52 days left!!
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
*rubs hands together and squeals with glee*
(*makes a mental note to take a vacation day that night*)
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
I am taking The 16th and the 17th off. Trilogy Tuesday and the 3 viewings of ROTK on Wednesday.
msquared
Posted by martha (Member # 141) on :
Something about Pippin in Gondorian garb reminds me of Pauline Baynes's original illustrations of the Narnia books -- or, more specifically, a particular picture of Prince Caspian in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (or was it Lucy wearing Prince Caspian's chainmail?)...
In any case, I can't confirm it because I don't have my Narnia books in front of me, and I can't seem to find any Pauline Baynes illustrations anywhere on the web. I believe Prince Caspian's armor had a picture of a sun, where Gondor has a tree, but otherwise: both have a black tabard over a chainmail tunic.
Can anyone help me out, at least tell me I'm not insane?
And, speaking of Tolkien and Pauline Baynes... anyone who has not read _Smith of Wootton Major_ should do so now, and it's worth making an effort to find a copy with the original illustrations. There's one, of all the children sitting around a table with the cake in the center, that sticks in my mind as an ideal pen-and-ink drawing. The children's hair is such a perfect modern rendition of a Medieval art style.
btw, Narnia, sorry to hijack your thread. Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Hey no problem!! I just read the Narnia books ( ) and I think that the black and silver brings the image of Prince Rillian to my mind in The Silver Chair. Is that the one you're thinking of?
51 days...and counting. Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
Thanks for the link.
I just got the schedule for my finals and I don't have any on the 16, but I have one at 8:30 am on the 17th! Not only that, but the theater I'm seeing it at a theater that's about a 1 to 1 1/2 hour drive from here. So that means I'm going to spend an entire day watching movies, get maybe four hours of sleep, and then have to get a ride home to take my final. Fun, huh?
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
49 days.
msquared
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
Eldoreth Miroriel Telcharen.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Well Mark, that all depends on how you look at it. If you count TODAY and/or the day of the show, it's 50 days. I'll go with your countdown though. It makes it shorter.
WOOHOO! 49 days!! Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
Well actually my countdown is from a little program I picked up at www.tolkienonline.com. They had this computerized countdown clock you could install on your computer and it takes your system time and I think midnight of Dec. 17 as the official start time.
Of course I am seeing the Trilogy so I will see it early.
It has just been weird the past year wathcing it count down from about 350 days to now under 50.
msquared
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Gives you butterflies, doesn't it? To think of 3.5 hours of pure anadulterated perfect movie-watching bliss. AH! I almost can't stand it. Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Damn...here in Brazil, we'll be watching ROTK 2 weeks after it opens worldwide. Unfortunatelly, there is a Children Entretainer called "Xuxa" whose movie pushed ROTK release date back.
"Xuxa e os duendes 3" (Something Like "Xuxa and the goblins"), a pathetic excuse of a movie full of local celebrities. Blargh! Every Year we watch Lord of The Rings after the whole world because of "Xuxa e os Duendes".
Now...I will just calm down and wait.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Eduardo, I'm tall and light-haired and when I was in Brazil I wore my hair really short. I had several little kids come up and think that I was Xuxa. It was hilarious!!
Don't worry, I was in Brazil on a mission when Fellowship came out and I had to watch it on PayPerView (oh the horror) when I came home 5 months later. I was still tortured with the movie posters in Mogi Mirim that got me excited but reminded me that I couldn't go see it.
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
Can't Brazil have a revolution or something so that this oversite is corrected? I would be willing to lead the coup on the platform of ROTK before Xuxa.
msquared
Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :
mm...10 hours of movies....
Ni!
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
I will help you, msquared! The blondie (Xuxa, not Narnia) must die! Or...at least...let me watch my ROTK when it opens worldwide.
Again, two weeks avoiding forums and maling lists, where everybody abroad will ave already seen the movie. Oh, the pain! The humanity!
Well...at least it is not a pink dinossaur, it is a blond woman.
No. Didn't help.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
47 days!! *snickers gleefully*
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
I can supply the weapons and a bunch of my fellow republicans who quite frankly just want to fight something, anything, and we will help you kill this Xuxa fellow.
-Rhaegar The Fool
Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
OMG. I can't hardly wait!
I got my Arwen Blood-red dress, and it looks so cool on! Oy.
Ron and I got free passes to an advance screening of Love actually A Brittish Holiday comedy. We're going, since it happens to be right around our anniversary, but, but... It's just a way to pass the time, ya know?
*fidget*
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
Rhaegar The Fool
Xuxa is a female. We should sell her into bondage.
46 days.
msquared
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Seconded, msquared. We split the money. :-)
Tsc...guess I'll have to fly to the U.S. so I can see ROTK.
Now to choose the theater...
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
If I remember she is also fairly hot looking, isn't she? Or at least she was. I think I hear that she has been on the air down there for about 100 years.
msquared
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
She must be in her early forties, but still hot, I would say (not that excuses her for the SIN of making me wait for my ROTK movie). And yeah...she's on TV for almost a hundred years She was dating Pele (you know, the ex-soccer player - greatest in world history, etc.)on, I guess...late seventies, early eighties!
Hey! I'm twenty-seven, and I grew up watchin her freakin show (don't laugh! I was just a kid, we had no cable...hey...that time, there was no cable TV here in Brazil, and we didn't have many channels).
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I love Brazil...it's a country where a woman can make children's shows, movies and cds, and appear naked on a billboard at the same time. That would be Xuxa.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
I think I'll show up to the line party with a light saber and tell them that I'm waiting for the next Star Wars movie.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
5 days.... actually that's ROTK card game *screams* Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Narnia: what can I say? It is true...sadly true. But I still say that her biggest mistake is making me wait for ROTK.
Let me tell you all what happened with a friend of mine: he just finished to watch "The Fellowship of the Ring" and was leaving the theater, when he heard an old lady taking to another woman:
" Didn't like the movie. It seems to finish in the middle of the story! What lousy ending!"
My friend aproached the old lady politely and told her that the movie was just the first part in a trilogy, and the following movie (The Two Towers) would be released after a year.
The younger woman smiled in understanding, but the elder one turned angry and said loudly:
"I didn't ask you anything, boy!"
Although stunned by her rudeness, my friend answered: "Not that you will live enough to see it, ma'am. Such bad mood in your age surely kills".
Hey, I foud that very funny, when he told me. Maybe I'm just strange Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
I just finished reading ROTK and now I'm going crazy! Thanks for the pictures!
Posted by Julie (Member # 5580) on :
What's the countdown for today? I'm too lazy to do the math myself.
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
45 days.
msquared
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
Iv got a list of all the changes made in ROTK from the books to the film, major ones, not the little ones, if anyone wants it, e-mail me at thelordoftheferrets@yahoo.com
-Rhaegar The Fool
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
I'm a sissy Elf, apparently.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I believe the word is TRANQUIL...well, that's mine anyway. Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
those are cool posters!
Posted by Abrynne (Member # 5826) on :
Maethoriell, the Extended Edition of The Two Towers is due out November 18th I believe. Give or take a day.
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
And thank you for your compliments on the links.
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
I love the Howard Zinn debate. We've been using his book in social studies class.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Fuss ya, I'm a warrior elf!
Posted by Julie (Member # 5580) on :
I'm a warrior elf too! *goes off to shine bow*
Posted by Maccabeus (Member # 3051) on :
Abrynne, the publisher of the posters insisted they be removed. *sigh*
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
Believe me orc tastes good, be a psyco elf!
