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Post by LotRFreak89 on Jul 30, 2005 0:27:23 GMT -5
In FotR , the book, there is a lot of detail on the happenings,characters,places, and the last alliance. Making it such put it past 500 pages . In the book, you read quite a lot about the last alliance of men and elves, explaining the behavior of some of the characters in the book. There is also many songs in the book. And a bunch of characters we never see in the movie, like Glordenfield and Tom Bombadil.
But the movie made the book come to life. We got to see Aragorn,Frodo,Sam,Pippin, Borormir, and so on. We got to see the Balrog of Morgoth, and the giant troll. So in context of both film and book, which one was better?
Personal Opinion: The book.
Reason: Because! You learn so much history and information on the characters and events leading up to The War of the Ring. It's just really interesting.
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Post by amnariel on Aug 1, 2005 3:22:45 GMT -5
As someone commented on the CoE clubs section - I would not like Peter Jackson writing LOTR and J. R. R. Tolkien shooting LOTR. Books are wonderful because they're full of details, everything is so precisely described, persons, nature, legends of the old time. Movies had the advantage of SHOWING you nature and persons without need of describing, so movies focused on the part that was not so outlined in the books - the battles. But books have definite advantage over movies - you can bring them when you+re going on a trip, to the beach of where ever you go. Books occupy your mind completely because not only they're asking for concentration on reading, they're stimulating brain to visualise pictures  |
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Post by limeisafruit on Aug 1, 2005 4:45:11 GMT -5
no you are right amnariel that would have been a disasster.... PJ is patient otherwise he would not have made lotr but to write lotr that needs some good ideas and just think about all the language
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Post by midnightfire on Aug 2, 2005 23:09:01 GMT -5
Personally I like movies better because I'm visual... but I still love the books. In this instance, both movie and book are so good by themselves, and even greater when intertwined together, that I don't really favor either of them over the other.
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Post by LotRFreak89 on Aug 2, 2005 23:17:09 GMT -5
Hmm...now that you put it that way...
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Post by Firiel on Sept 12, 2005 11:21:59 GMT -5
i think i can´t decide eighter,for the reasons already said.  |
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Post by LotRFreak89 on Sept 15, 2005 21:28:37 GMT -5
Yes well, generally, fans of LotR, I mean, really devoted fans ( like myself) choose the books due to their authenticity.
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Post by Alasse Oronar on Sept 25, 2005 20:57:19 GMT -5
The book! I cannot stand some things they did to the movies...
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Post by LotRFreak89 on Sept 26, 2005 0:03:01 GMT -5
Yes , but still. At least P.J. had the guts to make the movies...all at ounce...with not that good of a budjet...cripes!
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Post by Firiel on Oct 1, 2005 12:56:53 GMT -5
exactely.it´s true that most people prefer the book because of the authenticity.that´s my arguement for the book too.but i still love the movies very much!!!
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Post by LotRFreak89 on Oct 2, 2005 1:38:17 GMT -5
Yes, see. Here ya' go. A P.J. Supporter. Thank You.
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Post by Firiel on Oct 2, 2005 2:00:14 GMT -5
;D i can´t stand it when people always talk bad about pj and the movies.like they do in Emyn arnen .net  :(i just don´t understand it.i can love them both,why can´t other people?and even if they don´t like the movies,why do they have to tell that everyday? That´s one thing i really love about this board! |
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Post by LotRFreak89 on Oct 2, 2005 2:09:57 GMT -5
One of the reasons I support P.J. is because he had the guts to make the movies. When he first said he'd make FotR everyone was like " Are you JOKING?!" It just wasn't heard of! It was a fools errand! But..you can't blame them for thinking so. Directing LotR movies is almost like getting married. It is a HUGE step and a HUGE desiscion to make. Not to mention, it's quite gutsy.
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Post by Alasse Oronar on Oct 12, 2005 21:46:18 GMT -5
Wow. Sounds like from that argument: Frodo=PJ. |
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Post by LotRFreak89 on Oct 13, 2005 18:47:53 GMT -5
Yeah, well, I tend to get touchy, and in depth on these kinds of things.
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:(i just don´t understand it.i can love them both,why can´t other people?and even if they don´t like the movies,why do they have to tell that everyday?