In Reply to: Well, it would have been much more interesting than having that monotonic Wood! (nt) posted by orejones on January 9, 2004 at 12:15:59:
The casting of this series was absolutely brilliant, IMO, and all three movies played better than most films I've seen in recent years. I absolutely got lost in the characters and the richness of the story and visuals. This series has become one of my all time favorites. BTW, it should be viewed separately from the books because the cinematic flow of such an epic journey requires some compromise from the broadly detailed, complex literary vision of it's original author in order to reach an audience unfamiliar with the works. Peter Jackson accomplished this and Elijah Wood's portrayal of Frodo conveyed the perfect mental image of a young man or, in this case, young Hobbit caught up in an adventure beyond his comprehension.I know that you like Tolkien's books, but perhaps you and Patrick would feel more comfortable at a Jerry Lewis revival (phlem phestival?). ;^)
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Follow Ups
- Sorry orejones, but I could not disagee with you more! - Audiophilander 12:57:26 01/09/04 (9)
- Marry them if you so like, buddy! But that´s not going to make them any better... - orejones 02:18:16 01/10/04 (8)
- Re: Marry them if you so like, buddy! But that´s not going to make them any better... - patrickU 09:16:37 01/10/04 (0)
- The only thing that you left out was "IMHO" which can be shortened to "IMO" for absolute accuracy. - Audiophilander 07:07:03 01/10/04 (6)
- Well, enough is enough: let´s call a spade a spade - orejones 09:23:45 01/10/04 (4)
- Spades are also great for shallow digs; you certainly shoveled a lot of dirt at fans of Peter Jackson's LoTR films. - Audiophilander 22:46:24 01/10/04 (3)
- Do you want to see what a perfect casting looks like? - orejones 07:44:58 01/12/04 (2)
- Re: The best casting I have ever seen - rico 12:28:46 01/15/04 (0)
- LOL! The only thing Ford deserves credit for is finding a non-western role in which John "One-Note" Wayne could act! - Audiophilander 16:27:47 01/13/04 (0)
- Re: The only thing that you left out was "IMHO" which can be shortened to "IMO" for absolute accuracy. - patrickU 09:22:39 01/10/04 (0)