Lord of the Rings

Savanti Romero · 01-21-2004, 08:23 PM

Who else is in love with the LOTR? I started with the movies and now I'm on the books and they are really good. I hope this isn't an old topic.

Sorry about the "their" on the poll. Correction-"they're"

Mod Edit:
Fixed it for ya, dude
GK

EZweasel · 01-21-2004, 08:26 PM

i dont realy care much for them. just not that interesting, but everyone likes different things.

Savanti Romero · 01-21-2004, 08:28 PM

Not trying to be mean, but I just wanted to know what you don't like about them?

EZweasel · 01-21-2004, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Savanti Romero

Not trying to be mean, but I just wanted to know what you don't like about them?

well at first i thought they where decent movies. nothing great, but ok. i could watch them maybe one time and it would all be good. but now i have gotten so tired of hearing all my friends talking about how great the movies are and me not being able to understand how they could feel that way. i mean ive seen all three and thought they all lacked. i guess they where just sorta boring. ROTK had so many parts where i just felt embaressed to be there...like aragorns singing and the froto/pipin slumber party..i also didnt like how gollum went out. and two tower just seemed too drawn out. nothing there cept a huge battle secene. the only one i can say i actually liked pretty good would be the first one (FOTR)...its just me though it seems. everyone else loves these movies..

Savanti Romero · 01-21-2004, 08:40 PM

To tell the truth, you are the first one I've met who does'nt like them. That's ok, I don't hold grudges (except for animal torturers, because I am an animal.) I do agree that the first one is the best, and then the third, then the second. But they are all exceptionally good in my opinion.

*The Defibrillator* · 01-21-2004, 08:48 PM

DO I LOVE LORD OF THE RINGS? DO I LOVE LORD OF THE RINGS?

HA!

Yes in fact I do. I just finished reading LotR for my 3rd time.

The movies are great, the books are better. I was a bit disappointed in the Two Towers (movie that is), but FotR and RotK were both AMAZING.

Now I'm reading the Silmarillion, which is the history of Middle Earth and the elves and stuff. It's fantastic so far.

Savanti Romero · 01-21-2004, 08:57 PM

Yea, I bought that too (but am far from getting to it with college reading and all). I also bought the Atlas of Middle Earth. This was made before the movies and has tons of maps from the First Age thru the Third Age and follows with all the different Middle Earth books.

Dontebell · 01-21-2004, 09:04 PM

i didn't like LOTR at first,but when i saw the two towers it got much better.

Savanti Romero · 01-21-2004, 09:08 PM

You didn't like the Fellowship? Now I've heard everything!

Dontebell · 01-21-2004, 09:30 PM

part one was okay,but it was a little boring and there wern't enough action.

WrestlingTurtlesFan4Life · 01-21-2004, 11:49 PM

I never read the books. I saw previews on TV and just got confused. Sean one day just said to me "Lets go see Lord of the Rings." I figured "What the shell, ok." Saw that and loved it from the start!!!! I especially loved Aragorn and Legolas. I just got my sister into it recently. I got the FOTR and Two Towers extended editions on DVD and got her to watch them. She almost cried when she thought Gandalf was dead. She's 10 years older than me and into wizards. She was very happy once she saw Two Towers and Gandalf was alive. So we saw the last one a week after it came out. I'm kinda confused over the ending though. It's like they wanted YOU to choose which end was better. They had like 5 spots where it should have ended.

I loved Gollum in the second one but in the third one he just ended up pi$$ing me off. heh.

**ThirdMarioBro** · 01-22-2004, 12:41 AM

The changes were improvments. Love all three. Nuff said.

*damnhooligan* · 01-22-2004, 06:17 AM

I waited to see the movies until I could snag both FOTR and TTT on DVD, then pop out to see ROTK. I desperately avoided all hype, interviews, reviews and whatnot for about two years. A Herculean task, indeed.

Though there are obvious discrepancies (My biggest concerns: Glorfindel? Bombadil? Umm, Haldir? Éomer?), I though the movies were wonderfully epic. The story, actors, CGI, set design and costume design all came together seemlessly, I believe. I'm now an BIG Richard Taylor fan. Huzzah!

