Lord of the Rings- reviews

Saw it for the second time tonight. Really a good film. This is the most character driven of the three, which may net it some oscars this time around. The battle scenes were amazing.
However, there were some things I didn't particularly care for, and they mainly had to do with things that were changed from the book to the screen.
I did not like the way the handled Denethor's death. And while he was NOT killed by Gandalf, they did kinda change it around. They also didn't flesh out his character enough, but that'll probably happen in the extended edition.
I didn't like how they cut the whole Houses of Healing scene out. They filmed it too, guess it'll end up on the EE as well. But that scene would have done wonders for character development.
I also didn't like the way they handled the Army of the Dead. In the book, it was so much more dramatic when the armies of Gondor saw the black ships sailing down the river. They lost all hope at the sight, but then, wait! New sails are unfurled! Its Aragorn!
In the movie, though, the ships kinda just sail in the back way, without anyone seeing them. It just didn't have the same effect.
Also, the fall of Sauron was a little disappointing. I was just expecting more. Also much more dramatic in the book.
There's a bunch more, but I'm too lazy to write about it.

Its really a great movie though, easily the best of the three. Great sfx, majestic score, breathtaking cinematography and all that. go see it! at least twice!
 
I haven't seen any of them yet, so no spoilers k.


Don't look at my post that way, just been too busy to see anything lately. Last movie I saw was Reloaded, and made a promise to myself to see more films. Just broke it like the one I promised to quit smoking.
 
Damn you Malky!Now i started to droll like insane!
BTW Why there was no mention of Morgoth anywhere in triology?
 
Grim Reaper said:
BTW Why there was no mention of Morgoth anywhere in triology?
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Because he had no part at all in the trilogy. This might take some explaining. You may or may not already know this, but...

Ok, basically, Morgoth, whose real name is Melkor, was taken care of ages ago by the Valar. He was the strongest of the Ainur, the gods (the good gods are called the Valar). After a while, he wanted a lot more power, and began to challenge the other Ainur. He recruited a bunch of Maiar, the demi-gods, to his side. The strongest Maiar was Sauron. Gandalf, whose real name is Olorin, was also a Maiar, along with the other 4 Istari(wizards). Basically, Melkor tried to destroy everything the Valar created. Later on came the story of the Silmarils, in which Melkor was defeated. However, he later returned, and was really powerful this time. He set about trying to destroy the peoples of Middle Earth. However, along came Earendil, and he convinced the Valar to send an army to defeat Melkor. They eventually did. The army consisted of a bunch of Maiar, the Calaquendi, who were the elves living in Valinor (which, by the way, is where Elrond, Galadriel, Frodo, Bilbo, Gandalf, and others go when they leave on their ships at the Grey Haven - Valinor is sort of the home of the Gods, very nice place to live), and bunch of other people. They defeated Melkor utterly. This time, his punishment was final. He was shut out of the gates of the world FOREVER. At least, until the fabled Final Battle, in which he's supposed to return to fight a united army of Valar, Maiar, Elves and Men. But prophecy says that he'll actually be outrightly killed in that battle anyways.

SO....all of this happened in the First Age of Arda. The events of the Lord of the Rings happened at the END of the THIRD age of Arda. So Melkor was utterly defeated and barred from the world like 10,000 years before the Lord of the Rings takes place.
 
I wanted to see the marathon... But it turned out they ran out of tickets for that two months ago, so I just saw the first two on DVD with some friends before going to see the third one.
 
Just saw Return of the King. Damn good. Action was superb as usual and frodo was just as annoying in this one as he was in the previous 2. My favorite part is the blitzkrieg attack by the Gundor Calvery or the ghost attack (which was fucking hilarious). Nothing can stop a ghost attack!
 
I saw it on Sunday, it was absolutely fabulous! I'm speechless (and crook, but that's another matter).
The battle scenes were as impressive, if not more, than the ones in the previous movies; what's more, some of them took place in daylight - wow! 8) -.
The music was nice, with the main theme threaded through pretty much the whole score.
The scenery and CGI remain awesome.
A couple of scenes annoyed me somewhat, particularly the opening one. And Gollum still has that dreadful voice (up there with Jar Jar Binks).
I might go and see it again, but I'll definitely get the three Extended Edition DVDs. It's got me re-reading the novels too (in French unfortunately). My favourite movie remains the first one - more spooky and magical -.

[PCE said:
el_Prez]blitzkrieg attack by the Gondor Cavalry
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I agree, they blended the tanks and aeroplanes so well into a fantasy universe. :twisted:
 
Blitzkrieg is the piercing of the front of the enemy on only several small points, instead of going at it in a full front war. So in several places you'll have the enemy miles and miles behind your own lines. That's blitzkrieg. Has nothign to do with tanks and aeroplanes.

Now, as for the movie, it was good, they left out some pieces(Bah! I wanted to see the throwing away of the Palantir), and they changed some bits, but it's a good movie overall. The end was way too stretched out, though. I was watching it and I went like this:
*fade to black*
"What? Finished already?"
*fade back*
"Oh, guess not."
*fade to black*
"There, that's finished. Nice mov-"
*fade back*
"*sigh*. Okay, another bit."
*fade to black*
"They done now?"
*fade back*
"Argh! finish it already! This is getting boring."
etc.
 
Blitzkreig is a fast offesive attack. Thats it. It could involve air, it could be attacking on several small points.

I think the Calvery plowing through the orcs qualifies....
 
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Sorry, el_Prez, my poor joke was based on an erroneous definition of Blitzkrieg which Sander corrected. I still think the cavalry charge is more of a flanking attack though - beautifully filmed though it may be -.
 
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