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#106559 12/22/02 03:56 PM
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I just got back from the movies! I just saw lord of the rings 2:two towers and I have to say it is even better than the first!!! And golem is well cool!C'mon peeps! Come onto this convo and tell me what you thought of it!!! In a couple of hours I will do some reviews on here and I want you guys to reply agreeing or disagreeing with what I sed or just to say "HI" if you want too! Hopefully I'll run into some of my new friends on here too! Speak to you all very soon! And if you dont reply until after x-mas, then have a very mary x-mas and new year!
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#106560 12/22/02 10:30 PM
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I loved it personally. I just got back from my second time seeing the movie... this time with a group of all girls, and all big fans of the books. These, along with other classics like the Narnia series, A Wrinkle in Time, the Hitchiker Guide series, and Ender's Game were what we grew up on!

I've always been a fan of Tolkien's work... you can see his love of culture, linguistics and anthropology in everything he does. It's the kind of movie that really encourages kids to go straight to the books afterwards too... and everything about the series has the feel of "true mythology".

I am so happy that it took this many years to find someone like Peter Jackson, who actually did this classic story justice, along with his great cast and special effects team. Gollum was great! Best facial expressions on a computer animated character I've ever seen, it gets beyond the old ideas of CGI limitations. Oh, and the purist fans of LOTR won't be disappointed, there were many lines that were completely unchanged from book to screenplay, and almost all the set and character design was based very literally on Tolkien's original words or the original illustrations of Alan Lee and John Howe. I only just saw the 3 hour movie, and it made me want to curl up with the last book,The Return of the King, and reread it tonight. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I recommend this movie to anyone who's a fan of the genre, and many who aren't!

PS: Parents, I probably would just beware of taking kids under 10 to it, though. There are a lot of violent fight scenes in it.


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#106561 12/23/02 05:30 AM
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Well said Pandora!! I couldnt agree with you more! I am looking forward to watching the old cartoon of lord of the rings. I havent seen it since I was about 5.Pandora, what is your favourite movie of all time?

#106562 12/23/02 09:32 AM
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I have to say I wasn't impressed. There were too many changes from the book. Where'd those Elves come from?

I did like Gollum.

#106563 12/23/02 04:19 PM
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I thought the film was amazing, well done Peter Jackson!

I thought the film was just as good as the Fellowship. I was suprised to see the elves at Helm's Deep, I thought it was a little strange but I don't think it spoilt the film. Gollum, the ents and all the battle scenes were wonderful.

Very good film however I think the third, Return of the King, will be the best. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />


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#106564 12/23/02 05:46 PM
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When I think about it, I agree with Yuna here. I think I found two towers more exciting but fellowship had all the main characters fighting and working together.I haven't read any of the books so its all new to me <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> I think it was very good when frodo and sam fall asleep and you see gullem have his first scizo conversation. That was very good! And...(I'm ashamed! I cant remember what the main dwarf is called!)...he is very funny and made the film quite humouress! <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

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Main Dwarf = Gimli, he and Legolas are great together! Gimli is very cool, Anton <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Gollum's crazy conversation is very good too. The battle at Helm's Deep is probable my favourite part of the film. Especially when Legolas slides down some steps on a shield and kills some orcs - that was very cool


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#106566 12/24/02 01:55 PM
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Yeah, thats probably my fave part too! I did like the part when the tree came together and joined in with the battle with the orcs! That was really good! <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Did you say that in the books the elves never came to helm deeps battle?

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I haven't seen LOTR TT yet..

#106568 12/27/02 09:01 AM
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You really should, although the fellowship werent together anymore so I thought it was better when they were altogether.

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Like the first film, i think the second film was a brilliant masterpeice!!! <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> . It rocked! I saw it twice and would still love to see it again.I also think that Gollum has been the biggest advance in cgi's since Star Wars:The Phantom Menace.his script is perfect. He looks so real, that at some points he is almost frightneing eek

I got the PS2 game for christmas and love it immensly! I actualy found these forums while looking for tips on the "Gap of Rohan" Level.

I would really like to thank LISA SHEA for her help.
Without her, I would still be shooting futile arrows at that loser riding the big hairy rat <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Anyways, have a good holiday all and best wishes for lisa!

Cya


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#106570 12/27/02 09:30 PM
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You're right. Lisa is the best. For those who don't know her, Lisa is the mastermind around Bella who allows all of us hosts to play here.

My King in Exile, stick around and enjoy. We are a friendly lot. You might only find lamas bread to eat, but a little wine has been shared in the past. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

#106571 12/28/02 05:27 PM
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Anton, I don't remember the elves fighting the battle at Helms Deep, nobody I know who has read the book remembers the arrival of elves either. I am quite sure that it didn't happen in the book. However I thought it was very cool when the elves came and kicked some Orc butt! <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Very cool!

Anyhoo, what scenes does everybody else like?

By the way, Lisa is great! <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />


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#106572 12/29/02 07:05 PM
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All hail lisa!(hey yuna, this sound famillia?)

#106573 12/29/02 10:26 PM
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Hello! The Two Towers is my favorite movie of all time!! I love battle scenes and Frodo is soooooo adorable and Aragorn is awesome! and hot for a man 30 years older then me <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> im a huge fan of Lord of the Rings movies and books. I thought they did a fantastic job! there were parts different from the book but i thought it was more interesting and exciting with them.

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Ah yes, the elves... for those of you who haven't read the book, they are right, they weren't at Helm's Deep. I took this as just some artistic license that PJ took, and it didn't bother me... there were a few changes, but I thought he stayed true to most of the character and spirit of the book. I guess he put the elves there to show that the old alliances of free peoples of Middle Earth were coming together again, so I was OK with it.. I noticed a few other things too, but attributed it to the difficulty of translating a 400 pg book into a 3 hour movie... wasn't really looking for a literal every-detail-included movie... I think that would have been too much for the big screen!

What DID bug me was that they had to kill off Haldir, one of my favorite characters, in the movie! Probably a disappointment only surpassed when I found out that Craig Parker, the cute Kiwi who plays him, is quite openly gay, hehe. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> Guess you can't win 'em all!

PS: Anton--I personally found the cartoon version of LOTR to be not what I was hoping for, but you judge for yourself. I probably would rent it rather than buy it first. As for fave movie... hmm, that's tough. I like a lot of different genres so my old time favorites might include stuff like The Graduate, Dangerous Liaisons & American Beauty. I think it's hard to find a good intelligent sci-fi these days, don't you? In that category, movies like Blade Runner, Brazil, Gattaca and The Matrix (the 2nd Matrix is another movie I'll be standing in long lines for this summer, I'm sure!)


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What about the trees? That was 1 of my favorite parts. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

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Yes, the Ents were cool <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />


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