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Re: LoTR: The Two "Towels"
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Fri, 10 Jan 2003 06:55:36 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Aaron Dalan writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Nathan Todd writes:
> > Somebody had to reply...granted it didn't have to me but...
> 
> >        Don't mess with a good thing. A classic work such as LOTR does not
> > need extra confrontation between the characters (Legolas and Aragon),
> > villians (almost Fairamir), people falling off cliffs ?!?!?!, etc. etc.
> > 
> >         End of rant and God Bless,
> > 
> >                Nathan
> 
> The juvenile exchanges between Aragorn and Legolas were bad enough, but as
> the movie progressed, I started to get downright p/o'd.  Faramir "captures"
> Frodo and starts bringing him back towards Minas Tirith?  Treebeard is a
> halfwit who has to be TRICKED by Pippen into fighting Isengard?  Frodo and
> Sam stumbling towards the black gate, but hiding under a jacket in a sand
> pit to avoid detection?  An army of Elves at Helm's deep?  WHY???  It
> wouldn't have taken any longer to stick closer to Tolkien's story.  In fact
> they added quite of horrible dialogue and took the story in totally
> illogical directions.  Very, very disappointing.

Honestly.  You people would complain if you were hung with a new rope. :)

I am just extremely greatful we've gotten what we have.  Though I must say
leaving out so many important stuff from the first film just to stick it in the
DVD (which I own) was a bit hollywood.  Just be greatful the movies didn't turn
out like the several previous failed attempts at doing Tolkien's work, like the
animated 'Hobbit'-like 'Return of the King' with it's horrible (IMO of course)
music, not to mention other things...

--Anthony



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(...) Hey! I love that music, and all the sound effects, and all the voice actors! I have replayed them daily for .. um .. 26 years! Scary, huh? (plays Sting sound effect - oops, Time Warner deleted that from the movies.) Actually Elrond is a bit of (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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(...) The juvenile exchanges between Aragorn and Legolas were bad enough, but as the movie progressed, I started to get downright p/o'd. Faramir "captures" Frodo and starts bringing him back towards Minas Tirith? Treebeard is a halfwit who has to be (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)

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