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GreyIstar · 12-20-2001, 12:22 PM

I have a question. Why did noone like the ending? The book drops you off right in the middle and I thought it was good.I loved the movie. The spirit and feel of Tolkien really came through. Forget the minor details omissions and such. 3 hours is a long time for a movie, but too short to make the FOTR perfect. You can't walk away like you can with a book and pick up again later.I loved it. I thought Viggo was the perfect Aragorn and Gandalf was superb as well as Boromir. I thought Merry and Pippin were kinda lost. I kept trying to figure out which was which but they get more prominent in the the next 2.A great film, stop trying to make it live up to the books. It won't and I knew that from the beginning. It is based on JRR Tolkien, not by him.

12-20-2001, 12:22 PM	#11
GreyIstar Wight Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Dallas Posts: 116	I have a question. Why did noone like the ending? The book drops you off right in the middle and I thought it was good.<P>I loved the movie. The spirit and feel of Tolkien really came through. Forget the minor details omissions and such. <P>3 hours is a long time for a movie, but too short to make the FOTR perfect. You can't walk away like you can with a book and pick up again later.<P>I loved it. I thought Viggo was the perfect Aragorn and Gandalf was superb as well as Boromir. <P>I thought Merry and Pippin were kinda lost. I kept trying to figure out which was which but they get more prominent in the the next 2.<P>A great film, stop trying to make it live up to the books. It won't and I knew that from the beginning. It is based on JRR Tolkien, not by him. __________________ Keeper of the site Ring Lord. "Dangerous!" cried Gandalf. "And so am I, very dangerous: more dangerous than anything you will ever meet, unless you are brought alive before the seat of the Dark Lord."