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
44 days!
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
Scweal! <- How do you spell that?
Posted by Architraz Warden (Member # 4285) on :
squeal?
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
Thank you.
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
So really the post before last should have been "Squeal". Now you know.
Oh and new page.
-Rhaegar The Fool
[ November 03, 2003, 02:03 PM: Message edited by: Rhaegar The Fool ]
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
Oh, so now that there is a new page nobody cares?
Posted by Amka (Member # 690) on :
Does a new page get us any closer to ROTK?
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Of course it does!
I'm going to mail the 10 dollars for the ticket tomorrow, Ami.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
43 and counting... Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
42!!
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
(Still Crying) Oh, the Humanity!
At least...snif...Matrix 3 this saturday.
But wait! All of you have already seen it!
Oh, the Humanity!
Posted by Amka (Member # 690) on :
No we haven't, Eduardo. People don't go to all the midnight showings of the cool movies.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Oh, so Matrix Revolutions was released here the same time it was released worldwide!? I dod not know that!
So...it just proves that ROTK deserved to be released here the same time it is everywhere else.
(Whinewhinewhine)
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
41 yay
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
*jumps up and down* Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
*Dances a Happy Dance* <- Stole that from Raia
-Rhaegar The Fool
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
*dances happier* Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
That is physically im possible.
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
40 days.
Very Biblical.
msquared
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
*is very happy* *dances* YAY! Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
I have been working on getting in shape. I will go to the quicky mart and get one of those Huge Gulp 2 gallon drinks for just .69 cents drink it all and then try not to use the restroom for several hours.
msquared
Posted by Amka (Member # 690) on :
The important thing is to avoid the caffeine. Caffeine makes you want to pee.
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
I two gallon big gulp makes me want to pee.
I may have to try Sprite instead of Coke.
msquared
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
Never drink before the movie! Shame on you! You might have to go pee at the coolest part!
*is very excited* Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
I will be in the theater for almost 11 hours, I will have to drink sometime. I have seen the extended version of the first movie at home several times so I know when a good time to run out is there. I also suspect that I can pick a few times in the second when I can duck out for a few minutes. It is the third one that has me worried.
39 days
msquared
Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
I plan on using a catheter.
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
I asked the manager of the theater about the special cathater equiped seats and he said that they were not going to be installed until 2004.
msquared
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
Drink during Fellowship, weve all seen it sountless tmes, we can quote it, It you have to pee, do it then.
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
You may all now marvel at my obvious brilliance.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
I won't be excited 'til we're in the single digits.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
38 Days!!! Ha! I posted it this time! *dances a VERY happy dance* *giggles* Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
36 days
msquared
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Oh, the horror!! We skipped day 37!! I'm so ashamed. *downcast look*
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
hi. my inner OCD child requires that i make the following request.
i MUST get one of those mini posters from rotk. i have the first two framed and hanging and a nail ready for the third. i didn't actually get either of them myself, so i'm not sure how to make sure i get one from rotk. help?
[edit: i hit a wrong button and posted after 'ocd']
[ November 10, 2003, 08:45 PM: Message edited by: fiazko ]
Posted by Wetchik (Member # 3609) on :
36 more days until everybody stops counting! Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
I neeeeeed to see ROTK soooooooooooooooooooooo bad. Waaaaaaaaaaaah. Bwuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. Waaaaaaaaah Haaaaaaaaaaaaah Haaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
-Rhaegar The Fool
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
*pat* *pat* It's ok Rhaegar. Calm down. Just think: TTT extended coming even sooner!
Wheeee!!! 36 days!!! That gives me more time to work on my "dernhelmet". Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
My TTT extended is already pre ordered at Amazon. Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
35
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
The soundtrack will be out two weeks from today!! linkage
quote: A deluxe CD DVD edition will contain The Return Of The King CD and an exclusive DVD that will feature bonus material including a The Lord of the Rings "supertrailer"; a The Return of the King photo gallery from the recording sessions; film stills; and poems and lyrics from The Return Of The King.
Yippee!! What fun! I imagine that TTT extended edition will have more than that and make us all drool. Ah, what a great holiday season 'twill be!! Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Steve and I are doing the shorter term count-down to TTT extended edition. It is a more reachable goal <grin>
AJ
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
I already have it. Yay. Preordering from english people is so much fun.
Posted by nihon (Member # 5913) on :
<first nihon post> ive got tickets for the opening day of ROTK...first thing in the morning
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Hey! Welcome!! That's awesome, I really need to buy my tix. I don't know if first thing in the morning would be a good idea. I need to be awake. Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
34 days.
msquared
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
Greetings Nihon.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
*dances* WOOT! Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
Me wanna ROTK now! Must kill New Line People and steal role. Then show to all hatrackers. Then dance in glee.
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
33 days.
msquared
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Man, you always beat me!
33 days. There, I feal better. Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
32 1/2 days!
Posted by raphael (Member # 5870) on :
does anyone know if rotk will be out all over the wold at the same time or am i actually gonna have to buy a ticket to the states to watch it???
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
Go stateside suckah!
Posted by raphael (Member # 5870) on :
maby we could like pay the mafia or someone to steal the movie (unfinished as it may be) for us.we'd make millions-not to mention being able to see it before EVERYONE.
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
Oh its edited by now, we could steal it, I have friends who are violent as I am. Oh yea, Page 3
Posted by raphael (Member # 5870) on :
i would also like it unedited . imagine 5 hours of rotk instead of 2 (or however long it is . ignore my ignorance) and yes, me and my friends are planning to mob the studio or wherever your invited to join
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
5 days 'till TTT ex ed. Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
That is totally LAME!!! That means they yanked the scenes with the sweet-talking and the throwing of the palantir....and probably the 'climactic' death scene that wasn't in the book anyway. But it still sucks, he was our visible badguy!!!
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
32 days
msquared
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
Personally I wanted to see Legolas shoot him throughthe throat, but oh well.It kinda sucks.
-Rhaegar The Fool
Posted by raphael (Member # 5870) on :
i think its now 30 days.'(im not too good in math) hey! isn't anyone counting anymore or am i the last LotR fan around here?
Posted by Abrynne (Member # 5826) on :
Oooh my GOODNESS, I can't believe they've let this picture out. This is a big kinda spoiler so be warned.
[ November 16, 2003, 09:06 PM: Message edited by: Abrynne ]
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
OH MY GOODNESS!!!! YIKES!!!
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
raphael
We did not give up. It is just that on the weekends I have to post from my slow home dial up and real life intrudes. During the week I can post from my work DSL connection. Also my ROTK countdown countdown computer clock is on my work computer. Don't worry, I will keep the countdown going every weekday.
msquared
Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :
29 days
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
yay
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
(need I say more?) Posted by raphael (Member # 5870) on :
28 days Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :
TTT EE is sitting on my desk! Now I just have to wait for the work day to end so I can watch it.
Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
Beatnix, I'm glad to know there is somebody as chuffeed about the EE as I am. It makes me feel slightly less embarrassed at my fangurly obsession. Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
I will get it for Christmas if my wife and kids know what's good for them. I can wait since I am going to see the EE of TTT at the theater in 28 days. Just 4 short weeks. Who am I kidding? 4 short weeks? These will the longest 4 weeks of my life other than when I was waiting for mcubed to give birth.
msquared
Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :
Yea, I was the cool guy walking around Walmart this morning at 6:30 before heading to work. I guess its a little better than the midnight run I made for the Harry Potter book this summer.
