Originally posted by drunk_nazgul
Y'know, my testimony is not that long. I loved the movies. They each created a new passion in my soul. And every time I heard that music, I cried. Because I knew it had to end. I didn't want it to end. cry I thought of Peter Jackson as a god. The scenery, the dialogue, the excitement. God, I love those movies.
Your journey dosn't have to be long to be meaningful...
Yes, the music was so powerfull......bravo Howard.
*sniff* Ive been trying to ignore the fact it's all over now. I finished watching the extended yesterday, and I've kept complaining about what I didn't like to keep myself from realizing how great this movie was. I keep trying to make myself think there will be another movie with the scouring of the Shire and a Mouth of Sauron that has a head. But that movie is never going to come. cry
I never watched FotR in theaters, I was in fifth grade when it came out, I think I was maybe 11. I remember all my friends talking about LotR, and I had no idea what it was. So, I did my research on Google, and I picked up TT and read it just before it came out on DVD. I didn't go to see it in theater either.
I can remember watching it in my house with the book I had rented from the library next to me and thinking "I remember that! I read that!" That was something none of my other friends could say. I felt over joyed to be able to know exactly what happened and all the the fellowship went through, much more than what was shown in the film.
Later, when I was still 12 🥷 more of my research on this marvelous story would lead me to KMC. I can here in search of pictures of the ringwraiths, but I found much more than pictures, I found a group of people that have become my greatest friends.
Like Frodo and Sam, we were all together for the entire journey through the two towers and the extended version of that, to the awaiting of the return of the king and the anticipation of it's extended. Held together by the same love of Tolkein's great novel, weve all grown closer to one another and made friendships never to be broken.
But, I guess through everything we've still got things to look forward to, even though "the greatest fantasy epic of our time" is over and done with. We can still look forward to the Hobbit. A we can hope it is just as great as the trilogy that was able to make these great friendships.
Originally posted by Nazgulinthedark
*sniff* Ive been trying to ignore the fact it's all over now. I finished watching the extended yesterday, and I've kept complaining about what I didn't like to keep myself from realizing how great this movie was. I keep trying to make myself think there will be another movie with the scouring of the Shire and a Mouth of Sauron that has a head. But that movie is never going to come. cry
I can remember watching it in my house with the book I had rented from the library next to me and thinking "I remember that! I read that!" That was something none of my other friends could say. I felt over joyed to be able to know exactly what happened and all the the fellowship went through, much more than what was shown in the film.
But, I guess through everything we've still got things to look forward to, even though "the greatest fantasy epic of our time" is over and done with. We can still look forward to the Hobbit. A we can hope it is just as great as the trilogy that was able to make these great friendships.
*stands up, rubs eyes.....and begins to clap slowly*
whoa......I thank you Smodden for this brilliant topic, a sort of cheerio to the movie trilogy thread 🙁
All of you and your stories (especially your Shadowy, you know I enjoy reading your long posts - it usually means I dont have to take a sleeping pill 😛 )
Now here comes the soft and sappy Discos who shall now tell his tale of the greatness which is Lotr.....
Shit...where to start. Well my merry little friends, began back in 1998. My cousin left his copy of the silmarillion round at my house one christmas and I started to read the first book of the Silmarillion. It didnt really interest me and when my cousin returned several days later I said to him "this book sucks....I barely understand any of it." (it was mostly the whole idea of Ea being created which baffled me). He told me to skip on to the third book of the sil and read all about Feanor and the jewels....Now that did intrigue me very much. So I read the rest of the book and so forth and that was bassically all the "Arda" material I read up untill about the summer of 2001.
Summer 2001 - I sat there in ye olde cinema seeing some fart comedy (haha....farts), and on popped up this fantasy adventure trailer for the Fellowship of the Ring. I did like the whole story and all but the thing which got me hooked to that trailer was the word "Sauron". I knew I heard that name somewhere before and it must of killed me for ages and ages trying to figure out what the hell the I heard it from, I knew I didnt read a lord of the rings books previously. My dad then told it to me after he seen the advert on the tv. I will never forget what he asked me after seeing that advert "lord of the rings? isnt dave (my cousin) the one who reads those lord of the rings.....or is it lord of the flies". Looking back now I piss myself laughin at that question. But anyways it kicked me and I remember it was ye olde Silmarillion where I read about the rings of power ect 🙂
Anyways didnt get a chance to read FOTR before it came out. I did however read return of the king first because I knew I couldnt read TTT before it came out.
Then I fell in love with the whole world Arda. Christ I have never been so passionate about anything in my entire life than the works of Tolkien. Since the news of the movies came out I have read, the hobbit, unfinished tales,silmarillion,lord of the rings numerous times and I still love them. The movies set a new way of life for me.
I caught myself now writing school essays about LOTR and many other things were now lotr related. It was so great.
