If it's Sam Raimi directing perhaps Bruce Campbell can be the porter. . . or Beorn.
I get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much, and... some of it's made up, and... some of it can't be quantified, and... there's secrets.
River ,'Safe'
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sumi - Dec 20, 2007 5:51:59 pm PST #2854 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Juliebird - Dec 20, 2007 5:56:08 pm PST #2855 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Making something sinister is like the one thing he does really, really well
If we're talking a movie starring Michael J. Fox, sure. That worked. I adored The Frighteners. Heavenly Creatures creeped me the hell out, which is not something that I associate with TLotR. I also think it's two totally different types of sinister, and PJ's just didn't work in the Tolkein-verse, for me.
I could do without the CGI-porn, as well. (Hell, I even had a problem with the sweeping heli-shots of the actual landscape, because, beautiful as it was, who's perspective was that? I wanted more trudging down on the ground with the characters, not these long, impersonal distance shots.)
Um, I think I'll leave and take all my issues with me, yeah...
§ ita § - Dec 20, 2007 6:01:31 pm PST #2856 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
For me the sweeping vistas were the quick version. Just talking to a non-reader of the book who commented that he didn't like the second two movies because there was too much walking. I warned him to avoid the books. Because they are like unto a travel journal. Less trudge was good by me.
Juliebird - Dec 20, 2007 6:36:17 pm PST #2857 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
heh, I think the trudging was one of my favorite parts of the books. But what I'd meant was that I'd rather have been down on the ground with the characters, having character-stuff going on with a fantastic backdrop, rather than "Look! Gorgeous mountains! Oh, yeah, there's nine persons walking about as well."
But whatev, I just FF to the Boromir scenes.
Sean K - Dec 20, 2007 8:02:28 pm PST #2858 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Okay, I'm about to become a heretic to myself even, but yes, by the end of RotK, even I had gotten a little tired of PJ's constant "look! I recreated Middle Earth shots, but more importantly (to me) he completely screwed up the single most important scene in the entire trilogy by thinking his dialog for the Eowyn Kills the Witch King moment was somehow better than Tolkien's.
That almost killed my love of the movies. I was very disappointed.
He also screwed up my second favorite scene. All in all, RotK did not please me like I'd hopes it would.
Hayden - Dec 20, 2007 8:16:23 pm PST #2859 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
By the end of ROTK, I was wondering how many times he could end the same movie. It's like listening to a band do the "strumming the final chord to build applause" thing for 45 minutes.
And I say this as a fan of the movies.
Polter-Cow - Dec 20, 2007 8:29:16 pm PST #2860 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
My favorite was Two Towers. I saw that one in the theatre twice.
DavidS - Dec 20, 2007 8:40:48 pm PST #2861 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My favorite was Two Towers. I saw that one in the theatre twice.
How can you love Two Towers most and S1 of Slings and Arrows least?!
You are the most backwardest thinking person I know.
Polter-Cow - Dec 20, 2007 9:12:36 pm PST #2862 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Maybe you're the backwards one.
erikaj - Dec 20, 2007 9:46:15 pm PST #2863 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, Fred Pete. She's cute and can wear the hell out of a suit, but overall, I think I missed the Audrey memo. Or maybe stylishness means more to other people than me. That is entirely possible.