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Old 09-08-2003, 06:56 PM   #11
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Sauron 666 wrote <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I didn't mind the cave troll back ride part but the shield riding was one of the cheesiest things i've ever seen in a movie. Can't say i'm exactly jumping for joy here. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>At least there's two of us. And, it seems like consensus here is for a typical, money-sucking, teen-exploiting Hollywood movie. Does no one want to see LotR on the screen? <P>Legolas poking orc with arrow in its eye, then shoot same arrow--yes. Shield-boarding--no. Aragorn cutting off Lurtz's (?) arm then, not wasting a second hacking off his head--yes. And, as much as I gasped at Legolas' defying natural laws of physics getting on that horse it jarred me out of the story and into the very question posted here about effects. So, Legolas' gravity-defying horse-mounting--no.<P>There are some stunts that make one gasp and still fit to serve the story. The others are there to bring in the thrill seekers strictly for the $$$.<P>X-Games and Third Age do not mix. I want to see Gandalf, Aragorn, and Legolas, not Jackie Chan, Pierce Brosnan, and Jet Li (although I adore martial arts movies). <P> When I go to Middle Earth, I want to be in ME, not doing the time warp again.
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