Whats Worse...?
Which do you think is worse : Gollum's "La La La Im not listening" fingers in the ear bit in TTT or Chewie's Tarzan shout in ROTJ? I hate when science fiction or fantasy filmmakers try and attemp humour by using stuff from real life. for me, these two are the worst examples and i cant decide which worst.
Since I thought they were both funny, I'll have to say I like your post the worst. Just kidding though. Chewies's thing is cool cuz you could actually believe that Wookies' yell like that when swinging across vines. However Gollum's little thing although not offensive was not humorous either, though it still was not without an air of obnoxiousness.
Gollums this character who has lived in a cave for hundreds of years, obsessed with this ring. hes not spoken to anyone in centuries. hes pathetic and hates himself. Yet this thing he does the sort of light hearted game you'd play about with your buddies with. totally out of character i thought. It may have been funny but they really didnt need any hunour at that point. As for chewie, why coudlnt they justve made him yell some thing in wookie, instead of the catchprase from a tv show from a galaxy far far away, and not invented for a long, long time yet?
It is only a little bit of fun and it was added to try to makethe audience have empathy with Gollum, but there is alot about Gollums character that irritated me in the film. All these people that I knew that have never read any of the books came out of TTT movie feeling really sorry for Gollum... but when I read the book I thought he was an evil little bastard, granted an evil little bastard with depth of character but none the less evil.
I found the fact that people were laughing at parts in the movie that shouldn't be funny. When I read the Lord of the Rings, it struck me as a very serious world. It's not that the Movies aren't good with all the comic relief, it's just that I'd liked to have seen it the other way, and I'm very dissapointed that I never will.