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psyjax:
Ya, I can agree with the Gimli thing. He was too much comic relife, I mean in the book hes funny and stuff but you never doubt the fact that he is a badass, in the movie he plays the butt of the joke.

And call me a D&D whore, but when I think Dwarf Fighter with Battle Ax. I wanna see a Big fucking AX! What the hell has Gimli been wielding the last two films? It looks like a brocken hatchet fascioned from an old ArtDeco wrote Iron fence or somethin.

[ December 19, 2002: Message edited by: psyjax: plain 'ol psyjax ]

Master of Reality:
I still think a good director should make a movie(s) for The trilogy of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

psyjax:

quote:Originally posted by The Master of Reality / B0b:
I still think a good director should make a movie(s) for The trilogy of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
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I second this.

Altho, I still think Pete Jackson has done an admirable job  

KernelPanic:
There were a few little things that bothered me, like:

They did not show/tell that the tree's came behind the ents. That is significant!, well it is if you read the book.

Elrond is badly cast (that is one from the first one)

They missed Tom Bombadil (Jackson talked about that in one of the documentries after the first film I cant remember why he said he did it)

Galadriel is not pretty enough.

You get no sense of what the different peoples in the book are all about. But I suppose they don't have the time to tell us.

They are all very small niggles most of them not really specific to the two towers, I have other much more significant ones to add but I can't put them into words in a way that does justice to what I mean. But I do think they are two great films, can't wait until the DVD box set of all 3 is out     :D    
These films will live like star wars, they are more than a cult classic, they are amazing!

Peter Jackson has done an amazing job, I love the films. They do justice to the book which is a terrific achievment especially since he has to cater for everyones different ideas that they formed in their head whilst readin the book.

The two films get a rating in the 95-100% range from me.

The reason I rate it so high is because the book is just so great, there are many small things that bother me as I am pedantic but I have to keep remining myself that it is a film and then I realise that they are very good.

[ December 19, 2002: Message edited by: Tux ]

xyle_one:
they did leave some things out, and changed alot. but overall, it is a great series (TFotR, and TTT). I dotn think it would have been possible to follow the book in its entirety, there is just so much in the books. unless of course we wanted to sit through 6 hours of movie. (could you imaging, all three movies ini a row  :eek:  ). The animation of golom was
so good its disgusting. i am now going to go shoot myslef in the head for even thinking i could be an animator, let alone ever doing something like this movie. this movie triumphed where starWars failed (jar jar anyone??) all of the effects were beautiful, and worked so that you dont really focus on them. (i did, because i wanted to be an 3d animator/effects guy). anyways, i thought is was a good show. regardless of how well it follows the book

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