, 08:08 PM	#5
Gorwingel Beholder of the Mists Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Somewhere in the Northwest... for now Posts: 1,419	I took a friend who had only seen FOTR once (two days before we went to see TTT on Friday), and she enjoyed it very much. I was kind of surprised, the only thing is that she was still confused about many of the charaters __________________ Wanted - Wonderfully witty quote that consists of pure brilliance

12-22-2002, 08:12 PM	#6
Frieda Haunting Spirit Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada. Posts: 53	I have a friend who went and saw it with me and she's never read the books(though she says she's going to soon).<P>She loved it as far as I can tell. I think she said that she really liked the Ents.

12-22-2002, 08:50 PM	#7
Aylwen Dreamsong The Melody of Misery Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Island of Conclusions (You get there by jumping!)... Posts: 1,147	Loads of my friends from school want to see it. I saw it with two of my closest friends from school, and though they aren't as obsessed as I am, they loved it. <P>My good friend from Tae Kwon Do thinks I'm crazy for seeing TTT so many times and being a fan etc. <P>My other friend from soccer skipped a game or two seeing the movie <P>So, I suppose it depends on the friend...<P><BR>~Aylwen __________________ ...Come down now, they'll say. But everything looks perfect from far away - Come down now! But we'll stay.

12-22-2002, 09:09 PM	#8
Manwe Sulimo Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Taurelilómëa-tumbalemorna Tumbaletaurëa Lómëanor Posts: 553	All my friends (so far) loved it, as they did FotR. I still have about 10 to bring to see it so...we'll see if my record holds. __________________ "Monkeys learn sign language so they can tell the dolphins they love them."

12-23-2002, 03:25 AM	#9
Elanor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: my own corner of the Shire Posts: 316	Well, I have one friend who is a big Star Wars fan but has never read any Tolkien. He loved both LotR films so far, said they were the best films he had ever seen, and really went overboard about how brilliantly made they were. He also said that Faramir was just like his brother (grr!)<BR>My boyfriend has also not read the books, and really liked both films. He got quite confused between all the characters though. He asked where all the elves were going - and that made me realise something: if you didn't see the extended edition, then they never explained about elves leaving Middle Earth! Kind of important really.<P>I have several other friends who went to drool over Orlando Bloom and Viggo Mortenson, and came out loving the films and keen to see the next one. They won't listen when I tell them to read the book though! __________________ "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading." Henny Youngman (1906 - )

12-23-2002, 06:13 AM	#10
LePetitChoux Vegetable of Doom Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: London Posts: 720	My two non-lotr friends SAW IT A DAY BEFORE ME, and really loved it, but were like, "whatever" when I was ranting on about it. One of them just likes Frodo ("he is sooooo cuuuuuuuuuuute!) __________________ je suis une bonne odeur

12-23-2002, 08:47 AM	#11
busybee Haunting Spirit Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood, Lothlorien...dream...actually the middle of nowhere...Mumbai Posts: 89	My friends walked out! __________________ Pleeze does anyone know of a magical doorway or something to Middle Earth!?!?

12-23-2002, 01:15 PM	#12
Eomer of the Rohirrim Auspicious Wraith Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,859	The only way you couldn't like it is if you went to see it with your mind pre-set; that you wouldn't enjoy it.<P>I've never met anyone who has seen it with an open mind and not enjoyed it. __________________ Los Ingobernables de Harlond

12-23-2002, 01:21 PM	#13
Aengthrea Greenleaf Of Mirkwood Animated Skeleton Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: mirkwood Posts: 35	How can anyone walk out on a great movie!? Well anyways, a small goup of friends (including me) went to see TTT on the day it came out and everyone liked, especially my friend who didnt really understand it. __________________ "Hey Ho to the bottle I go to heal my heart and drown my woe, rain may fall and winds may blow, but theirs still be many miles to go! ~LOTR

12-23-2002, 02:24 PM	#14
Durelin Estelo dagnir, Melo ring Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,063	I was watchin this thing on MTV and you could tell these people weren't real LOTR fans, didn't know any names or anything, but they absolutely loved it! And the critics are liking it. This one guy definetly didn't know much about LOTR saying that the Ents were "just trees" but the still said it was the greatest movie and everything. I believe it is doing well with all types of people!

