4 hours and 50 minutes was supposed to be > 4 hours and 15 minutes.
I did hear that Jackson's first rough cut of the movie WAS in the 5 hour range, though.
Nobody can tell Marmaduke what to do. That's my kind of dog.
Trick ,'First Date'
LotR - The Return of the King: "We named the *dog* 'Strider'".
Frodo: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Aragorn"? Elrond: That's his name. Aragorn, son of Arathorn. Aragorn: I like "Strider." Elrond: We named the *dog* "Strider".
A discussion of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. If you're a pervy hobbit fancier, this is the place for you.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 05, 2004 7:34:50 am PST #1069 of 3902
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Kathy A - Jan 05, 2004 8:54:23 am PST #1070 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
watching FotR after seeing RotK is absolutely heartbreaking.
Last night, the Encore Action channel had the theatrical release of FotR on (fullscreen, damnit--grumblegrumbledamnmoviechannelscan'tevenshowwidescreen versionsgrumble), which I haven't seen in a very long while, and I watched it (well, I spent the first hour flipping back and forth between it and The Frighteners on SciFi). Considering I haven't seen any version of FotR since Trilogy Tuesday, I was practically in tears seeing laughing, cheerful, healthy Frodo in the Shire.
he spends the whole day in bed moaning.
Was there a Beta unit involved? (Sorry, my mind went into The Last Starfighter mode for a minute...)
Steph L. - Jan 05, 2004 8:55:40 am PST #1071 of 3902
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
(well, I spent the first hour flipping back and forth between it and The Frighteners on SciFi)
That must have made for an interesting combined movie....
Kathy A - Jan 05, 2004 9:08:21 am PST #1072 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
It was only the second time I've seen The Frighteners, and the first time I've seen most of the first hour, but I keep on missing the introduction of the whacked-out FBI agent played by Jeffrey Combs. What's with his obsession with the Michael J. Fox character? Anyway, it's a decent flick that gets better as it gets more serious, like LotR does. Fox really does a good job playing the increasingly stressed out Frank. Oh, and another question: during the FBI agent's questioning, he asks Frank why Frank's shaking, and assumes that Frank is pulling some kind of mojo on him. Was the shaking part of Fox's Parkinson's Disease, or part of the script?
Nutty - Jan 05, 2004 9:16:49 am PST #1073 of 3902
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Was the shaking part of Fox's Parkinson's Disease, or part of the script?
I'm sure it was the script -- that's about as abject as the character gets, being accused of murdering his wife and unable to express his horror and fear. I thought it was incredibly effective, showing his shaking hand over his face rather than the standard big whooping sobs that you'd ordinarily see.
That was a very strange movie, pingponging between the terrible and the hilarious. I did like it, but I never quite know how to feel about it as a whole movie; I can only describe it properly as a series of good moments.
Which, I think, works better in really long movies than in short ones.
Sean K - Jan 05, 2004 9:41:57 am PST #1074 of 3902
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Also, a friend of mine heard that RotKEE might be coming out really early -- like in May. . . have any of you guys heard that one?
Oooh, if it's true, that's good news. But I've also heard that the RotKEE is going to clock in at 5 hours, and if that's true (which I hope it is), I don't see how they could possibly finish it that soon.
Actually, I'm guessing that this is the same misunderstood quote that's happened every single year that these movies have been out.
It goes like this, PJ, in an interview, most likely with a NZ paper or something, gives a quote about the next movie being out "next summer."
Somebody in america (where very large numbers of people just don't know that the seasons are reversed in the southern hemisphere) reads the quote, and thinks the next movie has been pushed up to come out in July, or something.
I suspect it's something similar again here. PJ said something about the ROTK EE being released "next spring" or something, and he meant November.
sumi - Jan 05, 2004 9:49:09 am PST #1075 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
Jessica - Jan 05, 2004 9:52:39 am PST #1076 of 3902
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
(well, I spent the first hour flipping back and forth between it and The Frighteners on SciFi)
t utterly fails to come up with a clever way of mentioning that PJ directed that too
Actually, I'm guessing that this is the same misunderstood quote that's happened every single year that these movies have been out.
Hmph. Spoilsport.
Sean K - Jan 05, 2004 9:55:44 am PST #1077 of 3902
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Hmph. Spoilsport.
Sorry. Sorry. I take it back.
Kathy A - Jan 05, 2004 10:24:06 am PST #1078 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
utterly fails to come up with a clever way of mentioning that PJ directed that too
Yep, I was making my own Jackson semi-double feature! I did pretty good in the last half of 2003--saw three Jackson movies for the first time (Frighteners, Heavenly Creatures, and RotK). Still have not seen his early stuff (Brain Dead/Dead Alive or Meet the Feebles), and to be quite blunt, am not too sure if I want to.
Oh, and in 2003 I also tuned into the first part of the remake of Psycho (turned it off after Anne Heche went belly-down on the side of the tub--color and the lack of Anthony Perkins completely ruined this movie), as well as saw A Walk on the Moon, A Perfect Murder, and most of GI Jane (loved the first, meh on the second, really meh on the third) for Viggo.