LotR - Commentary
Jan. 26th, 2002 01:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
patgundOkay, after having finally gotten to see Lord of the Rings, here's the commentary I have....
The visuals.....oh my. Yum. Yum yum. Major eye candy.
I want to live in the shire. Now. Bag End would be nice, but I'd settle for a nice hole under that tree over there.....
I can see where some of the male leads led to carbonated hormones for some of my female friends. However, none of the female leads did more for me than a "eh, okay...." Admittedly, some of those hobbit lasses at Bilbo's party did fill out their bodices nicely.
Was it my imagination, or did Bilbo's party look like a ren faire?
Nice effect when Frodo put the ring on, esp. with the ringwraiths. You could see the kings they once were - and almost feel sorry for them. Almost.
Major "BURR/YIPE!" effect when Bilbo lunged for the ring around Frodo's neck.
The movie should have a warning for those who suffer from vertigo. Some of the flight scenes would have been great for a "Star Tours" type ride.
Christopher Lee makes a kick-ass Saurmon. Then again, he makes a kick-ass villian period.
The wizard battle was cool. Except the "Spin the Gandalf" part.
I liked Saurmon's tower - pre-rennovation. Post-rennovation, well, I never cared much for the post-industrial stripmined look.
Rivendell could make a large amount of money as a bed-and-breakfast. I was thinking a honeymoon there would be nice. However, haven't the elves invented brooms and brushes? Leaves everywhere.
Wait a minute - the reforging of the Sword that was Broken was important. I can understand why Strider didn't carry it around - never made sense for a ranger to carry a broken blade anyway - but shouldn't he have departed Rivendell with the reforged blade?
Despite the jokes about "Arwen- Warrior Princess", I actually liked the enhanced role.
Galadriel's comments about being a ring bearer means being alone would have made more sense if you knew she had one of the Rings of Power. Blink at the opening and you would have missed it.
And the "Dark Galadriel" scene was a bit over the top. Oh please. In the book, she says she would have started out good and gradually turned to evil. Here, it was straight to Darth Galadriel, do not pass go, do not collect 200 gold pieces.
I suspect the people who wrote Merry and Pippin's lines were actually thinking more of their "Bored of the Rings" counterparts, Moxie and Pepsi. The words "Noisome and easily expendable" comes to mind.
Note for future viewings - when it gets to the pits of the Mines of Moria, don't look DOWN! This was *not* fun for me.......
Haven't dwarves ever heard about hand rails?
Seeing a three hour movie a few days after having surgery on a delicate part of the male anatomy sucks.
The last 15 minutes seemed confused, almost like they didn't know how to edit it. Maybe it was just the pain.
What do you mean I have to wait 11 months for the next one? Whine pout bitch complain.
Very much on my "Get when released on DVD" list.
The visuals.....oh my. Yum. Yum yum. Major eye candy.
I want to live in the shire. Now. Bag End would be nice, but I'd settle for a nice hole under that tree over there.....
I can see where some of the male leads led to carbonated hormones for some of my female friends. However, none of the female leads did more for me than a "eh, okay...." Admittedly, some of those hobbit lasses at Bilbo's party did fill out their bodices nicely.
Was it my imagination, or did Bilbo's party look like a ren faire?
Nice effect when Frodo put the ring on, esp. with the ringwraiths. You could see the kings they once were - and almost feel sorry for them. Almost.
Major "BURR/YIPE!" effect when Bilbo lunged for the ring around Frodo's neck.
The movie should have a warning for those who suffer from vertigo. Some of the flight scenes would have been great for a "Star Tours" type ride.
Christopher Lee makes a kick-ass Saurmon. Then again, he makes a kick-ass villian period.
The wizard battle was cool. Except the "Spin the Gandalf" part.
I liked Saurmon's tower - pre-rennovation. Post-rennovation, well, I never cared much for the post-industrial stripmined look.
Rivendell could make a large amount of money as a bed-and-breakfast. I was thinking a honeymoon there would be nice. However, haven't the elves invented brooms and brushes? Leaves everywhere.
Wait a minute - the reforging of the Sword that was Broken was important. I can understand why Strider didn't carry it around - never made sense for a ranger to carry a broken blade anyway - but shouldn't he have departed Rivendell with the reforged blade?
Despite the jokes about "Arwen- Warrior Princess", I actually liked the enhanced role.
Galadriel's comments about being a ring bearer means being alone would have made more sense if you knew she had one of the Rings of Power. Blink at the opening and you would have missed it.
And the "Dark Galadriel" scene was a bit over the top. Oh please. In the book, she says she would have started out good and gradually turned to evil. Here, it was straight to Darth Galadriel, do not pass go, do not collect 200 gold pieces.
I suspect the people who wrote Merry and Pippin's lines were actually thinking more of their "Bored of the Rings" counterparts, Moxie and Pepsi. The words "Noisome and easily expendable" comes to mind.
Note for future viewings - when it gets to the pits of the Mines of Moria, don't look DOWN! This was *not* fun for me.......
Haven't dwarves ever heard about hand rails?
Seeing a three hour movie a few days after having surgery on a delicate part of the male anatomy sucks.
The last 15 minutes seemed confused, almost like they didn't know how to edit it. Maybe it was just the pain.
What do you mean I have to wait 11 months for the next one? Whine pout bitch complain.
Very much on my "Get when released on DVD" list.
