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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 622412" data-attributes="member: 2020">If the Battle of Gondor is merely waged between two physically larger armies (the Host of Morgul and Allies versus the Defenders of Minas Tirith and Allies), then I am sure it will be a great CGI affair.  But I got that, in Attack of the Clones.  If all I hope for is a Big Battle, Attack of the Clones was perfectly suitable (and it had spaceships, and high tech weapons, and all manner of goodies to watch, too, that these medieval armies will not have.)  Pardon the sarcasm (and my apology to Attack of the Clones, which was a good film, but I needed the analogy, Lucas), but I need to make a point.    Big Armies make Big Battles, and Epic Drama makes Epic Battles.  Tolkien's Battle of Gondor was about Epic Drama.  Peter Jackson's films have been about Epic Drama.  This is to be, according to what I have heard, Peter Jackson's biggest, most dramatic film of all, with the greatest epic battle in film history to be shown.  So yeah, those themes I mentioned above, are relevant here.  Where would the dramatic impact of Braveheart have been, without the characters and their drives?  Where would the tragedy of Spartacus have been, without Spartacus?  Why did the battles of The Phantom Menace prove so unsatisfying to so many, while Han Solo (or, for that matter, nearly all the characters portrayed by Harrison Ford) ran away with the audience?  Who would you root for more:  Jar Jar Binks, or Han Solo?  Why is Han Solo a more important character?  Why are his victories more important to you?  A Big Battle with Big Armies ... well, I can open an anthill during an ant war, and see that, In Real Life.  I do not need to pay $7 and freeze in a theatre to see that.  I want an Epic Battle.  Not a Big Battle.  So yeah, again I must wonder:  how will Peter Jackson pull it off?  How to make the Epic Battle?  (the Big Battle is guaranteed, given WETA's special effects wizardry.)  By the way, I have an unconfirmed rumor that Peter Jackson is going to ignore the 3 hour time limit, and make a theatrical version of ROTK longer than 3 hours!  Needless to say, I am delighted, amazed ... and skeptical.  If anyone has information on this matter, could you post it here?  I would really appreciate it!</blockquote>

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