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Post by jadachris on Mar 2, 2004 16:17:48 GMT -5
i just saw return of the king today, and i think it the best movie ive seen ever, and i watch movies all the time. i love this film cause it kept emotionaly involed all the time, and i cared about every charicter (and there were lots). i also liked the first two, but the last one was like the icing on the cake......what does anyone else think about return of the king, and the trilogy as a whole? was it as good as the books?
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Post by corky on Mar 4, 2004 12:19:24 GMT -5
i have to say, i'm not a big fan of the books. i thought they were rather boring. it's been 20 years since i read them, and i really haven't had an interest in reading them again.
i saw the first two movies, and i enjoyed them, but i'm not a huge fan. i don't like to line up, waiting for hours in the cold, just to see a movie. i'll wait until it's out on dvd, then i'll see it. i've avoided the third movie at the theatres, because i can't stand the thought of seeing that huge spider...and so i'm not going to pay 10 bucks to be frightened out of my wits. i do like the fantasy genre, but i tend to stick to the smaller, lesser-known stories.
have you ever seen the ralph bakshi versions of the hobbit and lord of the rings?
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Post by jadachris on Mar 4, 2004 19:37:26 GMT -5
where the other versions of lord of the rings, cartoons? cuz ive seen them in the shops, but they didnt look too good! are you really scared of spiders, like a phobia? cause its only on the screen overall for about 5 mins!....i got my girl to watch the last movie with me at the cinema, and now she is in love with the series and she watched the first two, after not being really keen on them! lol i think its worth seeing it at the cinema, cause its problly not gonna feel the same at home tho!
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Post by corky on Mar 5, 2004 22:22:49 GMT -5
absolutely terrified. can't stand even the sight. get all hysterical. if i wait for the video, then i can forward over that part and not have to see it. i'm sure it's a good movie, but not that part for me!
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Post by art4mad on Mar 7, 2004 15:37:10 GMT -5
As a huge fan of the Tolkien books, I am not only satisfied with the trilogy but in awe of it. Jackson brought the story, the spirit and the mythos of the books to life on the screen to the most minute detail. A stunning achievement. The cuts he had to make from the book's storylines were all necessary ones to make good films, and all were entirely forgivable given the fantastic end result.
The Rankin and Bass Hobbit/Return of the King were very nice and did well with the story in their own right. The Bashki "Lord of the Rings" animated film was garbage. Terrible animation and rotoscoping, nearly unwatchable.
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Post by corky on Mar 7, 2004 15:56:34 GMT -5
did anyone else hear that jackson plans to do live-action version of the hobbit? should be interesting. i guess there's some legal wrangling going on about the rights to the story, apparently it's owned by two different corporations. i wonder if jackson will use ian holm as bilbo, since he played the older version in lotr.
i know the bakshi versions were pretty awful, weren't they? i remember them fondly, since i was a kid when i watched them at the theatres, and they were the first animated movies i saw that weren't disneyfied. even tho they were dreadful, i fell in love with the medium. it's too bad bakshi had such limited animation techniques available.
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Post by jadachris on Mar 8, 2004 6:51:54 GMT -5
whats the hobbit story about? without giving the story away, incase he makes it a film? thanx for telling me the cartoon one is no good, cause i was looking at gettin it!
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Post by corky on Mar 8, 2004 17:03:28 GMT -5
just rent the cartoon movie; then you won't be too disappointed. as for the hobbit, jackson wants to do it the same style as the lotr series, and he wants the story to flow smoothly into lotr (it's a prequel to the three books, so that should work nicely).
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