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Posted on 12/22/2002 11:58:08 PM PST by BradyLS
TOP TEN REASONS WHY THE TWO TOWERS SUCKS!!!
1. The Man of Steel
Didja notice? Gandalf "falls" off the bridge and flies through the air to grab his sword. Before he even hits the bottom, Gandalf has grabbed the firebeast and starts kicking his ass! Hey, Superman! Why didn't you do that while you had your sword and you were on the bridge?
2. How to Climb Mount Everest
Step 1. Fall with a firebeast until you reach the lake at the bottom of the mountain.
Step 2. Firebeasts hate water, so you can just bet he'll use his great wings of smoke and fire to carry you instantly to the top of the mountain! Make sure you are hanging on when he does this.
Step 3. Thank the firebeast for the lift. Then kick his ass some more!
3. I Am a Rock
Trying to avoid someone? Fall on the ground. Cover up with your coat. And think 'rock' like your life depended on it. Hell, if the people coming after you believe you're insane, it just might work!
4. Why Men Don't Ask for Directions
Nobody wants to ask a creep like Smeagol. Next thing you know, he's off to introduce you to some 'friends.' If you're lucky, you wake up with a pain in the neck and all your valuables taken.
5. No SuperCuts in Middle-Earth.
Wizards can create an army of thousands or return from the dead, but not one of 'em knows how to get a decent haircut. Everybody wears their hair as if they're in some trippy space-rock band. Hey, PJ! People stopped listening to Hawkwind twenty years ago!
6. Homage or theft? XXIII.
Grima Wormtounge is clearly based on that creepy alchemist, Professor Snape, in Harry Potter.
7. You Can't Change Human Nature
Elves are fey and have pointy ears. Dwarves are short and the butt of jokes. It's always been that way. Will always be that way. No wonder people generally hate this crap-- they already know what to expect.
8. Attack of the Clones
After creating an army 10,000 strong, the next obvious step is to march it 100 miles, nonstop, and to immediately attack an impregnable fortress where all the heroes will be waiting for you. While getting your face smashed on the walls...
9. Rear Guard? We Don't Need No Steenkin' Rear Guard
... Don't forget to have your collective ass kicked from the rear. Good thing Peter Jackson gave the baddies some brains!
10. Bakshi to the Future
When Ralph Bakshi released his meandering opus to the world in 1978, the good-guys had just won a big battle at Helm's Deep and were getting ready to carry the Ring into Mordor. In 2002, after $200 million and 6 hours of travelogue footage from the New Zealand Ministry of the Interior, Peter Jackson brings us to the same damn point in the story! Thanks, guy. Glad to see our time wasn't too badly wasted.
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But... ok. How about this.
"The entire movie clearly promoted violence. Every one of the so-called heroes engaged in battle at some point. Worse still, the movie showed children with weapons. Peter Jackson needs to think more carefully about the message he is sending."
"Didja notice? Gandalf "falls" off the bridge and flies through the air to grab his sword. Before he even hits the bottom, Gandalf has grabbed the firebeast and starts kicking his ass!"
Considering that the LOTR trilogy was written way before Harry Potter, and the LOTR movie was not cast POST-Harry Potter, kinda hard to prove that one.
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