I think I am going to force my hubby to take me to see it a second time, once his Call schedule ends.
I knew nothing of LotR before the movie, so it basically played like a well-thought-out D&D adventure to me. Which shouldn't surprise, because I keep hearing that D&D was made after Tolkein's work...
Boy was I mad when the movie ended where it did. I had no warning except that my brother had told me that he "was freaking mad at Tolkein for that ending. So much so that I threw the book across the room". I can understand that. I want to see the next one. NOW. ;)
Well, I read the books, and I think they did a really good job of getting across all of the really important stuff in the first one, considering how much they had to chop out to make it only three hours long. Believe me, there is still a _lot_ of story to go ... the march to Isengard, the journey into Mordor, actually meeting Gollum, Shelob's lair, the redemption of Gondor, Aragorn's journey on the Paths of the Dead...
I don't know how much was chopped, but they did a great version of making the story flow, and making the traveling scenes not too long.
I don't think the movie would have been nearly as cool without Legolas walking on the snow and the dwarf (what was his name?) plowing through it. That is one of many scenes I vow to keep closer attention on when I see it next.
I'm very glad there is a lot more story to go. These people seem to want to do the fantasy movie right, and I like that.
Wonder what they'd do with the Chronicles of Narnia? We could hope that someone is seriously thinking of it out there. After all, if people like Harry Potter, they'd probably like the world of Narnia, too...
The dwarf is Gimli, IIRC. The main part that they cut out that I remember, is meeting Tom Bombadil, and the barrow wights. Which was a cool part, but sort of a sidetrack to the overall plot. It worked fine in the book, but I can see why they would leave it out of the movie. -TG
Actually, I have something Tolkein in my possessions, I just haven't gotten around to reading it. The first Tolkein I read was very dense prose, and I just couldn't slog through it. Maybe I've got the attention span for it now.
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Date: 2001-12-28 08:36 pm (UTC)I knew nothing of LotR before the movie, so it basically played like a well-thought-out D&D adventure to me. Which shouldn't surprise, because I keep hearing that D&D was made after Tolkein's work...
Boy was I mad when the movie ended where it did. I had no warning except that my brother had told me that he "was freaking mad at Tolkein for that ending. So much so that I threw the book across the room". I can understand that. I want to see the next one. NOW. ;)
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Date: 2001-12-29 12:51 pm (UTC)I am SO jazzed!
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Date: 2001-12-29 04:20 pm (UTC)I don't think the movie would have been nearly as cool without Legolas walking on the snow and the dwarf (what was his name?) plowing through it. That is one of many scenes I vow to keep closer attention on when I see it next.
I'm very glad there is a lot more story to go. These people seem to want to do the fantasy movie right, and I like that.
Wonder what they'd do with the Chronicles of Narnia? We could hope that someone is seriously thinking of it out there. After all, if people like Harry Potter, they'd probably like the world of Narnia, too...
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Date: 2001-12-31 08:40 am (UTC)