View Full Version : LOTR - a time survey
Retired Bookworm
08-07-2002, 02:13 PM
Obviously I'm a nut for LOTR. :D
WOOHOO #100 Post!
Wolverine
08-07-2002, 02:15 PM
It's only a wait until November 12 for the extended version. I think I will be waiting until then. This way it will be a post exam present to myself. If I buy it before then I may be tempted to blow off studying too much and watch the DVD!
Retired Bookworm
08-07-2002, 02:20 PM
I fully intend to memorize every line in the movie then play it in the backgroud while I study. When the movie is over, 3 hours of study are up. :D
Besides, I just got connected with component video. :tup:
This will earn me such a bad rep here but honestly I never read the books growing up so I didn't see the movie either. Feel free to blast me below..... :oops:
Maxine
08-07-2002, 02:50 PM
This will earn me such a bad rep here but honestly I never read the books growing up so I didn't see the movie either. Feel free to blast me below..... :oops:
I hadn't read them either, and saw the movie because what I wanted to see was sold out. But, it was *excellent* and the bh and I agreed to see the next one when it comes out.
This will earn me such a bad rep here but honestly I never read the books growing up so I didn't see the movie either. Feel free to blast me below..... :oops:
I hadn't read them either, and saw the movie because what I wanted to see was sold out. But, it was *excellent* and the bh and I agreed to see the next one when it comes out.
I can always count on you to back me up, Maxine. :) Based on your recommendation, I'll go for the DVD rental then. :)
ThE BlacK ScoRpioN
08-07-2002, 02:54 PM
This will earn me such a bad rep here but honestly I never read the books growing up so I didn't see the movie either. Feel free to blast me below..... :oops:
I like you even more now :D
Always REFUSED to read it. Avoided the D&D table in the high school cafeteria like the plague as well. Reasoning was simple:
20 guys gathered at one table talking about black magic = Higher Chick ratio on other tables.
I like you even more now :D
:oops: whooooooooooooooooooo :kiss:
Avoided the D&D table in the high school cafeteria like the plague as well. Reasoning was simple:
20 guys gathered at one table talking about black magic = Higher Chick ratio on other tables.
:lol: you CLEARLY can do math. ;)
ThE BlacK ScoRpioN
08-07-2002, 02:59 PM
:lol: you CLEARLY can do math. ;)
Let's just say that in High school, I REALLY needed to put all the odds on my side... :)
put me to sleep -- gimme Princess Bride
This will earn me such a bad rep here but honestly I never read the books growing up so I didn't see the movie either. Feel free to blast me below..... :oops:
I hadn't read them either, and saw the movie because what I wanted to see was sold out. But, it was *excellent* and the bh and I agreed to see the next one when it comes out.
I haven't read any of the books or seen the movie. I just don't have any interest in it.
However, my mother went to see the first movie and she said there were a couple of good-looking guys in it, so she plans to see the second. :D
Polly Nomial
08-07-2002, 04:13 PM
Darn! None of my kids live at home! I might have to come up with a new excuse for buying it!
Dr T Non-Fan
08-07-2002, 04:41 PM
Didn't see the movie, never have read the books. Not a big reader, but I'm getting the hang of it.
I have a friend with the trilogy. Perhaps I'll borrow it from him. Then I'll borrow the DVD from him as well.
Never read the books. No interest. Saw the movie. Didn't like it. I wished I had a remote control with me so I could fast forward to the end to see how they destroyed the ring. Well, found out, much to my chagrin, that I have to watch two more movies to do so. Saw the preview the other day . I think I will skip the second and maybe watch the third just to find out what happened to the ring. Unless someone in this forum is nice enough to tell me what happened at the end. :)
Retired Bookworm
08-07-2002, 06:30 PM
adip: You seem to be the trend setter, you might actually convince people to stop liking LOTR.
Scorp: High-school cafeteria was always a bad place to meet girls. School lunches needs to go on the "Thoughts that kill the mood" survey. As for improving the odds, you chose math, wasn't looking good to start with. :D
Polly: How about this excuse: Tolkien passed away years ago, so this movie counts as "classic literature." Your kids will forgive you.
DTNF: I convinced my boss to do that exact thing. He refused to see the movie until he read the books. He wasn't disappointed.
