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What was your reaction to the Lord of the Rings movies?
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Was I…scared? Like, do I find non-horror movies scary?
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Originally Posted by Chuckit 
Was I…scared? Like, do I find non-horror movies scary?
There are plenty of people out there who were scared by LOTR or they found it too violent.
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I found very little of it scary.
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Nope. First read it when I was 10. Great books. Almost as great movies.
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Peter Jackson f*cked it up. The movies suck. So in that sense, yeah, it's pretty damn scary how much those movies sucked.
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I'm going to guess that any movie made about Lord of the Rings would f*ck it up.
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I was kind of scared at Gimley, he kept on making these funny faces.. Plus, he's a gnome.. or a midget, or some sort of elf.
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Originally Posted by macgeek2005
There are plenty of people out there who were scared by LOTR or they found it too violent.
I thought it was a bit too violent, but it certainly wasn't scary violence. It was needless violence.
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Originally Posted by Ghoser777
I'm going to guess that any movie made about Lord of the Rings would f*ck it up.
In some people's minds. I thought Peter Jackson did a great job of adapting the books to screen.
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Originally Posted by Ghoser777
I'm going to guess that any movie made about Lord of the Rings would f*ck it up.
Someone could've made an awesome movie. Ridley Scott, maybe. Anyone who casts Elijah Wood and Agent Smith needs to be shot. He also botched the story completely and made unnecessary changes that wouldn't 've effected the movie plot-line at all. Then after having to be punished by King Kong, it became quite obvious Peter Jackson is really just Uwe Boll with a $400 million budget.
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
In some people's minds. I thought Peter Jackson did a great job of adapting the books to screen.
Frodo isn't a whiney b*tch, Sam isn't gay, and Gimli isn't a bumbling idiot.
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Originally Posted by olePigeon
Anyone who casts Elijah Wood and Agent Smith needs to be shot.
I'm not sure about Agent Smith as Elrond, but I couldn't think of anyone better for Frodo than Elijah Wood.
Originally Posted by olePigeon
He also botched the story completely and made unnecessary changes
that wouldn't 've effected the movie plot-line at all.
Can you give any examples of how this was? I mean, I'll agree that not every change was absolutely necessary, but that doesn't mean they weren't good ideas (due to the difference between books and movies). The only one I can think of off the top of my head that seemed stupid is the inexplicable 180 on Faramir's character. Oh, and Arwen. But I guess that was a marketing concession.
Originally Posted by olePigeon
Then after having to be punished by King Kong, it became quite obvious Peter Jackson is really just Uwe Boll with a $400 million budget.
I liked Kong as well.
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Originally Posted by olePigeon
Frodo isn't a whiney b*tch, Sam isn't gay, and Gimli isn't a bumbling idiot.
Thank you. I absolutely hated the movies. He tried to dumb down something that morons don't deserve.
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I read it so many times, why would the movie scare me ?
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Originally Posted by olePigeon
Frodo isn't a whiney b*tch, Sam isn't gay, and Gimli isn't a bumbling idiot.
So I wasn't the only one wishing that Frodo and his turd burglar sidekick would get torched on Mount Doom? My God the third movie became painful to watch! And the Faramir change was pointless as well. But I enjoyed the movies for the most part.
Scary? Pfft. My 5 year old daughter loves 'em.
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Originally Posted by Rev-O
So I wasn't the only one wishing that Frodo and his turd burglar sidekick would get torched on Mount Doom? My God the third movie became painful to watch! And the Faramir change was pointless as well. But I enjoyed the movies for the most part.
Scary? Pfft. My 5 year old daughter loves 'em.
I haven't read to Faramir's part in the books yet. What is the 180 that you guys are talking about?
And, oh yes...I voted for "so scary that I didn't want to watch the other two" just because it looked lonely. The movies weren't scary at all, which makes me wonder about this thread....
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Originally Posted by macgeek2005
What was your reaction to the Lord of the Rings movies?
Scared, eh? How old are you, macgeek? My 10 year-old female cousin loved those movies.
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It's not me i'm talking about. It's someone else..... I was curious as to whether he really does have mental/emotional problems, or whether there are other people out there who are really scared by them.
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
Can you give any examples of how this was? I mean, I'll agree that not every change was absolutely necessary, but that doesn't mean they weren't good ideas (due to the difference between books and movies). The only one I can think of off the top of my head that seemed stupid is the inexplicable 180 on Faramir's character. Oh, and Arwen. But I guess that was a marketing concession.
Everything to do with the battle for Minas Tirith? How about not breaking down the city gates with a bunch of goofy giants tumbling through, but arch-enemies Gandalf and the Lord of the Nazgul symbolically meeting under the ruined gate?
Or King Theoden's glorious charge into battle in the book – the old king shining like the sun, killing everyone like a monster - and then his fatal betrayal by his beloved horse, the proverbial stab in the back for the horse king?
Or the useless huge oliphants and buddy wasisname sliding around on the trunks like a moron?
Sigh. I shouldn't get started. I'm too young to have blood pressure this high.
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I wasn't scared and I found the movies pretty good and I think the adaptation was well done... Just my opinion though.
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
I haven't read to Faramir's part in the books yet. What is the 180 that you guys are talking about?
