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Favourite LOTR movie
Fellowship of The Ring 5 (31.3%)
The Two Towers 4 (25%)
The Return of the King 7 (43.8%)
Total Votes: 16
Favourite LOTR movie; Favourite movie
Topic Started: Aug 30 2006, 07:39 AM (661 Views)
Eternity Aug 30 2006, 07:39 AM Post #1
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 Go the return of the king
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Sentynel Aug 30 2006, 03:55 PM Post #2
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 I actually preferred the Fellowship. The other two are almost all huge battles, which get a little boring after watching them all five times through.
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Luciene Aug 30 2006, 06:21 PM Post #3
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 I liked the Fellowship as well. And the acting was the best in it, I think. TT was the worst.
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Ianna Aug 30 2006, 10:40 PM Post #4
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 Because it went far from the book.

In the EE, I liked them better because they added more Character Development.

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Eternity Aug 31 2006, 07:34 AM Post #5
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 EE huh?
Havent seen that one yet. But TR of the K has Mumakil and cosairs in it, which makes it trully fantastic
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Sentynel Aug 31 2006, 01:46 PM Post #6
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 I've seen each film once at the cinema and four times on extended edition DVD. (Watched the cast commentary for each one, too...)
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rubberchickenben Aug 31 2006, 05:13 PM Post #7
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 I liked Fellowship the most. It was closer to the book. The other two had great battles though. And you can't see Gollum in FotR, except as a shadow and eyes.
And the extended ones are awesome. I once watched all three extended editions one after the other at a party. And then I watched them all over again. :D
Howard Shore's music is awesome too. I got his autograph. :)
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!wobniaR May 16 2007, 04:08 PM Post #8
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 The Two Towers and Return of the King are the best in my books, but Fellowship is still good. It's got that innocent feel to it, but the other two have more action :D
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Athena May 16 2007, 11:14 PM Post #9
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 Personally I like the Two Towers, even though everyone here seems not to. The Fellowship is just an introduction and the Return of the King is mostly battles.
There is a sort of busy worm,
That will the fairest book deform,
Their tasteless tooth will tear and taint
The poet, patiot,sage or saint,
Nor sparing wit nor learning.
Now, if you'd know the reason why,
The best of reasons I'll supply;
'Tis bread to this poor vermin.

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Nevermore May 17 2007, 09:58 PM Post #10
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Aug 31 2006, 04:13 PM
I liked Fellowship the most. It was closer to the book. The other two had great battles though. And you can't see Gollum in FotR, except as a shadow and eyes.
And the extended ones are awesome. I once watched all three extended editions one after the other at a party. And then I watched them all over again. :D
Howard Shore's music is awesome too. I got his autograph. :)

You can catch Gollum clinging to a log floating in the water at the end of the FotR. I voted for Fellowship, mainly because of the mines of Moria. I love that part in the book and have Gandalf's lines memorized.

'You cannot pass,' he said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. 'I am a servant of the Secret Fire, weilder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udun. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass.'

Too bad the movie messed up his words. I guess 'You shall not pass' sounds more dramatic than 'You cannot pass.'

The Two Towers is my favorite book, however. I love how Tolkien just keeps going and doesn't bother reintroducing any of the characters and places (unlike some books; i.e. Harry Potter :D ).

I might have voted for Return of the King, but the sappy 35 minute happy ending kind of ruined it for me. The epic battle scenes were pretty sweet, however. (At the Morrannon, Aragorn sort of overdid his role there, didn't he? Lopping off the guy's head and all that. That wasn't in the book.) :ninja2:

And how did you get Howard Shore's autograph?!?!? I want one of those!!!
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QUEEZLE: But we have to destroy it. That's our charge.
BARTIMAEUS: Well, destroy it by running away.
QUEEZLE: How?
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Athena May 17 2007, 10:36 PM Post #11
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May 17 2007, 08:58 PM
The Two Towers is my favorite book, however. I love how Tolkien just keeps going and doesn't bother reintroducing any of the characters and places (unlike some books; i.e. Harry Potter :D ).



Yeah that gets pretty annoying in Harry Potter. And then in the fifth one she just stops. You can't do that every book and just stop with the fifth one. It's wierd.
There is a sort of busy worm,
That will the fairest book deform,
Their tasteless tooth will tear and taint
The poet, patiot,sage or saint,
Nor sparing wit nor learning.
Now, if you'd know the reason why,
The best of reasons I'll supply;
'Tis bread to this poor vermin.

J. Doraston
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Apollo May 17 2007, 11:23 PM Post #12
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 Meh. I voted Return of the King. A sword: 150 dollars. The Ring: 2500 dollars. Gollum's expression as he died: Priceless.
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Nevermore May 18 2007, 12:05 AM Post #13
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 I guess the way the Ring was destroyed was alright, but I was hoping for a more dramatic finality to it. Also, I thought it might have to be fully submerged, so I was worried when the lava started flowing away.

I think they did that final battle in Orodruin very well. Followed the book quite nicely (except of course for the cliffhanger part, where we all got to see lovely closeups of Frodo's bloody hand).
On Destroying Golems:
QUEEZLE: But we have to destroy it. That's our charge.
BARTIMAEUS: Well, destroy it by running away.
QUEEZLE: How?
BARTIMAEUS: Um . . . Make it chase you, then lure it into heavy traffic? Something like that.

-- The Golem's Eye
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Apollo May 18 2007, 01:03 AM Post #14
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 Oh yeah! I remember that now! Closeups of Frodo's mutilated hand: Priceless.
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Kavi May 19 2007, 02:10 AM Post #15
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 I liked the Two Towers the best I think. Either that or the Fellowship, I didnt really like the Return of the King... good battles though :D
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