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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Never seen the films and no intentions of reading the books..
Ive a free day and wondered if its worth a whole day to watch all 3 in a row? Are they any good? |
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"Never seen the films and no intentions of reading the books..
Ive a free day and wondered if its worth a whole day to watch all 3 in a row? Are they any good?"
Depends if you feel like spending the next eleven hours or so watching half a dozen blokes doing bad Irish/Scottish/West Country accents while hiking around New Zealand.
Personally when I get the urge for some fantasy (non-pervy) I'd rather watch Princess Bride - much more fun!
But, I accept I'm probably in a minority here, given the number of Oscars the LOTR films won.. |
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By *rsK69Woman
over a year ago
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"Never seen the films and no intentions of reading the books..
Ive a free day and wondered if its worth a whole day to watch all 3 in a row? Are they any good?"
Do it. Never knew a man with a long blonde wig and stick on ears could be so sexy til I saw Orlando Bloom in character  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Never seen the films and no intentions of reading the books..
Ive a free day and wondered if its worth a whole day to watch all 3 in a row? Are they any good?
Do it. Never knew a man with a long blonde wig and stick on ears could be so sexy til I saw Orlando Bloom in character "
ah forgot he was in these films |
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"Never seen the films and no intentions of reading the books..
Ive a free day and wondered if its worth a whole day to watch all 3 in a row? Are they any good?"
that would be overload - I think they are 'must see' one day, they are wonderful spectacles....and there's vigo wassisname looking all macho....  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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right well im on the first film and frodo died but now alive n well thanks to some elve thing.. need pen n paper for all these creatures/characters and place names lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"right well im on the first film and frodo died but now alive n well thanks to some elve thing.. need pen n paper for all these creatures/characters and place names lol"
I believe that's a recurring theme. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"need pen n paper for all these creatures/characters and place names lol"
Its not that technical, just remember, if a character is
Male, ruggedly handsome, windswept and grimy then they're probably one of the good guys.
If they're ugly, have bad teeth, burning eyes and wield rusty, jagged weapons then they're most likely a baddie! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"need pen n paper for all these creatures/characters and place names lol
Its not that technical, just remember, if a character is
Male, ruggedly handsome, windswept and grimy then they're probably one of the good guys.
If they're ugly, have bad teeth, burning eyes and wield rusty, jagged weapons then they're most likely a baddie!"
haha thats true..
though i do have a question to ask,, how come the baddies come after the old baggins bloke if he had it for 60yrs,, frodo gets it in an envelope and has to leave straight away?? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"need pen n paper for all these creatures/characters and place names lol
Its not that technical, just remember, if a character is
Male, ruggedly handsome, windswept and grimy then they're probably one of the good guys.
If they're ugly, have bad teeth, burning eyes and wield rusty, jagged weapons then they're most likely a baddie!
haha thats true..
though i do have a question to ask,, how come the baddies come after the old baggins bloke if he had it for 60yrs,, frodo gets it in an envelope and has to leave straight away??"
I'm not sure but think its something to do with Sauron had been looking for it for some time, finally traced it to the Shire, and only Frodo was pure enough to carry it from then on.
I like Willow more than the Princess Bride. |
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By *ourbonKissMan
over a year ago
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"Never seen the films and no intentions of reading the books..
Ive a free day and wondered if its worth a whole day to watch all 3 in a row? Are they any good?"
Definitely worth a watch in my opinion x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Never seen the films and no intentions of reading the books..
Ive a free day and wondered if its worth a whole day to watch all 3 in a row? Are they any good?"
Love love these films/books .....i fell in love with "Viggo Mortensen" who played the part of "Aragorn"....mmmmm yumyum  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Never seen the films and no intentions of reading the books..
Ive a free day and wondered if its worth a whole day to watch all 3 in a row? Are they any good?"
yes well worth watching |
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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago
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Cracking films. Well worth watching, even if it is just the once.
They ought to have taken the ring to a gangbang - nothing like a big gangbang to destroy your ring*
*copyright to possibly Frankie Boyle |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Never seen the films and no intentions of reading the books..
Ive a free day and wondered if its worth a whole day to watch all 3 in a row? Are they any good?"
