in my case, i think everything about those movies is fantastic and comes together to create an amazing experience. the beatiful visuals, the amazing music by howard shore, the characters, they all work so well to pull you in and stir your emotions.
personally, it's so hard for me to choose one aspect as my favorite, but i would have to give it to the music. here is but a small sample showing why: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6LGJ7evrAg
[QUOTE="sharkenleo"][QUOTE="Luxen90"]I definitely like the part where I'm able to eject it out of my dvd player.Luxen90
didn't take long for the haters to show up. haters gonna hate Haha, chill, look at my edit. I enjoyed those movies a lot. my balls, missed it. it's a knee-jerk, there's a lot of lotr trolls on /b/
[QUOTE="TheMadGamer"][QUOTE="cybrcatter"]The scene when Kirk yells "KHAAAAAAAN!" is the best part of that trilogy. cybrcatter
Funny, I don't remember that part in Lotr... was it a cut scene? No, man, it's like apex of the movie. Damn, guess I'll have to watch the trilogy again. But I did like the part when Darth Vader told Luke that he's his father. EPIC!
[QUOTE="sharkenleo"][QUOTE="Luxen90"][QUOTE="sharkenleo"] didn't take long for the haters to show up. haters gonna hate Haha, chill, look at my edit. I enjoyed those movies a lot. my balls, missed it. it's a knee-jerk, there's a lot of lotr trolls on /b/ Your balls missed it? Umm, okay I guess that's understandable.
[QUOTE="cybrcatter"][QUOTE="TheMadGamer"] Funny, I don't remember that part in Lotr... was it a cut scene?TheMadGamer
No, man, it's like apex of the movie. Damn, guess I'll have to watch the trilogy again. But I did like the part when Darth Vader told Luke that he's his father. EPIC! Now you're being silly. That was Star Trek.
WELL, I haven't read the book recently, so I can't present you with any fancy quotes as I have a horrible memory when it comes to specifics. But the book is filled with it. Here are some simple things to think about that anyone who's read the book should be able to recall easily. Contrast the ideals of the shire in comparison to that of the land of Mordor . Remember Treebeard? That's the most obvious one.
WELL, I haven't read the book recently, so I can't present you with any fancy quotes as I have a horrible memory when it comes to specifics. But the book is filled with it. Here are some simple things to think about that anyone who's read the book should be able to recall easily. Contrast the ideals of the Shire in comparison to that of the land of Mordor . Remember Treebeard? That's the most obvious one. There is no symbolism. Its a story. That's all Tolkien meant it to be. However. In Mordor, by Lake Nuren there was farming done by slaves. Treebeard and the Ents destroyed Isengard because of Saruman's allience with the Orcs. Besides, many Ents were destroyed )chopped down) to feed the fires of Orthanc.
You're surprised to find out books are more than entertainment? Its a story, nothing more. You read too much into fiction books. What is a story? What is your life if not a story? What would you tell somebody of your life. IS it so hard to believe that these things can be seen and understood as more than just a story? Yes, Tolkien wrote a marvelous fantasy infusing many elements with a great love of nature that is entirely impossible to over look. I don't expect you Calvin, or others to see these things or too care. They're too busy looking in, too busy looking to pass the time.
[QUOTE="EMOEVOLUTION"] You're surprised to find out books are more than entertainment?EMOEVOLUTION
Its a story, nothing more. You read too much into fiction books. What is a story? What is your life if not a story? What would you tell somebody of your life. IS it so hard to believe that these things can be seen and understood as more than just a story? Yes, Tolkien wrote a marvelous fantasy infusing many elements with a great love of nature that is entirely impossible to over look. I don't expect you Calvin, or others to see these things or too care. They're too busy looking in, too busy looking to pass the time. I'm don't go nitpicking for possible symbolism that is not even intended. If I did that; I wouldn't enjoy reading. I don't run around looking for things to do to pass the time if that's what you mean.
personally, i think the symbolism spoken about can be read into the books and films, but it can also be read simply as a great fantasy story. this is true for most movies, though. you can look at star wars the same way (specifically the ewoks defeating the empire)
[QUOTE="EMOEVOLUTION"][QUOTE="Calvin079"] Its a story, nothing more. You read too much into fiction books.
Calvin079
What is a story? What is your life if not a story? What would you tell somebody of your life. IS it so hard to believe that these things can be seen and understood as more than just a story? Yes, Tolkien wrote a marvelous fantasy infusing many elements with a great love of nature that is entirely impossible to over look. I don't expect you Calvin, or others to see these things or too care. They're too busy looking in, too busy looking to pass the time. I'm don't go nitpicking for possible symbolism that is not even intended. If I did that; I wouldn't enjoy reading. I don't run around looking for things to do to pass the time if that's what you mean.
it's not nitpicking though. Lotro is regarded as a timeless classic because of its historical allegory and reflections on human conditions. it's also the reason why, besides being a grand piece of entertainment, it's studied academically in various faculties. but of course, your sort of attitude is hardly surprising in this day and age, where critical thinking is invariably shrugged off as nitpicking and reading too much into something.
Probably the cinematography and art direction, it's basically visionary imo.
What I don't like are some of the deus ex machina type things. Like when Liv Tyler's character is in the river in the first movie, and says some magical words and the water comes stampeding down on the ring wraiths, that was cheesy.
I never read the books, but if you're going to put something like that into the movie, it should at least make sense within the context of the movie (in other words, you shouldn't have to read the books to know how that works). If they (the elves) can do that, then what else can they do?
the symbolism resenting industrial society for it's destruction of the environmentEMOEVOLUTION
^ Lol, usually when I see someone say that something like that was their favorite part about a movie, it probably means that they didn't like much else about it.
[QUOTE="EMOEVOLUTION"][QUOTE="Calvin079"] Its a story, nothing more. You read too much into fiction books.
Calvin079
What is a story? What is your life if not a story? What would you tell somebody of your life. IS it so hard to believe that these things can be seen and understood as more than just a story? Yes, Tolkien wrote a marvelous fantasy infusing many elements with a great love of nature that is entirely impossible to over look. I don't expect you Calvin, or others to see these things or too care. They're too busy looking in, too busy looking to pass the time. I'm don't go nitpicking for possible symbolism that is not even intended. If I did that; I wouldn't enjoy reading. I don't run around looking for things to do to pass the time if that's what you mean. One of the beauties of literature is what the individual can take from a piece whether it was intended or not. Symbolism doesn't have to be intended.
As for the topic all of it is brilliant, but if I had to narrow it down it would be the characters.
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