Did anyone see Lord of the Rings last night?

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That bothered me too when I first saw the film. Then I thought about it and decided it was probably an improvement over the story...

...becuase every other character who comes into contact with the ring falls under it's power to some extent. Faramir represents an opportunity for the ring and therefore Sauron to extend it's power over Gondor. Faramir in possesion of the ring would rest power from his father and set himself up as a new king in opposition to not just Sauron but also against the rest of Middle Earth. There's no reason why Faramir would not be influenced by the ring. For me the breaking of this influence was a bit weak. He sees the power it has over Frodo and the damage it is doing to him and therefore frees him and Sam? I donlt really buy that, but I suppose the scene in Osgiliath is nicely dramatic and introduces the place before ROTK.
 
What it shows is that:

Boromir was the favourite son and died, but tried to steal the ring from Frodo. If Faromir does not take the ring it shows a strength of character Boromir never had. That's what I think the point of it was.
 
Don't mean to offend any fans of the films, but, even though I kind of enjoyed it, I found it somewhat....random.....unstructured....hollow, even?

I can't really think of the correct word, it just didn't seem right - almost as if it wasn't based on the work of literary genius it allegedly is. It seemed kind of poor.

Can anyone explain to me something I may have missed?

Not meaning to bother any hardcore fans of the series, I just didn't really get what was so great about it.:confused:
 
"Filler crap from the books"?

/sighs

For the OP, if you didn't like the first film it's unlikely you'll much like the sequels. The Two Towers in particular is harder going than the first film I reckon, with the narrative shooting around all over the place (much like the book). I'd just call it a day if I were you.

Myself, I was so glad I read the books before I saw these films. Great movies, no question, but the books are much better. Deeper, more organic, and thankfully feature less of Arwen and her incessant blubbing.
 
I get that point, and it's a noble if naive depiction of the character.
My feeling though is that if Gandalf and Galadriel have difficulty resisting the ring's charms, what hope does a mortal man who is mourning for his dead brother and has personal issues with his power-crazed father going to have?
 
That is very clever too again I would choose that as my second favourite battle.

As for Arwen's incessant bubbling, I comment on that every time I watch the movies, it spoils it for me. Bugs the hell out my husband as he has read the books and say she didn't really have that big of a part in the books.
 
FOTR is by far the strongest IMO too. In fact, I've suspected the academy holding the Oscar slew back to the final film was, in retrospect, a bit of an embarrassment, as it was by far the weakest.
 
I suppose you could say that:

...both Gandalf and Galadriel already knew what it was like to wield power a superhuman power. No one wants power more than someone who has already had it.





I don't know about it being "by far" the weakest. It may have been the weakest, but not by much, in my opinion. I think they're all more or less on the money. Jackson did great.
 
Great to know I'm not on my own in this on the forums! Everyone I know who has read the books says the same thing, and even some who haven't feel the same way. There's just no need for the padding out of Arwen. She's just a footnote in the books, and to make matters worse she's such a dreary character in the movies. Weeping every time she appears. Gah!

Still, great films if you watch the extended versions, choose how you look at it.
 
The Lord of the rings books are far to complex to make into a film 100% accurately.

Each film would be 4 or 5 hours long.

I think the films condense the story nicely into watchable chunks.
 
Well you have only seen the beginning of the story. The first film is very good but the second and third are even better and contain the strongest elements of the story.
 
I went to see all 3 flims in the cinema.The only reason i saw the first LOTR film was because i found out that Christopher Lee was in it,apart from that i had no idea what the story was all about.

"The Two Towers" is on next Saturday at 7.30pm
 
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