OT- The Two Towers

AJC · #1 October 1st, 2002, 02:01 AM

I see as LOTR with a typical hollywood movie interpretation, that has rewritten a story. For once I think hollywood has done better than usual in the retelling. I am currently rereading the series - about the 10th time in my life. I had forgotten alot of little things, such as the worgs attacking the fellowship just before arriving at moria, and when the party first arrives in the forests of lorien, gollum tries to sneak up on the hobbits in the tree during the night time battle between the elves and the orcs from moria... its been a trip down memory lane..

Although now that I am reading it again , I can see why Peter Jackson changed some of the story. To help keep the general audience who have no familarity with the story from passing out from boredom in the more mundane scenes, and to put tension into to the story where there was none in the book- such as the council of Elrond.

Although there are some differences, the theme holds true and I think its well done. I cant wait for the expanded Version of the 1st movie to come out this november...

[ October 01, 2002, 01:05: Message edited by: AJC ]

Captain Kwok · #2 October 1st, 2002, 02:30 AM

Imagine if they followed the books to the letter? We'd have three 6-hr movies with about 3-hr of songs. Would that be enough to qualify it as a musical for award purposes?

tesco samoa · #3 October 1st, 2002, 04:57 AM

soundtrack by RUSH

Gryphin · #4 October 1st, 2002, 05:29 AM

this has probably been beaten to death in the other thread. (from when the frist movie came out). I have no argument with what you proffer.
I'm sure you understand my position as well as I understand yours.
Leaving stuff out is understandable and to me fully acceptable. Changing from Gandalf to Arwin? come on.. I enjoyed the movie. I'm glad I did not pay to see it at a theater.
As for 6 hour movies, The Rusians did it for war and Peace.

Ragnarok · #5 October 1st, 2002, 06:04 AM

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Originally posted by AJC:
I cant wait for the expanded Version of the 1st movie to come out this november...

They're expanding the first one? Like how much are they doing this by? 20 minutes? Or like another whole hour, or heck, even more? If that's the case. Sweet!

Spoo · #6 October 1st, 2002, 06:38 AM

Half an hour.

Ragnarok · #7 October 1st, 2002, 07:06 AM

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Originally posted by Spoo:
Half an hour.

Hmm, not much, but I guess they can fit a lot of information in the 30 minutes, or half hour, whichever you said it was.