No book-to-film adaptation is ever right on the money. Had Jackson shot the movie page-by-page, I imagine they would still be shooting the movie to this day! All in all, great film(s).

*That Matt Guy* · 01-22-2004, 06:41 AM

I've never seen the movies or read the books. Those movies must be pretty good, seeing the way people go ape s*** for them and all.

**GK Punk** · 01-22-2004, 06:45 AM

The movies were really good I thought. The casting couldn't have been better imo. although I loved those films (I went to the early Midnight showing to all 3 of them) I don't see the big deal to be honest. If I see one more "Crossover" fic with LOTR I am killing a tomato.
(The sailor moon/lotr webcomic makes me sick)

*Voltron* · 01-22-2004, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matthew138

I've never seen the movies or read the books. Those movies must be pretty good, seeing the way people go ape s*** for them and all.

I figured you'd have been the first in line, seeing how everyone argues that its based off of WWII.

*That Matt Guy* · 01-22-2004, 09:26 AM

Well, people argue that the Empire on Star Wars was based on the Third Reich, but you don't see me camping out for the new movie dressed as the Emperor, do you? Or do you!?

*Voltron* · 01-22-2004, 09:28 AM

I see you as more of a Jar Jar Binks...

or being a juggernaut of terror as you are, I figure you'd be an Ewok or Jawa.

*That Matt Guy* · 01-22-2004, 09:52 AM

I see myself as that thing that followed Lando around on Cloud City.

*Voltron* · 01-22-2004, 09:55 AM

What thing, the cyborg? I'd would have rather have just been Lando. I know he was mining Schlitz in Cloud City.

View Poll Results: Are the LOTR Movies good even if they don't go exaclty by the book?
I havn't seen them.	2	8.70%
No they suck.	2	8.70%
Shell yea!	17	73.91%
They're alright, it's just I'm a little nit picker.	2	8.70%
Voters: 23. You may not vote on this poll

01-21-2004, 08:23 PM	#1
Savanti Romero Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Colorado Posts: 600	Lord of the Rings Who else is in love with the LOTR? I started with the movies and now I'm on the books and they are really good. I hope this isn't an old topic. Sorry about the "their" on the poll. Correction-"they're" Mod Edit: Fixed it for ya, dude GK __________________ "The sceptor has returned at last; and it's all mine!" -Savanti Romero, Vol. 1 issue 47 1992 AKA: [email protected] utromheadquarters.0catch.com

01-21-2004, 08:26 PM	#2
EZweasel Stone Warrior Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 847	i dont realy care much for them. just not that interesting, but everyone likes different things. __________________

01-21-2004, 08:28 PM	#3
Savanti Romero Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Colorado Posts: 600	Not trying to be mean, but I just wanted to know what you don't like about them? __________________ "The sceptor has returned at last; and it's all mine!" -Savanti Romero, Vol. 1 issue 47 1992 AKA: [email protected] utromheadquarters.0catch.com

01-21-2004, 08:40 PM	#5
Savanti Romero Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Colorado Posts: 600	To tell the truth, you are the first one I've met who does'nt like them. That's ok, I don't hold grudges (except for animal torturers, because I am an animal.) I do agree that the first one is the best, and then the third, then the second. But they are all exceptionally good in my opinion. __________________ "The sceptor has returned at last; and it's all mine!" -Savanti Romero, Vol. 1 issue 47 1992 AKA: [email protected] utromheadquarters.0catch.com

01-21-2004, 08:48 PM	#6
The Defibrillator Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Dee Eff Dubble You Posts: 1,631	DO I LOVE LORD OF THE RINGS? DO I LOVE LORD OF THE RINGS? HA! Yes in fact I do. I just finished reading LotR for my 3rd time. The movies are great, the books are better. I was a bit disappointed in the Two Towers (movie that is), but FotR and RotK were both AMAZING. Now I'm reading the Silmarillion, which is the history of Middle Earth and the elves and stuff. It's fantastic so far. __________________ My newest signature.

