I dont care how long it ran, i would have watched it, religiously. But i understand all the stuff they left out, even though i am a bit disappointed. what did kinda make me mad is that they didnt add it in the special edition with a bunch of deleted scenes. the thing that really got to me was the conspiracy, they didnt have to cut that out :( but oh well. I dont think the two towers was put together as well as the fellowship of the ring, but i might be alone, as i see many reviews saying the opposite. at least it hasnt gone the way of starwars
--mat || I often quote myself; it adds spice to my conversation. -- George Bernard Shaw On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 15:53, Doug Riddle wrote: > I have enjoyed seeing when, where, and how they diverged from the book > as much trying to figure out why. In general they made Middle Earth > much smaller. This keeps the time spent traveling to a minimum. I > would rather they left Bombadil in, but the whole Old Forrest, Barrow > Downs, Goldberry thing would almost have been another movie. > Substituting Arwen for Glorfindel at the fords of Rivendell was OK > because he had actually been killed in the first battle for the ring, > but J.R.R. had forgotten that. Changing the Entmoot bother me at > first, but I am not sure how else they could have shortened that > section, and what they cut did not detract from the story as a whole, > it just left the Ents more mysterious. I was mostly pleased with > Helm?s deep, but I bet they will get letters about the Dwarf tossing. > At first I thought that they should have left Faramir as depicted in > the book, and not forced him to go to Minas Ithil. Then I thought > about it, and noted the speech Samwise made to Frodo. That was from > the Orc Tower in the Return of the King. They are going to > foreshorten all of the Minas Morgal scenes and probably the capture of > Frodo. I am very interested in what happens with Shelob, but I am > guessing they pretty much escape her. The part about them forcing her > off and then her attacking again from above lends nothing to the story > except suspense. So when the movie ended without Frodo being bitten > by Shelob, there was no place for Frodo and Sam to have that I can?t > go on Sam, but we have to Mr. Frodo speech at the start of the next > movie. They eliminated all of that section, so they forced Frodo to > stay captured and had the speech, then sent him on again. Very > crafty. So far I have been very impressed with their efforts. Even > when they screw up, it is minor, or for a reason you can fathom. > > John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Didja catch the inside joke that Sam Gamgee said when they > were in that > place? Very clever of the writers! > > John Hebert > > Brad Bendily wrote: > > I was extremely impressed with the Battle of Helm's Deep. I > thought > > the beginning of the movie was rather slow. To many cut > scenes of mountains and > > other things that had nothing to do with the story. > > Now, without spoiling anything for anyone, there was a twist > that was added > > that varied from the book in regards to Frodo that I was not > happy about. > > Why change the damn story, if the story was bad then don't > make a > > movie about it. What I'm referring to is a place where Frodo > was forced > > to visit. That's not the way the book went, we'll see with > the 3rd movie what > > other creative changes were made. > > Hopefully nothing as drastic. > > > > Overall, yes an excellent movie of which I think Tolkien > himself would > > appreciate. > > > > > > > -- > John Hebert: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > System Engineer: I T Group, Inc. http://www.it-group.com > 225.922.4535 > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > Warmest Regards, > > Doug Riddle > http://www.dougriddle.com > http://fossile-project.sourceforge.net/ > http://www.libranet.com > -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they > are the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington -- > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now
