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doug*platypus · 12-26-2002, 08:05 AM

So far the way I feel about the LOTR Trilogy is how I feel about the Star Wars Trilogy. Objectively, Two Towers is the better movie. Most people, I think, feel it is better, mainly because it isn't the first one, no introductions need to be made, all the characters are familiar, there's more action, etc. etc. I know The Two Towers is better, but I think that Fellowship of the Ring will always be my favourite. It was the first, the beginning of something great, it has The Shire, it has Gandalf the Grey, it has the Galadriel scenes, it has Sir Ian Holm's brilliant Bilbo, and it has the Black Riders. I don't know if it's possible for me to say one is better, but the other is my favourite, but there it is. <P>I don't know how it's possible since they were all filmed at the same time, but the costumes and makeup are so much better in TTT! The Uruk-Hai are amazing, there can't be people in there, it must be real Orcs!! Special Effects as well - the fight with the Balrog and the explosion at Helm's Deep are the two greatest effects I've ever seen! I thought the Balrog sucked in FOTR.

12-26-2002, 08:05 AM	#29
doug*platypus Delver in the Deep Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 960	So far the way I feel about the LOTR Trilogy is how I feel about the Star Wars Trilogy. Objectively, Two Towers is the better movie. Most people, I think, feel it is better, mainly because it isn't the first one, no introductions need to be made, all the characters are familiar, there's more action, etc. etc. I know The Two Towers is better, but I think that Fellowship of the Ring will always be my favourite. It was the first, the beginning of something great, it has The Shire, it has Gandalf the Grey, it has the Galadriel scenes, it has Sir Ian Holm's brilliant Bilbo, and it has the Black Riders. I don't know if it's possible for me to say one is better, but the other is my favourite, but there it is. <P>I don't know how it's possible since they were all filmed at the same time, but the costumes and makeup are so much better in TTT! The Uruk-Hai are amazing, there can't be people in there, it must be real Orcs!! Special Effects as well - the fight with the Balrog and the explosion at Helm's Deep are the two greatest effects I've ever seen! I thought the Balrog sucked in FOTR. __________________ But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.