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#28360
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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: Return of the King (spoilers)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/28360/action/topic#28360
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they were done pretty well.

I've heard that New Line is focusing its attention on HIS DARK MATERIALS after LOTR, but I don't see how they are going to pull it off. They are going to have to find another Peter Jackson, someone really passionate about the material to make it happen.

Then there is the problem that for every human in the film there must also be a photorealistic talking/shapeshifting animal, whose acting has to equal that of the humans. Thats a lot of CGI

Not to mention that the whole series is basically saying that religon is evil, and ends with pre-teen sex, yet will probably be marketed as a kids film ala Harry Potter.



If they can pull it off I'd be very happy, because I loved these books, but I'm gona be surprised if they can.

Has anyone seen the trailer for the Polar express? Thats the way they should do HDM, animate like that.
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#28318
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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: Return of the King (spoilers)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/28318/action/topic#28318
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I'm worried about the narnia films. I heard they are changing the title of the lion the witch and the wardrobe to "the 100 year winter"

and with the badguys in much of the series being bad arab stereotypes its going to be hard to pull Narnia off correctly.

I hope they do, but I have a bad feeling they will severely botch it up.


HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy is what I'm realy eager to see.
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#28278
Topic
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: Return of the King (spoilers)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/28278/action/topic#28278
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My expectations were mixed because I was let down by TTT, and ROTK is my least favorite of the books, however at the same time every review says its brilliant so I was really hoping it would eb good, but what movie ever lives up to hype like that?

This one does.


Magnificent. Defintiely the best of the trilogy. Book wise I like TTT best, then FOTR and ROTK a distant third. But movie wise its the complete opposite. I like ROTK the best, then FOTR and then TTT.

I feel like PJ must of been tired or something making TTT or he just wasn't as in to that one, because I have trouble believeing it was made by the same guy. Don't get me wrong, TTT is in and of itself a great film, but IMHO it doesn't measure up to the other two.

Back to ROTK:

I loved that the hobbits were center stage again. I love how they got it so close to the book and yet excluded all the right stuff, which is why the fellowship movie worked so well.

I was so swept up it never felt like a long movie.

Oddly enough, and I may change my position in a couple days, but as much as I liked it, I don't feel compelled to run out and see it again. I have to soak it up for a while, really absorb the whole expirence. It was just so big and amazing that I need some time to recover.

it wasn't quite as sad as I thought it would be, both FOTR and TTT had me close to tears at the end, but Frodos departure in the final scene felt more like a happy ending then I thought it would, and Theodens death (which actually DID may me cry when I read the book) was sad, but not as heartbreaking as I thought it would be. That really a minor complaint though.

The gollum scene that opened the movie was wonderful, the colour looked amazing, as it did in the final scene, infact in general this is the first LOTR film where the colour really jumped out at me as amazing. The arrival at the destroyed Isengard at the beginning was also quite noteworthy.

The lighting of the beacons scene, and Gandalf and Pippin arriving in Minas tirith were two of my favorite scenes. But then again there wasn't one scene I didn't really like.

Things I'm looking forward to in the EE:

-saruman's demise
-Merry being knighted by Theoden
-Faramir and Eowyn in the house of healing
-the Orc general meeting his demise, I'm hoping Gimli takes him out
-the mouth of Sauron


The Faramir/denethor stuff was heartbreaking


If I had any real beef with movie, I thought that the eye of Sauron suddenly becoming a cartoony lighthouse was a bit too silly, and the eye bulging and freaking out in some parts looked a little silly. However, its still one million times better then what I heard they were doing, which was having Sauron come back to life and fight Aragorn at the black gates. I read a PJ interview where he said they were doing that, thank god he changed his mind.

The only other thing that kind of seemed weird to me, but this was in the book so I can't really complain, it was more just something I thought they would modify, which was that Gollum fell in the lava by accident, I would of rather he sort of redeemed himself by doing it on purpose, that he summoned the strength to destroy the ring and himself in the final moments, isntead of Frodo pushing him.

Shelob looked great, and it was a great moment for Sam, but I thought the spiders in Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets were a bit more real looking. Again, a very minor thing. I knew Shelob was working well when I saw my wife covering her eyes (she's terrified of spiders)

All and all, a damn perfect movie, and likely the best picture winner this year. What else could beat it?

Here's my top movies of the year in no particular order:

-Return of the King
-Finding Nemo
-Master and Commander
-X-men2
-28 days later
-Kill Bill Vol. 1

and the two that Ihaven't seen yet that I really want to are Last samurai and Lost in translation.

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#28277
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Saddam Hussein Captured!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/28277/action/topic#28277
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Originally posted by: Bossk
I'll be honest and say that no I don't know the whole story. I never did much research into it and only heard what the U.S. media presented. I take their "facts" along with "facts" that I read elsewhere or saw on TV programs and develop my own conclusions. I doubt anyone really knows the "whole" story. There are always subtle little nuances that never see the light of day in situations like this. But please enlighten me a little bit. Seeing as how I haven't really thought much about it in nearly a decade, it would be nice to have a refresher.


Well Kuwait itself is far from free and democratic, its run by an elite cadre of shieks, and living conditions for the general population are just as crappy as they are in Iraq. The USA say they liberated Kuwait, but they just returned them to their original dictators, who happen to be friendly with the USA and sell them Oil.

Iraq also attacked Iran in the 1980s with no more mercy or provication then what they did to Kuwait, but the uSA didn't lift a finger because Iran was their big enemy at the time, and the USA was actually sort of pushing the invasion which is partially why Saddam was allowed to take power. Infact many of the weapons used by Iraq during the Gulf war were weapons given to them by the US to fight Iran.

