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I definitely agree with those. But as a movie, and not an adaptation, I liked it. As an adaptation, it sucked.
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BTW, I think, that there would be no director out there, who could make it better. There would always be something missing or too much.
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actually i think the movies were quite good for an adaption. most adaptions are really bad. (the Odyssey) Its really hard to make an adaption a good movie and stay faithful to the book.
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I have seen worse adaptions, really.
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I thought it was a good adaptation. Actually it was great! Though not perfect.
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I read a review on the movies that basically said Pj did not duplicate the books but he did create Middle Earth. I agree. The movies were great, but when comparing them to the books, I was majorly disappointed. On the other hand I was greatly impressed with the places and people. Most of the actors were perfect and I felt like I was seeing Middle Earth.
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i thought it was a good movie in general (both)
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![]() i'm sorry but i don't agree with gerbil.I think the movie's very good except for Faramir and a few other things.
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![]() I think TTT is better then FotR, but that's my opinion. Anyway the movie's really good even though it isn't perfect. (i'm not trying to be mean.)
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Yeah the persons and the places were really good.
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i totally agree with you stephanie
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![]() I think that TTT was definetly better than FOTR. FOTR was a little too slow, but TTT did have some problems. They could have left out some scens like Arwen's part, and they should have had Shelob's part in. Well, I have TTT on DVD so I am going to watch it again tonight! For the 10th time
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Here's a great Two Towers scene:
Where Eomer and his men first meet the Three Hunters. It was only missing one thing, and had many subtleties from the book bang on! What they were missing: The reason Gimli and Eomer squared off was because Eomer burned Galadriel, and Gimli was sticking up for her. What they had: Good lines, they were almost verbatum from the book. Book: Gimli to Eomer, "Give me your name, Horsemaster, and I shall give you mine, and more besides." Movie: Gimli to Eomer, "Give me your name, Horsemaster, and I shall give you mine." (I read that part of the book last night, and am doing this from memory now. Apologies for any slip-ups, but you get the picture.) Characterization: Legolas backs up Gimli, and says pretty much the same thing. Aragorn is diplomatic, noble and kingly. One small difference is that in the book, he throws back his cloak and introduces the Sword That Was Broken, now forged again. But the spirit was there, Aragorn was portrayed as a real leader, and he seemed more calm and royal than the other characters involved. This comparison was also made in the book, when Aragorn seemed taller than Eomer (who is tall.)
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How do you know?
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I don't know, I feel like I've lost momentum with TTT. I really think they should push the release dates up more. (Dvd release of TTT and theater release of RoTK) After the intial excitement of FoTR, I'm not sure if people will be willing to keep their excitement alive till next December! I remember when reading the books.....the urgency! Gobbling up the words as quickly as possible, to find out what happens. This three year wait process is "unnatural"!
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The DVD for TTT is pushed up to June something, I think.
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If they pushed up the dates for the extended TTT DVD and ROTK, the quality of the films special effects would suffer greatly.
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They better make their move quickly! I think the Battle of Helm's Deep put a lot of folk to sleep!
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