1 posted on
08/31/2014 6:48:45 AM PDT by
Perdogg
To: Perdogg
Nicolas Cage passed up the role of Aragorn because of family obligations. Tolkien's heavenly intercession, perhaps.
Daniel Day-Lewis might have been okay.
2 posted on
08/31/2014 6:49:38 AM PDT by
Tax-chick
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3 posted on
08/31/2014 6:49:53 AM PDT by
Perdogg
(I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush)
To: Perdogg
The same fight choreographer and fencer who worked on Lord of the Rings also worked on The Parent Trap and Star Wars. Must be the NEW "Parent Trap." The original one was in 1961. :o)
To: Perdogg
Would have been so easy to quickly end the story. Just give Sauron of Mordor a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. He’ll then shoot his eye out.
7 posted on
08/31/2014 7:00:15 AM PDT by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: Perdogg
"6. Sean Connery was originally offered the role of Gandalf, but had never read the books and didnt understand the script. But he was fine with "Highlander"?
9 posted on
08/31/2014 7:01:40 AM PDT by
Flag_This
(You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
To: Perdogg
Viggo Mortenson is also an excellent horseman. He actually kept the animal he rode and trained in the movie and gave away the White horse (Florian) to the gal that trained him and did the stunt riding as Arwen, facing down the Nazgul, etc. What an extraordinary gesture on his part.
Reading the article, I am so relieved that JRR Tolkien shot down the Beatles request to make the film. Kubrick would have been a disaster on this project.
11 posted on
08/31/2014 7:04:34 AM PDT by
SueRae
(It isn't over. In God We Trust.)
To: Perdogg
27. The Nazguls screeches were made by sound technicians scraping Target plastic cups together. And here I thought it was recordings of PIAPS played at 78
13 posted on
08/31/2014 7:12:47 AM PDT by
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15 posted on
08/31/2014 7:20:19 AM PDT by
DJ MacWoW
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To: Perdogg
Nicolas Cage passed up the role of Aragorn because of family obligations.
MORDOR?!?
*Whew*....lol!
16 posted on
08/31/2014 7:24:07 AM PDT by
Caipirabob
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To: Perdogg
Just read these out loud to my husband...great info!
19 posted on
08/31/2014 7:37:19 AM PDT by
WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
(Turmoil in the Middle East? Quick Obama, show them your Peace Prize!)
To: Perdogg
Samwise- Gamgee- is a fictional character. How can he have a real life daughter?
To: Perdogg
I thought Mortensen was ok, but his thin reedy voice was ineffectual during the Crispin-Day-type moments near the end of the third film. I think Sean Bean would have been better cast, but I can live with the cast as is.
36 posted on
08/31/2014 9:26:47 AM PDT by
Sans-Culotte
(Psalm 14:1 ~ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”)
To: Perdogg
Oh, just the films, not the books. Oh, well.
37 posted on
08/31/2014 9:54:34 AM PDT by
ApplegateRanch
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To: Perdogg
Tolkien stole the Idea from Richard Wagners, Ring De Niebulungen.
47 posted on
08/31/2014 11:59:42 AM PDT by
crazydad
(Obamamohamed is a traitor)
To: Perdogg
The thing about Wood and McKellen not working together is just plain wrong.
53 posted on
09/01/2014 6:51:31 PM PDT by
Sloth
(Rather than a lesser Evil, I voted for Goode.)
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