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Fellowship on Film
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Fri, 21 Dec 2001 00:55:09 GMT
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First of all, do NOT take any small children to see this film. I would say
probably 10 would be the youngest who should see it, and that is pushing it.
Younger kids will have nightmares for weeks, possibly years, if they are
subjected to this film.
SPOILER NOTICE
See Dave S's very funny spoiler list.
I will add a few thoughts. The "big" moments from the book are, for the
most part, nicely captured and depicted in the film. The bridge of Kazad
Duhm, Boromir's seduction by the ring and subsequent repentance, the attack
by the black riders of the Inn at Bree. PJ did a good job of depicting
Hobbits as happy go lucky types.
I do have a few small criticisms:
All the scenes with Arwen are unintentionally hilarious. They reworked the
Flight at the Fords scene to make Arwen the hero, thus depriving the entire
episode of its power.
In the film, Aragorn finds Frodo right before Frodo abandons the fellowship,
they say a few moving lines to one another, then Frodo shambles off.
Tolkien's perspective of Aragorn is that he would NEVER have abandoned
Frodo. It wouldn't have been any more expensive or time consuming to stick
to the script at that point, and it lost something.
Aaron
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Message has 4 Replies:
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| I would agree to not take any small children to see Lord of the Rings, but for a different reason: no kid under 10 years old would be able to sit through the whole movie without needing to go to the bathroom, even if they had gone right before it (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Yes, kids younger than 10 should start reading the book. By the time they finish they will have no problem with the film. (It is PG-13.) Spoiler zone Spoiler zone Spoiler zone Spoiler zone Spoiler zone Spoiler zone Spoiler zone Spoiler zone (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Here's something I don't understand. WHY would anyone take children under the age of 10 to see this film. First off, it's rated PG-13. Secondly, it's 3 hours long. Finally, the story isn't suitable for younger viewers anymore than the Matrix was. (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Quite violent in parts, yes, I think most would agree to that. Apart from that having a child sit there for this long wouldn't be fair unless they seriously could understand the movie for what it is, and define the difference between reality (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.au)
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