12-24-2002, 12:30 AM	#15
The Silver-shod Muse Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: The shoulder of a poet, TX Posts: 388	Friend 1:<BR>loooong silence "I liked it" smile, confused look, bigger smile<P>Friend 2:<BR>loooooooonger silence, shocked look "It was...good, I guess."<P>I explained to them that it's one of those movies you just have to sleep on. __________________ "'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis

12-24-2002, 01:14 AM	#16
GreyIstar Wight Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Dallas Posts: 116	My friends loved it. You have to admit that was the greatest beginning to a film ever. After the movie I told them what was different. I got over those changes quick though. My one friend was astounished that the Orcs held a such organized siege. Then he kept calling Eowyn "Rohanna" I'm like its Eowyn!!! Where in the hell do you get Rohanna?? __________________ Keeper of the site Ring Lord. "Dangerous!" cried Gandalf. "And so am I, very dangerous: more dangerous than anything you will ever meet, unless you are brought alive before the seat of the Dark Lord."

12-24-2002, 02:48 AM	#17
MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: San Francisco Posts: 573	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> You have to admit that was the greatest beginning to a film ever. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>It was great, but not the greatest. __________________ Do Not Touch -Willie

12-24-2002, 09:30 AM	#18
mollecon Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 188	My room mate liked better than the first one. And he doesn't know the books at all!

12-24-2002, 09:42 AM	#19
Frieda Haunting Spirit Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada. Posts: 53	Hmmm...I hope my boyfriend goes and sees it. I really am curious to see what he thinks of it.<P>I know he saw the first one and liked it though I wouldn't say he loved it.<P>I also have a friend who I've been trying to get to see the first one still....cause he hasn't even seen that one yet. -_-

12-24-2002, 12:44 PM	#20
Orual Speaker of the Dead Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Superbia Posts: 868	My friend saw it twice in two days, so I think it's safe to say he loved it. LoL, but he was rather surprised (and, dare I hope, intrigued) by the fact that the tide of the battle at Helm's Deep was not turned by Eomer and his men, but rather by Huorns.<P>Heh, my friend brought her mom (who hasn't read the books), and when the horse's hooves come down on what appears to be on top of Pippin's face, she told her mom that Pippin died! LoL! I would've killed her if she had told me that. Newbies can be fun. <P>~~Orual~~ __________________ "Oh, my god! I care so little, I almost passed out!" --Dr. Cox, "Scrubs"

12-24-2002, 12:59 PM	#21
Taure Leafsilver Wight Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Shire,Alabama Posts: 131	Newbies are VERY fun! One girl watch the first one with me and was screaming "no! no! NO!" when the wraiths stab the pillows. My other friend had already seen it and we were just grinning at each other. The same thing happened every time some one "died" hehe __________________ Pippin Lives!

12-24-2002, 02:51 PM	#22
Namarie Pile O'Bones Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: USA Posts: 18	Omg, my mom has a HUGE crush on Aragorn (viggo) and when he fell of that cliff shes like "O my god , does he die"<P>And I said " Yup, he sure dies mom."<P>And she goes "poor arwen" I was like OMG mom,the next movie is called the freaking RETURN OF THE KING. He cant die! __________________ "Yes, we've had one breakfast, but what aobut second breakfast?"

12-24-2002, 03:06 PM	#23
-Imrahil- Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Dol Amroth, upon the Bay of Belfalas Posts: 259	Actually in FotR it says the elves ARE leaving.<P>It's in the scene where Gandalf is talking to Elrond about where the ring will go, then Elrond says something like "my people are leaving these shores." __________________ My body is broken. I go to my fathers. And even in their mighty company I shall not now be ashamed. I felled the black serpent. A grim morn, and a glad day, and a golden sunset!

