Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Theatrical Versions) - April 6, 2010

[kurtlingle]

Originally Posted by Ken Brown

Just wanted to briefly chime in. 'FotR' is, and has always been, a softer film. A fact I hope I effectively alluded to when I mentioned Jackson's shooting techniques in my video analysis....

Ken, thanks for chiming in here. Yesterday and the day before it got out of hand on this thread, and your explanation really helps. I'm still planning on buying this set - I simply cannot watch the DVD's any longer (last time was 1 year ago - or 2). I love these movies and I only have a 42 inch screen - so I may be fine (I saw problems with Gladiator - but I was able to enjoy it on blu).

Thanks for adding to this thread.

[Stinky-Dinkins]

Originally Posted by Grand Bob

"In the late 1960's the Beatles planned to make a film of The Lord of the Rings, with themselves as Gollum (John), Frodo (Paul), Gandalf (George), and Sam (Ringo), but were unable to purchase the rights."

That would've been the best worst movie of all time.

[radagast]

Originally Posted by Grand Bob

While we are considering "what could have been", as far as the quality of the TE release, here is another lost LoTR movie opportunity that I read about in "The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide" by Scull and Hammond:

"In the late 1960's the Beatles planned to make a film of The Lord of the Rings, with themselves as Gollum (John), Frodo (Paul), Gandalf (George), and Sam (Ringo), but were unable to purchase the rights."

Thank goodness!

[kurtlingle]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Is renting an option for you?

If so, just rent and see if the quality is good enough for you to make the purchase. If not, you'll have gotten your fix for a while and might be able to hold out for the EE's and a possible, though not guaranteed, better transfer.

Renting? LOTR? After this thread and the one at AVS it will be a 6m wait on NetFlix before you land all 3 movies (in the correct order). Look at how many have changed their minds and will now netflix them.

I called Blockbuster and it seems (the one near me) that they will have them for sale, but none to rent (at least as of Fri.).

Netflix is great but last year I waited like 4 months for the Matrix and finally just bought it on ebay.

[Grand Bob]

Originally Posted by Stinky-Dinkins

That would've been the best worst movie of all time.

Originally Posted by radagast

Thank goodness!

Somehow, I don't think that version of the movie would have received the same treatment and care as was given by Jackson.

[neo78956]

Originally Posted by mredman

Actually that is not right at all about Fact 2
Fact is FOTR has always looked more soft then the others. Even Ken said that. And you neglected to tell that in your facts
Actually warners Blade Runner looks stunning on Bluray and Terminator salvation is also a stunner they have done many great transfers

As I said before, Warner can produce some phenomenal transfers when they set their mind to it. The restorations of Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, The Matrix, North By Northwest, Blade Runner, The Wizard of Oz, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, Unforgiven, Heat, The Shawshank Redemption, Batman, and several others have all looked fantastic. Their new releases also generally look great.

[Mr. Cinema]

Bestbuy.com has lowered the price, only by a $1, but it's now $62.99. FYI for those who are still buying and who have pre-ordered with the steelbook.

[svenge]

WB's insistance that actual screengrabs be deleted and its refusal to address the numerous shortcomings in its failed video encode screams outright COWARDICE... this is why Warner sucks, people.

[uther]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

FACT everyone seems to be leaving out: these films didn't look all that great theatrically. TTT will NEVER look like Attack of the Clones which came out the same year.

I saw all six of the LOTR and SW films in theatre and while I do not have photographic memory they all looked great.

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

FACT - Saying it was a "continuous shoot" is disingenous: the postproduction equipment evolved on each film.

True the VFX stuff spanned several years and had to gone through many hardware & software changes. The CG chracters in LOTR looked a lot better in the final movie.

[Diesel]

They also shot pick ups up until 2003, not everything was filmed in late 99/2000.


They even filmed one short part for the EE of RotK (something to do with the Path of the Dead I think) AFTER it won at the Oscars

[Trogdor2010]

Originally Posted by Diesel

I liked Ken's review, but come on, everyone knows THIS is the greatest review ever written.

I was surprised you haven't mentioned Citizen Kane, Gone With The Wind, The Godfather, Napoleon or 8 1/2, cause Stan Helsing butt***** those movies and butt***** David Lean in pure Epicness, it's like already won the Award for Best Movie Evar (Took the throne from Barbedwire, the past best movie ever made, but you got to love that extended shower scene).

[Trogdor2010]

Originally Posted by Trogdor2010

I was surprised you haven't mentioned Citizen Kane, Gone With The Wind, The Godfather, Napoleon or 8 1/2, cause Stan Helsing butt***** those movies and butt***** David Lean in pure Epicness, it's like already won the Award for Best Movie Evar (Took the throne from Barbedwire, the past best movie ever made, but you got to love that extended shower scene).

What Moron would write this Bullshit?

[Underworld54]

Originally Posted by Trogdor2010

I was surprised you haven't mentioned Citizen Kane, Gone With The Wind, The Godfather, Napoleon or 8 1/2, cause Stan Helsing butt***** those movies and butt***** David Lean in pure Epicness, it's like already won the Award for Best Movie Evar (Took the throne from Barbedwire, the past best movie ever made, but you got to love that extended shower scene).

What in the world?

[Sith]

Originally Posted by Trogdor2010

I was surprised you haven't mentioned Citizen Kane, Gone With The Wind, The Godfather, Napoleon or 8 1/2, cause Stan Helsing butt***** those movies and butt***** David Lean in pure Epicness, it's like already won the Award for Best Movie Evar (Took the throne from Barbedwire, the past best movie ever made, but you got to love that extended shower scene).

Wow, put down the crack pipe.

[Jonno2009]

All i wanna know is if the blu-ray PQ will look better than my upscaled DVDs? Sure it sucks it's not 5/5 but if its even just a little better than upscaled DVD then i'm buying for sure. (even though i just pre-ordered the futureshop steelbook 10 mins ago )

[Ken Brown]

Originally Posted by neo78956

Where'd the screenshots go? The ones that were up looked great minus the Bilbo and Gandalf one. What gives? Legal issues?

Warner isn't keen on websites using their own screenshots, and has instructed us to replace them with a pre-approved series of studio images. As you can see though, the images they have provided are not 1080p screenshots. For now, we've loaded these images as an interim solution until we're able to resolve the issue.

I'd like to apologize for any inconvenience this causes any of you. Rest assured, we're in contact with representatives from the studio, and we're hoping to have the situation resolved soon. Thanks as always for your patience and your posts.

[frogmort]

Should I buy this?

[Stinky-Dinkins]

Originally Posted by Ken Brown

Warner isn't keen on websites using their own screenshots, and has instructed us to replace them with a pre-approved series of studio images. As you can see though, the images they have provided are not 1080p screenshots. For now, we've loaded these images as an interim solution until we're able to resolve the issue.

I'd like to apologize for any inconvenience this causes any of you. Rest assured, we're in contact with representatives from the studio, and we're hoping to have the situation resolved soon. Thanks as always for your patience and your posts.

Out of sheer curiosity, have they instructed you take take down screencaps on all Warner titles or just on the Lord of the Rings trilogy specifically?

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Lucky me, I have a 40" tv



.

No wonder your reviews suck. I'm on a roll today.

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by mredman

Michael Bay loves Jar Jar he put 3 of him in Transformers 2

So I've heard. Never took a chance on #2.