The Lord of the Rings trilogy

Frodo's wound from Shelob (as well as the one he got from the Ringwraiths) continues to hurt him and he realises that he saved Middle Earth for others. He knows that it's time for him to move on to a place where he'll be always happy and safe etc. Yeah, I realise you could say the same for the Shire but I think the point is that it's his 'time'
 
The trilogy is easily one of my favourite films of all time, because i'm into all that sword fighting and magick stuff. I really liked Gimli and Legolas' competition to try and see who could kill more stuff. And I lol'd at the line in the two towers...it goes something like this

Legolas: Oh shit an Oliphont. Watch this.
*Legolas kills oliphont*
Legolas: There!
Gimli: That still only counts as ONE

Pure genius and brilliance the whole film set which shows a really godd reflection of the book. Yes t'is a pity they missed out the last few chapters from "return of the king" but the rest of the it made up for it and it can be forgiven.

LOTR kicks big oliphont ASS!
 
Rhea:

Well, the way Tolkien writes is very oldfashioned, and his descriptions take out a lot of pages, the man just loves nature..and nature plays a huge part in these books, the environment is described and becomes a character on its own on every page...he goes into incredible details, you can either like that or hate it...

Plus there is a time line you need to consider, for once you hit the Two Towers Tolkien starts to backtrack constantly through three different paths of events: the problem is that these events happen at the same time, but different places, so he is constantly going back to get you back on a track and that can give the feeling of the book being incredibly dragged out. They had to change that for the movies for they could not work it out, it became a huge problem working out who is where at what time and at what place,..that is why the 50 years gap was ditched in Fellowship, that is why some events that happen in ROTK where placed in TTT and vice versa....

Nephry:

Just be happy Orlando Bloom did not do some Elvish poetry :D too...for Legolas sings a lot in the books....

For Faramir in TTT, they did changed some bits and bobs...for example, Faramir is tempted in the TTT movie by the ring slightly for he wants to please his father... while in the book, Faramir is flawless, one person besides Sam that has no desire for the ring itself at all....so that kind of yes could be irritating, but I did not mind that much...RTOK gave us the proper Faramir, that is true...shame they only added Houses of the Healing in the extended version for that is really to me one of the most beautiful parts of Faramir story and actually ROTK in whole.

Flipside:

Well, Pooley already explained...

basically Greyhavens is Toliken version of Paradise...and his Elves are rather different from usual idea of Elves and quite complicated so let's leave it at that...:D

Well, Gandalf is not a living being anyway, he is not a real person throught the entire three films or books,... this is why Gandalf the Grey and Gandalf the White are the same and different at the same time; he is spirit, he takes different forms, just like Sauron, or Saruman and so he cannot stay among the living, he nas no more purpose in ME, he has to go....

Frodo is about to die, he has been thorugh too much and he has been hurt too much, and carries the wounds that never really healed at all, and he is on the end of his road. As Charlie said above it is his "time" to go..... that is the shortest and the most simple way to explain Tolkien's version of death and dying and going to heaven where living cannot go.....

Nephry:

On Aragorn note...I like him as a Ranger, not as a leader or a King...for then is when he becomes unlikable to me..the more he is closer to the throne the more distant and authorative he becomes..., and I understarnd as one leader and king he has to be, but it just did not apeal to me as a character...
 
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Definately the greatest trilogy of all time, the type you can watch over and over again.
 
I was in tears at the end of Return of the King. Thats why I loved these films so much as they created such emotion in me and it was great experincing everyones reaction for the final film in the cinema.

Im very tempted to get the boxset of each film for £30 in Virgin Megastores! Its a bargin, but I have the normal 2 disk boxsets.
 
If you don't own the extended editions Sapphire, I think you should definitely get them. The extra footage is so worth it. I can't even watch the original releases anymore; they seem so lacking.
 
I have the extended additions and it makes all the difference. My favourite bit which brought a tear to my eye was when Aragon says to the 4 Hobbits at the end,

"No my friends, you bow to no-one."
 
Sapphire ...extended version are definitelly worth it as people already said it :D....you get so much out of them that simply was not in theatrical versions..Galadriel's gift giving is one of few examples that are in extended versions but never ended up in what was shown in cinemas...Saruman in ROTK, Houses of Healing (short as they were) and so on....
 
Well I purchased all 3 second hand for £4.99 each, so saved £15 there and they are in great condition! There goes my week lol!
 
I finally watched all the films about 2 years ago and I must say that I'm quite impressed. At first I thought the movies would be boring, seeming that they are all long, but I found that it was worthwhile because the scenes were so breathtakingly beautiful. The storyline was amazing and well drawn out, so I was extremely happy with that. But the characters were the main points, and I love how they had different races. It made it seem like a Final Fantasy movie to me, to be honest. I can say that it's definitely one of my favorite movies out there.
 
i read the first book, and about half of the second one before i realized it would take much less time and focus to just watch the movies. they're definitely the best series since HP and star wars.
 
The movies do miss out alot. I mean the books actually seem more jolly than the movies. Tom bombadil was quite an important character. And yeah i really wanted to see the scourging of the shire in the movie. They also miss out of quite alot of the shire.
 
Oh, I loved this movies! They're so awesome. I'm a fantasy enthusiast so things like LotR amaze me. Everything was so well done. I own all the extended versions, btw. ^_^
 
Tom bombadil was quite an important character.
This is possibly the worst sentence in the entire thread. Bombadil played no role in the story which aided in the progression of the character's development, except for adding a complete air of faggotry to the books. He wasn't plot enhancing at all; he was just there for Tolkien's lulz.
 
This is possibly the worst sentence in the entire thread. Bombadil played no role in the story which aided in the progression of the character's development, except for adding a complete air of faggotry to the books. He wasn't plot enhancing at all; he was just there for Tolkien's lulz.

That's an important role, to be there for Tolkein's lulz.
 
They were supposed to be making The Hobbit a while ago, but I don't know what happened with that...

Bombadil wasn't a major, or even big character, but I still liked him. I don't think he would have fitted in well unless they included the whole Old Forest and Barrowdowns bit though, which could have easily added another half an hour to the movie.
I wasn't bothered about a lot of The Shire being missed at the start, since it was pretty boring in the books...
 
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