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Summary: Gollum steals the show!!
Review: Is this the best movie of all time? No---. Is it great entertainment? YES!! Even tho' the purists and anti-purists have quibbled over the degree of "faithfulness" to Tolkien's books, the film must be regarded as a work that stands on it's own merit. I believe I read the entire LOTR trilogy 7 times over a period of 30 years; I was never really able to visualise Gollum until now! What a magnificent combination of acting and special effects. The portrayal of a poor creature torn between an all-consuming desire for posession of the "precious" and his "master" , (Frodo Baggins) was terrific!As I commented earlier, this is not the greatest movie of all time , but it certainly is probably the best FANTASY movie. Yes--the book was better--a consummate masterpiece within the genre; but who cares? 5 stars for acting; 5 stars for scenery ; 5 stars for special effects (especially the Ents!) ; 4 stars for the film version of the book. That makes it overall the only 5 star film I have ever rated.
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Summary: watch out harry potter!
Review: This movie ROCKS! I've seen it over 3 times and have loved it more and more every time, I even bought the video game (which is also very very good that I happen to be playing while I write this.
I can't wait until the DVD comes out which is loaded with special features like "the gollum song" music video.
These movies are so much better than the harry potter movies
but I think that the h.p. books are a little better.
So on the 26th of August what are you going to do? BUY IT!!!!!!
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Summary: Just Awesome
Review: Well I have read all the books that I could get (It's not that easy here in Ecuador)and I was really happy with the movie. I agree that some changes were kinda odd, specially the thing about Faramir. Sure it gives him a better reason to let Frodo go, but I think that it was a little too much. Anyway it's a richer character than the Faramir from the book so I gues we can forgive them for that.
Anyway I can't wait to get the extended edition, specially with those 40 plus minutes. I guess that Gollum's story is gonna be there.
I think that the producers did an excellent job portraying the world of Tolkien and the essence of the plot and the drama. Telling a story in a film is very different than in a book cause all the things that you imagine while you read have to be shown in a couple minutes.
I'm just waiting for the Return of the King.
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Summary: A Great Adventure That I Never Lived
Review: I cannot believe some of the negative reviews this wonderfull movie got. Its a grand adventure and a great time to watch. And though there are differences from the novel, and yes, some big differences, it was still a very enjoyable movie. Those Tolkien fans who gave this movie a bad review you should return to your closets and let the rest of us have a good time watching a great movie. I cannot wait to buy this movie on DVD, grab a six pack and some hot wings, send the kids to bed, turn off the lights and enjoy this movie on my 65" TV with no interruptions. leave us!
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Summary: Don't Be Dumb, wait 3 months - get Platinum
Review: Sure, this movie is absolutely fantastic, but that doesn't mean you're going to buy this marketing ploy, does it? No, what you want to do is wait until November 18th, when they release the Platinum Extended Edition. This version, has four disks, like 10 hours of bonus stuff, comentary, and all that good stuff. But, even if you're into that extra stuff, the feature itself has been extended. That's right. If you wait 3 months to get the platinum edition, the actual movie itself has been EXTENDED by over 1/2 hour. Instead of having a deleted scenes feature, Jackson has finished up those scenes, and seamlessly re-intergrated them into the film (in some instances, this meant a re-write of the soundtrack). All of this sound familar? That's because they did the same thing with Fellowship last year, and they'll be doing it again with "Return of the King" next year no doubt. This first release is just a sucker marketing ploy, the studio knows dumb people will go out and buy it, unaware that a MUCH better version is only a 3 months away. Quite clever really, staggering the releases of the DVDs just gets them more money from dumb people. In conclusion;
- Don't be dumb.
- Wait for Platinum on Nov 18th.
- Fanatastic Movie either way (probably move fantastic with 30+ minutes of new footage though)
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Summary: Can't wait....
Review: I saw LOTR-TTT 3 times in the movies (didn't go more cuz of the economy) and I'm drooling for the DVD to come out. I'm gonna sit, blast my home-theater system and to h*&l with the neighbors if they don't like it...hehe. As far as the controversy surrounding the films and the books, its impossible to be 100% faithful to a story that contains so many nuances and lore behind it. I think no one but Peter Jackson could have pulled off a half-way decent portail of the books, and his effort comes in as much more than just decent. Kudos to you PJ!!!!
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Summary: Astonishing.
Review: This movie willhave you on the edge of your seat and yelling for joy.averall very good.
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Summary: Extended version will have deleted "book" scenes.
Review: In the "Fellowships" extended platinum version, all of the deleted but meshed in scenes were all straight out of the book. The lambas bread from the elves, that kind of thing. "Purists" should wait and see the extended DVD before knocking it.
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Summary: My god, are you lemmings?
Review: Don't get me wrong, The Two Towers is a great movie in its own right, but why are you all marching off the cliff after this piece of junk DVD? You've been through this with the last movie! They put out a normal copy, but then they put out the full movie, which is what you want, on an ultra-expensive "extended edition." New Line Cinema's marketers must be sadists. This edition has the special features I want, but it doens't have the full movie I want. The extended edtion will have the movie I want, but also the special features I DON'T. My friend bought the full-extended edition of Fellowship of the Ring for $... and sold me the actual movie discs for $.... I'd call that a better deal. If they make a third-edition DVD of the Two Towers, with the extended movie but normal special features, I'd buy THAT.
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Summary: One of the greatest...
Review: One of the greatest movies of all time. If you haven't seen this movie, you must see it. The plot is wonderful. Not to complex, but just enough to get you caught up and blown away by it. The special effects are wonderful, the cinematography is fantastic, and the acting is great too. Ian McKellen, Miranda Otto, and Viggo Mortensen all shine, with the last two being newer actors, they both gave wonderful performances.
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