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
Im having a party and we are watching both EEs. Nerd Party:
-Rhaegar The Fool
Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :
I'm having a party too. Of course, I'm the only person coming to my party. Posted by raphael (Member # 5870) on :
AHHHHH i just can't wait anymore!!! why does time pass soooooo sloooooowly????
Posted by Sugar+Spice (Member # 5874) on :
I'm half-way through watching TT EE! It makes a lot more sense than the theatre film. There's a lot more character and story developement. But if you don't like Ents, you're going to hate it... I love the Ents, so I'm really happy. Posted by raphael (Member # 5870) on :
where do you get it from?
Posted by raphael (Member # 5870) on :
where do you get it from?
Posted by Sugar+Spice (Member # 5874) on :
It's out in all shops which sell DVDs and Videos. I don't know if it'll be out in israel yet though. If not, check out Amazon or somewhere and get them to deliver.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Salon.com has a piece about the extended edition of The Two Towers, for those of you who want a general outline of what the added scenes are.
You'll have to sit through a 20 second ad before you'll be able to read the full article though.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
I preordered it at Amazon. Now it would be some 2, 3 weeks until I can see it...
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Question: if Saruman is out of the story all together, how do they fit the palantir into the mix?
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
I have TTT EE yay!
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
*growls at Rhaegar* we can't get it yet... Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
beatnix19, you are my soulmate
I did the exact same thing for the TT extended DVD and HP. *sigh* Posted by Abrynne (Member # 5826) on :
*leaps up and down*
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
27 days.
msquared
Posted by Doug J (Member # 1323) on :
Going to see ROTK on our 5th anniversary. Such a wonderful wife i have. The movies are released ~our anniversary so i guess it is fate.
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
26 days.
msquared
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
Oh, happiness! Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
The entdraft scene is so goo. I love it. But if yoru remember old man willow from FOTR book, they put him in the entwash scene, the huorns are great.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
*sobs* can't watch...don't have... Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
<--- will be seeing the EE on Thankgiving, this is the one thing my Uncle is good for - he buys this sort of thing. It promises to make up for an otherwise very boring day of feasting. Posted by wieczorek (Member # 5565) on :
I have to wait until the 19th!!!!! How long 24 hours can seem when it should be 0...
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
quote: The entdraft scene is so goo.
Rhaegar, is it really that goo? Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
Quite goo actually.
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
25 days.
msquared
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
*is thrilled* *dances a happy dance* Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
Ooooh, oooh...24 days! Posted by Abrynne (Member # 5826) on :
I really wonder what the actors think of This When I first saw a shot of this thing I thought it was fake but then I saw it on T.V. and now this picture.... I wouldn't mind a ride on it but...yeesh! Weird huh?
**24 days**
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
That's just bizarre. Do people really think that an airplane is good advertising space?
23 days.
[ November 23, 2003, 01:30 PM: Message edited by: Narnia ]
Posted by raphael (Member # 5870) on :
quote:
That's just bizarre. Do people really think that an airplane is good advertising space?
i geuss they do does it cost more to fly in that --im totaly going to.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Fantastic teaser/spoiler articles in this week's Newsweek. Tons of fun for the trivia lovers. It also outlines some of the cut scenes that we discussed in the other thread.
22 days
Posted by Sugar+Spice (Member # 5874) on :
I saw pictures of the Gollum flashback scene earlier this year (in my 'New Zealand as Middle Earth guidebook - yes, I'm sad I know, but I can say that I've seen Isengard!) Anyway, I was assuming that it would be in the TTT EE, after the moment when Frodo tells Gollum his name. I was disappointed that it wasn't, Gollum's backstory is one of the things which made me really worried for the safety of Sam in the book - the fact that the ring made Smeagol kill his best friend. It really set up the psychological menace in the story for me, and made me pity Gollum even more, the bit in the film where he calls himself 'murderer' gets me every time. Poor little critter.
Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :
The flashback scene will be in RotK. They talk about it in the gollum feature in TTT EE. but I also thought it would be in TTT when frodo and gollum were i the dead marshes, just glad it will be somewhere.
Posted by Sugar+Spice (Member # 5874) on :
Sorry - I missed the point of my own post - the site in the post above mentioned that the Gollum scene will be at the start of RotK, as the Gandalf flashback was in TTT. I like this way of introducing you back into Middle Earth without throwing you straight back into the action.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
21 days!! Exactly three weeks from today we'll be enjoying ROTK goodness. Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
20 days.
msquared
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
We is very excited.
Posted by raphael (Member # 5870) on :
yep
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
*does a dance of anticipation*
Posted by raphael (Member # 5870) on :
he he I'll join you...
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
*does a dance of anticipation*
Posted by newfoundlogic (Member # 3907) on :
For the first time today I saw a trailer on TV for RotK. And I don't count video game advertisements.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
I can't believe thay showed Shelob in the trailers! I kinda thought they wouldn't have shown what she looks like until the movie, like they did with the balrog. Oh, well. Pretty cool anyway.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
18 days.
9 more days until we're in the single digits!!
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
17 days.
msquared
[ November 29, 2003, 11:18 AM: Message edited by: msquared ]
Posted by newfoundlogic (Member # 3907) on :
That long? Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I haven't seen an advertisement for it, but Abrynne and I did see the lovely movie poster at the theater last night. This movie poster is how I wish ALL of them had looked. It shows beautiful parts of the story, with people's whole bodies and all of it fused together...instead of just their heads, like in TTT. Here are a few more.
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
AICN has a few reviews up. There aren't too many spoilers, so it won't ruin anyone's day. The reviews are very positive (right, as if someone could write a bad review of it), which only added to my anticipation.
AHH! Must have Trilogy Tuesday NOW!
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Some thoughts on the Oscar race. Let's send good vibes. Maybe this year will break with tradition. Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
*cackles with excitement* Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
16 Days
msquared
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Dang, you beat me!! I was going to be so clever and do it first!
Oh well. One day closer!
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
I'm reading an article about the premiere in New Zealand (apparently the City Council has renamed Wellington Middle Earth for the premiere), and I'm amazed at the length some fans go to.
Because the premiere is now, lots of people have flown to NZ from America and Europe to see the film early. But this woman beats them all:
quote: Lynn Mackie, from North Carolina, has watched The Fellowship Of The Ring on the big screen no fewer than 69 times and The Two Towers 66 times. She has already spent more than $10,000 visiting Ring events around the world.
Wow! We don't get it in Australia till Boxing Day... oh well, 25 days to go.
[ November 30, 2003, 07:03 PM: Message edited by: imogen ]
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
quote: Once work finishes on his next project -- another remake of the classic "King Kong" -- Jackson said he hoped to return to making smaller New Zealand-based movies.
But it was possible a prequel to the "The Lord of the Rings," called "The Hobbit," could be made in future -- although the rights to the book had not yet been obtained, Jackson said.
AJ
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
Yay! only 15! Oh, happiness! I still don't have TTT-EE. We got the non-extended one by accident, and now we can't find the extended one. Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
14 days!!! 2 WEEKS!!!
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
14 days, joy oh joy oh joy.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
*glee* *giggles hysterically* Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :
13 days!!!!!!!!
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
13 days
msquared
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I've always thought this countdown was a little screwy...we're going to end up with 0 days on the 16th when there will, in reality, be one day left? Are we just fooling ourselves and trying to make it seem one day closer than it is?!
OH THE HUMANITY!! Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
Narnia
I am counting down to Trilogy Tuesday and that is Day 0. I will be waiting in line at 9:00AM and the theater does not open until 11:30 or so and the movie does not start until 1:15 or so.
