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EAF_fencer3 - Student  |
So, for my birthday, I went to see the new LOTR movie. I want everyone's opinion on it. I thought it was pretty good, but there were several things that disappointed me. First of all, they didn't take the witch-king's helmet off  . More importantly, they killed the ending. In the amount of time they spent on Rosie Cotton, they could've done the scouring of the shire!!! Saruman was totally cut out!!!_______________ |"Evacuate? In our moment of Triumph? I think you overestimate their chances."|"hurray broccoli!" -Tarpman| |Godson to Carve|Ward of Flamori|Brother to Gunrow| This post was edited by EAF_fencer3 on Dec 30 2003 04:26am. |
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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student 
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yes ****spoiler**** especially when Pippin was singing while Faramir rode to his 'death' it had some real tear jerkers in it... _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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Mookie - Ex-Student 
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Quote: Denethor burning himself with a palantìr as opposed to.... jumping off a cliff??? What happened was that the whole story with the palantir was underdeveloped, so it just wouldn't be as important. I understand Jackson's ulterior motive here, which is to provide balance, but as they said, some things just don't work out. However, I believe having Denethor burn in the fire and running down the cliff of Minar Tirith was so expertly and dramatically done that it's worth it, especially when the camera pulls out, you see this huge battlefield still raging... and you realise no one even noticed Denethor falling. As for the ending, yeah too long. I think he had some trouble finding closure for this project, which is okay. After all, we saw almost ten hours of movie by the time we came to the ending, remember? I personally think it was the best movie of the year. So many powerful, emotional moments. |
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Wolfwood - Student 
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Yeah but if you read the compendium, youll find out Sam has 2 kids  _______________ ~ Honor is a fool's prize. Glory is of no use to the dead ~ |
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tarpman - The Tarped Avenger 
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The first two movies were accurate enough as movies based on books go, but the closer this got to the end, the more they skipped. They even changed some really important stuff, like ****** SPOILER ******* Denethor burning himself with a palantìr as opposed to.... jumping off a cliff???  Also changed is the very (yes, the final final final) ending, where in the book, Sam went inside and only had one kid around. Picky, ain't I? Of course, the biggest gripe (besides the outrageous accents) is the complete lack of the epilogue. The ***HUGE SPOILER*** ruin of the Shire was fairly important to the reader's final view of the characters of Merry and Pippin, but apparently the movie crew didn't have any people with anything that might be called a passing mark in an English course above grade 7. Oh, well...  _______________ Saving the world, one kilobyte at a time. This comment was edited by tarpman on Dec 31 2003 08:55am. |
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crazy_hacker - Ex-Student 
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oh, ok. I never thought of that.. thx _______________ if at first you dont succeed, try and try again. if you still dont succeed, youve just wasted a whole lot of time trying something you just cant do 
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Octavius - Ex-Student 
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**Spoiler! Dont look---but hell, you should have seen it by now!** Well- the reason he looks so old is he is 116 by the time he gets on the boat with Lord Elrond and frodo In the Feloowship of the Ring-he's 111 BUT hes had the ring for like 50 60ish years keeping his health and appearence relatively the same from the day Bilbo picked up the ring in gollum's cave (story told in the HOBBIT) However, without the power of ring Biblo's body reverts to what would be his normal apperance for a 116 year old. _______________ What we do in life, echoes in eternity. |
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crazy_hacker - Ex-Student
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*SPOILER* One thing that I didnt get, Frodo said that the journey took 13 months, about a year. Later, he tells sam that its been 4 years to the day that he got that wound, and it hasnt healed (or something like that). So thats like 4 or 5 years, right? But Bilbo in the first movie didnt look too old, and now, 4 or 5 years later, he looks ancient. I havnt read the LOTR books, so I might be missing something here. _______________ if at first you dont succeed, try and try again. if you still dont succeed, youve just wasted a whole lot of time trying something you just cant do
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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student 
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no they don't get killed a lot of other hobbits get killed though _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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Wolfwood - Student
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Nor Merry Nor Pippin Dies. in the Compendiums it says how merry and pippin get married and have children... they Dont die lol Seriously they dont. _______________ ~ Honor is a fool's prize. Glory is of no use to the dead ~ |
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EAF_fencer3 - Student 
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well it's been a while since I read it. It was either Merry or Pippin, but one of them dies at Brandywine (or is it Buckland???) edit: that's why one of them would be dead, Jacen, not at Pellennor, but when they return. I remember Merry and Pippin getting some honor for fighting the ruffians, and I think one of them gets killed too _______________ |"Evacuate? In our moment of Triumph? I think you overestimate their chances."|"hurray broccoli!" -Tarpman| |Godson to Carve|Ward of Flamori|Brother to Gunrow| This comment was edited by EAF_fencer3 on Dec 30 2003 10:50pm. |
