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

[Grand Bob]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Nearly all of the main actors were good imo.
...except Wood. I just wanted to beat Frodo to death with a blunt instrument for 3 movies straight he was so annoying. Unless he was supposed to be...then in that case he nailed it.

Some of it wasn't his fault. Even Marlo Brando could only fall down so many times before it became obnoxious.

[adamhopelies]

Originally Posted by Diesel

I like Sean Bean in the few roles I've seen him, and I also liked him in LotR....but I didn't like the character of Boromir.

Sean Bean is a local hero of ours. He's done some seasonal programming at the arthouse cinema I programme for, and is the nicest guy.

[Diesel]

Viggo's voice is also different sounding during parts of his speech to the troops in front of the Black Gate.

He sounds strange at those parts.

[Avond]

[QUOTE=DaViD Boulet;3120137]Dude,

then use a smiley to show sarchasm.

/QUOTE]

Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who
doesn't get it.



Sorry, that comment made me think of that definition and it cracks me up! Back on topic though, I was dumb enough to choose super saver shipping for these, and I probably won't get them for 2 weeks, so I'm incredibly jealous of those of you that have these in hand

Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen are my picks for the best in the trilogy. I also thought Liv Tyler was an unusual choice, but when you see it, it just works!

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by Grand Bob

Some of it wasn't his fault. Even Marlo Brando could only fall down so many times before it became obnoxious.

Or you know the face he makes when he gets stabbed 2 or 3 times...the exact same face...for about what seems like 10 minutes each time

[mjbethancourt]

Originally Posted by Diesel

I like Sean Bean in the few roles I've seen him, and I also liked him in LotR....but I didn't like the character of Boromir.

Farimir (spelling?) ftw




Am I the only one who despised Frodo?

No, you're not the only one.
Wood was ghastly, his acting was clumsy and over the top, that fake accent was totally effeminate, he's 20-years too young... I could beat it up forever.

...still my favorite movie of all time.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Viggo's voice is also different sounding during parts of his speech to the troops in front of the Black Gate.

He sounds strange at those parts.

I believe he was sick a few times during production but kept on working. If I recall he was the one with the most screen time along with Wood & Astin. It seem he was very hard working and took it very seriously.

[Grand Bob]

Originally Posted by Stinky-Dinkins

I feel the same way about Mortenson.

In his defense, he also got some bad lines. His last line in FoTR:
"Let's hunt some orc."
Say what? Could you imagine Tolkien watching that scene? And that lackluster speech he gave in front of the Black Gate of Mordor was somewhat less than motivational:
"I see the same fear in your eyes that would have taken the heart of me."
Ooookay.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by mjbethancourt

No, you're not the only one.
Wood was ghastly, his acting was clumsy and over the top, that fake accent was totally effeminate, he's 20-years too young... I could beat it up forever.

...still my favorite movie of all time.

There is quite a few scenes with Wood that make me laugh, look's like he as diarrhea instead of acting

[Mrillmatic27]

Originally Posted by O_V_N

Who do you think did the best acting job in the movie?

Liv Tyler still sticks out as an odd casting choice to me, but she nailed it IMO. (She's not my pick BTW.)


[Waits to be contradicted.]

John rhys davies since he makes me laugh, i truly cant stand elijah wood, i actually skip scenes with frodo

[Stinky-Dinkins]

Originally Posted by O_V_N

Interesting, I never caught that before.

How would you compare his voice to Bale's in Dark Knight? Which is worse?

I swear, Bale's never bothered me until I read about everyone complaining about it here. lol

Bale's. Bale's is almost purposefully silly. It's like Viggo can't control his Kermit. When Viggo gets excited and raises his voice his inner Kermit emerges.

I really like the new Batman movies, but parts of them were silly with that put on hardass Bale voice. There was one long segment of him talking to Morgan Freeman as Batman... long after Morgan Freeman knew Bruce Wayne was Batman. The entire time he talked to him in his ridiculous gravel voice, that makes no sense at all. I was hoping Freeman would say "I know who you are you jackass. Why are you talking like that?"

[dolphinc]

Originally Posted by O_V_N

Interesting, I never caught that before.