My count stands.
msquared
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
They're showing it on the 16th if you watch all three movies. So it's really 14 days for me. Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
drat. 14 for me too.
OH THE HUMANITY!
That's ok. I'll just sleep all day on Day 0 and it will be like it never happened! That's the plan!
12 days
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
Heh, only 4 days for me, as I'm seeing a preview showing on the 8th. Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
*Giggles as only a man can*
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
11 days
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Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Anyone that saw Primetime last night saw the clips of the premiere in New Zealand...holy cow. It looked like some party! It also helps that it's in the dead heat of summer down there. Posted by ana kata (Member # 5666) on :
They already showed it in New Zealand? Ach, I'm so jealous!
I went through all 68 pages of that thread with the spoilers by the guy from the Screen Actors' Guild who saw an advanced showing (twice now). It sounds really really good! I'm beginning to get serious symptoms of severe anticipation.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
18 hrs. and 45 min. (FotR extended showing. )
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Man, I'm starting to think that the Academy will never give LOTR any kind've real award. Maybe that's just me, but I get that impression.
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
The movie premiered in New Zeland late last week and had the LA premier a day or two ago. It is still not out for public consumption.
10 days.
msquared
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
Moooo.
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
That's just the impression I get from things I keep reading.
Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :
:: dances around with his RotK soundtrack ::
So pretty!!! Billy Boyd has such a dreamy voice.
Did anyone else splurg and buy the special edition RotK soundtrack from WB? And the Trilogy Supertrailer? Satyagraha
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Nifty fact #1 about the soundtrack: Billy Boyd DOES sing on it.
Nifty fact #2: Annie Lennox does one of the ending songs. I love her stuff...and her voice.
Nifty fact #3: Renee Fleming (possibly one of the top 3 operatic sopranos of ALL TIME!!!) is also singing a couple tracks.
Nifty (and extraordinarily scary) fact #4: Viggo Mortensen is singing the title track. Be afraid. The man can't sing. It's truly sad that no one told him and they let him record the song and even PUT IT ON THE CD!!! Now his mother is going to have to break it to him or something.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Ok. Did some downloading. (Don't worry, I'm going to get the CD.)
Renee Fleming is a goddess. Nuff said.
Viggo is not bad. They let him sing for about 15 seconds nice and low in his range so that it doesn't hurt us. He's been trained a bit since I last heard him I think.
Billy Boyd has a lovely Scottish tenor. Nice.
AHHHHH! Life is good here!!
Oh, and for all of you wondering about the Grey Havens...well. It's on the soundtrack, and it is followed by a song by Annie Lennox called "Into the West." So I think the Grey Havens is in the movie. Yippee!!
[ December 06, 2003, 02:38 AM: Message edited by: Narnia ]
Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :
Its sorta in two parts there's the song that Narnia said and the song in it which is called "Use well the days" performed by Annie Lennox, which is on the DVD to the special edition sountrack. Satyagraha
[ December 06, 2003, 03:13 AM: Message edited by: BYuCnslr ]
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Mmm, I've been cruising the IMDB boards recently, and it really is starting to sound as though the Academy has been gearing up for a long time to give the BP to Mystic River. I saw Mystic River, and I really didn't like the ending at all, which had no closure whatsoever. The Academy's always snubbed fantasy... I just hope maybe PJ will scrape by for Best Director.
And I remind myself that LOTR will be remembered as one of the greatest efforts of movie history, whereas Mystic River will probably be forgotten.
Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :
During an interview, when asked why he scrapped so many parts in RotK, he said "Don't think of the movies as a reproduction of the book, instead think of it as a really long, really expensive fanfic." I think he should get every award just for that. Satyagraha
Posted by ana kata (Member # 5666) on :
Lol, Bernard! We got our tickets today! I can't wait! Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
quote:During an interview, when asked why he scrapped so many parts in RotK, he said "Don't think of the movies as a reproduction of the book, instead think of it as a really long, really expensive fanfic." I think he should get every award just for that.
Damn right he should! That's just a simply awesome explanation to go along with incredible movies.
Who needs a gold-plated statuette of a naked man (missing a few crucial parts, might I add) anyway?
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
Ooh, don't know if everyone's seen these recently, so I thought I'd post them for fun:
Hobbes Posted by MaydayDesiax (Member # 5012) on :
I thought y'all might enjoy reading my English final, you know, start back at the beginning? Thanks much to my dear roomie Correlle and my darling fiancee Bernard for interviewing for me.
A Review of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
“Now, where to begin? Ah yes (Bilbo Baggins, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring).” With the release of Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King swiftly approaching, it’s only appropriate to go back to the beginning of what is considered by many to be the greatest movie trilogy of our time. However, the story was originally a book trilogy, a long story broken up into three parts for easier reading. Oxford Professor J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973) wrote the trilogy during WWII as a commentary on the war and how people should act. He published The Fellowship of the Ring in 1954, which details the journeys of Frodo Baggins as he journeys to try and destroy an evil ring: “Who would think of [a ring]? only Tolkien (Pedroza).” In December 2001, after three years of filming, director Peter Jackson unveiled the first installment of the trilogy in movie form. I have seen this movie so many times, I can quote the lines, and in my opinion, it was one of the best ever made. The story is grabbing, from the opening scene to the conclusion, the sets, costuming, and make-up/hair making the story come alive. The acting is believable and real, the directing was superb, and the musical score is one of the best ever written. The movie was very close to the book, and only scenes that were edited were ones that weren’t needed or took up too much screen time. In fact, I shall try to convince you, the reader, that The Fellowship of the Ring is the best movie of all time. Period.
For those readers who do not know the plotline of Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring, here is a brief synopsis, courtesy of 'Book-A-Minute' (http://rinkworks.com/bookaminute):
Gandalf : Bilbo, your Ring is evil. In a couple decades, we'll try to destroy it. In the meantime, leave it for Frodo to play with. Bilbo : It's not evil. It's mine. My precious. Mine! MINE, I TELL YOU!! MOOHOOHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! (Frodo takes it to RIVENDELL. Some FRIENDS come with him. They are attacked by black riders a LOT, and it is SCARY.) Elrond : Frodo, if Sauron ever gets this Ring, the world will be destroyed, and evil will reign forever. We must act quickly. Take the Ring to where he lives. (They do some traveling. Some more FRIENDS come with him. Gandalf DIES in the mines of Moria.) Boromir : Frodo, give me the Ring. Frodo : No. Boromir: What have I done? (dies) THE END
It is obvious that this brief synopsis has removed many parts of the story. For those who have not read the books, READ THEM.
“Ah yes, the cliché good battles ultimate evil, the little hobbit that loves peace, the ordinary person that is thrown into extra-ordinary circumstances. Simple, yet eloquent and beautiful. Taken from the original books, but different enough to hold it's own as a piece of merit (Yu).” This quote explains the storyline of The Fellowship of the Ring perfectly: the stereotypical good versus evil battles, including the battles inside one’s self. “…The conflict of this story is how well the bonds of friendship hold up against the powers of evil in such a little thing as the ring. How cool is that? Everyone’s willpower is tested throughout this story by a ring (Pedroza)!” The story also delves deep into the human (and other) psyche, showing how people can be enticed by evil yet redeemed (as shown by Boromir in both his desire for the One Ring and his fierce protection of Merry and Pippin before his death), how old hatreds can be put aside for friendships (shown in the friendship between Legolas the elf and Gimli the dwarf, and Gimli’s infatuation with the Elvin beauty Galadriel), how true friendships can overcome anything (such as the friendship between Sam and Frodo), and how hidden strength lies in everyone: “Hobbits really are amazing creatures. You can learn all that there is to know about their ways in a month, and yet after a hundred years, they can still surprise you (Gandalf the Grey, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring).”
