Author Topic: LotR: RotK (Read 16970 times)

Kasceis · « **on:** December 11, 2003, 12:01:07 PM »

December 17, 2003 Lord of the Rings: Return of the King!

Who else is hyped about this? I've read all the books and getting my advance tickets soon. I'm counting down the days!

phatboy · « **Reply #1 on:** December 11, 2003, 12:36:49 PM »

I'm excited, I admit. But not obbsessed. At my school, there is a girl who is OBSESSEd, and i mean OBBSESSED! I sure hope your not one of those people.

Kasceis · « **Reply #2 on:** December 11, 2003, 12:50:51 PM »

Of course not, I'm a big fan, but I wouldn't go that far!

akdaman1 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 11, 2003, 12:56:53 PM »

For some reason I dont wanna see it . I know I will love it but I aint anticipating it . I loved 2 towers . Is there something wrong with me?

Berny · « **Reply #4 on:** December 11, 2003, 01:00:58 PM »

We alredy has our ticketses. We've seen the trailer at least 5 times. We own both special edition dvds. (Andy Serkis is my hero now ^_^)

Anyway, I have ticketses in the plural because I am seeing it on both Wednesday and Friday after it comes out. This will be the best one yet.

Oh yeah, and I have all 3 soundtracks, but not the internet ones.

Kasceis · « **Reply #5 on:** December 11, 2003, 01:01:13 PM »

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Originally posted by: akdaman1
For some reason I dont wanna see it . I know I will love it but I aint anticipating it . I loved 2 towers . Is there something wrong with me?

Yes, very much so akadaman1.

Termin8Anakin · « **Reply #6 on:** December 11, 2003, 01:04:57 PM »

you know something, two years ago, i started reading lord of the rings. I finished Fellowship, and only read half of Two Towers cause it was out in cinemas. So i swore to myself to read RotK before it comes out in cinemas. I've had a year to do it.
I haven't read it

The fact that i'm reading it AFTER seeing the movies spoils the fact that everything i visualize has already been shown.
Oh well.

Berny · « **Reply #7 on:** December 11, 2003, 01:21:49 PM »

Don't worry. The movie won't spoil EVERYTHING. They cut out some MAJOR scenes, or so I hear. One at the end where someone dies a truly hilarious death. It's so mean but so funny. But read the book at some point. You will like it.

blindskate · « **Reply #8 on:** December 11, 2003, 02:31:27 PM »

I've already bought tickets too. I love LOTR. I read all the books and everything. RoTK is going to be so cool. You have my word. Akdaman, you are going to be missing out on a spactacular movie. If you loved the 2 towers, you will love RoTK a lot more. The book was great. I'm going to by the trinity pack when it comes out. It will probably have a whole bunch of extra things in it and stuff.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #9 on:** December 11, 2003, 02:39:54 PM »

Now now, Berny, you've said too much already.

In any case, Lord of the Rings fandom is one area no one has me beat- I've read the book 6 times now, own an atlas and guide to Middle-Earth, and have 12 History of Middle-Earth books (would be 14 if I could find the last two). I've even written a short story of Glorfindel and his fight with a balrog during the First Age, which is still on the forums, I think, if you want to look for it.

Ghost_of_a_Flea · « **Reply #10 on:** December 11, 2003, 06:01:20 PM »

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Originally posted by: mouse_clicker
Now now, Berny, you've said too much already.

In any case, Lord of the Rings fandom is one area no one has me beat- I've read the book 6 times now, own an atlas and guide to Middle-Earth, and have 12 History of Middle-Earth books (would be 14 if I could find the last two). I've even written a short story of Glorfindel and his fight with a balrog during the First Age, which is still on the forums, I think, if you want to look for it.

Do you walk around hunched over repeating, "Must find the preciousss."

I can't state that I'm that much of a fan, but I was a big fan of the books long before the movies (and distinctly remember hating the cartoons!). I really want to get some of the guides and the History of Middle-Earth books, but that takes money... and right before Christmas...

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #11 on:** December 11, 2003, 06:05:41 PM »

At least get the Silmarillion, Ninja- it makes LotR especially better if you reread it afterwards. You should be able to get it for no more than $3 or $4 at a discount book store.

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #12 on:** December 12, 2003, 02:35:22 PM »

I believe I may be going to see a midnight showing of this. I'm not a big lord of the rings fans, but some of my friends decided "hey why not?" and my English teacher is going and stuff, so I'll probably go if I gets tickets.

Kasceis · « **Reply #13 on:** December 12, 2003, 03:31:13 PM »

Everyone might wanna consider getting tickets in advance if you plan on seeing it the very first night. I'm getting a 'crew' together to go see it. Tryin to establish a huge group of people going, yes, my car is gonna be packed!

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #14 on:** December 12, 2003, 03:34:43 PM »

I saw The Two Towers with a group of my friends, but I'm seeing Return of the King alone- this is the culmination of 6 years of waiting, ever since I first read the book in 4th grade, and I want to experience it free of distractions.

silverdonut · « **Reply #15 on:** December 14, 2003, 01:35:20 PM »

All my friends don't care about LoTR. All they care about is the oposite sex. Their all obbsessed. We went to this basketball camp, and my friend (a girl) was looking out the window at guys passing and was judging them. My very good friends (the ones who are not obbsessed with the oposite sex) are either going away when they are playing all 3 movies in one day or, too busy to go. So i'll be going by myself, obviously.