It was some while I searched and searched for a movies forum but fate was in my favour. KMC Movie discusssion board, which then let me to the LOTR forum where I quickly addapted and met people....who in time I would grow to love and relate to on a personal basis 🙂
This forum kicks so much ass and the people in it have their own state of knowledge for Arda and the works of Tolkien. The knowledge in this forum is unbelievable and I am glad and grateful I am among the likes of it.
.......Now that the movies are all over and all the movies are out and extended and so forth there isnt much to look forward to. I will always have the movies and will always have the books but in an age I will turn to my son (who may in time adapt, like myself, to love the lord of the rings) and I can say proudly that "I was there". I was out there in the cold queuing for tickets, I was there front row, I was there early hours outside the store to buy the dvd, I was there endless hours of the night reading up on the greatest epic I have grown to know.....I was there
So cheers all you guys for being through the greatness which is Lord of the Rings and the greatness which is me 😖hifty:
Discos - btw cheers shadowy for the "eagle lovers" ✅
Wow, it's weird to think that I was 12 when FoTR came out O_o Which means I was probably 11 when I first saw a preview for it. My brothers were so excited, and while I had read the Hobbit for school, I had never read the LoTR trilogy. So, I sat and watched the Ring appear on the screen, the famous poem "...one ring to rule them all." And the orcs appearing through the ring. Frodo holding it, Arwen laying on a bed, Merry offereing his sword, and then guessing who everyone was as they walked over the hill "OMGOSH look! it's Bill the pony!" ^^. Of course, my family is big on reading, writing, and fantasy, so OF COURSE I had to read the books before seeing the movies. So duh, I did. I admit, I scimmed, a lot. I mean, what was the point of reading all the concuil of Elrond? But either way, I loved the books and couldn't wait for the movies to come out. I didn't know about ToR.net yet, so I made lordoftherings.net my Homepage...
Before FoTR came out I met several, now huge fans, girls my age. One had seen the LoTR animated movie and said it was stupid, but I persuaded her to come anyway. I remember crying with her as Gandalf fell, and her going "is he really dead, is he?" and me, tears in my eyes going "read the book!" Another girl saw it and said it was stupid, but then read the books and loved them. So WALAA!! I've made many friends ^^v
I've become a FREAK about LoTR. Not just the movies, but more and more about the books and Tolkien, he was a genius, God bless His soul.
My favorite memory was waiting in line (and watching) the movies on Trilogy day. By now we were all freaks, owning everything, knowing everything, the works. As we waited in line my friends and I acted out the movies, all that fun stuff. After RoTK I bawled like a baby, all my friends (except the guys O_o) were. We got made fun of, but we didn't care. I saw FoTR 9 times, but TTT only 6 times, and then RoTK about 7 I think (after the trilogy I was broke!). This year, I started a new tradition. Going along with last year, I had a trilogy at my house (not on a Tuesday, but still). It was my first time to watch RoTK:EE, and while I was watching some of the extra stuff, I started crying >< I finally realized it was over...
So, what now? Now we watch them again and again until we can say them backwords and recite them ALL in elvish...then! We do the same with the books and every other books about LoTR ~_^ And collect things. And share the memories. And pass on the legand. Aka, tell our kids how the missed out on the release of the coolest movies ever, but at least they can read the books (which...are better). And, following the actors and supporting them and PJ (who I applaud..and bow down to)
In a nutshell *in case you didn't read my post ^^* LoTR changed my life. I think for the better. After all, at least I'm a LoTR freak, what else would you ask for? LoTR made history people, and so did the movies. I'm glad I was around to be part of it
Originally posted by Suzuka
Wow, it's weird to think that I was 12 when FoTR came out O_o Which means I was probably 11 when I first saw a preview for it. My brothers were so excited, and while I had read the Hobbit for school, I had never read the LoTR trilogy. So, I sat and watched the Ring appear on the screen, the famous poem "...one ring to rule them all." And the orcs appearing through the ring. Frodo holding it, Arwen laying on a bed, Merry offereing his sword, and then guessing who everyone was as they walked over the hill "OMGOSH look! it's Bill the pony!" ^^. Of course, my family is big on reading, writing, and fantasy, so OF COURSE I had to read the books before seeing the movies. So duh, I did. I admit, I scimmed, a lot. I mean, what was the point of reading all the concuil of Elrond? But either way, I loved the books and couldn't wait for the movies to come out. I didn't know about ToR.net yet, so I made lordoftherings.net my Homepage...Before FoTR came out I met several, now huge fans, girls my age. One had seen the LoTR animated movie and said it was stupid, but I persuaded her to come anyway. I remember crying with her as Gandalf fell, and her going "is he really dead, is he?" and me, tears in my eyes going "read the book!" Another girl saw it and said it was stupid, but then read the books and loved them. So WALAA!!
I've made many friends ^^v
Indeed. I've made many friends thru LOTR.✅ and more.
Tolkien, he was a genius, God bless His soul.
