Desdichado
Hero
Y'know what I missed? Ghan-buri-ghan. I know, I had no hope that he'd actually be in the movie, but I've always had a strange fascination with the Woses.
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[SPOILERS] THE Return of the King Thread
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theburningman
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It was I who had to pry my wife's hand from my leg as Shelob was stalking Frodo. That scene was every bit as creepy as I had read, and it was the first time I was actually taken aback by a giant spider in a movie (usually they're just not that scary).
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Andrew D. Gable
First Post
No Mouth of Sauron! Other than that, complete geekgasm. Ditto on everything everyone else said.
Kastil
Explorer
Some in the theatre I was in:Brown Jenkin said:
-When Gandalf whacks Denethor with his staff for calling the retreat
-everytime one of the films started, especially RotK
-When Sam kicks butt on Shelob
I can't wait to take my son to see it and will pine for a year until the EE comes out. I will be getting the boxed set again, of course :-D
Thank you New Line for my collectible. It was a nice touch. Last but not least, thanks to my husband who puts up with my little obsessions.
RangerWickett
Legend
I have a dilemma. I have a friend who I know would love this movie, but she is painfully arachnophobic. The mention of there being a spider in Lord of the Rings makes her nervous, and she screamed the first time she glimpsed Shelob in the trailer. But the Shelob scene is one of the best in the movie. Should I just cover her eyes during that entire sequence?
Particle_Man
Explorer
wow! Loved it and DEFINITELY looking forward to the EE edition.
Comments:
1) This is a problem with the books too, but where are all the other dwarves, anyhow? Did every dwarf die in Moria except Gimli? Is there some other battle between dwarves and orcs that we don't get to see? Heck, there were more HOBBITS fighting in ROTK than dwarves.
2) We should start a poll for women of Lotr: Arwen, Galadriel, Eowyn, Rosie, unnamed woman who sends kids to safety in TTT, and Shelob (of course).
3) The Gollum as CGI makes the final gollum wrestling the invisible frodo believable. Amazing! Nothing hokey in either Gollum's or Shelob's CGI.
4) I loved how Frodo's line "Sorry Sam. Sorry about Everything." when Sam rescued him in the tower parallels Bilbo's line to Frodo after Bilbo tried to snag the ring back.
5) If Jackson isn't allowed to make The Hobbit into a film, there ain't no justice.
6) In the final credits, notice how Gollum/Smeagol got TWO line drawings? Loved that touch.
7) On "I will watch it again. I will buy the EE of the DVD's. I will always notice the parts that were poorly done no matter how hard I try not to, I will always miss the parts of the story that were left out or changed that I felt were important, and I will always love the parts that were well-done and equaled or exceeded my expectations. This is the movie all Tolkien fans will have to live with, and live with it I will. " This parallels The Wizard of Oz. That movie had flaws, but no sane person will try to do a remake of that movie. I can't imagine anyone trying to do a remake of Lotr.
8) So according to the movie, the ring-bearers were: Sauron, Isildur, Deagol, Smeagol, Bilbo, Frodo, Smeagol again. (Boromir, Aragorn, Sam, don't actually touch the ring, if I remember correctly). Oh wait, did Galadriel hold the ring or not?
Comments:
1) This is a problem with the books too, but where are all the other dwarves, anyhow? Did every dwarf die in Moria except Gimli? Is there some other battle between dwarves and orcs that we don't get to see? Heck, there were more HOBBITS fighting in ROTK than dwarves.
2) We should start a poll for women of Lotr: Arwen, Galadriel, Eowyn, Rosie, unnamed woman who sends kids to safety in TTT, and Shelob (of course).
3) The Gollum as CGI makes the final gollum wrestling the invisible frodo believable. Amazing! Nothing hokey in either Gollum's or Shelob's CGI.
4) I loved how Frodo's line "Sorry Sam. Sorry about Everything." when Sam rescued him in the tower parallels Bilbo's line to Frodo after Bilbo tried to snag the ring back.
5) If Jackson isn't allowed to make The Hobbit into a film, there ain't no justice.
6) In the final credits, notice how Gollum/Smeagol got TWO line drawings? Loved that touch.
7) On "I will watch it again. I will buy the EE of the DVD's. I will always notice the parts that were poorly done no matter how hard I try not to, I will always miss the parts of the story that were left out or changed that I felt were important, and I will always love the parts that were well-done and equaled or exceeded my expectations. This is the movie all Tolkien fans will have to live with, and live with it I will. " This parallels The Wizard of Oz. That movie had flaws, but no sane person will try to do a remake of that movie. I can't imagine anyone trying to do a remake of Lotr.
8) So according to the movie, the ring-bearers were: Sauron, Isildur, Deagol, Smeagol, Bilbo, Frodo, Smeagol again. (Boromir, Aragorn, Sam, don't actually touch the ring, if I remember correctly). Oh wait, did Galadriel hold the ring or not?
Krug said:
Yes they are, my girlfriend does not like gross or creepy stuff in movies. She got freaked out with the arrows hitting Bromir in FotR. I'm seeing RotK this Saturday, third time for me, first time for Her, I can't wait the see Her reaction to Shelob.
How come we don't see the orc general die onscreen? I heard a rumor that it was suposted to be Gimli's big fight scene, but it was cut, and will be in the EE. But they leave the hansome elf's big scene in, discrimnation, I tell you.
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It was the movie. The scene was too quick and the relationship between Eomer and his sister was never built up properly, so it didn't even matter whether the scene when he sees her is not included. They didn't even include the part where she and Merry lay grievously injured.
The movie did not properly portray the cost of slaying the Witchking of Angmar, which hurts its emotional impact for me. Merry and Eowyn nearly died from killing him, and you could not tell watching the movie.
barsoomcore said:
It was the movie. The scene was too quick and the relationship between Eomer and his sister was never built up properly, so it didn't even matter whether the scene when he sees her is not included. They didn't even include the part where she and Merry lay grievously injured.
The movie did not properly portray the cost of slaying the Witchking of Angmar, which hurts its emotional impact for me. Merry and Eowyn nearly died from killing him, and you could not tell watching the movie.
