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Jan. 6th, 2004 03:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
katsaris"Philosopher At Large" has described/storyboarded an adaptation of part of the Siege of Minas Tirith that I would have paid her weight in gold to have seen instead of what we got in PJ's movie, SFX-impressive though *that* one was. (And yeah, the "weight in gold" bit is a hyperbole but only a mild one. :-)
As it is I would still very much like seeing this as the animated short she describes. Here you go, people: The Downfallen
Remember to wait for all the pics to load. :-)
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And now for something different, a parody of the ROTK movie -- completely hilarious: http://www.livejournal.com/users/mollyringwraith/5635.html
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On other matters, I saw ROTK for a second time this Sunday. Still remains as bad a Tolkien adaptation as I had first said, and it's still frustrating how much time is spent on tiresome irrelevancies that could have been used on substance... but it probably works a bit better as a movie on repeat-viewings than I had first given it credit for. So I'll raise its "movie score" a bit. To 7/10, perhaps.
Mind you, still a very bad adaptation. Want to be clear on that. :-)
As it is I would still very much like seeing this as the animated short she describes. Here you go, people: The Downfallen
Remember to wait for all the pics to load. :-)
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And now for something different, a parody of the ROTK movie -- completely hilarious: http://www.livejournal.com/users/mollyringwraith/5635.html
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On other matters, I saw ROTK for a second time this Sunday. Still remains as bad a Tolkien adaptation as I had first said, and it's still frustrating how much time is spent on tiresome irrelevancies that could have been used on substance... but it probably works a bit better as a movie on repeat-viewings than I had first given it credit for. So I'll raise its "movie score" a bit. To 7/10, perhaps.
Mind you, still a very bad adaptation. Want to be clear on that. :-)
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Date: 2004-01-07 06:11 pm (UTC)Actually, a lot of people have had this experience. They watch the movie the first time; they find themselves surprised at how meh it is. They watch it a few more times, they grow to love it. Who knows why.
I was frankly dismayed at how dull ROTK was. I suppose I could spend another $10 and watch it again, hoping to like it more this time. But frankly I kinda resent the fact that I'm expected to watch the movie two or more times at the theatre, then buy the $100 box set of DVDs to see all the "extra." PJ & Co. are running a criminal cartel!
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Date: 2004-01-07 11:29 pm (UTC)As I've seen someone describe it, we are pretty much *training* ourselves to like the movie. :-)
As for me, first time I saw it with my friends, second time with my dad -- wouldn't have gone if it was to see it for my own benefit alone. Nor do I plan to get the DVDs -- I haven't gotten the DVDs for the first two movies either.