Perfect!  |
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"need pen n paper for all these creatures/characters and place names lol
Its not that technical, just remember, if a character is
Male, ruggedly handsome, windswept and grimy then they're probably one of the good guys.
If they're ugly, have bad teeth, burning eyes and wield rusty, jagged weapons then they're most likely a baddie!
haha thats true..
though i do have a question to ask,, how come the baddies come after the old baggins bloke if he had it for 60yrs,, frodo gets it in an envelope and has to leave straight away??"
This is one of the problems with the movie. In the book it was months before Frodo left the Shire and there were lots of other things happening in the background leading up to Sauron finding out where the ring was.
Sometimes it's best NOT to have read a book before the movie... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"2nd film down.. so much better than the 1st one "
The third is epic...if you enjoyed the second you'll love the third and then she'd a tear as it's the end |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I watched all 3 in one day years ago. Loved it. Why Frodo had to leave? I think the ring was lost for 100's of years got in the hands of the wee funny monster then the old Hobit had for 60 yeard but all that time the owner (Lord of the ring) was dormant since he lost his battle many generations ago. by the time Frodo carried the ring the king came back to life and was looking for his ring and preparing to invade the world. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Never seen the films and no intentions of reading the books..
Ive a free day and wondered if its worth a whole day to watch all 3 in a row? Are they any good?"
watch the films first and then read the books as the books are far better. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I tried to read the books in the early 70s but gave up/in after number 1. Found it hard going. Did like The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, though.
As for the movies - the 70s cartoon version made me wary of the 2001 (and up) version, but I was gobsmacked. In a good way. And indeed Viggo...   "
have you tried the audio books |
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By *imjohnCouple
over a year ago
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"Never seen the films and no intentions of reading the books..
Ive a free day and wondered if its worth a whole day to watch all 3 in a row? Are they any good?"
Brilliant! 3 quality films well worth watching... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Never seen the films and no intentions of reading the books..
Ive a free day and wondered if its worth a whole day to watch all 3 in a row? Are they any good?
Brilliant! 3 quality films well worth watching..."
Thought the first one was pants compared to the last 2 |
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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago
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"i kid u not,, got to the last 10mins of the 3rd film and my daughter woke up.. meh i'll watch the bit i missed tomorrow "
I'll save you the trouble. It turns out that Sauron was actually a butler and did it with the ring in Moria. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"i kid u not,, got to the last 10mins of the 3rd film and my daughter woke up.. meh i'll watch the bit i missed tomorrow
I'll save you the trouble. It turns out that Sauron was actually a butler and did it with the ring in Moria. "
Seriously??Lol
Nah i left when aragon said 'you my friends bow to no one'... then when i return Frodo is leaving on a boat.. missed the stuff between |
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"need pen n paper for all these creatures/characters and place names lol
Its not that technical, just remember, if a character is
Male, ruggedly handsome, windswept and grimy then they're probably one of the good guys.
If they're ugly, have bad teeth, burning eyes and wield rusty, jagged weapons then they're most likely a baddie!
haha thats true..
though i do have a question to ask,, how come the baddies come after the old baggins bloke if he had it for 60yrs,, frodo gets it in an envelope and has to leave straight away??
This is one of the problems with the movie. In the book it was months before Frodo left the Shire and there were lots of other things happening in the background leading up to Sauron finding out where the ring was.
Sometimes it's best NOT to have read a book before the movie..."
Noooo, it's always best, if you can, to read the book a film is based on. Sometimes it makes a poor adaption make sense. |
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"ive read all three books four times .. once out loud to my son... with voices and all the songs .. its like taking a holiday in middle earth "
Ha! Snap! Well, more than four times. And not to my son but my ex wife when she was pregnant with our eldest. Did do the voices though. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The Girl with the Dragon tattoo trilogy is a better watch imo "
I agree, (and especially if you watch the original version and not the Daniel Craig remake!) |
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"need pen n paper for all these creatures/characters and place names lol
Its not that technical, just remember, if a character is
Male, ruggedly handsome, windswept and grimy then they're probably one of the good guys.
