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Post by rayosaurus on Jun 1, 2007 9:33:01 GMT 1
Does eneyone like the lord of the rings movie trilogy, what is your favorite charecter, race or weapon. Do play the games or the role playing game.
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Post by AD on Jun 1, 2007 16:46:55 GMT 1
I love Lord of the Rings. The movies were brilliant, and I'm going to start reading the books soon, after I've finished rereading 'The Hobbit'.
I think Eowyn has to be my favourite character. The bit in 'Return of the King' where she kills the witchking is great. =]
The elves are probably my favourite race.
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Post by dodochicky on Jun 10, 2007 17:59:36 GMT 1
Wow AD, you're RE-reading The Hobbit?! I admire you for that! I adore the Lord of the Rings films, but I found the books incredibly hard reading. I'm an avid reader but it still took me nearly three years to read the whole trilogy (they're so detailed that I had to rest between books)!
Hmm.. my favourite character from both book and film has always been Samwise Gamgee, brave, sweet and always loyal. But my favourite race has to be the Elves. I love their peaceful, natural ways. And who wouldn't want to live forever at Lothlorien? *sighs*
Sorry, Ray, I've never played, or been tempted by, the role play games. Hehe, I was tempted by the official movie tie-in chess set, but thats not the kind of game you mean, I think. *lol* Dodo
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Post by AD on Jun 11, 2007 17:29:26 GMT 1
Yeah, Sam is great. Frodo would never have reached Mordor without him. In fact, I don't think the ring would've been destroyed without Sam and Gollum. The three of them all played an important part. I never found 'The Hobbit' that hard. I've finished it now, and I've almost finished the first book in 'The Fellowship of the Ring'. The trilogy is harder than 'The Hobbit' - its quite tricky, especially with the tiny writing.
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Post by rayosaurus on Jun 14, 2007 18:08:25 GMT 1
I do not count the middle earth books made ny JRR Tolkin's son, in the JRR Tolkin's middle earth books.
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Post by AD on Jun 16, 2007 15:10:40 GMT 1
Well, Christopher Tolkien did use a lot of his father's bits and pieces... I dunno. But of course his books will be different. Still, me and my friend are quite interested in reading the history of middle earth books.
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Post by Admin - Jon on Jun 18, 2007 21:31:34 GMT 1
Movies are great, got all of them on DVD
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Post by AD on Jun 19, 2007 16:34:02 GMT 1
I recently bought the boxed set of the extended editions. Incredible. Four discs to each movie. There's loads of extras, literally hours. And I really enjoyed the new and extended scenes.
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Post by Tish on Jun 28, 2007 18:04:59 GMT 1
i havent read the books but ive seen all 3 films they were quite gd i have read the hobbit though.
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Post by AD on Jun 28, 2007 18:06:53 GMT 1
I think the Lord of the Rings was made really well. Has anyone seen the Eragon movie? I read the books, which were great, but the movie was so cheesy. The elves didn't even have pointy ears! I kept thinking - 'Lord of the Rings was so much better than this'.
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Post by Tish on Jun 28, 2007 18:08:17 GMT 1
yh i saw the film but it confused me in parts i also prefer lord of the rings
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Post by AD on Jun 28, 2007 18:16:21 GMT 1
Eragon was a bit mucked up - they didn't stick to the books particularly well. Lord of the Rings is probably one of the best book-to-movie movies. It was done really well. My favourite part was the Ride of the Rohirrim in the Return of the King - I just thought it was amazing, and I'm going to sound really stupid or soppy, take you pick, but I thought it was inspiring. It made you feel like you wanted to be there, and ride with them. My second favourite bit would be the March of the Ents. Great music.
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Post by Tish on Jun 28, 2007 18:19:07 GMT 1
lol, nah u dont sound either the Ents are kwl
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Post by AD on Jun 28, 2007 18:20:56 GMT 1
Yeah, the Ents were great. A bit slow, mind you. I was almost put to sleep listening to Treebeard talking!
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Post by Tish on Jun 28, 2007 18:24:46 GMT 1
yep, well in the book there meeting took 3 days (so ive heard as i hadnt read it)
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Post by AD on Jun 28, 2007 18:26:39 GMT 1
I've just finished reading the first half of the Two Towers, and yeah, the Entmoot took about two to three days. And they called that hasty! Hasty. You can't imagine how many times that word came up in that chapter!