My favorite memory was waiting in line (and watching) the movies on Trilogy day. By now we were all freaks, owning everything, knowing everything, the works. As we waited in line my friends and I acted out the movies, all that fun stuff. After RoTK I bawled like a baby, all my friends (except the guys O_o) were. We got made fun of, but we didn't care. I saw FoTR 9 times, but TTT only 6 times, and then RoTK about 7 I think (after the trilogy I was broke!). This year, I started a new tradition. Going along with last year, I had a trilogy at my house (not on a Tuesday, but still). It was my first time to watch RoTK:EE, and while I was watching some of the extra stuff, I started crying >< I finally realized it was over...So, what now? Now we watch them again and again until we can say them backwords and recite them ALL in elvish...then! We do the same with the books and every other books about LoTR ~_^ And collect things. And share the memories. And pass on the legand. Aka, tell our kids how the missed out on the release of the coolest movies ever, but at least they can read the books (which...are better). And, following the actors and supporting them and PJ (who I applaud..and bow down to)
In a nutshell *in case you didn't read my post ^^* LoTR changed my life. I think for the better. After all, at least I'm a LoTR freak, what else would you ask for? LoTR made history people, and so did the movies. I'm glad I was around to be part of it [/B]
Suzuka.....cry
I know exactly how you feel....Your feelings run parallel to mine. Yes, pass on the legend....tell our kids.....
LoTR made history people, and so did the movies. I'm glad I was around to be part of it
Genius^I'm glad I was a part of it too....me and you, and all the fans have something our kids will never have. I don't ever want to loose that feeling I had...that inspired me to be a director...and creator of film...and feeling...PJ captured so much emotion and power...and all around coolness...in those films...
Yeah....Great post Suzuka.....😄
Originally posted by Discos
*stands up, rubs eyes.....and begins to clap slowly*whoa......I thank you Smodden for this brilliant topic, a sort of cheerio to the movie trilogy thread 🙁
All of you and your stories (especially your Shadowy, you know I enjoy reading your long posts - it usually means I dont have to take a sleeping pill 😛 )
Now here comes the soft and sappy Discos who shall now tell his tale of the greatness which is Lotr.....
Shit...where to start. Well my merry little friends, began back in 1998. My cousin left his copy of the silmarillion round at my house one christmas and I started to read the first book of the Silmarillion. It didnt really interest me and when my cousin returned several days later I said to him "this book sucks....I barely understand any of it." (it was mostly the whole idea of Ea being created which baffled me). He told me to skip on to the third book of the sil and read all about Feanor and the jewels....Now that did intrigue me very much. So I read the rest of the book and so forth and that was bassically all the "Arda" material I read up untill about the summer of 2001.
Summer 2001 - I sat there in ye olde cinema seeing some fart comedy (haha....farts), and on popped up this fantasy adventure trailer for the Fellowship of the Ring. I did like the whole story and all but the thing which got me hooked to that trailer was the word "Sauron". I knew I heard that name somewhere before and it must of killed me for ages and ages trying to figure out what the hell the I heard it from, I knew I didnt read a lord of the rings books previously. My dad then told it to me after he seen the advert on the tv. I will never forget what he asked me after seeing that advert "lord of the rings? isnt dave (my cousin) the one who reads those lord of the rings.....or is it lord of the flies". Looking back now I piss myself laughin at that question. But anyways it kicked me and I remember it was ye olde Silmarillion where I read about the rings of power ect 🙂
Anyways didnt get a chance to read FOTR before it came out. I did however read return of the king first because I knew I couldnt read TTT before it came out.
Then I fell in love with the whole world Arda. Christ I have never been so passionate about anything in my entire life than the works of Tolkien. Since the news of the movies came out I have read, the hobbit, unfinished tales,silmarillion,lord of the rings numerous times and I still love them. The movies set a new way of life for me.
I caught myself now writing school essays about LOTR and many other things were now lotr related. It was so great.
It was some while I searched and searched for a movies forum but fate was in my favour. KMC Movie discusssion board, which then let me to the LOTR forum where I quickly addapted and met people....who in time I would grow to love and relate to on a personal basis 🙂
This forum kicks so much ass and the people in it have their own state of knowledge for Arda and the works of Tolkien. The knowledge in this forum is unbelievable and I am glad and grateful I am among the likes of it.
.......Now that the movies are all over and all the movies are out and extended and so forth there isnt much to look forward to. I will always have the movies and will always have the books but in an age I will turn to my son (who may in time adapt, like myself, to love the lord of the rings) and I can say proudly that "I was there". I was out there in the cold queuing for tickets, I was there front row, I was there early hours outside the store to buy the dvd, I was there endless hours of the night reading up on the greatest epic I have grown to know.....I was there
So cheers all you guys for being through the greatness which is Lord of the Rings and the greatness which is me 😖hifty:
Discos - btw cheers shadowy for the "eagle lovers" ✅
Cheers Discoscry for that post...
That was the best thing I've ever seen you write. Your good. Yes, eagle lovers....I count myself amoung them...as well as tulkas lover, among other things....
You should write more often Discos..✅
Very good. Nice to know your still a fan...after all this time😄
We still love Middle Earth as much as we did 3 years ago....
I am at your service. and your at mine too😈