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mah
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How dark can it get?
Some consider Fellowship of the Ring to be a dark-themed movie, but as everyone who has read the books know; it just gets darker and darker and the mood amongst the characters get more and more depressive.
now we've seen the trailer for TwoTowers, and it's pretty gloomy, si I have to wonder: will #3, The Return of the King, be taking sombre and dark movies to a new level? that would be really nice
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Mujaffa
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maybe so.... Fotr was not dark at all, the trailer look a bit darker but not kompletely
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tint
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Well, if it gets too dark we cant see.
But Id like to get the chills when Im watching it.
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Apr 24th, 2002 09:44 PM |
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Ushgarak
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LOTR never struck me as being THAT dark- it WAS a children's book after all.
Serious and atmospheric, yes. But not dark in the really evil sense.
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Apr 25th, 2002 12:30 AM |
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REXXXX
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Well, the Nazgul kept me and my mom jumping during the movie. Man, they are creepy...
I just reached ROTK, Book VI, Chapter IV, The Cormallen Field. I'm done with all of the dreary stuff. But, hey, it will get dark.
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ToMacco
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Where is this trailer for part 2? I havn't seen it.
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May 2nd, 2002 04:26 AM |
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REXXXX
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Just before the ending credits if you stay and watch the movie long enough.
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May 7th, 2002 03:37 AM |
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Dexx
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It's not that creepy. I'm in the 3rd book at Mount Doom chapter. And , i dunno....the walks are just too long. There are some boring partz. Anyway....i like it, especialy the nazgul sound....it's refreshing 
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May 9th, 2002 09:54 AM |
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Dexx
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naah...thatz not dark. It's just the point of suspans in the book.
Actually the whole LOTR looks kinda .....i dunno.....fluffy? 
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Jun 2nd, 2002 07:49 PM |
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night fett
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Damn didn't stay long enought to see the two towers trailer is there any trailer on the internet somewhere?
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Jun 22nd, 2002 01:24 PM |
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mah
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here , bootleg, low-quality picture.
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night fett
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thanks.
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Jun 22nd, 2002 02:18 PM |
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FINGOLFIN
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The darkness
The darkness is a great atmospheric tool of the movie....
Without it a whole lot of extra dialogue would be necessary to impart to the viewers the nature of the impending doom. It lends an air of foreboding without having to dwell on the subject.
Just an opinion...
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Jul 18th, 2002 03:06 AM |
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FreeMason
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I would love to see how they deal with Sauron's darkening of the sun...I thought accidentally they would do it in TTT when Theoden says "the sun will not rise on the kingdom of man" but nah...they weren't referensing to it actually happening...lol
So man they better pull off RotK awesomely 
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Sep 28th, 2003 05:08 AM |
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Exabyte
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I think it will be QUITE dark in RoTk... in the common sense 
I mean, of course a Day Without Dawn IS dark, isnt it?
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Sep 28th, 2003 07:42 PM |
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Sifer
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LOTR was never written as a children's book at all. The Hobbit was. This can be identified through the use of the English Language - fairly simple in the Hobbit 
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Sep 29th, 2003 04:16 AM |
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nemo
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i don't think it's dark too. pretty light compared to other movies actually. it's more like a fairy tale for the adults. good kick evil's butt, then a happy ending(in a way).
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Sep 29th, 2003 11:49 AM |
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Exabyte
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... the first two chapters of LoTR are still in the Hobbit-Style, but as soon as the Nazgul are mentioned the first time, it suddenly gets far darker.
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billyboyd4ever
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yes, but i never go the impression it was too dark, after all some of the charcters, like hobbits, are so ligthearted, and there is a meaning in the story that is impossible to miss, that lifts even the darkest of spots, at least thats what happened to me when i read the books, tho some of the battles were a bit dark, the darkness served a definite purpose.
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