I guess I'm one of the lucky ones... My girlfriend and I are going to see it tomorrow night... She's a LOTR nut.

Seeing it tonight at 8. w00t.

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I must say, I am tremendously happy that Jackson decided to use the Undead army more than Tolkien did. I couldn't believe how Tolkien just threw away such a great opportunity when, in the book, Aragorn lets them go after capturing some boats. The way they 'purge' the city of Orcs was a terrific idea.

Insanely. Good. Movie.

Every girl in my class who saw this movie cried at a random part in the movie. One tear rolled down one girls cheek when Aragorn was winning... wtf?

(Love 'er anyways. )

So, I suppose SAJN_Master is right when he says

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[EDIT: That was the most f***ed up post I've ever made. ]

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::is in a coma::

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I saw it again on friday at 7:00pm
Then again Saturday at 11:00am
and hopefully agan today....What...don't look at me that way! My mom bought tickets for me on Wendsday and Saturday...then on friday I went to a kids party, and we went to see it then...and today I HAVE to go with some of my friends who haven't seen it ..BTW anyone else see Peter Jackson's cameo? he was the captain of one of the pirate ships.

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I once knew a man from Nantucket....isn't that just dandy?

Pirate ships...? How many times have you seen this movie?

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I just read the "Rotten" reviews from Rotten Tomatoes. Only five of like..... 140. They were all saying stuff like... "That stuff about a spider wasn't important, and Peter Jackson made it up." And I'm sitting there thinking, "you havn't read the books, have you..."

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Frightening the very small and very old since 1952.

I think I heard the Wilhelm scream twice.

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Me too.

Is that the one that's like:

Aaaaaiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeegh!

or the one that's more like:

Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaa!

I'm a bit confused.

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I heard they used two stormtrooper death screams in the movie. Anyway, I can't see until Wednesday....

No, those "stormtrooper" screams would have been the generic screams that practically ALL foley artists use in ALL movies. I've heard those screams in Batman Returns, RotJ, and countless others.

And who is the Wilhelm?

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[This message has been edited by TwistedSoul (edited December 21, 2003).]

http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/wilhelm.html This explains the Wilhelm scream.

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One of the rotten reviews on rotten tomatoes was saying stuff like the books were racist and sexist.
He was actually claiming that the women were all relegated to small roles. The racist thing was because all the good guys were white and the orcs were green.
I guess he missed the Saruman the White thing.

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Is that the same review where the guy said Jackson should've condensed the trilogy into one 2 hour movie? And the one where he complains about how Tolkien was writing to a white-european audience? um... wasnt it Tolkien's intent to write a sort of English mythology? The guy that wrote this review needs to stop whining and die.


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Saw it last night, but I couldn't stay awake long enough to post then.

Absolutely awesome, though some of the characters started really irritaing me. Legolas has been getting on my nerves through the whole trilogy. I asked my mum about it and apparently it's Orlando Bloom and Peter Jackson's fault rather than the character, but he has a habit of saying the most painfully obvious things ALL THE FREAKING TIME!!
Also the lack of credit given to Sam was annoying, but everyone who watches/reads it agrees that he's the real hero, so that's ok.

*SPOILERS*
It was very intense though, I came out with an awful headache from being on the verge of tears for three straight hours. I only really cried once, when Frodo woke up and I was certain that Sam had died while they were waiting to be rescued. And then once I'd started, I couldn't stop. When the Hobbits bow down to Aragorn and he says 'You bow down to no man' and then everyone bows down to them...well, I thought it was insanely tacky, but because I was already in tears I just started bawling...oh dear!
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Can't wait for the extended edition, my mum tells me that she can see exactly what's been missed out and that once it's all in there it'll be much better. I just wish I could find somewhere round here showing all three movies back to back...

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It's out in England?! Every damn country except Australia has it, it's not ****ing fair!

*goes off to sulk*

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4 times....and I say pirate ship because they are pirates...kind of....in a way...

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I once knew a man from Nantucket....isn't that just dandy?

VERRY GOOOD MOVIE.

