On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > Marvin Long, Jr. wrote: > > Which reminds me: since you don't appear to be in jail, > > Alberto, > > > Just because I�m posting? You know *nothing* about br jail > system...
Well, that's true. Being a USA'un, I just naturally assumed that the prison inmates of a Fine Western Democracy like Brazil must spend all their time bound, gagged, manacled, and catheterized. ;-) > > does that mean you found the movie version of LotR > > at least tolerable? :-) > > > Yes, I did. There were three horrible moments [Monthy Python > and the Wizard�s Duel, the pseudo-Kraken, and the battle > against the Troll], there were some acceptable changes, > there were some beautiful scenarios, there were even some > changes that *improved* parts of the book, and - what made > me hopeful for the sequels - there were things that Tolkien > wrote outside LotR that entered the movie. I didn't have a problem with the lake-beastie. I thought the troll-fight was ok, except for the animation of the troll itself, which seemed a little off. On the other hand, it struck me as sort of a high-end "Harryhausen moment" so I let it pass. The wizards duel was a little silly (all that magic, and we're going to use it to *pummel* one another!) but it does help establish Saruman as a major baddie. (I also think about Ian McKellan and Christopher Lee acting this scene and can't help imagine what fun they must have had camping it up like that. ) The one part of the movie that I didn't much like was Galadriel's line, "Even the smallest person can change the future." WTF? That's not a line that belongs in LotR...it belongs in a made-for-children's-TV time travel movie. Totally off. But I can forgive it for the sake of her "Queen of the Dawn" speech, which rocked. Marvin Long Austin, Texas