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Post by Tish on Jun 28, 2007 18:28:27 GMT 1
yep lol, probs a lot
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Post by Morwen on Aug 9, 2007 13:01:17 GMT 1
You maybe call me nuts, but I read the Lord of the Rings Trilogy twice (first time in German, the next in English) before watching the films and I fought my way through the Silmarillion. My favourite char in the book was Aragorn, but in the movies definetly Haldir!
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Post by Tish on Aug 9, 2007 13:40:13 GMT 1
I've never even attempted to read the Silmarillion, i heard it was like twice as hard as Lord of the Rings so decided to miss it out
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Post by AD on Aug 9, 2007 16:56:36 GMT 1
I'm thinking of reading the Silmarillion sometime. I'm about about three quarters way though Return of the King.
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Post by Raptor on Feb 24, 2009 20:32:50 GMT 1
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Post by Gorgonops on Feb 24, 2009 20:37:02 GMT 1
Can you not do that, please.
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Post by Raptor on Feb 26, 2009 17:28:29 GMT 1
Can you not do that, please. Your dfeinition of fun is quite boring
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Post by AC on Feb 26, 2009 18:51:49 GMT 1
Oh, but of course your sense of humour is just first-class, Raptor. I mean, I just found it hilarious that you've now screwed up the page width, with a comment that doesn't even make sense... Hello Entmot?!
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Post by Raptor on Feb 27, 2009 17:57:55 GMT 1
Oh yeah i just relised i've extended the page. Oops wasn't meant to happen
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Post by slaine2112 on Feb 27, 2009 18:49:10 GMT 1
I've been a Lord of the Rings fan for quite some time. I first read it about thirty years ago and have re-read it many times since and will say it is one of my favourite books of all time. The detail is quite remarkable and I think, to a degree, Tolkien suceeded in his intentions when writing the book - to create a mythology for England, spmething we do sadly lack. Its also quite remarkable that the books have endured the way they when you consider that he broke pretty much every rule they tell aspiring writers - perhaps the most obvious being the way that huge chunks of the story are told in flashback and the book is rife with pure exposition.
But what the hell, it works.
As to the films, I actually went to see Ralph Bashki's animated version at the cinema when it first came out in 1978 (I was 11 at the time). Although I was quite impressed at the time, subsequent viewings have left me with the conclusion that it was too ambitious a project at the time. The rotoscoping is jarring and the story is too simplified. Until Peter Jackson came along, the best adaptation of the book had be the one done by BBC for radio and starring (among others), Micheal Horden (Gandalf), Ian Holm (Frodo), John Le Mesurer (Bilbo) and Robert Stephens (Aragorn). This is available on CD and I strongly recommend it.
As for Peter Jackson's film adaptation (I never think of it as three films, its one film split into three sections - just like the book was), it was an astonishing accomplishment, although far from perfect. The casting was superb and a special mention must be made regarding Howard Shore's fantastic score.
I think my main problem was that, at times, I found the way that the relationship between Aragorn and Arwen was pushed to the fore quite jarring at times. While I can see why this was done (you've got to find some way to attract the women I suppose), for me it tended to detract from the grandeur of the story. You had you're humanising influence with the hobbits (as in the book), particularly exemplified by Sean Astin's performance as Sam.
Looking back, I find it strange to note that my favourite scenes from the film were all without dialogue. If pushed to name three, I would have to say (not in order):
i) the scene in Fellowship, just after leaving Rivendell, when you see the company coming over the hill.
ii) the beacons of Gondor crossing the land towards Edoras
iii) the charge of the Rohirrim.
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Post by Siobhan Becker on Apr 23, 2010 19:54:51 GMT 1
I absolutely love Lord of the Rings!!! I own and have read the trilogy but not The Hobbit, one of my younger sisters did and so did my older sister (3 wks. ago) but I haven't. I also have the Extended-Limited edition DVD's, Evenstar pendant and leaf clasp, both in costume jewelry; I am going to receive the real Evenstar for my birthday in July!! Yes, I am obsessed.
My favorite character(s) is... Aragorn, Arwen, Pippin, Faramir, Boromir, Eomer and Eowyn. (More than 1, I know, but if I had to choose, I couldn't choose just 1)
My favorite weapon is a bow and arrows and a sword. ;D
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