12-25-2002, 04:52 PM	#24
Nenya Wight Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the hand of Lady Galadriel Posts: 127	Namarie, it seems we both have particularly clever mothers... <BR>I too went to see FotR with my mom (that was my third time), wich was an...umm...interesting experience. When she saw Galadriel for the first time, she asked me: "Is this the same girl whom we saw in the beginning? (talking about Arwen)" I tell you, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. <p>[ December 25, 2002: Message edited by: Nenya ]

01-03-2003, 03:57 AM	#25
Arien Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: London/Leeds UK Posts: 417	Frist of all my Mum thought "the first one was better"<P>My friend Vicki thought: "that was amazing".... While I was sitting next to her in the Cinema she started crying when Sam was doing his little talk at the end.....And she said the bit with the wraith and Frodo in Osgiliath was scary. <P>My other friend Teresa, who is a Harry Potter fan,(nuff said).....thought it was good, and even though she dosn't fancy him she thought Legolas was the best... __________________ "...still, we lay under the emptiness and drifted slowly outward, and somewhere in the wilderness we found salvation scratched into the earth like a message."

01-03-2003, 06:47 AM	#26
doug*platypus Delver in the Deep Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 960	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> One girl watch the first one with me and was screaming "no! no! NO!" when the wraiths stab the pillows. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>AWESOME!!! It's definitely a good idea to watch movies like these with lots of different people, to get different viewpoints, and to enjoy different aspects of them.<P>Most common non-JRRTfan comment I've heard: "I liked the tree men." groan __________________ But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.

01-03-2003, 04:24 PM	#27
dunedain_aragorn Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: a Mcdonald's Happy Meal Posts: 47	all the snotty cheerleaders and jocks say that tolkien is a freak and that the movies are awful. __________________ "I must take leave, I have not slept since Dunnharrow, and I am weary."said Aragorn. Merry seized his hand and kissed it."I am frightfully sorry, we have been a nuisance to you since Bree." Aragorn laughed and left them. "Was there ever any like him?" said Pippin,"Except for Gandalf of course. I believe they must be related."

01-03-2003, 04:33 PM	#28
Faye Took Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 343	Hey, not all cheerleaders are snotty. <P>Anyways, yea one of my friends just saw FotR (which is sad) and said it was OK. Gawd I hate to her that, lol. __________________ Dream-of the ones who came before. They are calling from across a distant shore. My Blog

02-12-2003, 06:18 PM	#29
Luinalatawen Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 122	Hee hee, that's funny how dramatic some ppl are! And walking out?? What's that all about? __________________ My philosophy: A chapter of a Tolkien book a day keeps Sauron's hitmen away.

02-12-2003, 06:30 PM	#30
Arvedui III Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In Rohan, with Carolina on my mind Posts: 629	My friends came for Legolas, fell asleep, and almost screamed when the battle of Helm's Deep woke them up. That was really funny. Despite the sleeping and the screaming they liked it, though they were really confused and I'm still trying to explain it to them. __________________ I have no idea what you just said, but I'm inspired!

02-12-2003, 07:10 PM	#31
Vardadurwen Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 102	All my friends really liked the movie. My one friend says she'll see it with me again anytime I ever wanna go... She also said that she really wants to read the books, especially since I told her that the movie was very different from the book in some parts and that the book was much better.<P>But, I do know a lot of people who find it really hard to sit through that long of a movie. I must admit, your butt does indeed get a little sore after about two hours!! __________________ 'In this phial,' she said, 'is caught the light of Earendil's star....May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out...' - Galadriel 'Now there's an eye-opener and no mistake!' - Samwise Gamgee

02-12-2003, 09:31 PM	#32
Morgul Queen Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dontgonearthe Castle Posts: 414	One Phrase..."She, who's She and Her?"...OMG how stupid can these people be?!!!!<BR>BTW did anyone else just start crying when Faramir showed up and dragged Hobbits and...Thing...off to Osgiliath! __________________ Athrabeth is still doing the wave for Boromir the Disco-King Oh...and call me Morgy!