LOTR, 10 Years Later

[deer of the dawn]

I watched FoTR and TTT this weekend. I might try to get RoTK in before the day ends.

I still cry... when Sam and Frodo are descending toward Mordor at the end of FoTR... when Boromir dies.... and when Sam gives his speech about the "stories that matter", among other places (I think that is the most emotional because Frodo just nearly killed him and expresses his despair, and then they're showing the flooding of Isengard, the victory at Helm's Deep etc. while Sam is speaking about hope after darkness).

[wayfriend]

I still cry...

Yeah. I now have the bluray set of the extended editions, but I haven't watched it yet. I don't let myself watch these movies too often. Because, when I do watch them, I don't want the impact - like those poignant moments you describe, and I have a lot of those too - to be blunted by overuse.

[lorin]

Yeah. I now have the bluray set of the extended editions, but I haven't watched it yet. I don't let myself watch these movies too often. Because, when I do watch them, I don't want the impact - like those poignant moments you describe, and I have a lot of those too - to be blunted by overuse.

The extended version is so good!

[Cambo]

I didn't cry in the movies, but I wept buckets when I read RotK and thought that Shelob had killed Frodo. The movies didn't quite have that emotional impact, not because they weren't poignant, but because I knew the context of what was happening.

[Ananda]

I still can't stand these movies. The scenery and cinematography is beautiful though. They aren't as bad as the film version of Catch 22 at least.

[deer of the dawn]

I didn't cry in the movies, but I wept buckets when I read RotK and thought that Shelob had killed Frodo. The movies didn't quite have that emotional impact, not because they weren't poignant, but because I knew the context of what was happening.

I was 14 when I read The Two Towers, and I blubbered like a baby at the end. My Dad had Return of the King and he wasn't finished with it yet, so I had to wait a couple weeks. I thought I would die.

Ananda, I don't think I have ever heard someone say they hated the films. There are moments I hate, I admit, but I had loved the books for so long that I watched FoTR the first time anxiously, and felt mostly relief and gratitude when it was over. And watched it again the same night-- something I had never done with any movie!!

What do you think of the cast? I think that is one of the best features of the films.

I think the moment I cry the hardest is this: When Frodo is about to board the grey ship, and he turns back to his friends. His face lights up in a way we haven't seen since the Party. I completely fall apart at that.

[Ananda]

Deer, the films were really well done and most of the cast was good. I just hated the huge changes to the characters and the story. I tried to watch it recently and just couldn't get beyond about 25 minutes in before turning it off- maybe because I always liked the Merry character and they made him a clown instead of the smartest and most clever of the four hobbits.

Overall, I remember the story being 'enhanced' too much hollywood style.

The Queen of the Damned was absolutely horrible when it came to following the book or making any sense of the book it was supposed to be based on, but, after waiting a little, I actually like the movie if I just accept it has nothing to do with the book. So, at least there, I can say I am not just against something if it doesn't fit the book perfectly. Something about the lord of the rings movies just bothered me. Just didn't like them, I guess.