*is reminded of the "fans" who watched the films through about 30 times just so they could nitpick it to pieces...*

One thing I remember reading was that they were moaning there were still stickers on the apples Strider threw to Pippin and Merry - seeing as the apples were only on screen for all of likely half a second, how on Earth did they spot that they had stickers on...? Did they "freeze-frame" the entire film just to spot it...?

*grins* Anyway, I enjoyed it (although I still think Gollum should have had a Welsh accent - I think it's the "My Precioussss" that does it...)

Edit: *re-reads M101's comment and sniggers helplessly behind hand* "Lord of the Ring" - sorry, but according to one of my old housemates there's a porn movie apparently been made going by that title, and I'm not going to read anything into it...(No, I haven't seen it myself, Melvin...)

[ January 10, 2002: Message edited by: Teal ]

I haven't seen Lord of the Rings yet... I am going to soon, as the book very good, and it gets praised quite a bit(thought that doesn't make it a good movie)
Something that I found odd was that Peter Jackson directed it. It really doesn't seem like a film he would do, because he usually does low, low budget, demented horror/comedies. (Bad Taste, Dead Alive/Brain Dead, Meet the Feebles) He also did The Frighteners and Heavenly Creatures, two films that aren't as low budget, and more mainstream than the others... From low budget, very gory horror films to big budget action/fantasy...
Well, mostly every one here seems to like it...I hope I will too.
Teal: Suuuure ya haven't.... *wink, wink*

Well, Jean-Pierre Jeunet directed Alien: Resurrection, so these things happen...

I've seen the movie twice, and both times, I cried when Gandalf went down with the Balrog. The music is very impressive, with the chanting chorus. I cant believe some of the things I am hearing here. Frodo a wimp? Maybe he appeared that may in the movie, but you take a spear to the chest and see how you fare. The most unlikely character is te most courageous as he is not corrupted by the ring as so many others would be.

I didnt find any parts corny, at all. How ca you say it was "cheesy?" Maybe it's just 'cause I've read te trilogy three times. One thing to keep in mind, the events of LotR is the very end of the history of Middle-earth. thousands of years have passed since the overthrough of Morgoth the Enemy at the end of the first age. Sauron is only the servant of Morgoth and carries over his evil into the following ages. (as you can see, I'm a Tolkien freak)

The reason there are 3 movies is that there are 3 movies, hence a trilogy. the Hobbit was a precursor, sorta like an introduction to Middle-earth. The Hobbit was originally published in 1937, while the LotR was published in 1955-1956. any thing you are unsure of, I'll be happy to answer.

I'm going to watch it again. I look forward to it again. I'll buy it on video and just watch it over and over again. I love Lord of the rings.

About the screech of the ringwraiths.. After thinking about it over and over again, I've finally realized why it sounds like it sounds. You're supposed to feel that way. "Oooh, I hate that scream.". You're probably supposed to feel bad when they scream, so you want to get rid of them. I'm not sure about that, but anyway... Why is it only January? Can't it be December already? I want to see The two towers...

I think they showed waay to little of Gollum in the movie. It's bad, since Gollum, Sam and Gimli are my favourite chars. He got like 1.5 minutes in a 3 hours movie. Oooh whyyy? I hope to see much more of Gollum. More Gollum!!

I've seen it twice now, and it made me cry both times :o Most of the actors and settings were absolutely *perfect* - exactly how I imagined them - and the bits they left out were almost unnoticeable. I only have a few criticisms - 1. Sauron is apparently pronounced Sour-ron - not Sore-on as I had always imagined it; 2. Sauron, when you see him (which you shouldn't!) looks like a cheap imitation of a bad guy in a power ranger episode; 3. The Balrog looks more like the devil than the putrid creature I anticipated him to be.

Silversnow: You're not supposed to see him *at all* in FOTR!

Oh, and Aragorn is HOT!! :D

I didn't get the bit where the kid gets stabbed and he kinda can't breath Then he's ok and can breath but why wouldn't you be able to breath in the first place if the sword didn't touch his skin that was stupid.

SilverSnow: yes, as oddness said, Smeagol, otherwise known as Gollum, appears only briefly in the Fellowship of the Rings. His appearance is little more than what you saw in the movie. He plays a much larger role later on, so don't worry. ;)

Oddness: the reason you saw Sauron in the beginning was because that was thousands of years in the past from when Frodo and the Fellowship set out on their quest. He still had his physical form, but was destroyed as you saw by Isildur. His spirit, however, lives on in the ring. He will regain physical stregnth again once he regains enough power. that whole thing was like a little background as to the origins of the One Ring, the ring of power. And yes, his armor did look sorta like a Power Ranger's costume, but more sinister, and not as cheesy.

abe22: Frodo had the mithril armor on, which is vurtuely impenetrable. He was gasping for air as if someone had punched him in the chest, a very big wallop. And he's not a kid, he's a hobbit, just to clarify things. :)

I know that he had that special armor on but why would he gasp for air if it didn't even touch his skin it's weird because it touched his armor so he wouldn't be gasping for air in the first place. Its not like the sword was like a fist thats flat and can make vibrations the sword is sharp and kinda thin why would it make him winded if it didn't touch his skin I don't think a sword could make you winded I know what I want to say but I don't know how to word this. And Why didn't the big thing just choke him with his big hands? Why do the good guys always Win? I have not seen one movie where the bad guys win. Ok I am rabbling on here I'll shut up know.

if you want to see good guy's die read greek trageties(sp?).

well sense the spear didn't penetrate the armor...the result was more like a punch in the stomach. And you have to remember...it was a big honking troll that dealt the blow...even with the armor it was going to hurt some! I bet Frodo as a nasty bruise...