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Posted by jazz_man on 03-08-04
Hey this is a little theory of mine. Having recently completed the hobbit, again, I found myself quite interested in many of the tresures and...
More Tears
Posted by Pippin on 03-08-04
Yeah the LOTK is a really emotanal jorney and it makes me cry every time ^_^ but the ROTK waz the most tear jerker out of all of them!
Re:i Never Knew, By Brett C.
Posted by Dunedan on 03-08-04
I myself have many nits to pick, and agree with most of what he wrote, but in an attempt to have the movie sit better with us all, I will try to...
Re: Question
Posted by Artanis on 03-08-04
Well, I didn't cry during the film, but there were some places where I got choked up. The scenes that really got to me were: Arwen's moment with...
N: Nothing
Posted by Elendur on 03-08-04
Nope. Not one thing under N. I covered Nazgul in "B: Black Breath" and I will do Nan Curinur soon(O: Orthanc). So if anyone has any ideas for N,...
Just Thoght I'd Say Something
Posted by Aragorn on 03-09-04
I don't now If any one all ready nows this but the ROTK dvd is coming out on May 25. The EE will come out at the end of the year. All hail...
Tears, Etc.
Posted by RaggedyAnndy on 03-09-04
Hey all. Yeah, I cried, too. I actually didn't cry the first time I saw ROTK, probably because I was just so excited and in shock! But, I did cry...
Tears and Replies
Posted by RaggedyAnndy on 03-09-04
Hey all. Yeah, I cried a few times in ROTK. Who didn't? First was definetly Pippin and Merry's goodbye. It was so heart-wrenching! The Ride of the...
Theoden's Line
Posted by Pippin on 03-09-04
"Why should we ride to the aid of thoughs who would not come to ours" (or at least i think that was the line) You people cant blame Theoden for...
Re: the Bruce
Posted by Magic Fire on 03-09-04
I am responding to the Bruce's question about how we feel now that we read the book again after seeing the movie. I was truely amazed at how...
Re: What I See When I Read
Posted by Danny on 03-09-04
When I read the books the many times before the movies came out, my imagination had only succeeded in painting vague ideas for what most characters...
O: Orthanc
Posted by Elendur on 03-09-04
You'd think the scriptwriters would know this. You CAN'T just dismiss a major villian. "He has know power any more." WHY?? I wan't to know WHY...
Responses
Posted by Lem on 03-09-04
I agree with Danny about how my imagination formed vague images until the movies, when the actors began filling the voids: and each time I read the...
I'm Not Sure What to Call This Post....
Posted by RaggedyAnndy on 03-10-04
Hey all. How have the movies affected my mind's image of the books? Excellently. Some stuff in the books is just so different from anything I've...
Lord of the Rings Beats the Passion?
Posted by Bergil on 03-10-04
Although the recently released film, the Passion of the Christ directed by Mel Gibson beat Return of the King's in box office records opening...
P: Pelennor
Posted by Elendur on 03-10-04
The Battle of the Pelennor started off badly and ended badly. Sure, there were some great scenes in between, but we'll ignore that for now(because...
Misty-eyed
Posted by acer rubrum on 03-10-04
Many believe that going to the movies should be a shared/commuity-like experience. Perhaps I've become too emotionally jaded to feel the freedom to...
What Would You Have Preferred?
Posted by Louimir on 03-10-04
Now that the trilogy of films has come to pass, I ask all of you now, would you had rather experience the films first before the books or the still...
Different Strokes for Different Folks
Posted by Eonwe on 03-11-04
Reading through the posts on favorite scenes in RotK, I was reminded of a similar list I saw online a couple days after the movie came out. It was a...
Q: Quest of Mount Doom
Posted by Elendur on 03-11-04
I hope you all realize I'm not condeming the Quest of Mount Doom from Rivendell to Orodruin. I just walk to focus in two major incidents on the way...
Staff Stuff
Posted by Thorongil on 03-11-04
We know the Istari's staffs have power because of Saruman's speech to Gandalf at the end of the TT. Gandalf often uses his staff to perform magic.
Don't Hate Me...
Posted by Lem on 03-12-04
Don't hate me everyone, but I read the books after I saw FotR, and of course my reading was probably affected because of the movie. But, since I...
Erase the Hate
Posted by Jevic of Highgate on 03-12-04
Hey I was the same way. I had been into the Hobbit ever since I could remember. My dad was, and is, a huge Tolkien fan. (Though I think that I have...
Books First Or After?
Posted by Ashleigh on 03-13-04
Eiuol (I hope I spelled it right), I do agree with you on reading the books first. However, I sort of cheated. I read Fellowship right before the...
Book Or Movie First?
Posted by Eonwe on 03-13-04
Hello all, I think I would rather have seen the movie first. This is my thought not only for LotR, but for any good movie adaptation of a good...