The opening scene in The Fellowship of the Ring is a masterpiece in itself: It opens with a voice over, speaking in both Elfish—Tolkien’s legendary language—and English, total dark, giving the movie a mysterious start. The voice goes on to explain (along with screenshots) the background of the evil Sauron and his Rings of Power he created for the three races—three for the elves, seven for the dwarves, nine for humans—and the One Ring he created to rule over them, bringing death and destruction over them all. It continues to tell the history of the Ring; how Sauron lost it in battle and of its travels, owners and how it betrayed them all in order to get back to its true master. It gives a lot of necessary background that Tolkien explained in a conversation between Gandalf and Frodo in the books. Since that conversation was then edited out, it made the movie flow easier: instead of slowing down to explain things when evil is at your heels, it speeds up and adds urgency. Also, computer graphic imaging (CGI) was used to make Sauron seem larger than life, yet very realistic when fighting against his foes. A computer program was also written for the war between Orcs and the army of Men and Elves: each individual unit can think for itself, much as a true army thinks during a real war. It was written superbly; when the armies clash and the Elf infantry actually takes lives, some of the Orcs turn and run away!
The Fellowship of the Ring was filmed in beautiful New Zealand, and, to quote Dominic Monaghan in an interview (lordoftherings.net), “This IS Middle Earth.” Tolkien’s Middle Earth had lush farming land, tall woods, mountains, grasslands, rivers, and just about everything else, all of which director Peter Jackson found in spades in New Zealand. Most of the sets were built on-site, but a few—such as the Elvin city of Rivendell (or Imladris, as it is known in Elvish), which is built in the valley of two mountains—had to be made with CGI for the long shots, the rooms and other such things made on soundstages with CGI backgrounds. A lot of the long shots and far away shots of places were rather realistic-looking CGI, although 90% of the sets were built.
The acting in The Fellowship of the Ring was, in my opinion, brilliant. Many actors—Ian Holmes (Bilbo Baggins), Sean Astin (Sam Gamgee) and Billy Boyd (Pippin Took) especially—steal just about every scene they’re in. The team of actors and actresses who worked on the movie worked together every day for about three years, coming back to re-film things when the need called for it, and became very close as a result. “…True camaraderie shines through all their parts (Yu).” “The acting was AWESOME. The actors and actresses performed their characters perfectly through body language, tone of voice, and facial expression. For example, dwarfs waddle, speak loud, and have scowls all the time. Elves walk and run with grace, speak in moderate low tones, and have relaxed, clean faces (Pedroza).” “The actors made these relationships completely believable; you couldn't help but LOVE the Hobbits, and hate Sarumon with and undying passion (Yu).”
With this movie trilogy, Peter Jackson proves that he is a wonderful director with an excellent eye for detail and a devotion to Tolkien’s work that borders on insanity. Reportedly, when he was trying to sell his script to movie companies, they refused to take it because he had it broken up into three parts: They wanted to condense a huge, legendary trilogy into a two hour movie, something that is physically impossible (even the cartoon version was broken into at least two parts: The Lord of the Rings and Return of the King). He hasn’t strayed much from the original Tolkien in The Fellowship of the Ring, and has made what the readers only saw in our dreams to come alive on the big screen. “Peter Jackson and his co-directors did a beautiful job, with wonderful camerawork: You can see, hear, and almost taste and smell Bilbo's party; the stench from the orcs; you can see the party shivering with cold as they try the mountain, snow up to their waists while Legolas lightly walks atop the snow, not leaving a single footprint; the little hobbit children completely enthralled with Bilbo's story telling… Such attention to detail makes Tolkien's world come alive, first in your mind's eye with the books... And now with your eyes and ears in this movie, such a feast for the senses (Yu).” “This man [Peter Jackson] was born to direct this movie (Pedroza).”
A character’s costume is the icing on the proverbial cake. A good actor can make any character believable—after all, an actor is the foundation of ANY character—but the costume helps him or her get into character and makes it more believable for the audience. It can also distinguish a person’s mood or profession, not to mention their good/evil affiliation: good guys are usually cute and well dressed, while bad guys usually always wear black.
If costuming is the icing on a character, then the hair and make-up are the little flowers on the top. Professional make-up artists can do almost anything to a person: make them ugly or beautiful, young or old, can even make them into different races using pointy ears for elves, long beards for wizards and dwarves, or huge hairy feet for hobbits. Hair, also, can make characters: From the scruffy ranger Aragorn to the heavenly elf Arwen, the hair is—in effect—the crowning part of any character. The people who labor over these details, using people as their canvases, have produced masterpieces for every actor—from the main characters down to the hundreds of extras—for The Fellowship of the Ring. “Gimli is a really a dwarf. Don’t tell me different—I won’t believe you a bit (Yu).”
The editing in this movie is wonderful. They kept most of the book, and cut very few things. One thing that was edited out of Fellowship of the Ring was a scene with a character named Tom Bombadil, who helps the hobbits out in the first leg of their journey to Rivendell. Upon reflection, it was probably a wise choice, because it cut the movie shorter, but many traditionalist moviegoers were upset with the change. However, the truly noticeable editing is obvious on the special ‘Extended Edition’ of The Fellowship of the Ring—it is essentially the ‘Director’s Cut’ with a different name. “I don’t like the term ‘Director’s Cut’, because it makes it seem like the director was unhappy with the theatrical release (Peter Jackson, promotions for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition).” It was full of things filmed, but cut from the theatrical release because the movie would have been too long. “The Extended Edition was much better than the theatrical version because there were so many little things, a phrase here, a glance there, Bilbo and Frodo hiding from the Sacksville-Bagginses when Bilbo's ears twitch. It made their relationships seem so much more real (Yu).” “I like the part after the opening scene (where it introduces Frodo and it actually starts the movie) from the Special Edition better because it was closer to the opening scene of the book and it also gives the audience who hadn’t read the book a good idea of what Hobbits and also a funny perspective of their behavior (Pedroza).”
“Music is a way for audiences to feel emotion in a movie and this movie had music that did just that! The music set the scenes and moods of the story, as well as good transitions to the next scenes (Pedroza).” This statement is true, through and through: Background instrumental music is hardly detectible in movies, but it can drive someone into emotions ranging from giggly to tears in a very short space of time. Howard Shore, the composer for the Lord of the Rings trilogy, is a master at his craft. “Recently declared the best musical score of all time, I'd have to agree. Howard Shore did such a wonderful job, using a flute, one of the oldest of instruments with a simple, lively melody to add to view of the simple, down to earth lives of the hobbits, or the grandeur of Moria, the elegance and age of the elves (Yu).” There are individual themes he wrote for the separate races and people: upbeat violins for the cheerful hobbits, mournful church-like choir music for the waning race of Elves, brassy horns for the Humans, a theme for the fellowship, a theme for Isenguard and the orcs. Another thing that only briefly concerns The Fellowship of the Ring: Unlike some movie sequels, Howard Shore kept the music themes in the other soundtracks, something that impressed me greatly. I have heard all three soundtracks and instead of throwing the old themes away, he kept them, expanded on them, and added other themes for new races introduced, writing darker music for the darker The Two Towers and grand, royal-worthy music for the aptly-named Return of the King. For the Extended Editions, Shore has actually gone back and written even more music for the new material. Such devotion and work really completes The Fellowship of the Ring, makes it fully complete and perfects it.
