hi onawien,welcome 2 my forum!
yes TTT does have some great battles,like Helm's deep.i loved all the action,but i thought PJ altered the storyline too much in TTT,especially with faramir,and the ending!Don't u agree?
and i think the actors found it a bit harder to play their characters,like frodo for example.i mean,i couldn't do any better,but frodo and sam were the least well done.frodo kept rolling his eyes and snapping at sam,and then he turned on sam,and to top it all off sam tells frodo to put the ring on!!!arrrghhh! TTT was a bit of a mess in that respect. whereas in the FOTR frodo and sam were more believable. phew..im out of breath..lol
i hope you understood all that,lol
Dark_Queen
well, i do agree, pj did say he wasnt going to stay true to the book, although he did in FOTR. when they were filming, they didnt film the movies in order, when filming FOTR they also filmed parts of ROTK also, the actors had to change the characters quit abit, especially frodo's character. but they all enjoyed playing them, they liked the challenge.
I suppose you were right about frodo and sam in the FOTR. In the TTT i was very supprised when Smegol/gollum (not sure how to spell it) called sam a fat hobbit.
the character gimli is very good in the TTT though, in the film, TTT gimli was my favourite.
u are right,it was a challenge!and PJ did film 3 big movies back to back in a short period.the actors did quite a good job overall,but the TTT did dissapoint me a little,considering that frodo & sam are my fav characters.i suppose by having frodo act that way towards sam,it was meant to show that his character was becoming "darker",because of the ring etc.
and as u said,that was a bit silly when gollum(i hate spelling it too),called sam a "fat" hobbit.it was funny in a way!!.
so u like gimli the best?i like gimli too.not very many notice poor gimli.he was quite funny in TTT movie,especially when he was having trouble riding his horse!!lol
Dark_Queen
LOTR has a hard time recongising racism. In that it is full of it- powerful white males defeating evil armies of darkness, and fighting back slanty-eyed easterlings and coloured Haradrim...
Look at the Rohirrim. Blonde haired, blue eyed...
Product of his time, was Tolkien, though in his defence he spoke out VERY strongly against anti-semitism.
At first i liked FOTR better, because i just love elves, and they aren't in TTT very much. i was quite glad when finally a few turned up at helms deep. but TTT shows a lot of aragorn, and he's cool. and so is treebeard. but as finti said, i'll have to watch it a few more times first. and it's gonna take ages before the dvd is finally released! Aaaaaargh! 😠 and i don't think someone will go with me to see it in the cinema (for the third time).......
TTT was soo much better than FOTR. i think gollum was portrayed as a much better character in TTT. in FOTR, he was some evil being, but in TTT, he has some life and a purpose, too. and wormtongue is cool, in his own dimented little way. legolas rocks his socks, if he wears any. hey- new question- do elves wear socks, or do their boots just stink really bad?