In the books, Faramir knows Frodo has the ring but refuses to give in to its temptation like his brother. In the movie, Faramir is all like "ZOMG RING GIMME GIMME SO I CAN SHOW MY DADDY!"
Basically, the book's Faramir was a kind and steadfast fellow, while the movie's Faramir was unstable and not particularly different from Boromir.
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
In the books, Faramir knows Frodo has the ring but refuses to give in to its temptation like his brother. In the movie, Faramir is all like "ZOMG RING GIMME GIMME SO I CAN SHOW MY DADDY!"
Basically, the book's Faramir was a kind and steadfast fellow, while the movie's Faramir was unstable and not particularly different from Boromir.
What are you smoking? At first he's tempted, and then wisdom gets the better of him, and he sends frodo on his way, all the while knowing that his father would be angry with him.
next movie....
Denethor: "You sent the ring of power into MORDOR in the hands of a WITLESS HALFLING!!!"
I don't know what you're saying. You're 180º wrong!
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Originally Posted by macgeek2005
What are you smoking? At first he's tempted, and then wisdom gets the better of him, and he sends frodo on his way, all the while knowing that his father would be angry with him.
Yes, in the movie, after pointlessly torturing Gollum and forcing Frodo and Sam to bring the ring back to Gondor, Faramir finally does something sensible. And in the book, wisdom never has to get the better of him, because he never lets the ring have any power over him in the first place. Similarly, in the book, Faramir is the only one who isn't susceptible to the Ringwraiths' mind**** powers, if I recall.
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Yes I am. I'm also afraid of rain clouds.
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Originally Posted by Dakar²
Yes I am. I'm also afraid of rain clouds.
Well I'm afraid of butterflies. They're terrifying.
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We had a friend of ours go to the second one with us - she's a woman in her
thirties and was reduced to a terrified, crying, blubbering mess by the thing.
She says she doesn't dare see the last one and doesn't dare see any of the
extended editions.
She said "I need to see the last one to see how it ends, but I want to see it
on a cheap black and white TV with a small 2" speaker". The larger-than-
life visuals and 6 channel sound made it too real for her.
Her favorite movie is the muppet movie. Heh.
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Sounds a few sandwiches short of a picnic.
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My wife finds the movies scary... but she is a total lightweight. She can't watch someone get shot on TV without finding it disturbing.
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Wow, and I thought I was a pansy because I get uncomfortable during certain scenes in House.
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Originally Posted by Gossamer
Well I'm afraid of butterflies. They're terrifying.
But they are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
I'm not sure about Agent Smith as Elrond, but I couldn't think of anyone better for Frodo than Elijah Wood.
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I liked Kong as well.
Sorry, sir, I'm going to have to revoke your license. You're no longer allowed to comment on the quality of films. Ever.
May God have mercy on your soul.
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Nope, not scared. I thought the books were better though. But the movies were great too.
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i was about 11 when i watched the fellowship.
it wasnt scary at all, but there were some bits that made you jump which i wasnt to bothered about..
i nearly fell asleep in the second one.
anyway, why cant gandalf just summon his magic bird thingys and fly to wherever?
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Because the all-seeing eye will see him and send dragons.
Same reason I don't leave work early.
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Not even a little. I'd read all the books (finally, in my 40s) and I knew the basic plot, even if Jackson and company felt it necessary to jack around with the story here and there. I thought that on the whole they did a great job.
I though Kong was great too; it was, as Jackson intended, a modern production of what Cooper did in the 1930s. And the visual quality was stunning.
And you cannot revoke anyone's license, Movie Police; you don't have one yourself! 
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anyway, why cant gandalf just summon his magic bird thingys and fly to wherever?
His "magic birdie thingys" are the Eagles, and they are independent players. They like Gandalf because he's helped them out. And the moth was just a messenger (in both directions).
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Originally Posted by ghporter
His "magic birdie thingys" are the Eagles, and they are independent players. They like Gandalf because he's helped them out. And the moth was just a messenger (in both directions).
I think Gandalf is an idiot. He should of just blackmailed the damn pigeons...
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Originally Posted by Todd Madson
We had a friend of ours go to the second one with us - she's a woman in her
thirties and was reduced to a terrified, crying, blubbering mess by the thing.
She says she doesn't dare see the last one and doesn't dare see any of the
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She said "I need to see the last one to see how it ends, but I want to see it
on a cheap black and white TV with a small 2" speaker". The larger-than-
life visuals and 6 channel sound made it too real for her.
Her favorite movie is the muppet movie. Heh.
This is why I started this thread. To see if there are others out there. Fortunetaly, thanks to you i've learned that the person because of whom I started this poll is not the only one out there who doesn't dare see any more LOTR because of their reaction to the first one (or the second one, whatever).
We were watching it on my 23" ACD with the volume about as loud as it can go without ringing your ears.
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This was the only thing that made me jump:
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That particular scene or Bilbo in general?
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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This was the only thing that made me jump:
I'll Touch Your Penis!
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Did you type that in?
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Originally Posted by kick52
I think Gandalf is an idiot. He should of just blackmailed the damn pigeons...
Speaking of idiots  
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