Return of the King

[aaglo]

Seeing the trailer in your pc is one thing... seeing it in a big screen is completely different

[Theben]

It sure is...8 dollars different.

[aaglo]

you're absolutely right.

[OldWarrior_42]

Saw this movie last night. It was fantastic , except abit drawn out at the end.

I still recomend it highly. Hope you all enjoy it as I did.

[gopher]

Originally posted by Theben

In the books Eomer was in Helm's Deep during the seige. Gandalf got another army of Rohirrim riders to lift the seige. In addition (and more importantly) the Ents sent a few hundred Huorns to Helm's Deep (mobile trees), and the Uruk-hai weren't as fearless in the books as the movie. They broke and fled when Gandalf appeared and the troops rallied in the fortress, and fled thru the forest of Huorns, which slaughtered every last orc that passed thru.
As for the movie, I just assume that with Gandalf leading the charge he somehow made the pikes ineffective. The glowing light and all.

In the movie,Gandalf's light made all the orcs try to sheild their eyes, in doing so, the orcs all pulled their pikes up. Watch TTT, it is very evident.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Theben

and who is Solomon? Is he the enemy wizard?

Solomon was a Judaic king.
Saurman was the original leader of the White Council, which was a guild of wizards (ishtari actually, a special type of wizard, 1000's of years old) only 3 were mentioned in the books. Radagast the Brown was the other.

[pedant]There were five Istari (wizards - Warren Beatty was not involved) Saruman, Gandalf, Radagast, and two "blue" wizards who went east and fell out of history - thats in Unfinished Tales. [/pedant]

[pedant]And Sauron was originally a Maia, an ancient god, but much less powerful than the Valar. The Balrog was also a Maia.[/pedant]

The Istari are also Maiar IIRC.

[Agathon]

DP

[Agathon]

TP !

[Theben]

Alright, alright, I heard you the 1st time!

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Theben
Alright, alright, I heard you the 1st time!

My browser kept telling me it couldn't make a connection.

Go on, laugh.

[GePap]

The only thing of Tolkien I have read is the Silmarillion (sp). I think the movies have been very well done, and not having read the book I don't have to compare. Off course, I don't judge movies by who faithful they are to the book-different medium, different judgement.

[Q Classic]

i tried reading the silmarillion, but i couldn't finish it.

[chequita guevara]

PJ has said he would be interested in doing The Hobbit but New Line hasn't approached him about it yet and the legal issues around it are somewhat complex.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
PJ has said he would be interested in doing The Hobbit but New Line hasn't approached him about it yet and the legal issues around it are somewhat complex.

Yeah, Saul Zaentz already owned the rights to LOTR but I don't know who has the ones for The Hobbit. There was a bad cartoon version of it some years ago.

It will be difficult to film faithfully since it's really a children's book. Many people who enjoyed LOTR would not enjoy a faithful version of The Hobbit, and a version similar in style to LOTR would be rather dark and remove some of the book's charm.

I hope they make it and keep Bilbo's singing taunts as he attacks the spiders. Those always make me laugh.

[Mercator]

Re: Return of the King

Originally posted by DanS
And here's Queen Margrethe II of Denmark taking in the movie. I must say that as a confirmed Republican, all this royalty stuff is starting to wear on my nerves.

I bet Viggo was the only one bowing. He's half Danish.

I'm not sure if I'd want to see The Hobbit turned into a movie. The book isn't as long as LOTR though, so there's less to screw up.