Cool. But in the Two Towers, doesn't Sam at one point long for some potatoes to stew with his rabbits?
On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Darryl Shannon wrote: > I just saw LOTR yesterday. > > I don't think a better adaptation would be humanly possible. > > The best parts were the set design and the landscapes. Rivendell > looked just like Rivendell, Moria looked just like Moria, and the Shire > looked just like the Shire. Well, except that they were growing corn > (by which I mean maize) in the Shire, and mention cooking potatoes and > tomatoes. They should have been using Old World crops exclusively. > > The casting was excellent, especially Ian McKellan as Gandalf. I > certainly hope that Merry and Pippen are developed more in the next > movies. They were mostly used for comic relief in this movie. > Well...I guess that's OK, there were certainly overtones of that in the > first book and they only come into their own in the 2nd and 3rd. > > The pacing seemed incredibly fast to me, but one person who hadn't read > the books said it seemed slow. I guess I just kept noticing how much > had to be left out, and how compressed in time the action seemed. I > wish they had made it more clear that there were several years between > Bilbo's farewell party and "The Shadow of the Past" talk between Frodo > and Gandalf. > > Boromir was handled well too, and the temptation to make him a > one-dimensional jerk was resisted. Hugo Weaving made a great Elrond, > but it was kind of jarring after his role in the Matrix. "Welcome to > Rivendell...Mr. Anderson." Oh, and Arwen was NOT butchered, as the > fansites have been screaming. Yes, they merged her with Glorfindel. > NO she does not butcher Orcs or sit around taverns. For crying out > loud, I can't believe how much worry has been spent on this issue, and > it was FINE. Let me add that Liv Tyler did not look like a human being > in this movie. She looked...weird. > > Anyway, LOTR was was beautiful, it was true to the books, and it worked > well as a movie too. > > > > ===== > > > > Darryl > > Think Galactically -- Act Terrestrially > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of > your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com > or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com > Marvin Long Austin, Texas
