|
|
Post by Nora on Jun 10, 2024 4:21:50 GMT
where are my lots fans? anyone else went to the cinema this weekend to see all 3 LOTR movies in the extended and remastered cut?
Loved it. Got two under my belt, tomorrow Return of the King.
my second time at the movies for LOTRA and its still 10/10
|
|
|
|
Post by jcush on Jun 10, 2024 7:27:59 GMT
Yeah I saw Fellowship and Two Towers. Return of the King tomorrow. Amazing experience so far, especially since I prefer the extended editions and ROTK is the only one I got to see in theaters during their original releases when I was a little kid.
|
|
|
|
Post by Feologild Oakes on Jun 10, 2024 9:00:26 GMT
They are not showing it at the cinema in Norway as far as i know, and honestly even if i did i would not go as i have the movies on DVD and Blu-Ray. so why go and pay to watch it when i can watch it for free at home.
|
|
|
|
Post by moviebuffbrad on Jun 10, 2024 17:30:58 GMT
I'm seeing them in a couple weeks in 4DX.
|
|
Reynard
Sophomore
@reynard
Posts: 700
Likes: 375
 
|
Post by Reynard on Jun 10, 2024 22:22:39 GMT
They are not showing it at the cinema in Norway as far as i know, and honestly even if i did i would not go as i have the movies on DVD and Blu-Ray. so why go and pay to watch it when i can watch it for free at home. I'm a lazy moviegoer myself, but LOTR movies really benefit from big cinema screen. Not in a sense that they would be anything less than 10/10 at home, but the feeling of being there is really incredible. No gimmicky 3d movie comes even close to what Jackson archived with fluid camera work, great set designs and New Zealand locations. Watching Fellowship the first time was a truly magical experience. It was, together with Batman Returns, the best time I ever had going to movies. Sadly they are not playing over here either. I'd like to see the extended version on big screen some time as so far I've only seen the theatrical cuts. |
|
|
|
Post by Nora on Jun 11, 2024 16:52:48 GMT
They are not showing it at the cinema in Norway as far as i know, and honestly even if i did i would not go as i have the movies on DVD and Blu-Ray. so why go and pay to watch it when i can watch it for free at home. the big screen REALLY pays off in this case. Also the group love for the movies is uplifting to experience. |
|
|
|
Post by Nora on Jun 11, 2024 16:55:52 GMT
it was also very touching to see new generations experience it for the first time. bunch of teenagers saw it where i was and were so excited about it after. except one of them said “Man, Golumn really saved the day”. So I had to interfer of course and explain  ) ) we had a good chat. some of them saw it for the first time, some for the first time on big screen but all loved it. |
|
|
|
Post by Roberto on Jun 15, 2024 18:23:01 GMT
That sounds awesome. I hope to do the same when I get the chance.
|
|
|
|
Post by moviebuffbrad on Jul 2, 2024 20:05:55 GMT
except one of them said “Man, Golumn really saved the day”. So I had to interfer of course and explain ) Did you tell them he didn't? Because they were sorta onto something, haha. It goes all the way back to Bilbo choosing to spare Gollum, and his mercy paying off in the end when Gollum inadvertently falls in with the ring. Tolkien foreshadows this earlier when Gandolf says "My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play in it, for good or evil, before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many." |
|
|
|
Post by Nora on Jul 3, 2024 19:48:15 GMT
except one of them said “Man, Golumn really saved the day”. So I had to interfer of course and explain ) Did you tell them he didn't? Because they were sorta onto something, haha. It goes all the way back to Bilbo choosing to spare Gollum, and his mercy paying off in the end when Gollum inadvertently falls in with the ring. Tolkien foreshadows this earlier when Gandolf says "My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play in it, for good or evil, before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many." yes of couse i did and they were indeed wrong! it was Bilbo and later Frodos mercy if anything (to spare gollum). Gollum certainly didnt save the day. 1. Sam saved the day 2. Frodo saved the day 3. Bilbo saved the day Golum was just a tool these three heros used. |
|
|
|
Post by moviebuffbrad on Jul 3, 2024 21:32:46 GMT
Did you tell them he didn't? Because they were sorta onto something, haha. It goes all the way back to Bilbo choosing to spare Gollum, and his mercy paying off in the end when Gollum inadvertently falls in with the ring. Tolkien foreshadows this earlier when Gandolf says "My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play in it, for good or evil, before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many." yes of couse i did and they were indeed wrong! it was Bilbo and later Frodos mercy if anything (to spare gollum). Gollum certainly didnt save the day. 1. Sam saved the day 2. Frodo saved the day 3. Bilbo saved the day Golum was just a tool these three heros used. Frodo succumbed to the ring in the end. Had Gollum not been there, "for good or evil" in Gandalf's words, the ring would not have gone into the fire. Mercy and pity lead to Gollum inadvertently saving the day. If you don't like that, you'll have to take it up with Professor Tolkien. |
