The best movie of all time and I almost missed it.

by FirstInLine 12 Replies latest social entertainment

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  FirstInLine

  I had not seen any the Lord of the Rings movies until a few weeks ago. I wasnt interested. An older gentleman whom I work with told me it was the best movie of all time, basically the three movies being one. I respected his opinion so agreed to watch it. After not getting around to it for a couple of weeks he bought me the special $36 extended edition DVD and basically got to my guilt so I had to see it.

  It was better than I expected but didnt quite blow me away. After the second time I watched it I thought it was better because I paid more attention and went ahead and bought myself the Two Towers a few days ago and watched it. Now I was blown away. So the next night, just last night I finally got around to seeing the Return of The King and I was excited.

  I could not believe how awesome it was. It was so awesome I am still amazed. I can't believe that they managed to create such a movie. The Return of the King was so unbelievable it makes me say "Star What?" And that is something. I figured that most of the tech-epics were going to be crap after I saw the Phantom Menace. Judging by the reviews of "..Clones" I didnt think I was missing much. But I was wrong about Rings, I was missing everything. It is the single greatest movie of all time with the prerequisite of course being the two prequels.

  I am going to see the Return of the King again tommorrow. It was out for 3 1/2 months before I saw it.

  Anyone not completely blown away with "...King"

  Wow Wow Wow. I will never get over it.
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  seeitallclearlynow

  Rick, my son feels almost as strongly as you do about the Lord of the Rings movies. I just asked him now if he felt any one of them is the best out of all of them, and he said he feels equally about all of them. Everytime one comes out, he goes immediately as soon as it comes out and says how awesome it was.

  He loves those movies. He's going to watch them again so he can explain things to me as we watch it. He knows I don't follow sci fi/fantasy movies too well....

  What I loved were the Harry Potter movies.
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  Sabine

  Hey firstinline, I read the books in high school, and looked forward to the movies. I loved the first one, the second one, but when I watched the third one something hit me. I thought it had a racist feeling to it, all the "good" people were depicted as white, the elves, galadriel, long blond hair, whiter than white....the bad people where dark skinned, swarthy, the orks (sp), etc.

  I came home and looked the topic up on the web, I guess I'm not the only one that got that feeling.
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  City Fan

  Sabine,

  You're right. Let's get back to having all the bad guys white with English accents.
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  Emma

  We love them too! I didn't want to see the first one, was in a bad frame of mind but went anyway, and hated it. Then the second one came out and I loved it! I rented the first one and got hooked, couldn't wait for the third one. We now own the extended versions of the first two and will buy the third, too. They're among our very favorite, now.

  Emma
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  Winston Smith :>D

  First in Line,

  I'm am in the same boat.

  I had no desire to see any of the 'Ring' movies, partly because i was a dub and the self-righteous group I was with deemed it 'demonic'.

  After Retrun of the King won tons of awards, I figured, what the hell, I rent the first DVD and see what it's all about.

  I was pretty impressed by the first one, so I went back the next day and rented The Two Towers. I was blown away by the movie.

  So the next weekend I went to see Return of the King in the theater.

  WOW! It was awesome. A true epic tale. I'm glad i saw it in the theater.

  "Star ....What"???, no kidding. Lucas threw so much FX at episode one & two that the story telling fell flat on it's face.

  The most memorable moments of LOTR include Gollem [sp?]. what an amazing feat! I never once thought in my head that he looked CG, even though i knew he was. And the dialog that he had with 'himself' as he looked into the pool of water & behind the tree in two towers was top notch CG animation!
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  Celia

  I liked the Lord of the Rings movies. I love Harry Potter (the books more than the movies).

  Speaking of movies, has anyone seen Lost in Translation ? I really enjoyed that one. And The Missing ? Not bad either.
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  Sabine

  CityFan I certainly don't claim to know what was in Tolkein's heart and mind when he wrote the books, all I can tell you is how the movies made me feel personally...and I'm old enough to know most of the times my "feelings" are way off and just reflecting some inner struggle. I did find what other's thought on this subject interesting, just saying I'm not the only one that got that "feeling".:
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  FirstInLine

  The most memorable moments of LOTR include Gollem [sp?]. what an amazing feat!

  That scene in Towers where his ring side is arguing with himself was done so well that I wanted to laugh after about 10 seconds of the long part but it was just so good I was in pure awe. Smiegel is certainly the most memorable character in Towers.

  Sabine,

  I thought it had a racist feeling to it, all the "good" people were depicted as white, the elves, galadriel, long blond hair, whiter than white....the bad people where dark skinned, swarthy, the orks (sp), etc.

  Jackson's rendition was very true to Tolkien's vision. Tolkien thouroughly rejected alegories and there was certainly no alegorical racial connection in Rings. The only suspicion I think is even plausible is that the Hobbits were depicted as Irish, but that isnt racist IMO, further their size suggests they are leprechauns, another mythological character based on the Irish folklore so them seeming Irish would only be natural. Keep in mind the Orks/Uruk-Hai are elves that were mutilated, so they are also white, just decaying and mishapen and in the case of the Uruk they are fashioned out of Orks. The Rings Wraiths are cloked in Black. It is a long standing tradition in storytelling that shadowey figures represent evil. It is true that the Orks were more like the Ring Wraiths in the books, lacking the detail but if you notice many of the Orks were green and yellowish gray. They were also slimy and has very disfigured faces that appeared cat/dog like in the case of the Uruk-Hai.

  If someone has issue with all the races of Middle Earth being Norther European Caucasoid then remember it was written to stand as English Mythology. Middle Earth is England.

  In contrast the new Star Wars films are very racist. At the very least - My first impression of the trade federations personnel was heavily Asiatic.
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  SixofNine

  After they just abruptly ended the first LOTR movie w/o dropping the damn ring in the fire, I haven't been back. Three freakin' hours and they just fade to black? I still want my money back. Give me a good action flick like "My Dinner With Andre" or "Swimming to Cambodia" or even "Waiting for Guffman" anyday.