The ending of The Fellowship of the Ring is rather shocking if you haven’t read the books before viewing: It ends rather suddenly, with the death of Boromir, the kidnapping of Merry and Pippin by a band of orcs, Frodo and Sam on their way to Mordor, and Legolas, Gimli and Aragorn chasing after the orcs. In fact, on my first viewing in the theatre, someone a few rows ahead stood and yelled, “You mean I have to wait another [bleeping] year to see the rest!?” when his fellow moviegoer told him the bad news. However, instead of irritating viewers into not attending the next installment, it simply whets their appetite for more; in fact, attendance was higher for The Two Towers, Fellowship’s follow-up, than it was for the first movie. “It’s different from any movie ever made; Fellowship of the Ring’s conclusion is just how I envisioned it when I read the books—a promise of things to come (Pedroza).”
“A beautiful, glorious interpretation of The Fellowship of the Ring that would make Tolkien proud. It conveys the power and emotion and detail that Tolkien put into his works very well for any production. With so much that could make this movie fail, it surpassed all expectations (Yu).” This seems to be many people’s opinion on this movie, including critics—it was nominated for 13 Oscar awards, which it won four of, and has won and been nominated for numerous movie awards in Europe and Australia. It’s a classic movie, originated from a classic story. The only way I could see it being any better is if Tolkien had still been alive to direct it himself. Everything ties together in it, from the cast and crew to the outfits and make-up, the sets (CGI and otherwise), the music and editing, the writing and plotline. Another perk: Young children watching the movies can be encouraged to read the books, to dive into the world of Tolkien and other great literary works.
So this weekend, curl up with a bowl of popcorn and your family or friends, settle back with the remote and press play. Just make sure The Lord of the Rings is in your VCR first.
[ December 07, 2003, 05:30 AM: Message edited by: MaydayDesiax ]
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
Single digits. 9 days
msquared
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
quote:Black Rider: Have yu da wing?
quote:Lurtz's Head: 'Tis but a scratch. Aragorn: A scratch? Your head's off! Lurtz's Head: No it isn't. Aragorn: Look! Lurtz's Head: .....I've had worse. Aragorn: You liar! Lurtz's Head: C'mon, ye pansy!
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
It actually breaks my heart that someone submitted a movie review for her English final.
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
*spontaneously materializes*
I just bought my tickets for the midnight showing. Wahoo!!!
*poof!*
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Hey, if we're posting parodies, here are my two favorites from TTT.
Wait. It looks like the funny one has been condensed. I guess it's still funny.
[ December 08, 2003, 01:59 AM: Message edited by: Narnia ]
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
quote: SAM: There are good things in the world. And that's what we're protecting. And up there, it's their time, but down here, it's OUR time...
thanks, narnia.
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
8 days
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Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I can't stand that the full version of that parody isn't available any more. But, I was a dork and saved the whole thing in its entirety way back when it first came out. So, I'll just copy and paste it....HERE!!
CARADHRAS
GANDALF: Isn't it odd how we fell for about three miles, and yet we ended up on TOP of a mountain?
BALROG: Who cares. It's freaking cold up here. I give up.
GANDALF: Cool. I think I'll go buy myself something white. White is supposed to be the new black this year...
EMYN MUIL
SAM and FRODO are sitting together on a rock. SAM stretches, and drops his arm around FRODO's shoulders.
SAM: So, sir. Finally it's just you and me.
FRODO: "Finally"? What do you mean?
SAM: Oh, uh...nothing...
FRODO: Well, you're wrong. We've got company.
GOLLUM flies out of the rocks and pounces on FRODO.
SAM: Hey! Wait your turn!
SAM and FRODO tie up GOLLUM.
GOLLUM: No! Smeagol not into ropes, nassty kinky hobbitses.
FRODO: We just want you to take us to Mordor, you sicko.
GOLLUM: Mordor? Hobbitses having little Goth phase, maybe? Very angsssty, wanting to go to Mordor, yes yes. Can Smeagol offer black eyeliner to angsssty hobbitses?
SAM: You stop talking to Mr.--hmm. (to FRODO) You know, you wouldn't look half bad in eyeliner.
RIDDERMARK
EOMER: Hi! Okay, stop me if you've heard this one. An elf, a man, and a dwarf walk into the Riddermark...
LEGOLAS: Ooh! And the elf shoots arrows through this git who rides up on a horse. Yeah, I HAVE heard it! That's one of my favorites.
ARAGORN: Down, Legolas. Hey, have you folks seen a couple little guys, about this high..?
EOMER: Nope. Oh! Unless they were in that pile of corpses we burned.
ARAGORN: Thank you; that's...useful...
EOMER: Yeah; my bad. Here, have some horses.
FANGORN FOREST
MERRY: Yay! We escaped the Uruk-hai!
PIPPIN: Uh, Merry? That tree is checking you out.
TREEBEARD: Hoom! Furry lawn ornaments!
TREEBEARD picks up MERRY and PIPPIN and carts them off.
FANGORN FOREST (next day)
GANDALF: Hey, kids. Miss me?
ARAGORN: Gandalf! You're alive!
LEGOLAS: I almost had a facial expression from the joy of it!
EDORAS
LEMONLYE: A lot of political maneuvering takes place here. Let's see if I can summarize in ten lines or less.
THEODEN: I have ash all over my face and cannot speak for myself.
GRIMA: That's the way I like it.
GANDALF: Be blinded by my new robes! Recover your smooth complexion and your senses!
THEODEN: Hurrah! I am me again! But, damn, my son's dead.
GRIMA: Hmm. I better run.
ARAGORN: Good work, sire. Now collect your people and skedaddle to Helm's Deep.
EOWYN: Hal-lo, handsome!
ARAGORN: Hi. You handle pointy things very well.
EOWYN: Yes. My only fear is dying a virgin. Hint, hint.
ARAGORN: Okay! Well, let's move along.
EN ROUTE TO HELM'S DEEP
LEGOLAS: Wargs!
LEGOLAS and other warriors start slinging arrows and jumping onto horses.
GIMLI: What was that God-awful noise?
LEGOLAS: I'm guessing...wargs dying.
ARAGORN: Actually, it was Legolas's fangirl contingent, shrieking in delight at his horseback-riding tricks.
LEGOLAS: This is going to be most unpleasant. Hundreds of people will die.
ARAGORN: Thank you, Captain Obvious.
LEGOLAS: You're just jealous because I'm pretty.
ARAGORN: You're just jealous because I'm going to be king.
LEGOLAS: You can bite my ass.
ARAGORN: Hey, blow me.
(Ten minutes later)
LEGOLAS: I didn't mean that.
ARAGORN: It's okay. Me neither.
LEGOLAS: Kiss and make up?
ARAGORN: How about I squeeze your shoulder in a very special way?
FANGORN FOREST
PIPPIN: So we're STILL riding on this tree bloke's shoulders...
MERRY: Uh-huh. I have splinters in places you don't even want to imagine.
ITHILIEN
SAM seasons their rabbit stew as GOLLUM watches.
GOLLUM: Ssstupid fat hobbit! Using sage in stew like thisss!
SAM: What's your problem? Sage brings out the flavor.
GOLLUM: Smeagol would use nice mix of rosemary and lavender, yess, precious.
FRODO: Hey, you guys? Something's out there in the forest.
SAM: Rosemary? Hm, maybe. But you know what WOULD be good with this, is a basic bechamel sauce with some dill.