|
|
|
Post by Nora on Jul 4, 2024 5:37:47 GMT
yes of couse i did and they were indeed wrong! it was Bilbo and later Frodos mercy if anything (to spare gollum). Gollum certainly didnt save the day. 1. Sam saved the day 2. Frodo saved the day 3. Bilbo saved the day Golum was just a tool these three heros used. Frodo succumbed to the ring in the end. Had Gollum not been there, "for good or evil" in Gandalf's words, the ring would not have gone into the fire. Mercy and pity lead to Gollum inadvertently saving the day. If you don't like that, you'll have to take it up with Professor Tolkien. thats my point, i am going by what tolkien said himself. he said its not gollum who saved the day he said its frodo. he said Everyone in the shire would fail to destroy the ring in the end, that it needed the additional tool. But it was Bilbo, Frodos and Sams mercy and coordianted effort who saved the day. (he wrote so in a letter). Not Golumn. Gollum was just the tool. But if used in the wrong hands the ring woukldnt have gotten destroyed at all. |
|
|
|
Post by moviebuffbrad on Jul 4, 2024 6:43:23 GMT
Frodo succumbed to the ring in the end. Had Gollum not been there, "for good or evil" in Gandalf's words, the ring would not have gone into the fire. Mercy and pity lead to Gollum inadvertently saving the day. If you don't like that, you'll have to take it up with Professor Tolkien. thats my point, i am going by what tolkien said himself. he said its not gollum who saved the day he said its frodo. he said Everyone in the shire would fail to destroy the ring in the end, that it needed the additional tool. But it was Bilbo, Frodos and Sams mercy and coordianted effort who saved the day. (he wrote so in a letter). Not Golumn. Gollum was just the tool. But if used in the wrong hands the ring woukldnt have gotten destroyed at all. I'm not sure how much we're splitting hairs or what your ultimate point is, but surely you must see the dramatic irony in the character who most wanted the ring for themselves being the one who caused its destruction? In the books it's even more blatant, as Gollum trips by himself without wrestling for it with Frodo. Also, while you lionize Sam, it's made clear in the books that it is Sam who ends any hope of Smeagol turning good when he misinterprets his behavior. Tolkien has said that that was the chapter that made him cry while writing, and on the topic of letters, also speculated that had Sam not shunned Smeagol and the latter continued his path of redemption, Smeagol would have sacrificed himself and jumped into the fire with the ring to save Frodo. So either way you cut it, intentionally or unintentionally, Gollum was going to be the one to destroy the ring. |
|
|
|
Post by Nora on Jul 9, 2024 15:20:04 GMT
thats my point, i am going by what tolkien said himself. he said its not gollum who saved the day he said its frodo. he said Everyone in the shire would fail to destroy the ring in the end, that it needed the additional tool. But it was Bilbo, Frodos and Sams mercy and coordianted effort who saved the day. (he wrote so in a letter). Not Golumn. Gollum was just the tool. But if used in the wrong hands the ring woukldnt have gotten destroyed at all. I'm not sure how much we're splitting hairs or what your ultimate point is, but surely you must see the dramatic irony in the character who most wanted the ring for themselves being the one who caused its destruction? In the books it's even more blatant, as Gollum trips by himself without wrestling for it with Frodo. Also, while you lionize Sam, it's made clear in the books that it is Sam who ends any hope of Smeagol turning good when he misinterprets his behavior. Tolkien has said that that was the chapter that made him cry while writing, and on the topic of letters, also speculated that had Sam not shunned Smeagol and the latter continued his path of redemption, Smeagol would have sacrificed himself and jumped into the fire with the ring to save Frodo. So either way you cut it, intentionally or unintentionally, Gollum was going to be the one to destroy the ring. i am calling in my husband the ultimate LOTR subject matter expert, hehe, and going to pick his bran and let u know what he says, stay tuned (i myself dont rememmber the books as well as the movies) i would have liked the ending of gollum jumping in the fire to safe frodo though a lot… |
|
|
|
Post by Morgana on Jul 18, 2024 11:59:00 GMT
where are my lots fans? anyone else went to the cinema this weekend to see all 3 LOTR movies in the extended and remastered cut? Loved it. Got two under my belt, tomorrow Return of the King. my second time at the movies for LOTRA and its still 10/10 I'm hoping I'll be able to see them soon. |
|
) )
