The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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Pingu
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It was great except they missed out Tom Bombadil
I agree.
bombadil would have provided some wtf? factor.
dont think he would have added anything to the film tbh but I would have liked to see him included. if only for the barrowwight scenes that followed. mind you the film was long enough as it was .. but hey.
the main bit of inconsistancy that did annoy me (the geeky tolkeinite me that is) is the omission of glorfindel. arwen taking on the nine? - do me a favour.
cliche guevara
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Yup, he specialises in overblown bollocks. Stunning backdrops to disguise the fact that his films are completely devoid of content.
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i like that
All that walking across the Shire bit (which took years in the book), shortcut to mushrooms, the Old Forest, Bombadil and the Barrow Wights was in there because Tolkien was tossing about not knowing where he was going to go with the plot. He'd have been better off just cutting to Bree and having done with it.
Pingu
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bombadil was there cos of tolkeins kids and a doll they had. he was a mysterious character that tolkein deliberately left hanging in there. the ring had no power of bombadil which is unsual (in the context of the book) which hints at bombadil being at least maiar and possibly even a valar. kinda likea caretaker god who has become old and wor weary so doesnt interact with it outside of his own interests. as a character bombadil is an anachronism, not needed for the plot but leaves a lot of questions unanswered and for someone like me - that makes him a fascinating character
however the barrow wight stuff gave an introduction to the numenorians and to the history of the kings of arnor and gondor. it also would give the hobbits their barrow blades. the being chased across the shire thing also introduces the nine and more of the history of the realm of arnor with the taking refuge at weathertop and the suffering or the "morgul wound" by frodo.
also the old forrest gives an insight into the ents and possibly the fate of the entwives.
tbh not really decent material for the film and not really needed but its sunday and this is far too geeky.
as a film I enjoyed it (apart form the arwen \glorfindel thing). its long but if you like tolkein its a good film to watch
however the barrow wight stuff gave an introduction to the numenorians and to the history of the kings of arnor and gondor. it also would give the hobbits their barrow blades. the being chased across the shire thing also introduces the nine and more of the history of the realm of arnor with the taking refuge at weathertop and the suffering or the "morgul wound" by frodo.
also the old forrest gives an insight into the ents and possibly the fate of the entwives.
tbh not really decent material for the film and not really needed but its sunday and this is far too geeky.
as a film I enjoyed it (apart form the arwen \glorfindel thing). its long but if you like tolkein its a good film to watch
I know all that but none of it is necessary for good story telling and Jackson rightly ditched all of it
Pingu
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I actually agree with regards to the film (though I would have liked to see it it would have served little purpose) but I was responding to your comment about the book. in the book its a teaser into the history of middle earth and the kingdom of arnor - which ultimately leads to why aragorn is a wandering ranger and the history of the rings of power. the rise and fall of arnor\angmar and the reapearance of sauron in mirkwood and then to mordor. It sets the scene for a lot of the history of middle earth - the third age at any rate.
had tolkein just written it as a story then yeha I agree not reallly needed but he didnt. he (and tbh his kids - possibly as much if not more so tbh) set out to create a believable world* that had explainable events and history behind them The silmarillion is a twat of a book to read but reads more like a history text than a novel.
so the whole crossing the shire thing whilst not really needed for the telling of the tale sets the events in place with regards to the rest of the history of middle earth.
but tbh this doenst really impact much on the film or Dxs need to know if hes going to get a numb arse from going to watch it
* in a science fantasy sense.
eta this should save you some time dx
Dillinger4
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they should have set it in space
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with robots instead of orcs
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bouncer_the_dog
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LOTR is awesome and possibly better than Star Wars
and the animated version is wikkid too
and the animated version is wikkid too
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thats not hard tbh
Pingu
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for any non geeks wondering who the fuck this bomabdil guy is think of him as the ultimate hippy. but a hippy who no one fucks with. he helps the hobbits out when they get into a spot of bother and gives them some nice swords
for the geeks...
Bombadil is sometimes thought to be Eru Illuvatar or an incarnation of the spirit of arda. - discuss
or go to the pub as that will be more productive and less of a "who is the bigger geek" fight
for the geeks...
Bombadil is sometimes thought to be Eru Illuvatar or an incarnation of the spirit of arda. - discuss
or go to the pub as that will be more productive and less of a "who is the bigger geek" fight
It's also the reason I've tried umpteen times to read the thing and have got stuck somewhere between Hobbiton and Weathertop countless times. Only read the thing from start to finish maybe three times.
I'm burning you at the stake next time I see you
you are sad.
Tom Bombadil is Brian Blessed.
Pingu
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i had him down more as Tom Baker crossed with Neil from the young ones and david bellamy (as impersonated by lenny henry) tbh
bit like this post
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and you know he is just saying it to be cool
i bet you two used to play star wars when you were kids, and that star wars will be cool again in a couple of years.....
nah, i was star trek all the way when i was younger... but you're right, i was just saying it to be faux controversial
It doesn't have 5 endings. It has 1 ending: the bit where the film ends.
You know what he means, and he's entirely right.
Pingu
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danny la rouge
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No; I'm happy. Happy I didn't watch this yesterday, happy I've not wasted too much of my life trying to read the turgid shite it's based on, and happy I never got Star Wars either.