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Light And Darkness

No, I'm soooo glad it was as short as it was. I didn't pee before I went in there, and if you've seen the movie you know there's NO good part to take a bathroom break...
I was about to explode by the end of the movie

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At the end when Elrond patted Bilbo on the back, I expected him to stick his hand through him and copy himself. Mini-Smith!

BTW, did anyone else find something slightly homoerotic about Sam/Frodo and Merry/Pippin's relationship? More the latter, seeing as how Sam at least had a wife...

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. . . no o.O
Sorry, I must have missed the part where they were making out in the alleyway

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Come on...

Merry: "I thought you left me"
Pippin: "I'd never leave you..."

something to that effect when Pippin finds him near the oliphaunt...

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Came out on the 17th here, I was one of the late ones in seeing it because I held out for tickets at the uber screen at Leciester Square. When's it out there? Surely you should have got it first!

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Oh please

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Do you have stairs in your house?

They're just friends, it never hints at anything sexual.

Yep, that's the one.


The homoerotic thing really doesn't apply. The relationships between the characters are intended to be something more than superficial romance.

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RotK is the best movie I have ever seen. I want someone to tell me of a better movie.

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My quote: "People choose to side with the left, and the others choose to side with the right. I go forward."

The "homoerotic" relationship between the hobbits is what VERY good friends have. They're not gay, they just actually care about each other.

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Airplane!

"Surely you can't be serious!"
"I am serious. And don't call me Surely!"

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26th

Peter Jackson clearly hates all Australians.

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My friend and I aren't gay..but we are such good friends some people think we are... It's weird though, we always think the same thing..like atleast 10 times a day..we will be sitting in class and the teacher will say something, and we will both look at each other and say some random quote from a movie...like one time the teacher asked why a character in a story left home, and we both said at the same time "he ran out of toaster strudle" that was just like weird...or when we both said Pork pot pie, for some reason.... It's odd...not homoerotic... /me makes out with friend...It was more like a secret handshake . It's always good to have friends that know you are just jokeing around all the time...I hate people that get super offended at jokes.

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seen it twice

AWESOME, completley, totally and utterly AWESOME.

such a rush of emotions, drama, such suspense...and I've read the books, I knew what was going to happen.

can't speak...

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I never actually cried...everyone was like OMG YER GONNA CRY FOR LIKE 900 HOURS! Never really "filled up", but I kept getting that feeling, like something really sad just happened in your life, and you WANTED to tear up. I suck at explaining things.. then the other half of the film I got that warm fuzzy feeling...and that cold fuzzy feeling

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Old thread bumpage... Sorry, but it just came out here

My thoughts on RotK:

ep·ic P Pronunciation Key (pk)
n.
1. An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero.
2. A literary or dramatic composition that resembles an extended narrative poem celebrating heroic feats.
3. A series of events considered appropriate to an epic: the epic of the Old West.
4. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.

Best movie ever? No. That title is reserved for Return of the King: Extended Edition. The only thing wrong with it was what wasnt in it.

3 of the most captivating hours of my life.

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Warning : Do not watch the 3 movies in a row. You get attached, and then you cry

All hail Samwise Gamjee the Brave.

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Saw it a few days ago, sexellent. Only a few relatively minor complaints (faramir underwritten after promising extra scenes in TTT:EE, some bad CG long shot moments) but they were indeed minor so who cares eh? Look here Lucas, this is how you make movies...you need to rediscover this.

Also, on a final disturbing note, is it a bad sign that Legolas taking down that elephant thing was just so damn cool I was aroused? Yeah, thought so....but I somehow doubt I'm alone on that count. DON'T DENY IT!

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There were quite a few little things like that which annoyed me too, like Sam and Frodo inexplicably ditching their Orc gear between shots and Gandalf being staff-less suddenly for the rest of the movie during the seige of Gondor, but presumably they will all be explained in the Extended Version

Speaking of Gandalf losing his staff, I guess he loses it during his fight with one of the Nazgul on the ramparts of Minas Tirith, which was shown in the trailer but was strangely cut from the final film. Merry swearing allegiance to Theoden was also in the trailer but not the final cut. Ah well, bring on the EE!

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