How would you compare his voice to Bale's in Dark Knight? Which is worse?

I swear, Bale's never bothered me until I read about everyone complaining about it here. lol

I chase my 7 and 3 year old kids around the house saying "I'm Batman" in Bale's voice over and over. The kids get a kick out of it even though they have no idea what it is from. My wife just gives me that strange look.

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by deeman54

Are you blind, FOTR is no way as near worse as those titles, you have to be blind

I have not seen it. My comment is directed at you statement that it is an "absolute fact" that the EEs are finished. (you cant know this). And you claim as an "absolute fact" that Warner will not re-do them. You are making claims as fact when you have no way of knowing what their position is.

Basic economics? Hello? They may even use the "Freshly remastered" tag as a tool to get people to double dip. Dont chatter abaout economics without first considering "Basic Marketing"

You are claiming to be clairvoyant. I am simply disputing that you have that ability.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

I believe he was sick a few times during production but kept on working. If I recall he was the one with the most screen time along with Wood & Astin. It seem he was very hard working and took it very seriously.

Hard working indeed.

That part in TTT where he kicks the orc helmet and screams and falls to his knees, he broke 3 toes on the helmet. The scream he lets out is the real one of pain

Originally Posted by Grand Bob

In his defense, he also got some bad lines. His last line in FoTR:
"Let's hunt some orc."
Say what? And that lackluster speech he gave in front of the Black Gate of Mordor was somewhat less than motivational:
"I see the same fear in your eyes that would have taken the heart of me."
Ooookay.

I loved both of those parts


The orc one was so lame that it was great


Edit: As a matter of fact, it is now my signature

[Chordata]

Originally Posted by dolphinc

I chase my 7 and 3 year old kids around the house saying "I'm Batman" in Bale's voice over and over. The kids get a kick out of it even though they have no idea what it is from. My wife just gives me that strange look.

If I didn't get a strange look from my wife, I'd never get a look at all.

I hate myself for having Moria paused this long as I type on here. LOL. What is wrong with me! Wife and kids leave town for the week, and I become an internet zombie.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by O_V_N

If I didn't get a strange look from my wife, I'd never get a look at all.

I hate myself for having Moria paused this long as I type on here. LOL. What is wrong with me! Wife and kids leave town for the week, and I become an internet zombie.

Pause + Moria = does not compute

[Kryptonic]

Originally Posted by BigT

This is nonesense, of course a Blu-ray version is going to be better then what was seen in theaters (it has to or what's the purpose for blu?). The real question here is what the hell the studios did for the transfer? Did they re-master from the original flim stock or did they use an existing master (like the one from the dvd release) and tinker (dnr, edge...etc.) with it? There is stuff i'm being told that can't confirm either story. Also, like i had predicted, the opinions on the PQ is all over the place. WHY? Becuase not all the disks are reproduced from the same place or company, aside the fact thay MAYBE they didn't re-master from the original film. If the studio is trying to pass off an upconverted dvd quality disk as a high qulaity blu-ray release then there's a problem here. That's basically the nuts and bolts of this quagmire. In addition, people can't compare the quality of this release (or any other) from one person to another, you have to do the comparison yourselves. Trying to compare your experience to another's is a defeating purpose in itself, too many variables that affect the end result. Some questions people should start to ask is, "is this one of the best transfers in MY collection and what are some of the bit rates (not totally reliable but this is another story) people are getting with LOTR?

Like i keep on harping buyer beware and becarefull from you buy and from whom.

[mrpink134]

Originally Posted by adamhopelies

Sean Bean is a local hero of ours. He's done some seasonal programming at the arthouse cinema I programme for, and is the nicest guy.

Ian McKellen was awesome as Gandalf! I also liked Sean Bean alot as Boromir alot. Heck I liked Karl Urban alot as Eomer.

Bean was also great in Patriot Games.

[Chordata]

"They have a CAVE troll."

Love that line by Boromir/Bean.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by O_V_N

"They have a CAVE troll."

Love that line by Boromir/Bean.

Isn't it more like [sarcastic tone] Oh, they have a cave troll.. [/sarcastic tone]