GOLLUM: Sssimple hobbit; anyone makesss bechamel. Vichyssoise much tastier and more difficult; yes...
FRODO: Hello? Guys? Seriously, someone's coming.
SAM: Now, if you only found us some eggs, I could make crepes, wrap up the meat, drizzle the juices over it with a little bit of blackcurrant chutney...
FRODO: Hey, you guys, look! It's Martha Stewart!
GOLLUM: Where?
SAM: Where?
FRODO: Now that I have your attention, may I point out the Oliphaunt that's about to step on us?
FARAMIR: Look! Strange little men! Let's take them home.
FARAMIR blindfolds SAM and FRODO and hauls them away.
HELM'S DEEP
ROHIRRIM GUARD: Sire, there are some really femmy people at the gate. They have bows.
ARAGORN: Those are Elves. Let them in.
ROHIRRIM GUARD: Oh! Elves! Wow, I didn't expect that.
PEOPLE WHO READ THE BOOK: Neither did I...
GIMLI: Arr! I'm funny because I'm short.
LEGOLAS: I'm funny because I make fun of how short you are!
HENNETH ANNUN
FARAMIR: So, who are you, exactly?
FRODO: I'm Frodo. This is Sam.
FARAMIR: Your...image consultant?
SAM: His gardener.
FARAMIR: Ohh, like in a 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' kind of way?
SAM: Exactly.
FRODO: Righ—What??
HELM'S DEEP
ARAGORN: This siege is lasting forever. These poor people...
LEGOLAS: We will fight to the death. We will not fail you.
ARAGORN: Oh, not you guys--I meant the audience.
GIMLI: Aragorn! Toss me!
ARAGORN: Um, is this really the time?
GIMLI: Yes! Toss me!
ARAGORN: Look, I don't think about you that way...
GIMLI: No, you freak, throw me onto the Orcs!
FANGORN FOREST
TREEBEARD: We have opted, hoom, not to do a damn thing.
PIPPIN: I didn't expect that.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE READ THE BOOK: Neither did I...
MERRY: Don't you even CARE? This is your planet too!
PIPPIN: You're very handsome when you yell at trees, Merry.
MERRY: Am I? Thanks.
TREEBEARD: Hoom, don't care. Taking you home.
PIPPIN: (to MERRY) Wait! I know. I'll bat my eyelashes at him.
MERRY: Good plan. I know *I* sure can't resist you when you do that. (winks at PIPPIN)
PIPPIN: (to TREEBEARD) Mr. Tree, sir, could you take us south, pleeeease?
TREEBEARD: Ooom....Damn it, hoom...how can I say no to those eyes.
OSGILIATH
FRODO puts on some black eyeliner, climbs to the top of a ruined building, and holds up the Ring. SAM pounces him and brings him tumbling down the stairs.
FRODO: Ow! Hey! That's it—this time I'm cutting your throat.
SAM: But Mr. Frodo...I was saving the world...you were going to give the Ring to that Nazgul...
FRODO: No, I wasn't. I was doing a lightning experiment.
SAM: Well, that's pretty stupid too, now isn't it.
FRODO: Hmm. I suppose so. Sorry, dude.
FRODO puts down the sword. SAM gets up and starts a speech.
SAM: There are good things in the world. And that's what we're protecting. And up there, it's their time, but down here, it's OUR time...
ISENGARD
TREEBEARD finds a field of stumps near SARUMAN's place.
TREEBEARD: What the bloody... ENTS! ATTACK!
MERRY: Once again, Pippin's wily eyelashes save the world.
PIPPIN: Aww, you're just saying that.
SAM (V.O.): ...And I have a dream that my eighteen children will one day live in a Shire where they will not be judged by the color of their teeth but by the content of their character...
HELM'S DEEP
GANDALF and EOMER and a few thousand ROHIRRIM come charging down and wipe out the rest of the ORC army. EOWYN and ARAGORN and LEGOLAS and GIMLI and THEODEN all cheer.
ARAGORN: Gandalf, finally!
GANDALF: Yes, my boy, I have come back.
ARAGORN: Took you freaking long enough.
SAM (V.O.): The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced...
FRODO (V.O.): Um...Sam...
ARAGORN: You know what would have been really cool, though...
EOWYN: What?
ARAGORN: An army of flesh-eating trees to destroy the Orcs who are running away.
AUDIENCE: Yeah, that would have been cool.
ISENGARD
TREEBEARD: Hey. We're busy flooding Isengard here. We can't be two places at once.
OSGILIATH
SAM: ...let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to-
FRODO: SAM!!
SAM: What?
FRODO: They're letting us go. Come on.
SAM: Oh. Oh, good.
EN ROUTE TO MORDOR
SAM: They're going to tell stories about you. Frodo the Incredibly Cute.
FRODO: Ordinarily I would tell you to stop hitting on me, but you've saved my life so many times now, I guess I'll settle for being uncomfortably flattered.
SAM: Cool. Oh, and by the way?
FRODO: Yes?
SAM: The tortured look really does work for you. Very hot.
FRODO: Aww, thanks. You deserve a special shoulder-squeeze for that.
SAM: Did you learn that move from Aragorn?
FRODO: Yeah. You like it?...
GOLLUM: (mumble, mumble)...Kill...(mumble)...death to hobbits...(mumble mumble)...feed them to HER...(mumble, mumble)...pain, suffering...(mumble)...make them cry...(mumble)...kill hobbitses...(mumble) ...she will destroy hobbitses...
PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK: (loudly) "SHE"? Did he say "she", and "her"? Who's "SHE"?
PEOPLE WHO HAVE READ THE BOOK: SHUT UP!
Posted by MaydayDesiax (Member # 5012) on :
I'm sorry I didn't specify earlier (thanks for brining up the point, Tom!) but we had to write a movie review FOR our final. As in, it was ASSIGNED. And the teacher SUGGESTED FotR.
[ December 08, 2003, 12:32 PM: Message edited by: MaydayDesiax ]
Posted by Abrynne (Member # 5826) on :
Found some mag stuff on the subject.. ***9 days***
I'm actually still crying from laughter from this review. This guy's done other reviews on AICN and they've all been hilarious.
Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :
holly Crap! That was the best review I've ever read on any movie, ever!
By the way, 7 days untill Wednesday! only 6 for all you trilogy tuesday jerks!
Posted by Foust (Member # 3043) on :
quote:At the same time, the two other midget-men and the giant hippies have seriously ****ed up that one evil guy’s tower (he was Count Duke in Star Wars: Every Cock in the Universe Up My Ass Part II), and they hook back up with Magneto, and also that chick with the bow and arrows and finally the Giant Midget with the Axe. Oh, and also that I Don’t Want to be the King/I Am Destined to Be the King Dude is with them, and he has this whole other story where he pretty much decides to be the King because, I mean, pussy for miles. This is where I started getting really confused, though, because they start talking about kingdoms and alliances and there’s a lot of lines like, “Rohan shall ride!” and “Gondor still stands!” and “Flabadan Son of Rectum must wear the mantle of Bloggith!” and also there’s some shit with the elves that’s like being in a ****ing candle store for twenty minutes.
Okay, that review really did make me l out l.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Awesome clip!!!!!
I also liked this (edited for obscenitiy)quote from that funny review.
quote: Someone told me that all of the spider stuff actually happens in the second book in the series, and that they had to tweak some of the stuff that happens in the books to make the movies work. You know what? Good. Books suck. They used to be good back when people didn’t have movies and TV and dressed like Davey Crockett. People also used to ride horses and drink tea, but now we have cars and Sprite. Move the XXX on. Peter Jackson did an amazing job adapting these books, and now the movies are so kick-XXX that some people are going to go back and READ the books, which wouldn’t have happened if he’d just filmed the books exactly as they are. Happy now, smarty?
