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Movie Review—The Lord of the Rings
CatholicExchange.com ^ | 12/19/01 | Steven D. Greydanus

Posted on 12/19/2001 5:52:04 PM PST by Brian Kopp DPM

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To: KneelBeforeZod
I just wish he new there are more adjectives than "suddenly."

Nit-pick of the day: "suddenly" is an adverb.

61 posted on 12/20/2001 6:50:58 AM PST by Restorer
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To: Arkinsaw
The only change I didn't care for was Aragorn "letting Frodo go". Didn't see the point in that change.

The way I figure that scene is this:

In the book at this point Frodo is having this internal debate about putting his friends in danger. How do you put this on the screen? Does Frodo start doing soliloquies? I think it was better to show that Frodo was afraid that the ring had corrupted Aragorn too and to show that Aragorn passed the test. It also shows Aragorn's trust in Frodo when he decides to follow Merry and Pippin.

62 posted on 12/20/2001 7:34:01 AM PST by Overtaxed
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To: Restorer
Suddenly, K.B.Z. realized he looked foolish in front of everyone.
63 posted on 12/20/2001 9:26:19 AM PST by KneelBeforeZod
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To: proud2bRC
Were there pre-release reviews posted here? By writers who saw it before last night?

There were about 70 -100 threads with pre-release reviews, both professional and fan. There have even been a number of threads by folks who wrote that they didn't want to see any more threads on the subject. Go to the search feature, and type in rings.

64 posted on 12/20/2001 10:00:11 AM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla
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To: tank_sherman
New Zealand's tourism bureau should be hugging itself.

They know. New Zealand has appointed a cabinet officer (minister) of Lord of the Rings.

65 posted on 12/20/2001 10:02:44 AM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla
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To: meilib
BUMP
66 posted on 12/20/2001 10:29:49 AM PST by Myrnick
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To: KneelBeforeZod
I'm always surprised when people decide to re-make a movie that was so important to people the first time around. The Rod Taylor "Time Machine" was my brother's favorite movie of all time. He talked about it for years. He'd be very annoyed that it was being re-made.

John Huston once said..."Why don't they re-make my flops?"

I like Guy Pearce, but he ain't no burly, hunky Rod Taylor. And Tobey McGuire as "Spiderman"? Why not Don Knotts?

67 posted on 12/20/2001 9:53:11 PM PST by Deb
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To: Deb
The original "Time Machine" was great. A smart movie, I always was impressed with the continuity, especially with the time machine being in a new spot after the morlocs (?) dragged it into their cave.

Speaking of HG Wells, I actually like "Time after Time" too, with two of my fav's David Warner and Malcom McDowell.

The biggest huh?? in remakes has to be George Sluizer remaking his own movie "The Vanishing" which critics loved, into "The Vanishing" with Kiefer Sutherland, which everyone hated...

Which makes me think of Sutherland in "Dark City" which was remade (kinda sorta) into "The Matrix"...

Dark City makes me think of Jennifer Connelly my dream girl..which leads us back to those Aussies/Kiwis since she is in that new movie with Russel Crowe...who was in LA Confidential with Guy Pearce bla bla bla

68 posted on 12/20/2001 11:33:44 PM PST by KneelBeforeZod
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To: holman
Starship Trooper was a lot better

If you're gonna post such jokes (i hope) you should wait for entry 40 or above, and avoid getting flamed. Trying to help ;-). Peace out.

69 posted on 12/20/2001 11:42:02 PM PST by steveisright
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To: steveisright
thanks for the advice. I should know better than to poke fun at a Star Trek convention.
70 posted on 12/21/2001 2:09:08 AM PST by holman
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To: proud2bRC
Kids don't benefit from this movie, only adults can separate story line from in-your-face tech.

It's one thing to read (or have read) a fairytale whilst tucked in one's bed so the young noggin can quietly digest - at his/her own speed - some of the scary parts. It is entirely another to have graphic and anatomically correct demons ten stories tall coming at you with no apparent defense and with no control over the onslaught.

Indeed, the only compelling factor here is that the adult is so entralled with abstractness of the plot that he/she wants to "make" a kid under 10 absorb the same abstraction while fighting the visuals at the same time.

Kids should read the book. Big kids can go see the movie.

71 posted on 12/21/2001 2:59:15 AM PST by holman
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To: holman
agreed
72 posted on 12/21/2001 4:58:43 AM PST by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: proud2bRC
Already done by Wagner and Hitler.
Whose absolutes??
:-(
73 posted on 12/21/2001 5:03:24 AM PST by maestro
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To: Deb
Why a duck? Why not a chicken?
74 posted on 12/21/2001 7:27:30 PM PST by AppyPappy
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To: proud2bRC
I thought perhaps I was the only one that was disappointed with Mortensens portrayal of Aragorn. LOL, I didn't realize that I too had precast Liam Neeson in the role until this reviewer stated it. Sean Bean was fantastic as Boromir and McKellan IS Gandalf.

I accept that many changes had to be made for the sake of brevity, but I agree that the changes at the end seemed unnecessary. Why not have Frodo, wearing the ring, slip invisably away from the fellowship?

Also, the relationship between Frodo and Sam is not made clear in the movie. Was it political correctness that caused omitting the fact that Sam is Frodos servant? Sam is clearly devoted to Frodo, whom he calls "master" throughout the book. In fact, I felt that it was originally Sams sense of duty which led him to accompany Frodo and that his "dutiful" devotion evolves into "loving" devotion as the quest continues.

I loved the movie. I'm not going to fault it because it's not a book. I probably won't see it in the theater again but I'll buy it on DVD when it's available. I did come home and dig out my dog-eared paperback copies of the books.

75 posted on 12/22/2001 4:32:15 AM PST by Nubbin
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To: proud2bRC
We took our 8 & 10 year old boys on Friday. The oldest was fine, although he ate too much popcorn and got sick later. The 8yo said, "You should have taken us to an earlier show so it wouldn't be so DARK out and so close to bedtime after the movie".

I would say 10 is the absolute BOTTOM age-wise. They are interested to find out what happens next, but the younger boy isn't sure he wants to see the next one. But he swears up and down that "The Mummy" was scarier.

Must be the big screen thing that was so freaky to him. We almost never go to movies (and no outside TV signal coming in either)!

I loved the movie, having never read the trilogy. I *didn't* like the dizzying fight scenes, they almost made me ill. But I'm prone to motion sickness, and any other sickness since I'm pregnant :-)

76 posted on 12/23/2001 9:21:19 PM PST by Marie Antoinette
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To: Marie Antoinette
I just saw it again last night. I was with my wife, no kids this time, and I made it a point to follow the scenery and cinematography. I was a bit car sick after the movie, I must admit.

Before TLOTR, I had never seen a movie on opening day. Before TLOTR, I never paid to see a movie twice in the theater. TLOTR is just in a class by itself.

77 posted on 12/23/2001 9:52:35 PM PST by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: Tolkien
Indexing to Tolkien list
78 posted on 01/20/2002 10:26:32 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: Chi-townChief
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live in such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

79 posted on 01/20/2002 10:41:17 AM PST by Interesting Times
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To: Interesting Times
Thank you indeed!
80 posted on 01/20/2002 10:53:15 AM PST by Chi-townChief
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