Eli26
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Hey, I am keeping up with the festive spirits that is the Holiday season and the Hobbit! There are trolls in the film, no?
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Hey, I am keeping up with the festive spirits that is the Holiday season and the Hobbit! There are trolls in the film, no?
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This is the worst scene ever. Mute the sound, because the user managed to make a bad scene even worse. I don't have anything against the epilogue (well, apart from THAT scene). It's the use of fade outs and music that keep making it feel like it's ending that annoy me. That's bad editing and it's uncharacteristic of the rest of the trilogy.
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Eh, I don't understand what's wrong with that scene within the context of the story and entire film. On it's own? Yeah, it's pretty cheesy but,
1. It opens up the same way it did in Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo awakening in high contrast light with Gandalf at his side
2. Old friends greeting Frodo, after thinking he died
Over the course of two films the Fellowship had been separated, gone their separate ways. In terms of film, how else do you present the group meeting again for the first time? Gandalf is there again, watching Frodo. Frodo thought he died in film one. So his surprised look is a natural one.
He hasn't seen his two buddies for two films. Last time he saw them, they were being chased by Uruk-Hai and could have been most likely captured and dead. From Merry and Pippin's perspective, Frodo could have died on his journey to Mount Doom, and they haven't seen their friend for two films.
Gimli is just being Gimli.
Legolas is just being Legolas.
Aragorn is just being Aragorn.
Sam comes in. He's been Frodo's bodyguard/friend and ally the entire series. Even after being told to go home, he stuck by his friend's side. There's an unspoken understanding there. None of the other members of the Fellowship have gone what they've gone through with Gollum, Sauron, Mordor etc.
Only thing missing is mention of Boromir or something.
Not sure how else that scene could play. Yeah it's a little upbeat, and the fade to black, trick endings are annoying, but the scene itself? I don't see anything terribly wrong with it. How else are the characters supposed to act.
1. It opens up the same way it did in Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo awakening in high contrast light with Gandalf at his side
2. Old friends greeting Frodo, after thinking he died
Over the course of two films the Fellowship had been separated, gone their separate ways. In terms of film, how else do you present the group meeting again for the first time? Gandalf is there again, watching Frodo. Frodo thought he died in film one. So his surprised look is a natural one.
He hasn't seen his two buddies for two films. Last time he saw them, they were being chased by Uruk-Hai and could have been most likely captured and dead. From Merry and Pippin's perspective, Frodo could have died on his journey to Mount Doom, and they haven't seen their friend for two films.
Gimli is just being Gimli.
Legolas is just being Legolas.
Aragorn is just being Aragorn.
Sam comes in. He's been Frodo's bodyguard/friend and ally the entire series. Even after being told to go home, he stuck by his friend's side. There's an unspoken understanding there. None of the other members of the Fellowship have gone what they've gone through with Gollum, Sauron, Mordor etc.
Only thing missing is mention of Boromir or something.
Not sure how else that scene could play. Yeah it's a little upbeat, and the fade to black, trick endings are annoying, but the scene itself? I don't see anything terribly wrong with it. How else are the characters supposed to act.
Hey, I am keeping up with the festive spirits that is the Holiday season and the Hobbit! There are trolls in the film, no?
Yes, now go out and stand in the sunlight!
And take Fosing with you!
No way in hell this is a 1.
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I wish the ending for ROTK would be longer. I can never get enough of it. When they get on the ship at the Grey Haven, I keep saying to myself "I need more. This can't be it".
I was already in the car, heading home by the time the 5th ending was coming on.
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As much as I love that voice over, yeah, I agree, it works. It's cheesy, but there ain't nothin wrong with cheese. It's supposed to be happy and cheerful. The biggest climax almost ever just occurred, you need a moment of pure joy. It makes you happy. You feel good.
K07
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Normally I'd agree. But there was no moment so cheesy as this one and therefore it feels out of place. And again, I think it has to do with the editing. The way they come in one by one and seeing the individual reactions. It's over the top for me. The giggling, the bouncing on the bed, the fade-in/fade-out, etc.
