Posted on 07/20/2004 12:26:58 PM PDT by quidnunc
More Lord of the Rings movies — oh, yesss, preciousss, we wantsss them.
And within the next twenty or thirty years, we'll get them. Children who watched the Lord of the Rings trilogy will take their own children to a complete remake of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It's inevitable.
Most great movies will never be remade. We will never see remakes of The Godfather, or Gone with the Wind, or even Star Wars. But Lord of the Rings is different.
Why? Consider these five reasons.
• The pre-existing fame of the LOTR novels prevents the actors in the LOTR trilogy from dominating the roles they played.
No sane actor would dare to recreate the role of Vito Corleone; the role is bound up too tightly with the performance of Marlon Brando. Similarly, what actress can hope to compete with Vivian Leigh's Scarlett O'Hara? But in the current LOTR trilogy, no actor consumes his role so completely. The finest performance in LOTR (Gollum notwithstanding) may have come from Ian McKellan as Gandalf. Yet, much as I enjoyed his performance, I can think of several actors who could have done as good a job portraying Gandalf: Sean Connery, Brian Blessed, Derek Jacobi, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Caine, Patrick Stewart — the list goes on. The major characters in LOTR are so densely textured in the books — and yet so indelibly etched into the minds of Tolkien's fans, after decades of reading and re-reading the novels — that the performances of the leads in the current trilogy seem like interpretations of the characters, rather than definitions. Moreover, Peter Jackson's direction emphasized plot, rather than characterization, thus allowing room for future actors to place their own imprints on the characters in a way that would be impossible in other remakes.
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True. But to me he's the most annoying thing to ever hit the silver screen.
The CGI they pasted into the special edition of Star Wars Episode IV were definitely laugable and totally unbelievable. I'll take the state-of-the-art-for-'77 special effects from the original over that piece of crap.
One could hope.
Jaromir?
Peter Jackson is making a King Kong film right now, but there was this bit of news a few days ago:
Inside Move: 'Hobbit' could end up nestling with 'Rings'
(from Variety - Yahoo)
With Sony apparently unable to construct a final offer for MGM, it's looking increasingly likely that Time Warner will swoop in and grab the prize.
Bagging the Lion would give Time Warner a nice little bonus -- worldwide theatrical and television rights to J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit." What a sweet addition to New Line's "The Lord of the Rings" franchise. Hey Peter Jackson, what are your plans after "King Kong"?
The conglom's deal is cleaner -- one buyer offering Time Warner stock -- and more tax-efficient. It would be chairman-CEO Richard Parsons' first major acquisition after a string of asset sales to cut debt.
Sony chairman Nobuyuki Idei, speaking at an event in Korea Thursday, acknowledged "some complications" in the Japanese giant's merger talks with MGM. Reuters quoted Idei as saying, "It's up to the MGM management now."
The statements, which one insider ascribed to a "lost in translation" effect, caused a mild tizzy at both companies, which are still talking -- particularly since the holdup isn't on the MGM side at all, but still resides at Sony. The conglom and its two equity partners, Texas Pacific and Providence Equity, are struggling to get onto the same page. Since Sony isn't the one putting up the cash, it can't control the process.
Meesa Jarjaromir. Meesa father is da maxy-big Boss of Gondor.
There is an article about the Star Wars Special Edition that I really wish I could find again. It was written well before the release of Star Wars Episode 1 and the author detailed how every change in the special edition made the movie worse. He claimed that George Lucas had forgotten what makes a good movie, and predicted that Episode 1 was really going to suck. At the time I thought he was overreacting.
... I enjoyed the Bakshi LOTR (as I did WIZARDS). However, I think that the thing that most attracted me to the Bakshi LOTR was the outstanding soundtrack. I've worn out the vinyl LP that I had, destroyed the cassette tape from overplaying, and I am on my second CD .. having worn out the first .. for the soundtrack.
I'm just sorry that Bakshi didn't finish the second part of LOTR.
FLAME ON!!!
Bakshi hated his version of LOTR, I'll agree with the artist. I like Wizards, still a favorite good animation nice twisted sense of humor, let me show you a trick mom taught me while you weren't around...
*stunned silence*
Um... well... what can one say? If you enjoy Bakshi, good for you, but, um...
All I even remember about the soundtrack is that toward the second half of the film, they had an uncanny knack for playing the most upbeat music as the heroes were surrounded by almost certain death. I think the orchestra was rooting for the Orcs.
No flame from me...It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand.
Pity and, I've always felt, a desire not to get Gollum-blood all over his waistcoat with the brass buttons.
It's exactly like the Old Testament, since it is the story of creation and a history spanning thousands of years.
It's pretty, in fact it's prettier than the Lord of the Rings, which sees a world which is much older and decaying.
The Hobbit will make the best movie of them all, because it's very easy to follow the storyline.
Well that was a bit Elrondish of him...
Ya gotta admint... Balrogs with butterfly wings and furry slippers are more comical than scary...
Now we have the HamBergerler.
He stuffs burgers down his pants.
I always thought that The Hobbit was geared more for children, the LoTR for teens and the Sil for adults. Maybe I'm an idiot but after reading the Silmarillion the Hobbit was a breeze!
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