Lord of the Rings: go see it
 

For anyone who's read the book or those that haven't, you should really check out this movie. THe fellowship of the ring was stellar, very well done...my buddy talked me into seeing it and even though i gotta work in 5 1/2 hours it was worth it....ah man, one thing's for sure, the engineering faculty was out in full force, nerds-a-plenty.

Did you go to one of the 12:01 showings??? I bought advance tickets to see it Wednesday night.

I saw the advance viewing at 10:00 p.m., movie was about 3 hours.

My Boyfriend and I went to see the movie at the 12:01am advance showing. I've never read the books and I thought it was pretty interesting anyway. He's a big fan and he thought it was pretty good too, but he kept saying "it didn't happen like that in the book!" When the ending came, I was like "that's it?"...but, of course, it's a trilogy and now I don't get to know what happens for another year.

...well it's been a lonnngg time since i read the book, like 8-9 years so i'm not as familiar with it as your bf may be. But as i remember, i felt it was almost the same, keep in mind that books always get changed a little when the movies come out. Wha... there were some hardcore fans there though who probably got all mad when some details were changed,
"WHAT!@ Gandalf doesn't do that!"

If i see it again i'm doing the Farley-Cheer at the end..."WHOOO Wheeeee....Yeeaaaaaaahhhhhh Frodo, whooooo"
(of course arms will be pumping)

I read the books like ten times in 6 th grade so I am looking forward to the movie . . . (I even have the 6th grade library books still).

I actually didn't like it that much.
 

Oh well....to each, their own.

I did however, enjoy seeing Orlando Bloom in it!

http://orlandobloom.tripod.com/desktop.jpg

..hmmm well it's not really a movie for chicks, who's orlando bloom? that link doesn't seem to go anywhere...

He's the blonde cute Elf-Archer guy.....

i'm a chick though and i thoroughly enjoyed the movie! a note for the girls . . . it may not be a 'chick flick' but there are some pretty cute guys in this movie! well worth the money :D

..ah man, don't tell ppl to go see it because there's "cute guys in it"...it is violent, more so than I thought it would be

There were definitely some changed parts in the movie. They cut out some large but not vital sectins of the story that were cool in the book but would have dragged the movie. Keep in mind the first book in the trilogy approaches 700 + pages I believe.

Arwen being super-elven-girl-warrior was a bit of a surprise. She replaces a scene that in the book was fuilled by an elf-lord. I heard that the miramax version of the screenplay had more fight scenes with Arwen. In the book Arwen is barely shown and is just some beautiful elven-lady that Aragorn loves. We'll probably see her more in the later books as a fighter. Maybe she'll take over Eowyn's, the white lady of Rohan's, scenes in the Two-Towers and the Return of The King.

But overall the pacing of the movie was good, they managed to cut out a lot of chapters in the book, ut still maintain the central story idea.

What I am really curious to know, is whether people that have never read or heard much about the book hav a clue what is going on? It was easy for me because I could recite the lines with the movie. So those of you that have been Tolkien less, tell us what you think the story ws about.

The DVD version is supposed to be super cool because it has an entire R-rated version on it and 6 hours of footage.

I am just jealus that someone got to make that movie other than me . . I would have loved to make that movie.

i'm sorry if you misinterpreted what i intended to say. i did not intend to give the impression that one should see the movie BECAUSE of the presence of cute guys. the movie was excellent on it's own merit, the presence of characters that were not hard on the eyes was just another benfit ;o)

also, the movie was somewhat violent but i didn't feel that it was that bad. it was only rated at pg13 i believe? (feel free to correct me on this) and could have been much worse. the violence that was in the movie i believe helped to set the scene and the plot of the movie and was all acceptable in the context it was presented. i for one did not detect any unnecessary and over gratitutous violence in this movie.

all in all, this movie rocked!

yeah, well what i meant to say was that there wasn't as much action in the first book if i recall...I remember most of the fight scenes came later on in the book as the fellowship of the ring set the tone for what was to come next. Yes, they did cut some things out - i hope to hell those talking trees make their appearance, i'll be pissed if they don't...

