Lure of the Rings

Time ^ | 12/02/02 | Jess Cagle

[John Farson]

ping

[ecurbh]

Ring Ping!!

[maquiladora]

I saw and read this article, and didn't really like it very much. The only good thing about it really is the fact that Time revealed that we actually do get to see the Ents destroy Isengard.

[HairOfTheDog]

The director readily admits that of his three films, Two Towers departs most from Tolkien's work. "We were aware that we were making films for the hard-core Tolkien fan base as well as everyone else," says Jackson, who co-wrote the script with Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh. "In the beginning, it was a difficult tightrope to walk, but then we sort of abandoned thinking about it. If we make a good film, we'll be forgiven, whatever the crimes we commit to the book." Arwen, the beautiful elf played by Liv Tyler, doesn't appear in the book. But in the film, Jackson has love scenes between her and Aragorn? A romance based on an appendix that Tolkien later wrote about their doomed relationship.

The love scenes were added last summer. Though most of the trilogy was filmed during the initial shoot, which began in 1999, Jackson has done additional filming for both Fellowship and Two Towers. Even after six weeks of reshoots last summer, the filmmakers felt they were still missing a scene that tied all of Two Towers' story lines together.

I poo poo'ed earlier reports of this! Said it wasn't true... I trust it is not too much (it did get a PG-13 rating after all)

Me, I was gonna be thinking about sex enough without it! :~D

[ican'tbelieveit]

Oh there you go heating up a perfectly cold Sunday afternoon.

[LinnieBeth]

Hair, do you remember which thread had the pic of the Nazgul riding the Fell creature?

I've spent a fair amount of time looking on other sites- because I couldn't remember which FR thread it was on.

[HairOfTheDog]

Who me?

[batting eyes innocently]

[HairOfTheDog]

I would think it was in the spoiler thread! - But I think the source was the official site....

The Lord of the Rings - See - Exclusives: Creatures of Middle Earth... (Quicktime Video)

[maquiladora]

Hey Hair, time for a cold shower? Hehehe... ;-)

I wonder if Viggo knows how many millions of female admirers he must have. Lucky guy!

[HairOfTheDog]

Cold shower?

Shucks... OK... [shuffle]

Yeah... Viggo's OK! and Orlando Bloom, and Elijah Wood... and that new guy playing Faramir looks good...

Definate chick flick!

[maquiladora]

Time made another blunder!

"Though they have never married..."

Peter Jackson married Fran Walsh in 1987!

Fool of a reporter!

[maquiladora]

Hehe, well at least Eowyn looks like a cutie from the trailers, so there's something for us boys this time too!

By the way, did anyone check out the opening track from the soundtrack?
That's some seriously powerful stuff!

[BenLurkin]

I think Arwen is gorgeous. They can't put too much of her on screen to suit me.

The director took enough libeties with the first release to convince me he was indeed intersted in successful marketing (e.g. the variance from the book's descriptions of orcs) over slavish faithfulness to Tolkien.

I thought it was OK, and I hope that my satisfaction with his work will continue.

[HairOfTheDog]

Eowyn certainly does look like a cutie pie...

[Maigret]

"There is good in the world, and it's worth fighting for," says Sam. The writers first thought it was too corny. "Doesn't that sound like something George Bush would say?" says Boyens. It's now one of the high points of the picture.

My favorite line! Dubya IS Frodo and he is on a quest to return liberals to Mount Doom!

[ican'tbelieveit]

Yeah. Guess I will be forced to pull out the extended version DVD and watch the guys fight the evil forces again. I suppose that will help pass this snowy afternoon. Oh, will you look there, the dvd is in already, hmmm.

[Samwise]

Dubya is Aragorn. :)

[HairOfTheDog]

I have already watched it once today, this morning early. Is there a limit? Have you listened to the Director's commentary yet? I enjoyed that.

[ican'tbelieveit]

Yeah, we watch the movie at least once a day. I am taking the commentaries in bits and pieces; when I have time to sit and really concentrate.