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In Reply to: OK, AuPh, you asked for it, so my wife speaks of LOTR posted by Victor Khomenko on January 27, 2004 at 12:41:45:
Either you like it or you don't. There's really no need to explain it further, anymore than you should have to explain why Ghostbusters didn't make you laugh or Titanic didn't make you cry. Movies are simply entertainment designed to put paying customers into theater seats, hopefully after they stop at the concession stand for a 40oz drink, a Theodin-sized tub of buttered popcorn and a box of Milk Duds.I was recently extremely bored and realized the situation couldn't get much worse if I took the time to see ROTK. It wasn't that bad. At least it had a real ending(s) unlike the first two LOTR movies. The ring was melted, and as we know from Terminator 2, where that crucial microchip was dispatched with in a similar way, that's absolutely conclusive. Jar Jar (or whatever his name was) fell into the molten lava with the ring so we can be nearly 50% sure he won't show up again in a sequel. Sam overcame his homosexual attraction to Frodo and settled for a female hobbit. The black-haired human rose to the throne of that battle-ravaged wedding cake of a city and immediately got his subjects to work completely restoring it in record time for his coronation. Frodo and Dildo set sail for the New World where the horse paths are paved with gold that (hopefully) doesn't reveal reddish-hued Elvish script when heated.
So that, after 9 hours of viewing, is what it all came down to. I had no life-changing epiphany. I don't understand myself, humanity, God or the universe in a new, enlightened way. But the truth is, I NEVER expect this from any "film" I see, even if it is a "superior" work of art from France or Russia, so I agree with Audiophilander and his wife.
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Follow Ups
- So much thought being wasted on this children's sword and sorcery fantasy.... - Dalton 18:27:11 01/28/04 (27)
- Re: So much thought being wasted on this children's sword and sorcery fantasy.... - patrickU 01:38:38 01/29/04 (26)
- Good example: I've seen both The Seven Samurai & The Magnificent Seven, the American west version. - Audiophilander 08:05:09 01/29/04 (25)
- Re: NO NO AND NO! - patrickU 08:52:21 01/29/04 (9)
- Should I put my affairs in order? - Audiophilander 09:41:59 01/29/04 (8)
- Re:Yes, you are a deseperated case..Time to say good bye.... - patrickU 10:31:14 01/29/04 (0)
- That is easy - Victor Khomenko 09:51:14 01/29/04 (6)
- Re: That is easy / Victor.... - patrickU 10:33:36 01/29/04 (0)
- Bogus argument, and here's why: - Audiophilander 10:06:16 01/29/04 (4)
- Re: And WHY one may ask you did NOT ????? nt - patrickU 10:35:43 01/29/04 (3)
- Because my katana became dull just being in the same room Seven Samurai was showing! (nt) - Audiophilander 12:47:15 01/29/04 (2)
- Re: Send it over to me.... - patrickU 13:10:22 01/29/04 (1)
- Sorry, Mssr. Guillotine, but... - Audiophilander 22:03:15 01/29/04 (0)
- Re: Good example: I've seen both The Seven Samurai & The Magnificent Seven, the American west version. - Victor Khomenko 08:17:41 01/29/04 (14)
- "She got bored with it..." - Tokien's LoTR novels may take a lot more work than some folks are willing to commit. - Audiophilander 08:47:22 01/29/04 (13)
- Dodging the point - Victor Khomenko 08:52:10 01/29/04 (12)
- "It is commonly called a children's book..." - By whom? You, perhaps? Now THAT's an unbiased source. LOL! - Audiophilander 10:35:19 01/29/04 (11)
- Now you are sliding completely - Victor Khomenko 11:21:35 01/29/04 (10)
- Re: W & P and..LOTR..... - patrickU 13:42:34 01/29/04 (2)
- But you are forgetting the target audience... - Victor Khomenko 13:46:02 01/29/04 (1)
- No, the "target audience" (i.e., folks of all ages who still have a sense of wonder) has forgotten you! (nt) - Audiophilander 21:59:16 01/29/04 (0)
- That's because I'm pullin' on one end of the rope while you're on the other goin' under for the 30th time! - Audiophilander 12:29:46 01/29/04 (6)
- LOL! That sez plenty of those "young adults" - Victor Khomenko 12:41:45 01/29/04 (5)
- "I didn't say anything about their age, ..." - Now that's a weaselly response if ever I read one. - Audiophilander 13:19:01 01/29/04 (4)
- Your mama should have taught you... - Victor Khomenko 13:43:04 01/29/04 (3)
- The irony of your making ... - Audiophilander 15:58:04 01/29/04 (2)
- Re: The irony of your making ... - Victor Khomenko 16:20:18 01/29/04 (1)
- Object away, the LoTR films & books are neither naive, poorly made, nor, strictly speaking, a children's opus. - Audiophilander 17:14:15 01/29/04 (0)
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