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<blockquote data-quote="kenjib" data-source="post: 6444" data-attributes="member: 530"><p>Good catch. That's a funny one. I was only bothered by four things really:</p><p></p><p>1. Because they compressed time in the beginning, Saruman somehow hatches an entire half orc army out of sticky goo, trains, and arms them, destroys the landscape around his tower, opens giant fissures in the earth, and creates a series of mines and tremendous forges, in what seems to be a couple of weeks.</p><p></p><p>2. The interior shots of Orthanc looked like the set of either a cheesy Las Vegas show, Krull, or Disney on Ice - perhaps a mix between the three. It was definitely not my vision for Orthanc.</p><p></p><p>3. The script, directing, and the acting were all overly melodramatic. Powerful scenes comes from the situation, the choices that must be made, the strength (or lack thereof) of a person's character, and similar things, not by saying as many things in as grandiose a way as possible. They could have played down some of the scenes a bit more and I think they would have had much more impact. Boromir's death is probably the best example. It would have been much better if it wasn't so overdone - probably one of the most overdone death scenes that I can recall in any film.</p><p></p><p>4. I could let Arwen's expanded role slide, despite the fact that I also really don't care for Liv Tyler, but her calling of the flood just went too far. That was a task for people far more powerful than her. Magic of that miraculous magnitude is something that only very powerful people can invoke. Her doing so kind of cheapened it for me.</p><p></p><p>It's a really great movie though. I enjoyed it thoroughly and think that Peter Jackson did a fantastic job with incredibly difficult source material.</p><p></p><p>As an aside, something I thought was really funny is that, after all of the huffing and puffing from Ralph Bakshi, it seemed that Peter Jackson did indeed lift the scene where the Nazgul attacked the beds in the inn almost verbatim from the cartoon. I think that he also borrowed very liberally from the cartoon for the much touted effect that Frodo experiences when putting on the ring. Of course the movie is much better than the cartoon. I just think that it's interesting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kenjib, post: 6444, member: 530"] Good catch. That's a funny one. I was only bothered by four things really: 1. Because they compressed time in the beginning, Saruman somehow hatches an entire half orc army out of sticky goo, trains, and arms them, destroys the landscape around his tower, opens giant fissures in the earth, and creates a series of mines and tremendous forges, in what seems to be a couple of weeks. 2. The interior shots of Orthanc looked like the set of either a cheesy Las Vegas show, Krull, or Disney on Ice - perhaps a mix between the three. It was definitely not my vision for Orthanc. 3. The script, directing, and the acting were all overly melodramatic. Powerful scenes comes from the situation, the choices that must be made, the strength (or lack thereof) of a person's character, and similar things, not by saying as many things in as grandiose a way as possible. They could have played down some of the scenes a bit more and I think they would have had much more impact. Boromir's death is probably the best example. It would have been much better if it wasn't so overdone - probably one of the most overdone death scenes that I can recall in any film. 4. I could let Arwen's expanded role slide, despite the fact that I also really don't care for Liv Tyler, but her calling of the flood just went too far. That was a task for people far more powerful than her. Magic of that miraculous magnitude is something that only very powerful people can invoke. Her doing so kind of cheapened it for me. It's a really great movie though. I enjoyed it thoroughly and think that Peter Jackson did a fantastic job with incredibly difficult source material. As an aside, something I thought was really funny is that, after all of the huffing and puffing from Ralph Bakshi, it seemed that Peter Jackson did indeed lift the scene where the Nazgul attacked the beds in the inn almost verbatim from the cartoon. I think that he also borrowed very liberally from the cartoon for the much touted effect that Frodo experiences when putting on the ring. Of course the movie is much better than the cartoon. I just think that it's interesting. [/QUOTE]
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