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
That clip was so cool! ( "fool of a Took!" ) I can't wait to see the movie! 7 days...
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Hey if you look at the NZ premiere pics, there is in the mix a shot of Hugo Weaving like he should have looked in the movie. In my opinion he's a lot more elven there.
AJ
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
quote: SAMWISE: That ''Weasel Feet'' would be a good name for a rock band?
FRODO: Yes, as would ''Kung Fu Trees'' and ''Combat Alfalfa.'' But my point is that the forces of Evil have been let loose upon the land
I love Dave Barry!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Ditto!! My sister and I still quote the "combat alfalfa" line.
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
5 days
msquared
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
4 days
msquared
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
Is anyone else here going to the Baltimore showing?
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
Less than 96 hours until Trilogy Tuesday starts.
msquared
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
83 hours
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Wow...it just gets more and more obsessive!!
3 days
(It's about 108 hours until the 2:40pm showing on the the 17th...for which Abrynne and I have tickets!)
Posted by ana kata (Member # 5666) on :
Four days for me, until the showing Wednesday afternoon for which we have tickets.
Those of you who see it before then, please list ALL the differences from the book for me as soon as possible. I want to know in advance, so I don't waste precious time going, "NO WAY! WHY? WHY?", when I should be enjoying the visuals.
[ December 13, 2003, 01:43 PM: Message edited by: ana kata ]
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
*leaves to go watch TTT-EE in theater* Posted by ana kata (Member # 5666) on :
Just to whet appetites further, NPR did a great segment on LotR , and there are juicy interviews with Peter Jackson, Sean Astin, and Ian McKellan linked as well as lots of other yummy background stuff. Check out this great weekend edition segment with a couple of video store clerks talking about the hilarious low budget stuff Peter Jackson did before Lord of the Rings. I've just got to watch "Meet the Feebles" after this.
On second thought, I don't think my stomach is strong enough.
[ December 13, 2003, 05:53 PM: Message edited by: ana kata ]
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
75 1/2 hrs... Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
2 days
msquared
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
62 hrs and 45 min
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
1 day folks!!!
Trilogy Tuesday starts tomorrow. yippeee!!! (even though SOME of us have to wait until premiere Wednesday, so it makes 2 days for me.)
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
Hey Narnia, I have that parody saved too. AND TERRIBLE NEWS ALERT! They cut Imrahil (Prince of Dol Amroth) He's one of my favorite guys, cummon we are going to lose the charge of the swan knights to save Faramir! Grargh!
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
27.5 hours for me! I can't handle the excitement! AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
Less than 24 hours until I am in line.
I need to get in line so that I can get a good seat.
msquared
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
24 hours until Trilogy Tuesday starts where I am.
1:15PM
msquared
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
Ack, must have ROTK, have tickets 12:01 showing, ack!
Posted by Tresopax (Member # 1063) on :
I got my 12:05 tickets last night.
BTW, Return of the King just won the film of the year award from the normally artsy-fartsy New York Film Critics. Oscar anyone?
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
Yes but we Trilogy Tuesday people will be watching ROTK starting at around 10:15PM. We will be almost through the movie before you lesser people are graced with it.
msquared
Posted by ana kata (Member # 5666) on :
Two days for me.
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
NO Mquared, because we "lesser people" will rise up and kill you "greater people" and take your tickets, even if it means using a pickaxe!
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
You will have to find me first, and battle your way through my wife. Good luck.
msquared
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
I will use my pickaxe, and you will fall like an Orc running off of a very sharp cliff onto pointy rocks.
[ December 15, 2003, 04:19 PM: Message edited by: Rhaegar The Fool ]
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
Your pick axe will brake itself upon my wife and then she will scream at you and your ears will bleed and your eyes will burst.
msquared
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
Then I will just have to sick my Orlando Bloom obsessed 17 year old sister on her, no one can face that, except another Orlnado Bloom obsessed 17 yr. old girl.
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
Ah ha, I have you beat there two. My brothers 16 1/2 year old daughter will be there( I bought their tickets at the same time.)
I have matched you strike for strike. You are defeated. Go back to the 12:01 showing where you belong. YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!!!!!!
msquared
[ December 15, 2003, 04:25 PM: Message edited by: msquared ]
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
Sorry, thirty odd Eowyn obsessed acne faced teenage males stand with me, and then about ten 17 year old Orland Bloom obsessed girls. Hah! Go back to whence you came, spawn of math facts!
[ December 15, 2003, 04:28 PM: Message edited by: Rhaegar The Fool ]
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
Less than twelve hours...
Goodnight everybody. And have fun tomorrow!
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
14 hours! 14 hours!
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
You all stink! I still have a whole day!!
Have a blast though. May your butts fall fast asleep and the all circulation to your big toes cease!!
Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :
11 hours 20 minutes till Trilogy Tuesday!!! 22 hours 20 minutes till RotK! Satyagraha
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
I was thinking about seeing it this weekend, if we have time; we've got some Christmas parties to go to. But maybe.
Posted by raphael (Member # 5870) on :
oh gosh , Im dying to see it- but all my friends are so not exited about going and don't want to go to the first show!!!!! (we do have 3 tests the day after .. but who the hell cares?)
I would go alone but thats no fun. Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
Tom, your an idiot... waiting till the weekend... sheesh.
Posted by Ron Lambert (Member # 2872) on :
Why do some of you want to diminish your enjoyment of ROTK? Why watch it at the 12:01 AM showing, having to fight sleep and making the sign of the cross to ward off vampires (and other weirdos) at that hour?
Is it really worth it to say you saw it at the very first possible showing? Well, too bad, some movie critics have already seen it. In fact, I think it opened some time ago in New Zealand. So you can't be first. You will have gone to the zombie showing for nothing.
I will watch at the first daytime showing, at 11:00 A.M. in one of my area's premiere theatres, so I can thoroughly enjoy it.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Word.
I told Abrynne that if she went at midnight, she'd be going alone. I didn't think I'd enjoy it that much by the time 3:30am rolled around.
We have tickets for a 2:40 pm showing tomorrow.
(this is just to make myself feel better for not getting the EE marathon tickets. I probably WOULD have done that had I the chance.)
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
<--- College student.
3:30 Is NOTHING. One of my friends is going directly from the Midnight showing to a plane, and then across country. Poor sucker. Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
Leaving in about 5 minutes.
By saturday they had already sold out 6 out of 8 screens for the midnight showing.
Posted by MaydayDesiax (Member # 5012) on :
::super jealous of Bernard:: Not only did he get to go to the trilogy showing, but he ALSO gets to see RotK two hours before midnight! Sigh... And I'm going to go see it after the rush, maybe next weekend, if I'm not working.
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
10:10 pm PST. Time to line up for LOTR in Westwood. Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Yeehee!! I hope you're having fun! I've got about 12 more hours until I get in line!! Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
*sniffle* I'll miss this thread. It's been a good friend.
But! Good news. Some of us have already seen it, some of us are going to see it within 24 hours...and we need room for the review threads.
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Not only that, but the theater I'm seeing it at a theater that's about a 1 to 1 1/2 hour drive from here. So that means I'm going to spend an entire day watching movies, get maybe four hours of sleep, and then have to get a ride home to take my final. Fun, huh?
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