Also many of the supposed attrocities commited by Saddam against Kuwait are exaggerated at best. I recall one major news story from the time of a nurse saying she saw Saddam enter a hospital and shoot murder new born babies while they slept. Infact that was what I remember my parents telling me about Saddam, that he murdered babies. Well as it turns out the "nurse" who was the sole witness to these events was actually the daughter of a prominent Kuwaiti ambassador, and she had never even been to Kuwait, much less witnessed Saddam taking time out of his day to murder infants.

Is saddam a monster? Certainly. But as we all know things are never as black and white as we are lead to believe. I'm so glad this forum has a good cross section of forward thinking open minded people who can discuss this stuff intelligently.
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#28276
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Saddam Hussein Captured!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/28276/action/topic#28276
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Originally posted by: Bossk
At the rate we're going, the thought of us wiping ourselves out is not all that unbelievable a possibility. 40 years? God I hope not, but I don't see us working against that likelihood. Scary as hell, ain't it?


indeed.

Its our abuse of the environment more then anything that will be our downfall methinks. Things get worse so gradually that people just go with the flow. I remember when drinking bottled water meant you were a crazy rich person and it use to snow all winter.
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#28189
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Saddam Hussein Captured!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/28189/action/topic#28189
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not to mention that a high percentage of people are lazy and apathetic. Fixing things would be a lot of work, and really what can one person do (their attitude not mine), its easier when you come home from a hard day at your under paid job to sit down and turn on the TV and watch Paris Hilton milk a cow then it is to go out and protest in the cold against the president.

Its easier to ignore the problems of people far away then it is to care about them.

ANd for many people, the lies that bush and others in power propagate are much more appealing to believe the cold hard truth that the world is a run away train right now, careening out of control. We've got comfy seats and we're well sediated so we don't notice, but we'll feel the impact eventually.

If the human race is still around in 40 years I'm going to be extremely surprised. Relieved, but surprised.
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#28158
Topic
Saddam Hussein Captured!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/28158/action/topic#28158
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Or some might say that any country that DOES support democracy could come over and topple Bush

Here's my random thoughts:

-Saddam is a cruel dictator, its good that he is no longer incharge of a country

-the war against Iraq was not just, and ultimately will do more harm then good

-Bush is evil

-Iraq posed no threat to the USA IMHO, and the WOMD was all bull. If he had them, why not use them while being invaded?

-every time I hear about Pt. Jessica Lynch I want to vomit. Its the most shameless manipulation of facts to hollywoodize a war I've ever seen. Shame shame.

-Part of me gets a kick out of what a cocksucker Saddam could be. He has the biggest army in the world coming to Usurp him, with no chance of victory for himself, and his attitude "Bring it on! You stand no chance America!!". Its dumb but it makes me laugh

-'Three kings' is an excellent movie everyone should see

-alot of this comes down to oil once again

-What exactly are they going to charge Saddam with? Can he prove not guilty to being Saddam Hussien?

-A lady I work with at the grocery store today cheered when she found out Saddam was caught. I asked her if she thought there was any chance of him getting a fair trial. Her response "They should just put him in a hole and shoot him." a minute later she admited that she didn't know the USA was even looking for Saddam, had no idea about the invasion of Iraq last April, and was not even aware why Saddam was a "badguy". But she reinforced that it was great that he was caught, and she hoped he died painfully.

-I don't think Saddam and Osama have any connection to each other

-It hink Osama was caught by the USA months ago, and is stuck in a cell somewhere. However just before the election, Bush will announce that they have "found the evil doer at last" which will conviently make Americans love BUsh again, at least long enough for him to be reelected and terrorize the world and squash the rights of hard working AMericans for another 4 years.

-the chances of Iraq becoming a free democracy out of this whole thing are pretty slim IMHO, and if they do they will probably be a puppet nation for the USA.

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#21353
Topic
Petetions are running low
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/21353/action/topic#21353
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wow I wake up this morning and we're at over 41,000. I knew the TF.n thing would boost us, but I had no idea how much.

I think the group of us have to start getting out there more often, if this could boost us this much, then we could really get a lot more!



Still waiting to hear from AICN, but hopefully I will know soon. I'll see if Harry will run an editorial about it.
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#21067
Topic
Petetions are running low
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/21067/action/topic#21067
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Exactly.

I just reread your letter Bossk. Its till top drawer.

However something did occur to me.

A friend of mine emailed Roger Ebert when we were writing our thesis papers this time last year. I forget the exact response, but I know it contained references to him being very busy.

My only suggestion for future letters are to keep them brief. This indeed sucks because I don't know what of your letter should be cut. All I can think is a shorter letter might be more likely to be read. thats all.

Again I like the letter as is, I'm jsut trying to think strategically.

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#20468
Topic
Roger Ebert
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/20468/action/topic#20468
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In my opinion docs are not meant to objective, because objectivity is an imposible human goal. Why would you want a movie that has no opinion anyways?

My beef with most sources, like the news and the government is that they aren't upfront about their bias and their true intentions. If Bush just siad, look we're going to into Iraq to take over the oil fields. Well I wouldn't agree, but at least I would respect his honesty and then we would all be free to discuss the facts.

Moore is 100% upfront about his beliefs and his agenda, its not hard to tell where he stands. His movies are his commentary, and I like them. I know others do not, but at least you know what you're getting.


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BTW, there's a good chance that AICN will soon be wearing one of our banner ads. I was talking to a friend over there this morning and he's going to talk to Harry Knowles about it. But aparently Harry has already voiced agreement with our cause, so it sounds like a fair shot.

Did those letters ever go out to ebert?