The blonde elf-archer's name is Legolas. His real name is Orlando Bloom.

Personally, I'm a huge fan of Tolkien- and I really loved the books- Which I read just prior to the movie comming out. It was beautifully done, with stunning visual effects and it turned out to be very realistic. Since I've read the books, I can't anwser James' question, however, I can say..that I wasn't at all dissapointed in the fact they skipped over a lot or changed it around a little. Face it, if they stuck EVERYTHING in those books into the movie- not only would it be five or so hrs long, but it would also cost probably twice as much. lol.

And the idea about Arwen...well, women really don't play a big part in the book- Pretty much just Arwen, Galadriel, and Eowyn. And Arwen just looks pretty most of the time, and Eowyn is the one that really kicks ass. OH- for the record, Eowyn isn't being taken out of the movie...her character will be played by a miranda somebody...so that's good..I'd hate Eowyn to be replaced- plus it would cause hella problems with Faramir, and Aaragorn, in the end.

-love,
Jess

Am I in the dark ages? The first time I ever heard of TLOTR was when I heard some people in my church debating if it was Christian or Satanic, a few weeks ago. Did the book or movie come out first?
If the book came out first, I understand, don't enjoy reading fiction.

....there are people who write books on movies after they come out? What a scam, how do i get some of that...?

Curiouss - The Hobbit (which is like a prequel to TLOTR) was originally published in 1937. Then The Lord of the Rings, which is made up of three books, was published as follows: The Fellowship of the Ring (1954) The Two Towers (1955) and The Return of the King (1956).

I am also a huge fan of Tolkien. I don't think that the books or the movies lend themselves to one sex over another. I thought that the movie was absolutely incredible and that they did a good job of not making it too violent (although the Orcs were really disgusting). I know that the next two movies will be more violent, but hope that they maintain the same tone.

James, to answer your question, I went to see the movie with my best friend who had not read the books. She was able to follow the movie and loved it. We both agreed that they did a really good job explaining the history of middle earth in the beginning of the movie. As a matter of fact, the movie convinced her to read the books.

As for the changes b/w the book and the movie, I didn't have a problem with most of them b/c the movie would have been way too long if it followed the book completely. There were two that pissed me off though. The first was the elimination of Tom Bombadil. I was really looking forward to seeing Tom Bombadil on the big screen! The second was the change to the end where Aragorn tells Frodo that it's okay to leave. I don't understand why they changed that part.

I can't wait to see the Ents. I don't know how I'm going to make it until next December!

Thanks for the info.

i went to see the movie 2 days ago. I didnt really like it all that much. There were parts that were okay but i thought the rest was very boring and long. I also didnt think any of the guys in the movie were cute.

I didnt really want to go see it by choice but didnt make a big deal about going to watch it. Its not my kind of movie, and i didnt like how it didnt end.... i didnt know it was part of a trilogy until afterwards!

Elfish
 

What did you guys think of the subtitled parts?

LOL....Yeah, the orks did look pretty gross. I absolutely loved the movie. I saw it in Puerto Rico on our first night. We were pretty tired but it was well worth it. It had spanish subtitles and I loved those parts where the characters went through those radical changes.(When they were greedy for the ring). Those parts definitely kept me alert. LOL I loved the elvish subtitled parts. They were really cool.

Re: Elfish
 

I thought that was a nice touch also . . . the books were full of elvish and other languages.

My boyfriend and I went to see LOTR this past weekend. I thought it was wonderful. He read all of the books years ago, but I was only familar with The Hobbit so the storyline was very new to me. We both loved the movie and can't wait for the 2nd one to be released! :) Last night, my bf dug out his Tolkien collection and started re-reading the books. :D

I went to the movie specifically to see the cute guys!!! The plot was a bonus, yes, but I spent most of my time trying to decide who to drool over, Legolas or Aragorn!:eek: :D