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #16 on:** December 14, 2003, 03:40:11 PM »

Hey, there ain't nothin' wrong with being interested in only the opposite sex.

And silverdonut, who is this friend of yours who is a girl? Any way I can contact her?

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #17 on:** December 14, 2003, 03:48:11 PM »

MC: I know what you mean. I hate to go to the movies alone, but whenever I go with a friend they're way too distracting. During a movie I need quite to think about it and put pieces together. Same with videogames. If I'm playing Xenogears or something and somebody's watching me they're always "Who's that? What's he do? Why's he there? What is the meaning of life?"

There's this one kid that like YELLS at me during movies. He thinks he's whispering, but it actuall hurts my ears (probably because everything else is silent). But it's always these horrible jokes.
"OH THAT'S GOTTA HURT! AHAHAHAHAH!"

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silverdonut · « **Reply #18 on:** December 14, 2003, 04:16:53 PM »

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Originally posted by: Hostile Creation
Hey, there ain't nothin' wrong with being interested in only the opposite sex.

And silverdonut, who is this friend of yours who is a girl? Any way I can contact her?

Yes well while your watching a movie and them pointing at people and talking about how hott they are can be quite distracting. And no, you can't contact my friend. I forgot, all you think about is sex. Yes, I read what you wrote about it and what blindskate said, and I can't help but laugh.

Kasceis · « **Reply #19 on:** December 17, 2003, 07:27:45 PM »

I watched it today, and all I can say is its AWESOME, I would talk about it but I dont want to ruin it for anyone.

Can't wait till tomarrow to see it again!

Berto2K · « **Reply #20 on:** December 17, 2003, 11:08:42 PM »

Yes, I saw it tonight as well. This movie rocks. You will not get bored by the 3 hour 21 minutes of it. There is no way they could have split this up into 2 smaller shorter movies, it would kill it completely. I have not read any of the books, nor saw all of the 2nd one. Sure I felt a tad lost at the beginning, but that feeling left completely as they all stand on their own very well. An awesome comclusion to the trilogy. I would definitely see it again.

Only crappy part was that the camera operator couldn't get it focused just right, so there was a very slight blur to it the whole time :\.

Ghost_of_a_Flea · « **Reply #21 on:** December 18, 2003, 06:13:33 AM »

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Originally posted by: Berto2K
Yes, I saw it tonight as well. This movie rocks. You will not get bored by the 3 hour 21 minutes of it. There is no way they could have split this up into 2 smaller shorter movies, it would kill it completely. I have not read any of the books, nor saw all of the 2nd one. Sure I felt a tad lost at the beginning, but that feeling left completely as they all stand on their own very well. An awesome comclusion to the trilogy. I would definitely see it again.

Only crappy part was that the camera operator couldn't get it focused just right, so there was a very slight blur to it the whole time :\.

We had similar problems with the camera... a few stops and a couple times the sound was off, but the movie was outstanding! It met and surpassed every one of my expectations!

Swordsplay · « **Reply #22 on:** December 18, 2003, 06:39:22 AM »

I cant wait to see it, im supposed to see it next week with my friends. Other people (not you guys) said it sucked, was to long, and didnt deserve an oscar, and that they should of all shot themselves in the head 20 times instead of making the third movie in the Lord of the Rings series. I hope to god they weren't serious when the said that, otherwise i will be pissed and angry! I love lotr, and i know this movie is gonna be good, but if those people are right (fat chance), then im ashamed at the director and producer, if not, those people that said that, are stupid.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #23 on:** December 18, 2003, 07:50:54 AM »

I'm insanely jealous of those that have seen it since I have to wait until the weekend because of that work thing. My brother saw the midnight showing on Tuesday and said it was great. He also said it follows the book more closely than The Two Towers which is good since I though many of the creative liberties in the second film made no f*cking sense whatsoever and really hurt the movie (how does Frodo pull a sword on Sam when he's captured? Did Faramir let his prisoners keep their weapons?).

I too also promised myself that I would finish the books before the third movie. I have two chapters left before I see the film on Saturday. Hopefully I can pull it off. It doesn't really matter anyway since I'm pretty sure those last few chapters aren't in the movie. The ending of Return of the King is way too drawn out for a movie.

Those of you who want to see it alone to eliminate distractions are being pretty silly. If you want that then you better have your own f*cking theatre because no matter what there's always some idiot in a movie theatre that will break your concentration. It might as well be your friends who at the very least you can punch.

Swordsplay · « **Reply #24 on:** December 18, 2003, 07:54:19 AM »

i believe that Peter Jackson should deserve his oscar, he worked so hard on this third one, and didnt reseive an oscar for the other 2. He has worked his a** off and got nothing, he should deserve his oscar for this one, i mean come on, what else does the academy want? Dang they are really picky, and they pick mostly crappy movies for the oscars, come on, pick Lotr for once.

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Author Topic: LotR: RotK (Read 16970 times)