I smell cheeze.

[Boromir88]

Ditto that. In fact, Boromir's cave troll line is one of my favourite lines in the films. Cheeze varies from person to person, evidently.

Saphy, I found it very fitting for Boromir. Not only is the line fitting for Boromir, but the way Sean Bean says it, makes you think of the Boromir in the books. "Great, they have a cave troll."

Maybe, that's why some people would consider Legolas' lines "cheesy," because Mr. Bloom has the same accent for a pirate, an elf, and a Greek Warrior .

I would suggest that it's not necessarily the line that is the cheesy part, but maybe just how the actors say it?

[Oddwen]

I would suggest that it's not necessarily the line that is the cheesy part, but maybe just how the actors say it?

I would say yes. For instance, almost everything that Gandalf said was wonderful, in many cases favorite passages from the book. Yet his...style, his accent was all wrong, and it made him sound pretentious and overly grand. Maybe it's his Shakespearian theater training, I don't know.

On the positive side, I always love the exchange between Grima and Eowyn at the deathbed of Theodred. Grima's "Cold spring" dialogue is almost cheesy at the time, yet the way he says it redeems it.
And then the reply from Eowyn. "Your words are poison." Any other style of speaking those words would have just broken the mood. Miranda Otto found the absolute perfect way to say it. That's probably the only thing I like about TTT.

I haven't seen the RotK EE yet, can you believe it? That's what you get for having a birthday so close to Christmas.

But from the TTT EE, there is this that galls me:
"You still speak in riddles, hn-hn-henhh." ~Aragorn

And Gandalf's speech a little later on about Sauron fearing Aragorn, it just sounds like he's trying to get it out as fast as he can. It's annoying and cheezy.

[Sapphire_Flame]

*green* Good point about Orli, Boromir88.

I definitely agree with Boro and Oddwen about the line delivery affecting (or is that effecting? ) the cheeziness of a particular quote.

On that note, do you think that, had someone else been chosen to play Legolas, would he not have seemed to be as much of a Captain Obvious?

Abedithon le,

~ Saphy ~

[Boromir88]

On that note, do you think that, had someone else been chosen to play Legolas, would he not have seemed to be as much of a Captain Obvious?

I think any person with the line "A diversion" would sound like a Captain Obvious, it just so happens Mr. Bloom was the unfortunate one. Even Sean Connery, who is my personal favorite, and one of the best actors of all time, would seem like Captain Obvious with that line .

[Frodo Baggins]

Yes well, actually The scene in Rotk when Elrond is prodding Arwen forward and about to burst into tears quite moving. I think he whispers "Go to him." However, when Aragorn and Arwen are trying to "eat each other" and Aragorn is shoving his tongue down her throat is just soo cheesy and ...ick. I doubt Tolkien would have approved of elves or men french-kissing in public.

the chessiest line in the WHOLE trilogy?

Legolas: "A Diversion!" DUH!!!

oh and Legolas is not the only captiain obvious, take this line.

Elrond: I looked into you future and I saw death.

Any idiot knows she's gonna die.

[Rose Cotton]

Wow, I really loved Gollum's little rhyme at shelob's lair. It's just so creepy to me. Ya, it's not shakespearian poetry, but it's not supposed to be.

There arn't really any lines I hate. A few make me laugh and others that sort of grate on my nerves but I still enjoy them.

With one exeption:

I, in any film am turned off by slow motion. It just seems too melodramatic to me. Many of the scenes in the LotR movies pull this off fairly well if not brilliantly (i.e. Boromir's death). However the one scene that just goes over the edge is when Frodo sends Sam away. Sam is offering to take the ring and the scene goes into slow mo:

Sam: shaaaaaaaaaaaare............theeeeeeeee........loa aaaaaaaaaaad.......

IT'S SO CHEESY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't even stand it. I always have to fast forward through it even though it only takes a few seconds. To me it's just cheesy to insanity. And of course it's topped off by a major plot deviation.

So personally, I'd have to crown that as the king of cheesy lines.

[Sapphire_Flame]

Originally Posted by Rose Cotton

Wow, I really loved Gollum's little rhyme at shelob's lair. It's just so creepy to me. Ya, it's not shakespearian poetry, but it's not supposed to be.

Nothing at all against the scene. I just found it a little...odd. Now, if Blues Man Gollum had shown up...

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Originally Posted by Rose Cotton

Sam is offering to take the ring and the scene goes into slow mo:

Sam: shaaaaaaaaaaaare............theeeeeeeee........loa aaaaaaaaaaad.......

IT'S SO CHEESY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't even stand it. I always have to fast forward through it even though it only takes a few seconds. To me it's just cheesy to insanity. And of course it's topped off by a major plot deviation.

So personally, I'd have to crown that as the king of cheesy lines.

Ah! I can't believe no one had mentioned that before! I completely agree with you; I can't stand that part. Not only the slomo, it also does that echo-y thing. *cringes* Quite bad. I second your crowning.

Abedithon le,

~ Saphy ~

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I would have to third the crowning if it weren't for what is possibly my favorite line to hate:

"Looks like meat's back on the menu boys!"

*bangs head on desk*

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

I would suggest that it's not necessarily the line that is the cheesy part, but maybe just how the actors say it?

Or not just how cheesy they say it, but how cheesy they are in the first place?

[Břicho]

I was totally cheesed out by Dwimorberg and Aragorn's little sword fight with the King of the Dead.

Whenever, at the end of the ROTK, Frodo sort of rubs his shoulder with a faint smile on his face while his voiceover drones on about never being able to come back, I get a strong whiff of cheese--I mean where's the pain? Why should he need to go 'cross the sea?