Ling: The ring is destroyed by a genetically spliced T-Rex after it sinks on a ship in the Atlantic. But not before the Death Star is completed and used to make crop circles in Fargo. I could be wrong, it's been a few years since I read the books. :wink:
Troy McClure
08-07-2002, 08:49 PM
Bought the book when the movie came out, but haven't finished it yet. Plan to finish it before the second movie comes out (when?), so that I can read the first book, then watch the first movie, then watch the secodn. Any chance the first movie will be re-released in the theaters before the second comes out?
oldgirl
08-07-2002, 10:32 PM
Tried to read the books when I was a kid and was unsuccessful. I pretty much got lost in the story by the 2nd book back then. Then I saw a couple lame versions of the story and kinda sparked my interest again.
Read the books last year (before the movie) and really liked it. Thought the movie was cool except for the ending and the presence of Liv Tyler (oh, puleez!). And the two really hunky guys in it I consider an extra treat :P We're waiting till Nov. for the special edition DVD.
Totally looking forward to the next one. The preview gave me chills.
adip: You seem to be the trend setter, you might actually convince people to stop liking LOTR.
Sorry Casual Bookworm, wasn't trying to convince others. :oops:
Retired Bookworm
08-08-2002, 11:37 AM
adip: You seem to be the trend setter, you might actually convince people to stop liking LOTR.
Sorry Casual Bookworm, wasn't trying to convince others. :oops:
That's alright... just go rent the movie so that the weak minded can start liking the story again. I'm counting on you. :wink:
Daria
08-08-2002, 12:39 PM
I've been meaning to read the books. I've had them since last winter. I don't think I'll get to it until after exams.
As for the DVD, I'm going to rent it sometime in the next few months before the 2nd one comes out, to remind me of where we left off in the 1st movie. I'm not buying it until all 3 are out, and they put out the "Extra Special Edition Box Set".
Han Solo
08-08-2002, 12:43 PM
I haven't read the books since I was a kid, though I remember liking it then. I've been meaning to reread them, too, but the all the Course 5 reading seems to be getting in the way of my pleasure-reading lately.
Ozric Tentacles
08-08-2002, 12:52 PM
Never read the books. I tried once but then I noticed that - in that edition at least - the appendix took up about a third of the thickness. There was no way I was about to put THAT much effort into a book, much less three.
I saw the movie a couple weeks after it came out. It was good, but my wife describes it as "stressful", something she doesn't like. She, like Ling, was also frustrated that there was little resolution at the end. I thought she understood it was supposed to be a trilogy, but she didn't remember after all.
This summer, while we were on vacation, we stopped at the SuperWalmart in Hays, KS (BFE!!!), to get some drinks/snacks for the cooler, and I decided to buy the first two books there (the latest paperback edition with the movie snapshots on the cover). I'm slightly more than half-way through Fellowship, and don't plan on reading Two Towers until I've seen the movie, mostly because of the parts that aren't in the movie. I'd rather see part of the story and have something new to look forward to in the book than have read the full version and THEN see the edited-down-to-2.5-hours version and be frustrated with the accelerated pacing.
Speaking of, Peter Jackson really cut a lot out of the book! I mean, I know he had to, and I don't fault him for it, but wow! I guess a better way to put it is, the first book could have been a trilogy in and of itself, but it would have been MUCH more drawn out and nap-inducing. Without PJ's treatment, it's definitely a better book than movie. PJ's adaptation and pacing give it a more theater-appropriate sense of urgency.
P.S.: Oh, and this latest edition puts the appendix at the end of Book III, so I can blow it off until after I've read the whole bloody thing! :-)
P.P.S.: Oh, and I plan to get the extended edition in November. :-D
I expected some resolution at the end, some satisfaction. This movie just ended without really an ending of some sort. Unlike the Harry Potter books, where each book ends with a resolution of the conflict in that specific book. There is satisfaction at the end. Good guys beat bad guys, even though we know Voldemort is coming back.
This is how I felt when I watched the movie: after the main characters left their village, it was just ugly monsters, fighting, more ugly monsters, more fighting, oh no, not more ugly monsters, then, huh, its over??????
Retired Bookworm
08-08-2002, 02:16 PM
Ozric, as for cutting a lot of parts out, they certainly did much better than the original cartoon. :wink: In that version, they cut two books into 1.5 hours.
Ling, don't think of it as a series (like Potter), more like a mini-series. Ever see "V"? It seemed to go on endlessly, everything coming to a grand finale at the end. The breaks at the end of the first two books are to keep you asking.
:D
RiSK kid
08-08-2002, 02:24 PM
I expected some resolution at the end, some satisfaction. This movie just ended without really an ending of some sort. Unlike the Harry Potter books, where each book ends with a resolution of the conflict in that specific book. There is satisfaction at the end. Good guys beat bad guys, even though we know Voldemort is coming back.
