Movie comments - don't read if you haven't seen the movie yet!

[Pirotess]

hey there Telchar<P>I gotta admit, that when i woke up today, i was freaked like hell 'bout going to see the FOTR, cuz i was too worried about being disapointed. N i have to say: all in all, i liked it.<P>sure, i hated some things:<BR>- the ending<BR>- Arwen<BR>- Arwen saving them ('specially when she called on the tides)<BR>- Butterbur n the meeting with Strider<BR>- some very childish/cartoonish interpretations of the Council.<P>But c'mon let's be honest: the good points of the movie are waaaayyyyy more numerous. stellar acting. great interpretation of nearly all the characters. costumes, n settings were great too. nice fighting sequences. the war scene in the beginning gave me goosebumps, it was amazing. i luved the balrog. The movie managed to capture the <I>feel</I> of the story for me.<BR>I think Pippin was well interpreted. According to tolkien, he's suposed to be <I>irresponsible</I> n he does some immature things in the course of the books, doesn't he?<P>No. i'm not 100% satisfied. But there was no chance for the movie to be EXACTLY like the book. And i don't think it's fair to bash it, because of all the things that <I>were</I> so wonderfully accurate.<BR>Why do we always Want it All? Can't we just enjoy what we're getting? Humans are so ridiculously greedy.<P>I think 1 of the probs with us, crazy hardcore Tolkien fans, is that we don't want people who have never read the books, n don't understand their massive splendor, to walk outta some movie theatre, thinking that <I>"that's"</I> what the whole books were about, if the adaptation is inaccurate.<P>well i gotta say: I don't care about those people. I've read the books, n i'll always be in love with them. If you want complete accuracy, then just read them. the movie is simply a mere adaptation. that's all. we can't expect it to be the same as Tolkien's written version O_o<P>Personnaly i enjoyed some the Extra stuff that PJ added to the story. it added some intrigue to certain scenes, that i know by heart, and knew exactly what was gonna happen..<P>And yeah, they did skip lots of the more "in-between moments", jumping from 1 place to the next, n i hope the DVD will come with plenty of cut scenes that will make up for it a bit <P>take care. ^_^