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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student
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Jack: Yeah, indeed You mean Wormtongue Aratan (Lord of the Nazgûl, whatever  ): Yeah, well deuh!! I know he's not dead. But hey, if people are sleeping trough the end of the movie, then yeah, you'd think he's dead _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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Jacen Aratan - Student |
Um, yeah, Bail, but you see him in the ending. How can one believe he's dead, if he's riding a friggin pony 10 mins afterwards? |
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Wolfwood - Student
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And merry doesnt die, not in the books nor the movie _______________ ~ Honor is a fool's prize. Glory is of no use to the dead ~ |
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Wolfwood - Student 
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***Spoiler*** Bail, in the end of book 3 is a guy that tries to stab frodo when they are back at the shire. But due to his mithral he survives (and no, not talking about the cavetroll in book one) _______________ ~ Honor is a fool's prize. Glory is of no use to the dead ~ |
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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student
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he didn't die but I think that if you don't know the books you really believe he dies at the Battle of the Pelennor fields (Battle for Gondor) Since he has the Black Breath after stabbing the Nazgûl _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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Jacen Aratan - Student |
Whenever did Merry die, in the books OR the movies, EAF? Or am I misunderstanding you? A thing which disappointed me more than the missing Saruman, was the missing Mouth of Sauron. I hope he'll show up in the extended edition. |
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Smilykrazy - Retired 
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i thought this movie totally pwned all!!! I absolutely loved it! _______________ RIP MOM 06/29/58-07/31/08 Married to Koyi Donita 4/30/11 |
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EAF_fencer3 - Student
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flaws, Jacen??? pfff...Meriadoc Brandybuck DIES, dammit! I certainly hope you're right, bail...that was probably what I was most looking forward to (besides the floating eyes of the witch-king ) _______________ |"Evacuate? In our moment of Triumph? I think you overestimate their chances."|"hurray broccoli!" -Tarpman| |Godson to Carve|Ward of Flamori|Brother to Gunrow| |
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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student
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****SPOILER***** What guy that tries to kill Frodo? The goodbyes, aye, indeed, but hey, they had some good ons in there too. And I think you mean the Evenstar. Gimli, well, I think that is kind of an unspoken thought in the movies... _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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Wolfwood - Student
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I agree with it. The movie was very cool but indeed I missed some stuff: ****SPOILER****** The part where that guy tries to kill Frodo for example. The goodbyes: Aragorn riding of in the sun set towards gondor holding up the elvenstar. Legolas and gimli: Gimli getting the nickname: Elvenfriend. Stuff like that _______________ ~ Honor is a fool's prize. Glory is of no use to the dead ~ |
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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student
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I think you mean Saruman, not Sauron and it's Merry not marrybut yeah it's a good movie in spite of the flaws... _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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Vasper Ba'xian - Student 
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Aye, the ending could have been so much better. They also cut out the part where Gandulf confronted Saurmon at his tower. And if I remember right Marry and Pippin had grown a lot because of the drink that Treebeard gave them. But still a good movie! _______________ Brother to: Tamal, Kavar, J.D.,Jermia, Devlin, Ulic, Xiabara, Seij,Tarron Mib,>>>ROCK ON .My Spacescapes art page.My Everything Else art page. MY FAV. Jedi Are: Qui-Gon Jinn, Corran Horn, and Anakin Solo. Unofficial Master to Tamal. and Kavar. Founder of the Wuji Hundun Jian saber style. Proud owner of Tamal's 200th comment!//Proud owner of Refl3x's 300th comment!>>>Proud owner of Tyrant's 800th comment>>>Proud owner of Lucky's 170th comment>>>Proud owner of BDKawika's 444th comment>>>To except Existance is to except Reality.
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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student
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yeah I agree with you but I heard that Saruman's defeat will be in the extended version, that will be available in November next year... _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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Darkwood - Student 
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what jacen said. - but hey, the movie was good _______________ -Darkwood- |
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Jacen Aratan - Student |
Yeah, true, it rocked, but it had some flaws. But hey, how often do you get to say "ah, it's over, better head for the car now- oh wait, it's not over yet" 6-7 times? PS: Better include "warning: spoilers" in the thread name. |
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