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At The Globe Showing Will How Its Done
Location: London/Elysium
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Mahler Is A Little Slow - LOTR
I just saw the DVD today (ROTK) and I have always disliked the fact the parting shot is on a door or a closing door if you like. I finally hit me that the entire story begins with Gandalf (or even the dwarves) knocking on Bilbo's door. A smarter, more intelligent man would have picked up on this sooner.......like the first time they saw the movie. Oh well, I guess I am a little slow on the uptake.
P.S. To reiterate my protest: The LOTR did not receive a single acting award. Granted I think many of the performance were extremely inconsistent and varied (Frodo in TT, Aragorn in ROTK, etc.) but there was one performance that was phenomenal throughout and was rarely noticed: Sean Austin as Samwise. The fact that he did not receive any type of award or notice is absolutely criminal. Here endth the bitching and moaning except to say one more thing. (Sorry). I am really quite put out that the series is now over with. There is nothing to look forward to, at least on this scale and magnitude, anymore. Seeing it every Christmas vacation was a family/friend tradition. I will miss the anticipatition and the conversations over casting, storylines, etc. Now I am really done. Honest.
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I'm really looking forward to picking up this DVD the next chance I get (of course I'll be buying the EE for Xmas too, but I need my fix NOW!). I really agree with your observation about Astin not winning any awards, he had solid preformances throughout all 3 films (although I felt that it got a little cheesy during certain parts of TT and ROTK). I also think that although the screenplay writers butchered the role, the actor playing Denethor did an outstanding job. I hope we get to see more of him in the EE.
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See, the thing is with movies like this is that, people often fail to see beyond the grand story and great graphical achievements to find the great, great actors who make the story happen. I feel that most of the cast not getting any kind of nod for acting achievement was complete crap, but it happened anyways.
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For those of you jonesing for more - isn't Peter Jackson negotiating for the rights to <i>The Hobbit</i>?
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Sean Astin also did an outstanding job, as did the actors playing Merry and Pippin. I was also very impressed with the casting for Galadriel. I don't think anyone could have looked more elfin than she. The other actors in the ensemble also did great jobs, but those really stuck out in my mind.
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Regarding the Hobbit... it looks like negotiations are back on again... I heard that New Line is in the process of trying to sort it all out so Jackson can make the Hobbit once he's finished with King Kong.
Fingers crossed.
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Seriously, I concur. It was distracting.
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Huggles, sir?
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And Mr.Deflok... I'm glad there is one person on this forum whom I see eye to eye on pretty much any issue thats being discussed... you rock man
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Location: Pittsburgh
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Christopher Tolkien isn't all that bad, really. He got the Silmarillion together and published, which I am very thanful for. Even though I liked Jackson's films, CT has a point -- the world his father created is often best left to the imagination alone.
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