01-21-2004, 08:57 PM	#7
Savanti Romero Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Colorado Posts: 600	Yea, I bought that too (but am far from getting to it with college reading and all). I also bought the Atlas of Middle Earth. This was made before the movies and has tons of maps from the First Age thru the Third Age and follows with all the different Middle Earth books. __________________ "The sceptor has returned at last; and it's all mine!" -Savanti Romero, Vol. 1 issue 47 1992 AKA: [email protected] utromheadquarters.0catch.com

01-21-2004, 09:04 PM	#8
Dontebell Stone Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Flint,Mi Posts: 819	i didn't like LOTR at first,but when i saw the two towers it got much better.

01-21-2004, 09:08 PM	#9
Savanti Romero Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Colorado Posts: 600	You didn't like the Fellowship? Now I've heard everything! __________________ "The sceptor has returned at last; and it's all mine!" -Savanti Romero, Vol. 1 issue 47 1992 AKA: [email protected] utromheadquarters.0catch.com

01-21-2004, 09:30 PM	#10
Dontebell Stone Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Flint,Mi Posts: 819	part one was okay,but it was a little boring and there wern't enough action.

01-21-2004, 11:49 PM	#11
WrestlingTurtlesFan4Life Foot Soldier Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Monroe, New Jersey Posts: 112	I never read the books. I saw previews on TV and just got confused. Sean one day just said to me "Lets go see Lord of the Rings." I figured "What the shell, ok." Saw that and loved it from the start!!!! I especially loved Aragorn and Legolas. I just got my sister into it recently. I got the FOTR and Two Towers extended editions on DVD and got her to watch them. She almost cried when she thought Gandalf was dead. She's 10 years older than me and into wizards. She was very happy once she saw Two Towers and Gandalf was alive. So we saw the last one a week after it came out. I'm kinda confused over the ending though. It's like they wanted YOU to choose which end was better. They had like 5 spots where it should have ended. I loved Gollum in the second one but in the third one he just ended up pi$$ing me off. heh. __________________ "There is only Death and Danger in the socket of my eye!" <---- Dave Mustaine from Megadeth

01-22-2004, 12:41 AM	#12
ThirdMarioBro Tea Time! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,905	The changes were improvments. Love all three. Nuff said. __________________

01-22-2004, 06:17 AM	#13
damnhooligan Mad Scientist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Dorksville, USA Posts: 1,745	I waited to see the movies until I could snag both FOTR and TTT on DVD, then pop out to see ROTK. I desperately avoided all hype, interviews, reviews and whatnot for about two years. A Herculean task, indeed. Though there are obvious discrepancies (My biggest concerns: Glorfindel? Bombadil? Umm, Haldir? Éomer?), I though the movies were wonderfully epic. The story, actors, CGI, set design and costume design all came together seemlessly, I believe. I'm now an BIG Richard Taylor fan. Huzzah! No book-to-film adaptation is ever right on the money. Had Jackson shot the movie page-by-page, I imagine they would still be shooting the movie to this day! All in all, great film(s). __________________

01-22-2004, 06:41 AM	#14
That Matt Guy Honey Bunches Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Lone Star State Posts: 5,840	I've never seen the movies or read the books. Those movies must be pretty good, seeing the way people go ape s*** for them and all.

01-22-2004, 06:45 AM	#15
GK Punk I'm your Devil Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,439	The movies were really good I thought. The casting couldn't have been better imo. although I loved those films (I went to the early Midnight showing to all 3 of them) I don't see the big deal to be honest. If I see one more "Crossover" fic with LOTR I am killing a tomato. (The sailor moon/lotr webcomic makes me sick)

01-22-2004, 09:26 AM	#17
That Matt Guy Honey Bunches Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Lone Star State Posts: 5,840	Well, people argue that the Empire on Star Wars was based on the Third Reich, but you don't see me camping out for the new movie dressed as the Emperor, do you? Or do you!?

01-22-2004, 09:28 AM	#18
Voltron Handsomest Boy in School Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Realm of SJW Posts: 4,642	I see you as more of a Jar Jar Binks... or being a juggernaut of terror as you are, I figure you'd be an Ewok or Jawa.

01-22-2004, 09:52 AM	#19
That Matt Guy Honey Bunches Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Lone Star State Posts: 5,840	I see myself as that thing that followed Lando around on Cloud City.

01-22-2004, 09:55 AM	#20
Voltron Handsomest Boy in School Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Realm of SJW Posts: 4,642	What thing, the cyborg? I'd would have rather have just been Lando. I know he was mining Schlitz in Cloud City.