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Finally had a chance to see it today in regular 3D. I would have liked to have seen the 48 FPS, but my schedule wouldn't allow it; my wife and I wouldn't have been able to get our kids from the bus stop (for a brief moment, I thought that they could wait there for a little bit 
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There is no perfect movie. But for a Tolkien fan, this was damn close. A 9 for me. If I could add percentage points, I'd give it a 9.75. Is it better than any of the three LOTR movies? IMO, no. But you can't compare the two "trilogies".
I can understand the casual fan or non-Tolkien fan having issues with the film. My wife commented that Peter Jackson "needs an editor" but the film "was beautifully done". Okay, I understand that. If necessary, Jackson could have left off the beginning that framed the film with "Fellowship". But I can understand why he wanted that in the film.
But sitting in the theater, watching the film start up, and hearing Howard Shore's music and the returning themes brought me back to 2001, 2002, and 2003, which were the happiest moments in cinema for me.
Can't wait to see it again.
).There is no perfect movie. But for a Tolkien fan, this was damn close. A 9 for me. If I could add percentage points, I'd give it a 9.75. Is it better than any of the three LOTR movies? IMO, no. But you can't compare the two "trilogies".
I can understand the casual fan or non-Tolkien fan having issues with the film. My wife commented that Peter Jackson "needs an editor" but the film "was beautifully done". Okay, I understand that. If necessary, Jackson could have left off the beginning that framed the film with "Fellowship". But I can understand why he wanted that in the film.
But sitting in the theater, watching the film start up, and hearing Howard Shore's music and the returning themes brought me back to 2001, 2002, and 2003, which were the happiest moments in cinema for me.
Can't wait to see it again.
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SOLIDSNAKE
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8/10 for me good fun movie.
the eagles where the best part.
the eagles where the best part.
K07
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How long is this Frodo/Bilbo moment? A lot of flack seems directed at that...
DinoDB1975
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I'd say 10 to 20 minutes.
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The Frodo and old Bilbo sequence was 10-20 minutes? I swore it was only like, 5...
That along with the riddles in the dark was probably my favorite part of the movie. I literally teared up when Frodo appeared. Wish I had been old enough to see the LotR trilogy in theaters.
That along with the riddles in the dark was probably my favorite part of the movie. I literally teared up when Frodo appeared. Wish I had been old enough to see the LotR trilogy in theaters.
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Wow. That makes me feel old.
Finally had a chance to see it today in regular 3D. I would have liked to have seen the 48 FPS, but my schedule wouldn't allow it; my wife and I wouldn't have been able to get our kids from the bus stop (for a brief moment, I thought that they could wait there for a little bit
There is no perfect movie. But for a Tolkien fan, this was damn close. A 9 for me. If I could add percentage points, I'd give it a 9.75. Is it better than any of the three LOTR movies? IMO, no. But you can't compare the two "trilogies".
I can understand the casual fan or non-Tolkien fan having issues with the film. My wife commented that Peter Jackson "needs an editor" but the film "was beautifully done". Okay, I understand that. If necessary, Jackson could have left off the beginning that framed the film with "Fellowship". But I can understand why he wanted that in the film.
But sitting in the theater, watching the film start up, and hearing Howard Shore's music and the returning themes brought me back to 2001, 2002, and 2003, which were the happiest moments in cinema for me.
Can't wait to see it again.
Very nice read DinoDB1975. My wife really enjoyed it as well, it was her first LOTR on the big screen and right now she likes it the best of the four. She doesn't know the story though so it was kind of funny to hear her say afterward that she fully expected Gandalf to call Galadriel when they were stuck up in the trees after their conversation in Rivendell.
I do admit to getting a bit emotional hearing the main hobbit theme or whatever it is as they were starting to make their journey. A true joy to head back to PJ/Tolkien's Middle Earth.
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