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In Reply to: Already been done ("LoTR in 30 Seconds," a parody cleverly edited together with stills), ... posted by Audiophilander on January 12, 2006 at 12:07:48:
AuPH,Of course, the my criticisms of LoTR are mostly part of my dubious kind of humour, as this triology of mives is an astounding technical effort.
But, it obviously has not escaped the notice of others as well that in the final scenes of "Return" when Frodo, having seen to it the Ring is destroyed, and Sam are clinging to the side of the volcano, that they are rescued quite easily by Gandalf and the Eagles. If the eagles could reach this place for a rescue, we must ask why Gandalf didn't just fly Frodo and the Ring there in the first place.
The reason this is not addressed is that there had to be a way to rescue Frodo and Sam, but if the idea of just flyig to the volcano in the first 20 minutes of the first movie would have circumvented the reamaining 8 hours- and any potential for the battles and action.
There are many logical lapses in fantasy movies, but this one is little insulting- either Gandalf is an idiot or we are!
But, there is amore serious failing generally in LotR concerning the Ring iteself. Tolkien, like William Blake before him, was desperate to create a kind of pre-Christian mythology for England and he drew heavily from another fellow despserate for a retro-styled mythology for his country- Richard Wagner. Like Wagner's Ring Cycle, Tolkien, makes the central focus this ring of power that everyone is after, but this main character that creates the entire action- doesn't really have much to do- it doens't contribute to the events except the obsession it produces. We really don't care about the story as strongly as we might because the ring itself- this center of the story doesn't seem all that important.
I much admire Jackson's work, but it's the original Tokien story that is a little thin iin some important reasepcts and the easy way out of the eagles, the varying effectiveness of magic powers that occur at convenient times to solve story problems that detract a bit from the trilogy. But, certainly, the Jackson set is well worth seeing more than once to understand the depth, skill, and complexity with which it was made- we just have to go easy on intellectual analysis and enjoy it for what it does so well.
Cheers,
Bambi B
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- LotR - Bambi B 12:19:12 01/13/06 (1)
- "If the eagles could reach this place for a rescue, ..." - Audiophilander 00:22:11 01/16/06 (0)
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