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Review:Fellowship of the Ring
Everyone has expectations about this movie. I imagine most of you have read the books. You all have ideas about what a Balrog looks like. What Gandalf is like. And yes, hell, even what the ring should look like. And you simply can't expect a movie to meet everyones ideas... but this thing came just as close as I could have hoped.
In short, there aren't many great movies that come out any more... but this is one of them. Everyone seems nearly perfectly cast. The special effects are nothing short of brilliant. The sets from the Shire on out look so wonderful and believable that you just wanna move in... until the Ring Wraiths show up and make everything all miserable.
Elijah Woods pulls off Frodo quite well. Yeah maybe he fell down one to many times, but the angst is believable. And Gandalf? His desire for the ring is intense and his actions are truly heroic.
I can't imagine a film adaptation of perhaps the best book ever written being done better. The first 45 minutes are a bit slow going, but once the Fellowship starts coming together I just didn't want to blink.
I could find things to nitpick about: some scenes the audio mix wasn't quite right, but that could partially have been the mediocre sound system in the theater: dialog was a bit muffled under the music. Some of the effects were noticably CG, but those were rare. Quite frankly nobody has done CG monsters as convincingly in a film to date. There was a handful of shots that looked faked, and all the rest seemed as perfect as could be.
God damn. The hype is warranted. The wait was worth it. But 12 months for the next one? At least I have my copy of FFX to keep me occupied during maybe 40 hours of the next 8,760 or so I have to wait. But who's counting?
Speaking of the LoTR books, does The Hobbit come before The Fellowship of the Ring? I think I'll start to read the books, but I'll probably be incredibly confused if I read them out of order :)
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My suitemates and I went to the midnight showing of Lord of the Rings yesterday at a local theater. I was totally impressed by the movie's accuracy. The Gates of Gondor were exactly as I had imagined them when reading the book. Wow.
However, two things made my experience not the best it could have been:
1. I half expected Elrond to say "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson"
2. The audio in our showing became out of synch with the movie during the battle at the Gates of Gondor. I can't believe that I had to sit through the death of Boromir with the audio lagging by 5 seconds!
You should never take life too seriously - You'll never get out of it alive.
Surprise!
I don't know the plot - not everyone cares about fantasy stories.
...until the porno version of a movie comes out.
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Well of course! Like, duh, man! Most of the people on slashdot are in that 10-13 yr. old range. Or, like, something. YouknowwutImsayin yomesain? Aye ayt?
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'Cos in the Darkest Depts of Modor
I met a girl so fair
But Gollum and the evil one
crept up and slipped away with her, her, her yeah
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Misty Mountain Hop
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This
Gee, I thought we didn't see trolls until the second book.
Sort of like Michael Jackson.
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I see that you go to Karleton, where the K stands for Quality
"I am afraid of what I am going to do, but I must do it."
What a turd!
I thought that punk was a girl.
Dear Lord -- what a troll . . .
Thinking of taking your parents?
>> God damn.
Nice language. It disgusts to see that. Why did you have to ruin a good writeup and a great movie with that poor choice of words?
Gimmie a link or somethign to the background of it, then, and I'll help you out.
Are you just making this sheeeit up or something?
How do you know its not Heidi Wall??
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Will this Trilogy be better than the first Star Wars Trilogy (I'm pretty sure its already better than the current sw trilogy)
I'm not sick of it, but I'm beginning to wonder about his job. Does he work anymore? He has enough time to play FF, watch anime like a fiend, and go see every slightly nerdy movie as it comes out.
I'm no workaholic, but I barely have time to play a quick game on the occasional Saturday morning between writing code, fixing websites, making clients happy, keeping the house in shape and spending time with my wife.
Does Malda even write code anymore?
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Here's a better look at that bountiful bosom.
You're that ugly, huh?
Flatter me all you want. I would still never date you.
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Are hobits gay? I always thought they were.
Wrong Sweetie. This is your Grandmother. Now come over here and finish that massage.
Ehh...i guess that the film will follow the books and because of that, its sad to say that frodo makes it at last... ;)
Tom seemed like a side story the
wanted a sequiel (sp). He had
mysterious powers that were timeless.
do you complain a few days before every easter when people talk about jesus rising from the dead? "man, you fucking wrecked the ending for me.."
Die, troll.
I think you're just going to have to get used to the fact that some guys know how to treat a lady right, yeah, even for 90 minutes at a stretch :) Although at age 15, that's a little hard to believe...
Your right to not believe: Americans United for Separation of Church and
Trust me, it's a lot easier to last 90 minutes at age 15 than at age 35.
who makes these lameness filters? i can't post a rant about how franatical you tolkien fans are about. i bet this post gets fitered. if it does i have a tale about my belly button a tale of power wisdom and ultimate fungul power! my navel is infected it has funny smells, ack bad smells and feels really bad, i hope the doctor doesn't say i got a pixie in my navel.
the end
the lameness contiunes.
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Crap, I think I'm on the wrong side of that equation, then :)
Your right to not believe: Americans United for Separation of Church and
Yeah, especially age 15 for what seems to be the first time...
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I lost mine at age 15. I humped her 3 straight times in the course of 27 minutes. 15 year olds can last for 90 minutes easily, it's when you hit 25 that you might be lucky for 3 times a month.
With Denise it's thumbs up, thumbs down, fingers and tongues everywhere...
Nah, at 35 you last 90 minutes. At 15 you last 5 minutes 18 times in a row.
I'm a clean-cut, attractive female, and I LOVE Tolkien. I got turned on to him as a child because he was best friends with C.S. Lewis, one of my favorite authors. Forget who else reads it! I waited for this movie for months, and can't wait to get the DVD, and eventually watch all 3 at once. God willing my daughter will enjoy the movie (for all of it's lack of creativity) as much as I did, and enjoy the books as well!
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Such lameness!