If they're ugly, have bad teeth, burning eyes and wield rusty, jagged weapons then they're most likely a baddie!
haha thats true..
though i do have a question to ask,, how come the baddies come after the old baggins bloke if he had it for 60yrs,, frodo gets it in an envelope and has to leave straight away??
This is one of the problems with the movie. In the book it was months before Frodo left the Shire and there were lots of other things happening in the background leading up to Sauron finding out where the ring was.
Sometimes it's best NOT to have read a book before the movie...
Noooo, it's always best, if you can, to read the book a film is based on. Sometimes it makes a poor adaption make sense. "
But when you love the book it's hard to accept the changes and omissions in the film. (Faramir's character was totally ruined!) |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The Girl with the Dragon tattoo trilogy is a better watch imo
I agree, (and especially if you watch the original version and not the Daniel Craig remake!) Stieg Larsson was a fabulous writer"
I agree! And Oplevs version of the film runs rings around Finchers! A must watch for any woman in my opinion..!! (The dubbed version is very watchable too!) I'm to lazy for subs! |
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Sometimes it's best NOT to have read a book before the movie...
Noooo, it's always best, if you can, to read the book a film is based on. Sometimes it makes a poor adaption make sense.
But when you love the book it's hard to accept the changes and omissions in the film. (Faramir's character was totally ruined!)"
I like to compare the changes, sometimes they make sense and also having read the book it gives you a greater understanding of a character that the time constraints of a film can't always provide.
I thought Jackson did a damn good job, much better than many Stephen King adaptions. Cujo for instance, the kid dies in the book ffs!  |
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"what i never really got was why frodo didnt get an eagle to take him to mount doom .. chuck away the ring .. and be back in elronds palace for tea .. simples "
I think this was explained in one of the appendix, the eagles wouldn't get that involved in what they regarded the troubles of men and elves. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"what i never really got was why frodo didnt get an eagle to take him to mount doom .. chuck away the ring .. and be back in elronds palace for tea .. simples "
Haha genius.. or get the eagles to fly them back to the shire |
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Sometimes it's best NOT to have read a book before the movie...
Noooo, it's always best, if you can, to read the book a film is based on. Sometimes it makes a poor adaption make sense.
But when you love the book it's hard to accept the changes and omissions in the film. (Faramir's character was totally ruined!)
I like to compare the changes, sometimes they make sense and also having read the book it gives you a greater understanding of a character that the time constraints of a film can't always provide.
I thought Jackson did a damn good job, much better than many Stephen King adaptions. Cujo for instance, the kid dies in the book ffs! "
I could accept parts of the book being left out because of the length of it but not character assassinations. Als if you are going to omit an important story from the books because of time constraints I can't accept writing in totally new parts that take up the time that could have been given to the parts left out! (don't get me started...Middle Earth nerd alert!) |
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Sometimes it's best NOT to have read a book before the movie...
Noooo, it's always best, if you can, to read the book a film is based on. Sometimes it makes a poor adaption make sense.
But when you love the book it's hard to accept the changes and omissions in the film. (Faramir's character was totally ruined!)
I like to compare the changes, sometimes they make sense and also having read the book it gives you a greater understanding of a character that the time constraints of a film can't always provide.
I thought Jackson did a damn good job, much better than many Stephen King adaptions. Cujo for instance, the kid dies in the book ffs!
I could accept parts of the book being left out because of the length of it but not character assassinations. Als if you are going to omit an important story from the books because of time constraints I can't accept writing in totally new parts that take up the time that could have been given to the parts left out! (don't get me started...Middle Earth nerd alert!) "
Ok, this is me slowly backing off |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"what i never really got was why frodo didnt get an eagle to take him to mount doom .. chuck away the ring .. and be back in elronds palace for tea .. simples "
he had to go in stealth mode  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I liked the LOTR trilogy, but it needed more Tom Bombadil
Damn right it did!"
I mean come on, he's basically Brian Blessed in bright yellow boots with an incredibly hot wife who banishes the undead by singing to them about how awesome he is - how could you NOT have him in the film? |
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"I liked the LOTR trilogy, but it needed more Tom Bombadil
Damn right it did!
