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Amph One Thread To Rule Them All: The Rings of Power + The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings Trilogies

Discussion in 'Community' started by -Courtney-, Nov 25, 2006.

  1. VadersLaMent

    VadersLaMent Chosen One star 10

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    I agree. But as I said it depends on the movie. "Gorilla At Large"....you're an idiot.
     
  2. Slowpokeking

    Slowpokeking Jedi Master star 5

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    How? I like EP III because of its tragic climax, sure it could have had some improvement but still I like it a lot. EP IV was a simple story(typical hero saga) that got handled well. EP VI was a fine finale but the weakest of the trilogy. I like both of them, just think EP III is better. What's wrong? Even Sir Alec Guinness thought EP IV was just some stupid fairytale, does that make him a bad person or idiot? No. It's just his opinion.
     
  3. VadersLaMent

    VadersLaMent Chosen One star 10

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    Um, I like all the SW movies too. But you said attacking someone for their film opinion is wrong and I joked that two of the worst films ever made make you an idiot if you like them.
     
  4. Slowpokeking

    Slowpokeking Jedi Master star 5

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    Fine, let's get back to LotR/Hobbit.
     
  5. Deputy Rick Grimes

    Deputy Rick Grimes Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    Yes, let's get back on topic of Hobbits and Wizards
     
  6. BigAl6ft6

    BigAl6ft6 Chosen One star 8

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    I actually do really enjoy the Hobbit flicks but I think dramatically, pacing, and story structure, the LOTR films are superior. But there is so much stuff going on in the Hobbit movies I'm diggin in Hobbit anyway. I'm fine if it's taking too long to tell a story, flawed but still enjoyable. Martin Freeman is fantastic and while it's odd that he often gets relegated to a supporting character in his own damn movie, frequently when he's at the centre of a sequence, the movie upticks in engaging me.
     
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  7. tom

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    i agree about freeman. but his great performance just makes me wish they'd simply told the story that is in the book that much more.
     
  8. black_saber

    black_saber Force Ghost star 5

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    I know the orcs are going to be in the battle of the five armies, but what about the goblins from unexpected journey, Are the going to be in it as well?
     
  9. Ghost

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    That's a good question. Hopefully.

    Because of the Peter Jackson interpretation, the Wargs aren't really their own army, they're steed for goblins/orcs.

    So right now, it would only be 4 armies.
     
  10. Slowpokeking

    Slowpokeking Jedi Master star 5

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    Maybe the Nazgul will join the fight?
     
  11. Deputy Rick Grimes

    Deputy Rick Grimes Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    Well not all the Orcs ride the Wargs so technically the Wargs would be counted as the 5th

    Slowpokeking Well it is reported that the Witch King will appear in the film
     
  12. Arawn_Fenn

    Arawn_Fenn Chosen One star 7

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    That only makes sense given the inclusion of a plotline involving him that was in the other two films.
     
  13. I Are The Internets

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    Maybe Boba Fett will be in this one too??!!
     
  14. Nobody145

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    Really? Oh wait, that's right, the earlier movies mentioned the "Necromancer" raising the Witch-King from his tomb... which seems silly, since I don't think the Nine were ever entombed in the books (they just laid low in Mordor I think?) and implies they're something like zombies (rather than just being unnaturally long life due to their Rings), and there was that part where an Elf prophesied that no man could kill the Witch-King which led to Eowyn of course.

    I don't have much problem with Freeman, he's a great actor and does a great job in the movies, but he and the main plot of the book (13 dwarves and a hobbit go try to take on a dragon) keep getting upstaged by stuff like Radagast (great acting there too, though) and Gandalf and Dol Goldur. The dwarves are reduced to comic relief and Bilbo is dragged down with them. Like the whole river barrel chasing sequence- the dwarves do a little bit, but its mostly an elf showcase.

    Just hope they don't undercut the actual Battle of Five Armies too much by having all the major magical higher powers (Gandalf, Galadriel, Elrond, Saruman) take on the Necromancer while over at the Lonely Mountain its "only" a bunch of dwarves, humans and elves fighting it out with swords and stuff against orcs and wargs. I half expect they'll have Gandalf on an eagle at some point. Come to think of it, did the movies introduce Dain yet? Since they did that whole flashback to Thorin's past and the Oakenshield part (and threw in something about him failing to kill that big orc) but forget if they bothered to cast Dain yet.
     
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  15. Deputy Rick Grimes

    Deputy Rick Grimes Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    Dain will be in the film

    Billy Connolly will play him.
     
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  16. timmoishere

    timmoishere Force Ghost star 6

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    It would be hella awesome if Norman Reedus and Sean Patrick Flannery had cameos as some of Dain's Dwarves. Boondock Saints 3: The Battle of the Five Armies.
     
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  17. yankee8255

    yankee8255 Force Ghost star 6

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    I think they just ran out of usable tag lines after 5 movies.

    Also, I think the trailer makes it pretty darned clear why Evangeline Lily' character doesn't show up in the LOTR.
     
  18. I Are The Internets

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    But does she end up in a church?
     
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  19. Barriss_Coffee

    Barriss_Coffee Chosen One star 6

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    Yes. Many warm embraces are shared. Everyone is happy.

    And Bombur and Thranduil ride off in a cart at the end to redeem Saruman.
     
  20. Deputy Rick Grimes

    Deputy Rick Grimes Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    The Hobbit: TDOS Trailer and Blu Ray Changes

     
  21. dp4m

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    So Peter Jackson is George Lucas II?
     
  22. I Are The Internets

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    I can't wait until November when this thread explodes with the Hodoring like always.

    "lols I wunder if Gandalf will beat sauron to death with his staff??!!"
    "will the eagles eat smuag and poop him into mt. doom?? lololol"
     
  23. Jabbadabbado

    Jabbadabbado Manager Emeritus star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    wasn't that clear the second he started selling dvds and blu rays of theatrical releases and extended editions, and then crystal clear once Hobbit part 1 came out?


    but trailers are a special case. I think the standard is that because of timing studios usual prepare f/x shots exclusively for the trailers separate from the main post production cgi rendering/compositing/color grading etc. pipeline.
     
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  24. dp4m

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    I didn't think he had made changes to existing material in those DVDs yet; only additional material.
     
  25. I Are The Internets

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    I wonder what cool Easter Eggs will be in TBOFA?