I just read the Hobbit and the fellowship for the first time. Thought they were excellent and Im anxious to read TT and ROTK. I have seen all 3 extended movies 2-3 times each.

What is the general consensus on these movies among hopelessly addicted fans of the books?

I personally thought great justice was done to these books. I had never once heard of LOTR before I stumbled into the movie theatre (which I only did because another movie was sold out) and I would have never read the books had I not thought they were among the best movies I'd ever seen.

Regarding the fellowship, I can definitely see why they left out Tom Bombadil, as cool as that would have been. He adds nothing to the story and would have further confused people like me who had no idea what was going on. Also, I can definitely see why they switched around Moria whereas Gimli really wanted to go there, because that told me a lot about dwarves in general. Other changes were fine with me as well, and I realized I can sit here and say I wish they would have included this and that, but its a 3.5 hour freakin movie that is absolutely excellent.

Also there was no battle at the end such as was in the movie...I guess this is in the beginning of TT the book?

-Matt

>Two Towers was the movie which strayed the furthest from the book, with the Elves showing up at the battle of Helm's Deep (but I guess that makes the movie "cooler" to have more Elves), and with Faramir taking Frodo and the ring back to Osgiliath (that was the main one that really bothered me, I always stop paying attention during that part of the movie)

Exactly my gripe to with the movies. This was so out of alignment with the book, UGH!

My personal beef, no Bill the pony for Samwise. I think that would of been nice to of kept in.

If you want to get a feel of the depth of the Middle Earth culture, when you are done with the LOTR, read The Silmarillion. It has the consistency of the Bible or something out of Shakespeare, but if you manage through it, it is very rewarding in allowing you to appreciate the LOTRs even more.

Gidske

The biggest let down for me was there was no Return to Hobbiton Battle and how the White Wizard was shown killed at his tower following the battle of Isengard.


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Violence does not lead to more violence. The truth is that ineffective, unfocused violence leads to more death. However fully thought through, well executed violence never leads to more violence because afterwards, the other guys are all dead.

Supposedly hes doing anotjher movie after king kong. "lovely bones" or soemthing like that.

Gimli and Legolas were there to provide the lines and action sequences needed for the pre-teen and ultra-nerdy crowd.

The people that got more than a mere grin from this interaction, are the same people that have tattoos from star wars episode 1-3.

/why is there an active post in the LOTR thread?
//IT'S ALL ABOUT THE HOBBIT NOW MAN

Is it sad that I own a complete set of the LOTR movies in widescreen with bonus dvds as well as a complete set of the LOTR movies in widescreen extended edition with bonus dvds?

How about that I have watched every single extra on both sets, including all of the commentaries?

-Evran

Crackling with unspent rage since 386A.V.

I have to say I actually watch all three movies in one sitting... by the end I was throwing things at the screen. I think if I had tried to watch any of the bonus features, I would have thrown my television through the window.




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Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong. ~Terry Prachett~

I think it was just watching what seemed to be 12 hours of non stop movie, and the ending that seemed to go on and on and on and on.... and on.

"End the damn thing already!!!!" was what I was shouting by the time they all took the ship, a carrot got thrown, the cat was startled, the squirrel started throwing nuts from her perch on the ceiling fan. All and all I think over dose and over load caused me to have an adverse reaction to the LOTR Movies. Did I mention the ending went on?




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Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong. ~Terry Prachett~

<<I plugged through most of those when I ran out of stuff to fall asleep to. Some of those post-production commentaries were pretty painful

The one with the concept artists was a chore. I enjoyed the director's one and the technical artists one a lot. The cast one was hit or miss.

-Evran

Crackling with unspent rage since 386A.V.