What's wrong with LOTR?

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Right, we all know that LOTR's great. But you have to admit: it does have it's faults. For instance, in TTT movie, one of the Uruk-Hai says 'Meat's back on the menu boys!'. I seriously doubt that they would have spoken of menus in a place like Middle-Earth. It's a bad line, has no relevance at all and it isn't in Tolkien. So shame on them for that. What do you think's wrong with the movies/books?

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr we've had this thread already...........about LOTR characters using modern day terms

I could care less. I thought the books were'nt ASTOUNDING like some have said before, FOTR was okay, TTT was the best of the three and ROTK was pretty bad, it gave no detail on the final battle, and it focused on Merry and Pippin for much of the book, that is bad. The movies so far have been far superior in my opinoin.

The only thing i didn't like about LotR was in TTT when Legolas used his shield as a skateboard and went down the stairs on it. That was so dumb, not middle earthy, and it seemed like a way to get teenage boys to like the movie.

Don't be so critical, man. Be not so hasty. Nay, consider the greater scheme of things that are.

He who doth strife shall thus not love
To be great you must rise above
Such petty things, so trival
For then to you shall truth reveal
The way things are and how should be
Only then will you truly see
Do not despair, but take delight
For then will you be in the right!

Can you say NITPICKING!

i like what another smithy said. i love the books and think the are the greatest works of fiction ever written, but i agree with smithy when he said that in the final battle you dont know what happens since pippen gets nocked out. in that respect ROTK the movie should be much better. Tolkien also did the same thing during the battle of five armies when bilbo blacked out.

I don't like the Fact they cut some really important things out of both the movies, from the book. Such as the Gift Giving, and how they added The Elves Showing up at Helm's deep in the Movie. Totally ruined that scene. It was supposed to show the human's strentgh and bravery, about their vistory that they could do it alone without anyone helping, such as the Elves.

I know. I still don't understand why they did that. I mean, in the books, there were a few thousands of men at Helm's Deep, but the movie made them only with 300 men. I still don't get that. Why couldn't they have left the charge to Erkenbrand? But anyway... It did kind of such that Tolkien had Bilbo and Pippin both blackout in the middle of a battle. Funny thing is, they both happened when the eagles were commiing... Now isn't that odd? I only just realized that...

again it is FANTASY, Middle Earth looks a lot like the medieval times from our world, but it aren't the medievals, Fantasy does not equal the medievals

The amount of men life with Theoden WAS a tad low. I couldntt believe Eomer seem to have taken ten times more men with him than stayed with the King! It changed the dynamic from the books but it allowed PJ to do what he wanted to do in having more scenes with the Elves who are very popular so it was a fair enough move.

ya with the popularity of elves it was probably a good move on his part. I kind of get the feeling tolkien didnt like writting battle sequences. true he has written a lot of them, but when it comes down to it they are always summed up in one chapter. i think he preffered building plot leading up to the battles.

it isn't very easy to make a good reading giant battle, not many writters make them very long, cause it usualy gets unclear or boring

Too true, too true. But I'm complaining, because I love the books the way they are. It is odd, though, that both Bilbo and Pippin blacked out when the eagles were coming.

one part that bothers me in TTT... i know this is nitpicking but still... the part where aragorn and gimli jump across to fight some uruk-hai (where aragorn has to "toss" gimli) you notice that all the uruk-hai just stand and wait in line to be slaughtered hahaha

well i dont think they are the smartest of fellas

OKay..I'm prob the only person who would notice this, but when in TTT they ride out, none of their horses fall, and they totally would with all the bodies on the floor, and they never trip.

- and also in the FOTR, when the cave troll is looking for Frodo and he's backing around the pillar, you see Merry and pippin standing there in the background.

ya they are standing in the background. you would think they would be hiding on the other side plus there eyes and head would be following the troll instead of just staring into the distance.

umm smeagol i think i haf to disagree with you. how would you know they didn't talk like that...your just assuming. nobody knows for sure here. Only Tolkien, knows he's the one who created middle earth.

umm smeagol i think i haf to disagree with you. how would you know they didn't talk like that...your just assuming. nobody knows for sure here. Only Tolkien, knows he's the one who created middle earth. 😠
so i don't think that you should be assuming things that you don't know or haf the slightest clue to.
and like theres no harm in using modern day terms here...its the present here...so wut? the movies are good you don't haf to be so picky....you enjoyed it didn't you thats all that counts. duh...