The Lord of the Rings- J.R.R. Tolkien

I do like the scouring of the Shire in a way it has the true ending of Saruman. He did get killed by Grima of course but the hobbits killed Grima instead of legolas. Somehow I like that better. I know there is no romance between Gandalf and Galadriel. That is what I am not worried about. And yes there has been more filmed. They burned it....they say. But do we know they didn't save a copy or several copies? ;)
 
Mrs Gil-Galad Took said:
I do like the scouring of the Shire in a way it has the true ending of Saruman. He did get killed by Grima of course but the hobbits killed Grima instead of legolas. Somehow I like that better. I know there is no romance between Gandalf and Galadriel. That is what I am not worried about. And yes there has been more filmed. They burned it....they say. But do we know they didn't save a copy or several copies? ;)
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There's footage of them burning all the film reels. Whether or not they kept a master copy is anybody's guess. But I doubt it.
 
Arvan said:
It's perhaps my favorite part of the book, but I really can't see how it could have been done without making RotK WAY too long.
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I concur, these days people don't have the patience they did forty or even twenty years ago. Back then people enjoyed lengthy films like Gone With The Wind (A four hour film). Today however, audiances (not all but many) want shorter films with more action and less dialouge. It's a shame that Hollywood is now rejecting brillant scripts because they are dialouge heavy. :(
 
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Gone with the Wind also had intermissions that people could get up and take a break for a couple of minutes (though I found it difficult to stomach the storyline, acting, etc. for 4 hours straight). that technique/tool hasn't been used since when? the 1960s? 1950s?

I don't think LotR would've been as successful as they were if they had gone over 3 and 1/2 hours. Modern audiences, love them or hate them, are the audiences that filmmakers have to consider. Of course, I'd rather a movie be long and actually original, rather than all the remake junk coming out of H-wood nowadays. :rolleyes:
 
I personally found the theatrical version of RotK to be so... lacking compared to the Extended Edition. Longer can be better. More room for dialogue.
 
Arvan said:
I personally found the theatrical version of RotK to be so... lacking compared to the Extended Edition. Longer can be better. More room for dialogue.
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I prefer lengthier films, it gives the director the opportunity to adapt beloved classics more faithfully. I also favor more dialouge oppose to heavy action sequences. If I don't get the chance to care about the characters I won't care if they are in peril. Thankfully Peter Jackson does a fantastic job of developing Tolkien's characters.
 
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Arvan said:
I personally found the theatrical version of RotK to be so... lacking compared to the Extended Edition. Longer can be better. More room for dialogue.
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Yes, I like all the additional stuff, but not the length. I have a feeling that's the reason they later released the EE's instead of making the theater release that long. People cannot sit that long during one film. That's the 98% of moviegoers. The other 2% are patient enough AND have the attention span the others don't. Longer can be better, but not for everyone (and I'd say this depends on the movie too; some can be 3 hours long but only seem like 1 and a half).

Going back to The Hobbit, I think I'll be proudly taking at least my dad to see it when it comes out. :D I was going to go with one of my friends, but since it'll come out on the 14th, I think I get out of school long before that, so I'll be trucking it home for my break! My mom's not too sold on Lord of the Rings...probably because it's too violent and grotesque for her. But I've turned my dad into a fan. :D Turned him into a Narnia fan as well. ;)
 
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My parents don't get fantasy at all, but my brother is into LOTR, so I'll probably see The Hobbit with him and some friends.
 
Arvan said:
My parents don't get fantasy at all, but my brother is into LOTR, so I'll probably see The Hobbit with him and some friends.
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Well, according to last night's conversation at dinner, my mom :eek: might be going as well. They showed the trailer for Hobbit before War Horse (which was fantastic, btw! ;) ), and my dad reached across and gave me a fist bump after we saw it. My mom found that rather funny and asked later if she would be able to see Hobbit without having seen Lord of the Rings. I told her that, although there would be things in Hobbit that correlate with LotR (ex: the trolls, Legolas, Arwen, and the Ring), or that would be recognized from LotR, Hobbit was the prequel and it was unnecessary to see LotR first. I'm kind of surprised she's even expressed this bit of interest in it. We'll see.

And my dad said he already likes the music. Oh boy. Whenever he says "I like the music!", that's a code phrase for: "I want the soundtrack". ;)
 
Is there anybody experiencing the same? In the beginning when you read the books or watch the movies you have a fav but after a time (read years) it changes and you realize the one(s) you never liked that much are suddenly more interesting? And I don't mean a crush but as characters :p
I mean in the beginning Pip was my fav but now Sam is my fav hobbit and character. But I also like Eomer a lot more and after watching the LOTR trilogy again earlier last week I liked Eowyn a lot more too. She is growing on me as a person. It is like I can se through her now. I was just wiondering.
 
Yes, Sam has recently become my new favorite character. And I've also come to like Aragorn more... he seems so wise. Same thing happened to me with the Chronicles. I used to hate The Silver Chair because I thought it was boring; now it's one of my favorites.
 
Oh I loved Silver Chair! It is one of my fav books in the Chronicles!
I always liked Aragorn. Both books and movie version is very brave and good. For some reason I never got into Legolas :p I think he is a very strong character but I never got into him. Maybe it is the fandomism about Mr Bloom hahahah!
 
Elessar has always been my favorite ever since I saw FOTR in theaters. However, Arwen Undomiel has challenged my affinity for Aragorn. :D
At present both remain my top favorites and since they marry and "become one," I suppose I don't have to choose. :D
 
I was so aggravated; I went into Hastings today to try to find The Hobbit because that's the cheapest place to get a book (used, that is ;) ). Not for myself, but for my dad. I didn't want to buy him the entire boxed set yet, so I had to go somewhere else to find a copy of The Hobbit. Amazingly, Hastings had about every other Tolkien book on LotR except for Hobbit; go figure! I plan on buying the trilogy in May for his birthday, but I'm going to go used since he won't read them much and I am a very poor college student. :p
 
Aravis Kenobi said:
I was so aggravated; I went into Hastings today to try to find The Hobbit because that's the cheapest place to get a book (used, that is ;) ). Not for myself, but for my dad. I didn't want to buy him the entire boxed set yet, so I had to go somewhere else to find a copy of The Hobbit. Amazingly, Hastings had about every other Tolkien book on LotR except for Hobbit; go figure! I plan on buying the trilogy in May for his birthday, but I'm going to go used since he won't read them much and I am a very poor college student. :p
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I got a better idea :D Just read the Hobbit out of your head in fast forward mode. Just tell the beginning and the end and skip everything in the middle :D

How often does this happen? I mean a couple of years ago my brother was searching for the LOTR FOTR EE and the stores had all the others except for that one. And when he finally go it the stores were selling copies
 
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