You're probably right, have you read Beowulf?
Film Lord of the Rings
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Is Beowulf one dimensional? If you have ever actually read it...
Yes, multiple times, in both old and modern English.
Do the Hobbits shag Elvs?
Interestingly enough, those that study English philology in Spain have to learn old English. I've met a few that can read Beowulf out loud and understand it. I sort of want to smack them and say, WTF do you want to know this shit for? They make native speakers look like stupid twats.
Hobbits don't exist in Beowulf??????
Shame there wasn't some hobbit sex in the movies, or at the very least some allusion to it.
Well, there were the two children of Sam Gamgee at the end of The Return of the King no? He'd obviously been poking something into the barmaid!
What film is not silly nonsense?
The films don't even follow the books.
I get what you are saying. The whole thing with Gandalf wasn't explained very well tbh. He is an istari (spelt something like that) who are sort of Demi gods. He can't use his powers on mortal folk which is why you only see him us it against the likes of the Balrog, Saruman and the witch king, since they do not strictly belong to middle earth.
The eagles thing is a common gripe though. Why not just tell Frodo to jump on the back and be at Mordor within a day
It would take about 24 hours of film to truly follow the books. I certainly wouldn't be arsed watching that.
Gandalf isn't even his real name.
Raging Bull. It's probably the only one. Not that I know what silly nonsense actually means, it's rather vague.
Yeah, she was a looker to be fair. And for all those who suspected him to be gay...how wrong you were.
Have you only ever watched blockbuster films?
He's grey, then he dies and becomes white, then he starts fighting people with his big stick for a while before going "pschh, feck this, I'm just going to summon some magic light from the sky, or an eagle, or a moth or something and kill a half the army in one stroke." ...It's just madly inconsistent, and seems entirely predicated on how to get the writer out of the corners he's written himself into.
You can make your plot about anything silly and i'll go along with it, but the second you start going "We're at our lowest ebb, our heroes are losing, how do we solve this?...feck it, lets just say magic" you've lost me.
You can make your plot about anything silly and i'll go along with it, but the second you start going "We're at our lowest ebb, our heroes are losing, how do we solve this?...feck it, lets just say magic" you've lost me.
Yeah but it's riddled with Deus ex Machina but a lot of blockbuster films are.
Well since Raging Bull is based on somebody's memoirs that's not really playing fair is it? It's not a fictional tale.
Take the godfather, it's the story of a guy who within a matter of weeks changes from being completely opposed to his families business to running it with no qualms within, what, less than 6 months? It's silly nonsense, doesn't make it any less of a film.
I don't even know what this point means now, think I'm just argueing for the sake of it
I think you are. And so am I, I guess. I bid you farewell.Well since Raging Bull is based on somebody's memoirs that's not really playing fair is it? It's not a fictional tale.
Take the godfather, it's the story of a guy who within a matter of weeks changes from being completely opposed to his families business to running it with no qualms within, what, less than 6 months? It's silly nonsense, doesn't make it any less of a film.
I don't even know what this point means now, think I'm just argueing for the sake of it
Silly nonsense indeed, Pace.
Actually I've changed my mind, it's silly but so what. I loved Rocky 4.
He was a Maia with limited powers in the grey form. He dies, and then is sent back...
A bit like an avatar?
Not really no! A bit more like Jesus!
By avatar I meant a human manifestation of a higher power. You mean the resurrection though don't you? Jesus didn't really come back bigger and deffer, WD.
Deus Ex Machina
Not physically he didn't, I'm talking more in the metaphorical sense. The actual act of defying death is the underlying belief of Christianity. Morph that into physical form and you have Mithdrandir or however you spell his name.
In the hobbit it's explained why they won't just carry them away, gandalf asks them and they say...I get what you are saying. The whole thing with Gandalf wasn't explained very well tbh. He is an istari (spelt something like that) who are sort of Demi gods. He can't use his powers on mortal folk which is why you only see him us it against the likes of the Balrog, Saruman and the witch king, since they do not strictly belong to middle earth.
The eagles thing is a common gripe though. Why not just tell Frodo to jump on the back and be at Mordor within a day
Same would apply for frodo, although I'm not sure if they ever mention it in the book.
Great books, though the films were alright but could have been better.
Yes but the movies' impact on the entertainment industry. But anyway, I'm typing for the sake of it.
What did you get for that amount of money? I got the theatrical blu-ray set for £9.
I guess the success of the movies at the same time as the Spider-Man and X-Men movies set Hollywood on the path of genre adaptations=cash and screw original ideas mentality.
Or did you mean positive impact..?
Each of the films is longer, close to 4hrs each, in the extended blu ray box set. Costs about £35 now.
Still a lot cheaper than 65 euros.
Heard of mana?
I made that post 18 months ago just when the blu ray extended editions were released.
It's a lovely box set which will be much cheaper now.
I got the extended edition blu ray for Christmas. I've never watched them before so I'm looking forward to finding the time for it.
Class set of films if you don't over analyse the details - yes, everyone knows they should have just jumped on the eagles in the first film, hardly impressive insight.
Just relax and enjoy the films for what they are. The trilogy is certainly one of my favourite sets of movies, never tire of watching them.
Just relax and enjoy the films for what they are. The trilogy is certainly one of my favourite sets of movies, never tire of watching them.