There was a post for
Last Samurai
at the theatre on Christmas that, at first glance, looked just like the main Aragorn poster for RotK, Viggo and his sword backed up by the massed armies of the West. The interesting thing about the poster is, all you see is Tom Cruise's back. It's a shot of him in the samurai armor, he's swinging a sword, he's got the long hair, so to the swiftly looking eye you've got all the elements of RotK--armor, sword, army, even the coloration is the same--but the words that will, hopefully, stick in your mind are "The Last Samurai." I guess the very similar poster they've had that shows Tom's face wasn't working.
To be fair, it looked like a fairly decent film, even if only for a chance to look at samurai armor. But it's probably something we'll rent so we can freeze-frame the DVD and nitpick over armoring details.
Sorry, but even New Line isn't making enough money that they could pay me to see Dances with Ronin.
This is wonderful news--for us. When/if studios see that people like good movies, not just blockbuster-style movies, and spend money on them, it is a good thing.
Call me cynical, but I suspect the effect of the fims' success among studio execs will be that lots of Dungeons & Dragons and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys style movies will get made in the next few years. I don't see why the LotR movies would make their point about audiences and good movies any better than
Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind,
or
Alien
did.
"[...]It gives a whole new dynamic and I can assure you that the DVD version of Return of the King will be longer than 4 hours and 50 min." -- Note that this was translated into Danish by the newspaper and then back to English by us.
Heh. They forgot "This was translated from Viggoese to English into Danish..."
Call me cynical, but I suspect the effect of the fims' success among studio execs will be that lots of Dungeons & Dragons and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys style movies will get made in the next few years. I don't see why the LotR movies would make their point about audiences and good movies any better than Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, or Alien did.
Party pooper.
I watched 'A Director's Vision' about PJ and LOTR and there was so much footage that obviously belongs in ROTK that we didn't get to see. It makes me very, very excited to see the extended ROTK. And it really does need to be 5 hours long.
edit - oh, and there was an outtake of Sir Ian flubbing a line and saying 'bugger it'. We need outtakes and gag reels.
edit - oh, and there was an outtake of Sir Ian flubbing a line and saying 'bugger it'. We need outtakes and gag reels.
WANT. They must be out there somewhere. I think one of the more recently posted links mentioned that each actor was presented with a tape of outtakes/gag reels when he filmed his last scene. *Sigh* Think of all the fun.
Back from the dead - do you know that the theater here that has the special screens with reserved seating and leather recliners is showing PAYCHECK on those screens? Paycheck. ROTK is consigned to normal screens.
Great news about the DVD length - they did say that Howard Shore had scored about 5 hours of movie, so at least that much is finished.
I want a commemorative Gandalf coin from NZ! ("The queen on one side and Elizabeth II on the other." Ha!)
Jess, I caved and bought it, and made my own scans and LJ icons.
I try to have shame ... it doesn't always work.
I got the extended DVDs of FotR and TTT for Xmas. Very happy.
I watched the first X-Men movie last night, and I was somewhat traumatized that Gandalf could be such a bad guy. I think I have trouble letting go of characters.
Because of the order I saw them in, I have no problem with Gandalf being Magneto. Legolas can be whoever he wants, as long as he kills people. Aragorn should only be himself.
Theoden? I actually screamed at
The Scorpion King
(which I liked well enough). Bernard Hill must never act again.