This is how I felt when I watched the movie: after the main characters left their village, it was just ugly monsters, fighting, more ugly monsters, more fighting, oh no, not more ugly monsters, then, huh, its over??????
I totally agree. I was falling asleep during the movie. I thought it was so long and so BORING :shake: Same thing over and over.
But at least I'm not the only one who thought it sucked. I'm not alone. Yeah.
Now, im gonna get crucified on this thread. That's okay I can take it...
I think. :D
Well, Casual Bookworm, I'm just going to have to do a "Bart Simpson" on you:
Me: Can you tell me the ending?
CB: No
Me: Can you tell me the ending?
CB: No
Me: Can you tell me the ending?
CB: No
Me: Can you tell me the ending?
CB: Okay!!!!!!
oldgirl
08-08-2002, 02:45 PM
After my last comment, I went home and guess what? The hubby went out and bought the DVD! He such a LOTR fan; he couldn't help himself. He's still going to buy the SE in Nov as well.
I should point out the LoTR DVD is just $15.99 at BestBuy.com with free shipping, AND you get a $10 off coupon for another DVD.
Retired Bookworm
08-08-2002, 03:06 PM
Well, Casual Bookworm, I'm just going to have to do a "Bart Simpson" on you:
:lol: This almost sounds good enough for a new survey, what do you think? Should I or should I not reveal the secret ending to Ling? :P
Can you tell me the ending?
Can you tell me the ending?
Can you tell me the ending?
Can you tell me the ending?
Can you tell me the ending?
Can you tell me the ending?
Can you tell me the ending?
Can you tell me the ending?
Ozric Tentacles
08-08-2002, 03:11 PM
Well, Casual Bookworm, I'm just going to have to do a "Bart Simpson" on you:
:lol: This almost sounds good enough for a new survey, what do you think? Should I or should I not reveal the secret ending to Ling? :PLing... the good guys win. At least, the ones who are still alive. That's all I know, and probably more than CB is willing to tell you. ;-)
Dr T Non-Fan
08-08-2002, 03:12 PM
My brother, a self-described film critic, didn't like it either. He's been off on his reviews lately, though. Also, he works for a major movie studio (in video QC), so he's biased toward that particular studio.
What happened to the ring?
What happened to the ring?
What happened to the ring?
What happened to the ring?
What happened to the ring?
What happened to the ring?
What happened to the ring?
What happened to the ring?
(Thank goodness for C&P.)
Retired Bookworm
08-08-2002, 03:16 PM
The ring is now making appearances on Victoria's Secret runways.
The ring is now making appearances on Victoria's Secret runways.
What, more ugly monsters? :)
Retired Bookworm
08-08-2002, 04:47 PM
The ring is now making appearances on Victoria's Secret runways.
What, more ugly monsters? :)
Compared to the runways of the RF, yes. :wink:
Captain America
08-14-2002, 07:22 AM
I read 'The Hobbit' as a kid and loved it. Read it a few more times. Anyone heard why they skipped that one?
Retired Bookworm
08-15-2002, 02:38 PM
I read 'The Hobbit' as a kid and loved it. Read it a few more times. Anyone heard why they skipped that one?
It was more geared towards children. It is also the only book that has a decent complete movie about it already. I suspect, though, that the money will be there to do it after they are done with the trilogy.
Aragorn II
08-20-2002, 05:12 PM
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Retired Bookworm
08-20-2002, 05:21 PM
That's just wrong...:lol:
Boilermaker
08-20-2002, 08:47 PM
I'm waiting until I get a TV worthy of the movie. That will be a couple months (after exams maybe?).
Klaymen
08-21-2002, 02:28 AM
Add me to the group of people that didn't think LotR the movie was anything great.
:shake:
It was a decent movie - I would give it 3.0 or 3.5 stars out of 4.0 maybe. The next one looks to be better though.
It doesn't help that there are two more movies until the end is resolved, that tends to make the movie a bit less satisfying. Sells tickets soon.
Well Maxine and I rendevouzed in a little theatre in Baltimore last weekend and finally saw LOTR. We didn't like it then either, but the city was great. :D
Maxine
08-21-2002, 10:44 AM
:D
Quasi
08-22-2002, 10:47 AM
I love the books but wasn't in love with the movie. I did like seeing someone else's vision of the characters and all....and I'm sure I'll see the other two movies.
I think that you either love those sorts of books or you can't understand them at all. Doesn't seem like the sort of thing you can acquire a taste for IMO.
BTW - I was first introduced to the books in a high school contemporary literature class. Having a teacher explain the background and a lot that is included in The Simarilion (sp?) and the appendix was very helpful.
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