Message Forum: Re: LOTR discussion cum *spoilers*

Re: LOTR discussion cum *spoilers*

Posted By: Sosiqui, on host 63.193.249.209
Date: Saturday, December 29, 2001, at 21:55:32
In Reply To: LOTR discussion cum *spoilers* posted by Issachar on Thursday, December 20, 2001, at 07:19:53:

Okay, my turn... now that I've FINALLY seen the movie! And I had to wait in a darn huge line to do so, too. But it was so very worth it. Wow. My observations...

- The hobbits just plain ruled. Everything about them, size, clothing, the Shire, the scenery, the hobbit-holes... just perfect. I also thought the introduction of Merry and Pippin worked quite well.

- The CG stuff was *amazing*. Many times, I made judgements on whether something was CG or not by figuring that such a thing couldn't exist in our world otherwise. There were only two times when I thought it was a little too obvious that something was CG - the giant eagle (or whatever) that carried Gandalf away from Isengard, and the Watcher in the Water outside of Moria (and I can't remember how to spell Moria now, so don't kill me). I especially liked the crumbling stairway sequence in Moria; that was pretty suspenseful and nicely done.

- Moria freaked me out in the book. It freaks me out MUCH more now. Wow.

- I want to move to Rivendell. Fantastic architecture, especially from my riddled-with-art-history perspective. Among other cool things.

- The wraith-world that Frodo sees when he puts on the Ring is very cool, as others have mentioned... especially the sequence when the Nazgul are *right there* so you can see them as men... oooh. Spookily neat.

- Did anyone else catch that at one point (I think it was after the whole 'second breakfast' thing although I could be wrong) the hobbits and Strider/Aragorn passed a place with large stone trolls looming over? They weren't directly remarked upon, but I thought that was a nice "Oh, I know what that is!" treat for those who read the books, particularly The Hobbit. (I also specifically looked for Nenya on Galadriel's hand, and was pleased to see it there.)

- I was, oddly enough, particularly impressed by Gimli. The casting was darn good everywhere but I think he did an exceptional job.

- The horn of Gondor does sound like an old buggy horn. Sigh.

- The Elvish, with subtitling, ruled.

Sosi"I want to see it again quite badly"qui

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Message:	> Okay, my turn... now that I've FINALLY seen the movie! And I had to wait in a darn huge line to do so, too. But it was so very worth it. Wow. My observations... > > - The hobbits just plain ruled. Everything about them, size, clothing, the Shire, the scenery, the hobbit-holes... just perfect. I also thought the introduction of Merry and Pippin worked quite well. > > - The CG stuff was amazing. Many times, I made judgements on whether something was CG or not by figuring that such a thing couldn't exist in our world otherwise. There were only two times when I thought it was a little too obvious that something was CG - the giant eagle (or whatever) that carried Gandalf away from Isengard, and the Watcher in the Water outside of Moria (and I can't remember how to spell Moria now, so don't kill me). I especially liked the crumbling stairway sequence in Moria; that was pretty suspenseful and nicely done. > > - Moria freaked me out in the book. It freaks me out MUCH more now. Wow. > > - I want to move to Rivendell. Fantastic architecture, especially from my riddled-with-art-history perspective. Among other cool things. > > - The wraith-world that Frodo sees when he puts on the Ring is very cool, as others have mentioned... especially the sequence when the Nazgul are right there so you can see them as men... oooh. Spookily neat. > > - Did anyone else catch that at one point (I think it was after the whole 'second breakfast' thing although I could be wrong) the hobbits and Strider/Aragorn passed a place with large stone trolls looming over? They weren't directly remarked upon, but I thought that was a nice "Oh, I know what that is!" treat for those who read the books, particularly The Hobbit. (I also specifically looked for Nenya on Galadriel's hand, and was pleased to see it there.) > > - I was, oddly enough, particularly impressed by Gimli. The casting was darn good everywhere but I think he did an exceptional job. > > - The horn of Gondor does sound like an old buggy horn. Sigh. > > - The Elvish, with subtitling, ruled. > > Sosi"I want to see it again quite badly"qui
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