Debbie wrote:
If they'd made it clear that he'd been subtly yet
dreadfully deceived by Sauron's manipulation of his
palantir-viewing, his madness might have been
understandable. As it was, I thought him pathetic and
insane (not that I am fond of the character - but in
the book it is clear that
Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Debbi wrote:
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Debbi
Alas, We Have No More To Look Forward To -
Although Hidalgo Ought To Be Good! Maru ;)
There's the extended edition, anyway - over an hour
longer by all reports.
Well, that's true - and a friend wondered if there was
In a message dated 12/24/2003 1:58:21 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
If they'd made it clear that he'd been subtly yet
dreadfully deceived by Sauron's manipulation of his
palantir-viewing, his madness might have been
understandable. As it was, I thought him pathetic
In a message dated 12/24/2003 1:58:21 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
If they'd made it clear that he'd been subtly yet
dreadfully deceived by Sauron's manipulation of his
palantir-viewing, his madness might have been
understandable. As it was, I thought him pathetic
--- Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A few additional thoughts:
Denethor was pitch perfect.
I thought he was portrayed a being *too* useless and
psycho. I read a funny
comment from someone saying that Denethor ought to
get a lawyer because he'd
-Original Message-
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bryon Daly
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 04:39 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ROTK: my mini review
- I heard a rumor that the version of ROTK originally
submitted to the MPAA
was 4
From: Miller, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Color me *very* disappointed in the Legolas effects. My only two gripes
about the quality of the CG work is the Legolas on the back of the Cave
Troll and Legolas on the back of the Oliphant. Dreadful.
Hmm. I liked the Oliphant scene a lot; the CG
From: Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A few additional thoughts:
Denethor was pitch perfect.
I thought he was portrayed a being *too* useless and psycho. I read a funny
comment from someone saying that Denethor ought to get a lawyer because he'd
been libeled.
Oliphants rule.
Yep. I thought they
In a message dated 12/19/2003 9:30:57 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
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Me too! ..although I had a moment of, Hey.. how did those guys get up
there? ;)
Doh! Now I'm going to wonder that too next time I see it. Thanks a lot!
:-)
One mountain top
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bryon Daly wrote:
- Another nagging gripe is that while characters discuss the growing
darkness, it never really gets that dark, and the darkness (or lack
thereof) doesn't really have much effect upon the orcs.
The purpose of the darkness was
Bryon Daly wrote:
Capsule summary: Awesome. I'm still digesting it, but I'm thinking
this was the best of the three.
I agree that it was awesome, but I think FotR is my favorite of the three. Perhaps
after a second veiwing I'll change my mind.
A few additional thoughts:
Denethor was pitch
I just got back from seeing Return of the King (played hookey from work!),
and seeing no one's commented on it yet, I thought I'd post some of my
thoughts. I'll try to keep spoilers segregated to a separate section at the
bottom for those who are concerned about that.
Capsule summary:
Bryon Daly wrote:
- Another nagging gripe is that while characters discuss the growing
darkness, it never really gets that dark, and the darkness (or lack
thereof) doesn't really have much effect upon the orcs.
The purpose of the darkness was _preventing_ the orcs to fight
under the Sun, that
Bryon Daly wrote:
- Some of Sam's adventure rescuing Frodo is cut out. From the way it is
edited, I'm guessing a lot of it was filmed but cut for time. Sam's role as
Frodo's protector is highlighted, and very touching at times. I was very
gratified to see it wasn't minimized at all.
Very
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