*TTT - Overall Impressions - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Olorin · 12-19-2002, 06:12 PM

WARNING: this is a spoiler!Grrr! I have nothing good to say! I don't know where to begin. Ah, for starters, The Battle of Helm's Deep. Is it just me, or was the battle only a chapter in the book? If so, why did it end up being the whole movie. I'm really not one for battle seens and Helm's Deep seemed to last more than 3 hours. PJ changed WAY TOO MUCH! Why did the elves show up!? That wasn't supposed to happen! Not only that, but Celeborn dies. I really liked him! PJ should have left it the way it was. My favorite character was barely in it! What happened to Gandalf!? My favorite seen was left out too! Gandalf confronting Saruman was to me, the turning point of the trilogy. Not only did they leave it out, but they make the attack on Eisengard the very end.It's not like the plot changes were not enough, TTT seemed to lack the magic and enchantment of the FotR. They didn't use Tolkien-esque language. The dialogue was very everydayish. The only explanation for this is that PJ was running low on funds and time and had to make this one really quickly because it sucked! I wonder about the movie industry sometimes. I compare TTT to Star Wars episode 2. With all the money and publicity that went into it, you would think the director and crew could have made a half-way decent movie! I serously hope the third one is remarkable or I'm going to be really ****ed off.

12-19-2002, 06:12 PM	#11
Olorin Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Where the sun sails and the moon walks. Posts: 155	WARNING: this is a spoiler!<P>Grrr! I have nothing good to say! I don't know where to begin. <P>Ah, for starters, The Battle of Helm's Deep. Is it just me, or was the battle only a chapter in the book? If so, why did it end up being the whole movie. I'm really not one for battle seens and Helm's Deep seemed to last more than 3 hours. <P>PJ changed WAY TOO MUCH! Why did the elves show up!? That wasn't supposed to happen! Not only that, but Celeborn dies. I really liked him! PJ should have left it the way it was. My favorite character was barely in it! <B>What happened to Gandalf!?</B> My favorite seen was left out too! Gandalf confronting Saruman was to me, the turning point of the trilogy. Not only did they leave it out, but they make the attack on Eisengard the very end.<P>It's not like the plot changes were not enough, TTT seemed to lack the magic and enchantment of the FotR. They didn't use Tolkien-esque language. The dialogue was very everydayish. The only explanation for this is that PJ was running low on funds and time and had to make this one really quickly because it sucked! I wonder about the movie industry sometimes. I compare TTT to Star Wars episode 2. With all the money and publicity that went into it, you would think the director and crew could have made a half-way decent movie! <P>I serously hope the third one is remarkable or I'm going to be really ****ed off. __________________ Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then don't be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.