I saw the 3rd LOTR movie . . .

Posted by Troy (A) on January 2, 2004 at 23:03:29

New Yeards Eve my wife and I slipped out to the movies. She wanted to see the "Last Samurai". So we went to the nicest theater in our area, the one with the stadium seats that are actually comfortable. Samurai was really pat and obvious. I find Zwick's movies to be a terrible bore. Everything seems over art-directed which makes his heavy handed and plodding direction feel trite and pretentious. Does anybody remember the movie "The Big Picture" directed and written by Christopher Guest? The one where Kevin Bacon is the film student. At the beginning it shows him winning a student film competition and there was one obnoxious student that had made a terribly over-ripe civil war epic. Zwick's movies remind me of that. The guy

After it ended, we were walking out of the theater and we walked past the box that was showing LOTR in 7 minutes. We shared a glance and walked right in. For free? Why not.

I have to say, I was very entertained. yeah, it's too damn long and has far too many endings that just got progressively more sappy until the final one that lingered on the 4 hobbits for what seemed like 90 seconds each. It was nauseating. Gollum was a riot. Once again, he was the best actor in the movie. Many of the human actors suffered from "blue-screen-itis": They have a slightly dazed and confused look on their faces, like they are not looking at what we are. But I tell ya, the battle sequences were stunning. Yes, the FX will be dated in a few years, but right now, it truly is state of the art.

6 hours in a movie theater. Hardcore.

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Topic - I saw the 3rd LOTR movie . . . - Troy 23:03:29 01/02/04 (28)

Todays word is disfunctional. - Prokofief 19:24:03 01/06/04 (8)

Oh, booo hoooo - Troy 22:59:18 01/06/04 (7)

you started this b.s. not me. - Prokofief 10:38:13 01/07/04 (6)

'Fraid not, chum - Troy 11:22:03 01/07/04 (5)

Troy, you are a very sick person. nt. - Prokofief 13:01:38 01/08/04 (4)

Oh come ON! - Troy 15:41:25 01/08/04 (0)

Disagree - J 13:09:21 01/08/04 (2)

Aw shucks - Troy 15:39:37 01/08/04 (1)

Re: Aw shucks - J 22:08:33 01/08/04 (0)

I'm glad you liked it even though we differ somewhat in our appraisals, ...but not paying? - Audiophilander 09:55:50 01/03/04 (18)

Troy is an admitted drunk driver and now a low life thief - YECH 15:55:57 01/03/04 (2)

Morals? I gotcher Morals! - Troy 17:23:44 01/03/04 (0)

Take it Outside, buddrick. n - albee33 16:45:44 01/03/04 (0)

Art should be free. n - albee33 10:16:48 01/03/04 (11)

That sounds like something a teenager would say. - Audiophilander 10:27:58 01/03/04 (9)

Thanks, I feel younger already. n - albee33 16:23:02 01/03/04 (0)

albee33 seems to be all of 13 - YECH 15:58:46 01/03/04 (1)

I don't sneak into movies . . . - albee33 16:20:35 01/03/04 (0)

Art made for money is whorish. n - albee33 15:45:45 01/03/04 (2)

Fine, you can call me whatever you like as long as $5000 is on the bureau after my painting goes home with you! (nt) - Audiophilander 22:48:59 01/03/04 (1)

AudioPanderer! n - albee33 11:05:06 01/04/04 (0)

It's a balancing act - Troy 10:32:35 01/03/04 (2)

I'm glad you decide how much everyone should make - mvwine 08:30:22 01/05/04 (1)

Give it a rest ya wino - Troy 16:04:18 01/05/04 (0)

No - Troy 10:19:32 01/03/04 (0)

Sneaking in - Troy 10:14:26 01/03/04 (2)

Re: Sneaking in - SR 22:08:31 01/03/04 (1)

Re: Sneaking in - Troy 08:34:58 01/04/04 (0)

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