Unmixing the Storylines
Posted by Eonwe on 03-13-04
Just a quick question about The Two Towers. In the book, the different storylines are told (mostly) separately, but the movie cuts between them. I...
Just Wanted to Mention Something I Noticed
Posted by Bergil on 03-13-04
When looking at my copy of the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis I noticed that there was a map of Lewis' fantasy world in the front...
Tolkien Info
Posted by RaggedyAnndy on 03-18-04
Hey all. I have to do a report for school on a famous person, and of course, I chose Tolkien. So - does anyone know of good books/websites for...
What Happened to the Forum?
Posted by Lem on 03-18-04
Okay, I'll try to get some people talking. Does anyone know what projects the cast of LotR are working on now? I know that Viggo Mortenson was in...
Elijah on Leno
Posted by Lilly on 03-18-04
...When Elijah Wood was on Jay Leno the other week, he described Ringers as little different than Trekkies. And I though, yeah, whatever...but...the...
Re: Eiuol
Posted by Frodo_Lives on 03-18-04
What would I prefur? I think probably seeing the movie first. BUT only because it would have been cool to not know what was going to happen first.
Re: Book Or Movie First
Posted by Elendur on 03-18-04
To Eonwe: You said a movie is almost always best the first time you see it(and I agree), but I don't think that's the same as knowing what's...
About the Whole Book Before Movie Thing
Posted by Lem on 03-19-04
as i said before, i read the books AFTER fellowship, but i still got really involved and emotional during both TTT and RotK even though i knew what...
Billy's Next Project
Posted by RaggedyAnndy on 03-19-04
Hey all. I found this on Billy Boyd's official site: "Billy's next role is as the voice of Chucky's child in the next installment of the...
Ringers
Posted by Jevic of Highgate on 03-19-04
Haha thats the first time I've ever heard the tern "Ringer" before. Oh well, I guess it works. I dunno, I'm gonna voice my opinion here.
Various Random Responses (vrr)
Posted by Bob Praz on 03-19-04
I know I'm a little late on the subject, but I figure it's better late than never. Personally I found that having read the books before seeing the...
Future Stuff
Posted by Strider on 03-19-04
Just a quick note here about the future projects of the actors, Viggo Mortensen (anyone seen Hidalgo?), is in talks to topline the Spanish period...
Frodo Has No Credit for Final Destruction Ring
Posted by kurtsmaze on 03-19-04
hello, The 3 long movies were all about getting that ring destroyed and at the apothéose, it's completely different from the book. In the...
Re: Frodo Has No Credit...
Posted by Elendur on 03-19-04
No, Frodo didn't push Gollum off in the book(or the movie actually, but his fight with Gollum caused Gollum to fall, so that's irrelevent), but I...
Question, Ringers, the Actors
Posted by Frodo_Lives on 03-22-04
I think its a record!!!! It's been a few months since I have asked a question and I am quite proud!!! :-D Anyways, here's my question. When...
I Forgot!!
Posted by Frodo_Lives on 03-22-04
I know I just sent in a post but I just thought of something. Andy Serkis is going to be in this new movie called "13 going on 30." I'm not sure...
Re: Frodo Gets No Credit
Posted by Danny on 03-22-04
I have always felt that Frodo is not credited enough for what he did. I have actuall posted several times on this subject. Rather than typing it all...
Re: Frodo Has No Credit
Posted by Frodo_Lives on 03-22-04
It's true that in the book Frodo doesn't actually throw the Ring in the fire. But he does get credit in the book. He is hailed afterward as the...
About Frodo's Credit?
Posted by Louimir on 03-23-04
If I leave the U.S. of A. alone and go to Afghanistan, if I land in Afghanistan and infiltrate Taliban territory alone, if I make it to Osama's...
Ringers and Orlando
Posted by RaggedyAnndy on 03-23-04
Hey all. Hmm...Ringers...You know, I think I have actually heard that term before. I like it. It has...sort of a ring to it. Ha ha! I'm sorry, I...
Don't Try to Deny the Truth
Posted by Pip on 03-23-04
You are the ultimate geek Praz. ;) Nice way to start my artical. Well here I am, back again... still too busy to be doing this, but I just...
Hold Onto Your Hats...
Posted by Lilly on 03-23-04
Just found THIS: http://flyingmoose.org/tolksarc/theories/bombadil.htm ...and I thought I had issues with expecting too much from literature!!
Disappearing Horses
Posted by speedcorn on 03-24-04
In response to Pip's article regarding the disappearing horses in the scene at the Black Gate, there was a list on theOneRing.net a little while...
Cracks of Doom
Posted by Eonwe on 03-24-04
I have a question about the Cracks of Doom and the Field of Cormallen. How much do you think the soldiers and captains knew about how things...
Frodo a Hero?
Posted by kat on 03-25-04
Everyone seems to question Frodo's heroism in LotR. I say... WHAT??? After carying the ring hundreds of miles through the worst terrian and the...
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