I mean come on, he's basically Brian Blessed in bright yellow boots with an incredibly hot wife who banishes the undead by singing to them about how awesome he is - how could you NOT have him in the film?"
Because his omission detracted nothing |
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"I liked the LOTR trilogy, but it needed more Tom Bombadil
Damn right it did!
I mean come on, he's basically Brian Blessed in bright yellow boots with an incredibly hot wife who banishes the undead by singing to them about how awesome he is - how could you NOT have him in the film?"
You have never made more sense! |
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"I liked the LOTR trilogy, but it needed more Tom Bombadil
Damn right it did!
I mean come on, he's basically Brian Blessed in bright yellow boots with an incredibly hot wife who banishes the undead by singing to them about how awesome he is - how could you NOT have him in the film?
Because his omission detracted nothing "
The events they went through in between leaving home and reaching Bree, when they met Bombadil, explained how they could cope when the Black Riders caught up with them. Without that part they were just little country Hobbits that somehow survived an attack most men and elves wouldn't. (so there!) |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I liked the LOTR trilogy, but it needed more Tom Bombadil
Damn right it did!
Who??
Read the books! Please! "
I cant read.. just simply dont enjoy it. I got through 2 chapters of 50 shades of grey before i gave up.
Used to love it at school. My mum grandma and brother are all bookworms.. i just lost my passion for it. Love picture books though and read them lol |
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"I liked the LOTR trilogy, but it needed more Tom Bombadil
Damn right it did!
I mean come on, he's basically Brian Blessed in bright yellow boots with an incredibly hot wife who banishes the undead by singing to them about how awesome he is - how could you NOT have him in the film?
Because his omission detracted nothing
The events they went through in between leaving home and reaching Bree, when they met Bombadil, explained how they could cope when the Black Riders caught up with them. Without that part they were just little country Hobbits that somehow survived an attack most men and elves wouldn't. (so there!)"
Lol recommences my backing off |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I liked the LOTR trilogy, but it needed more Tom Bombadil
Damn right it did!
I mean come on, he's basically Brian Blessed in bright yellow boots with an incredibly hot wife who banishes the undead by singing to them about how awesome he is - how could you NOT have him in the film?
Because his omission detracted nothing
The events they went through in between leaving home and reaching Bree, when they met Bombadil, explained how they could cope when the Black Riders caught up with them. Without that part they were just little country Hobbits that somehow survived an attack most men and elves wouldn't. (so there!)"
I'd fogotten all about him! Maybe it's time to revisit the books, I've not read them for over 20 long years. |
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"I liked the LOTR trilogy, but it needed more Tom Bombadil
Damn right it did!
Who??
Read the books! Please!
I cant read.. just simply dont enjoy it. I got through 2 chapters of 50 shades of grey before i gave up.
Used to love it at school. My mum grandma and brother are all bookworms.. i just lost my passion for it. Love picture books though and read them lol"
50 Shades of Shite doesn't deserve to be called a book, it's no wonder you couldn't get into it! |
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"I liked the LOTR trilogy, but it needed more Tom Bombadil
Damn right it did!
I mean come on, he's basically Brian Blessed in bright yellow boots with an incredibly hot wife who banishes the undead by singing to them about how awesome he is - how could you NOT have him in the film?
Because his omission detracted nothing
The events they went through in between leaving home and reaching Bree, when they met Bombadil, explained how they could cope when the Black Riders caught up with them. Without that part they were just little country Hobbits that somehow survived an attack most men and elves wouldn't. (so there!)
Lol recommences my backing off"
Run away! Run away! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Run, you fools, RUN!!!
You shall not pass!!!
I still randomly do that to my mum.
Who has never seen the films."
Your Mum's Mrs. Balrog?
Ha, small world. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Run, you fools, RUN!!!
You shall not pass!!!
I still randomly do that to my mum.
Who has never seen the films.
Your Mum's Mrs. Balrog?
Ha, small world."
Can be at times! Scary lady! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Run, you fools, RUN!!!
You shall not pass!!!
I still randomly do that to my mum.
Who has never seen the films.
Your Mum's Mrs. Balrog?
Ha, small world.
Can be at times! Scary lady!"
So then your dad must be the boxer from Street Fighter? |
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