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Felix
Felix posted over 2 years ago

Nice, read it many time, and watched it many times

Cherizar
Cherizar posted over 2 years ago

Both the books and the movie – excellent. Timeless and enjoyable each time.

mgvwolf
mgvwolf posted over 2 years ago

Sam is the best friend anyone can possibly have :D

Mister Boomy
Mister Boomy posted over 2 years ago

Yes, he is. I actually cryed a little tear, when i first saw the ending scene in Return of the King. Where Frodo leaves them, and Sam gets all maried with that girl and get kids and stuff. It was just beautiful, and everything he had deserved.

mgvwolf
mgvwolf posted over 2 years ago

totally, i got teary when Aragon said to the hobbits, “you bow to noone.”

:)

Precipitation
Precipitation posted over 2 years ago

Me, too!

salle
salle posted over 2 years ago

I understand how one could get choked up; film is an emotion-inducing medium and the Lord of the Rings movie in particular is well-made.

also the actors well convey the deep friendship and respect the characters feel for each other, especially after having gone through such trials and tribulations together.

But, as a long-time fan of the book, “you bow to no one” is perhaps my least-favorite lines in the movie.

because no hero in the Fellowship would ever say that.

because every hero in the Fellowship (and in all Middle Earth) knows that it is entirely and completely appropriate to bow to the proper authority.

and Aragorn is in every single way a proper authority: he is a paragon of authority in word and deed; and he is a king by blood, by prophecy, and by divine right.

every hero in Middle Earth would feel gravely disappointed if he could not have the honor of bowing to Aragorn.

and the Aragorn (of the book if not the movie) would know this and not deprive anyone of it, whether it be his closest friend (as Frodo is) or his most lowly and distant subject.

read the novel and tell me if I’m correct.

Precipitation
Precipitation posted over 2 years ago

I’m sure you probably are correct. It is no secret that there are major differences between the books and the films, some of which make no sense to me. I consider myself a Tolkien fan (I liked Middle-Earth long before the movies), but I will admit that I’ve never managed to make it all the way through the books. Much as I appreciate Tolkien’s history and the epic and expansive nature of the work, I do not have the attention span necessary to read the whole thing. I am one of those readers who prefers to read short books so that I can read as many as possible. If It would probably take me a year to read LOTR , and I’m just not willing to sacrifice that much time on one book when I could read many other books in that time.

Precipitation
Precipitation posted over 2 years ago

Please pardon the typos in my previous post.

Cherizar
Cherizar posted over 2 years ago

Salle, I agree with you but also have to admit that I liked the deviation in the movie. I loved how the thread of friendship/fellowship ran through the movie so strongly. From Gandalf and Aragorn supporting each other when each doubted Frodo’s chances for success, Merry and Pippin’s bond, the alliance and then friendship of Gimli and Legolas (their dialogue at the final battle scene), and of course, Frodo and Sam. I think I must have cried on and off for the last 45 minutes of the movie. No, it wasn’t true to the book – but it was true to the heart of the book. I was one of those purists who questioned in the beginning if anyone could do justice to Tolkien’s work via film, but I think Jackson did an amazing job.

salle
salle posted over 2 years ago

never managed to make it all the way through the books< I sympathize.

for myself and many others, the time to tackle books like that is in school, and if you miss that window you may never go back to it.

I am fortunate to have started LOTR while in elementary school. (I found it daunting and finished in middle school.) I went on to read several other long works in high school and the first couple years of college.

but after that, “life” and “the real world” seemed to take away my reading time.

of course if we’re motivated and follow good time management, there’s no reason why we can’t go back and read not only the “fun” stuff like LOTR but also the classics of literature that most of us only read in school and never again.

mgvwolf
mgvwolf posted over 2 years ago

woa! hold on a min. pepes! i read the book and i understand what you are trying to say, but that line was not corny or weak. it ment a lot. it shows that even these underdog hobbits can save middleearth.

salle
salle posted over 2 years ago

that line was not corny or weak<<

I wouldn’t necessarily call the line corny or weak; I would call it misguided.

it shows that even these underdog hobbits can save middleearth<<

no, it doesn’t. there are lines that might say something like “underdogs can be victorious” but that line isn’t it.

think of the queen of england. if you were fortunate enough to meet her, you would of course bow or curtsy. no matter how august or accomplished a person you were, would she EVER think to refuse to allow you to bow to her? no, she would graciously accept your bow.

in the LOTR movie, instead of “you bow to no one” how about something like:

“you may bow to me now, but your spirit remains unbowed!”

or (as they bow to him): “Thank you, my friends!” and then, after the hobbits rise from their bow, Aragorn bows in turn to them.

mgvwolf
mgvwolf posted over 2 years ago

yea it may have misguided, i still believe it was really well done. i felt something there… people have their preference

salle
salle posted over 2 years ago

mgvwolf: “i felt something there”

yes, film is an emotion-inducing medium and the Lord of the Rings movie is well-made. the actors well convey the deep friendship and respect the characters feel for each other.

but for me, the movie is titled “return of the king,” so it was grating to hear the king say, “oh no! don’t bow to me!”

if the movie were titled “return of the president” it would be different:

President Aragorn: “no, my friends; you bow to no one. in fact, since we live in a representative democracy and not a monarchy, no one should bow to anyone else!”

Lobbyist Frodo: “well said! I’m glad I voted for you in the primary! Good luck in the general election!”

mgvwolf
mgvwolf posted over 2 years ago

okay.. it is a fiction fantasy

Nicha
Nicha posted over 2 years ago

Anyone read the secret diaries?

Ricekitty
Ricekitty posted over 2 years ago

I love Tolkien forever and ever.I've read all his books even the short story of Farmer giles of ham(sooooo cute)

Ricekitty
Ricekitty posted over 2 years ago

But i hate the movie version books….yuck!

rainycloudywindy
rainycloudywindy posted over 2 years ago

I've seen all three movies so many times that I can practically recite the lines by heart.

PaintKan
PaintKan posted about 1 year ago

I loved the book , and the movies too.

purplerocks
purplerocks posted about 1 year ago
oo my word they r gonna make the HOBBIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SurprisedSO AWOME
Boomstam
Boomstam posted about 1 year ago

ci dont like hyped movies, LOTR, Transformers, kill bill were for me all dissapointments.

maybe i should just read the book 

LaliJenkins
LaliJenkins posted 11 months ago

Love the books! Hate the movies! LOL! XD

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BrianneDion posted 7 months ago

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teamjacob101
teamjacob101 posted 2 months ago

fun to read great movie. Orlando bloom is quite hawt as an elf

Bladezz
Bladezz posted 10 days ago

Lord of the Rings was the most creative and realistic movie in the world. It is realistic because magic is real.