Shelob'sAppetite
Valinor
Oct 14 2012, 4:03am
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One of the few times I will agree with you (openly)
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I do confess though, I hate it when you see the Uruks chasing the Fellowship across the Anduin. It's not that it wasn't necessary, but the fact that you have that pounding music (though awesome music) and sweeping shot intercutting their running... Which uses that stupid frame cutting technique (and, of course, PJ didn't learn his lesson for King Kong!) that really kills the actual presence that the Uruks have on screen. That is, for me, one of the most poorly done sequences in all three films. Some more: 1. Merry and Pippin bumping into Frodo and Sam in the cornfield. The odds! 2. "I think I've broken something" - Merry 3. Weathertop. The whole thing. But especially Aragorn's flaming torch throw into the Nazgul's face. 4. "What's this? A Ranger caught off his guard?" Velveeta. 5. Slo-motion meeting of Frodo, Sam, Pippin and Merry in Rivendell 6. Gimli's hack at the Ring 7. "You shall be the fellowship of the ring!" with everyone in their perfect wedding photo poses 8. The first hero fellowship shot with everyone coming over the ridge in slow-motion. No more slo-motion please... 9. Frodo's slo-motion fake death in the Chamber of Mazarbul 9b. Sam fighting orcs with his pan..."I think I'm getting the hang of this!" Beyond stupid. 10. The fellowship is surrounded by thousands of goblins, meaning certain death, and are then bailed out by the Balrog. Was this necessary? 11. Celeborn's slo-motion dialogue 12. Most of the Saruman-Uruk Hai scenes. Pure camp. 13. Aragorn's fake death/warg scene 14. The stew scene 15. Theoden's OTT makeup 16. Wormtongue's OTT evilness 17. The entire Treebeard sequence 18. Everything Gimli says and does from TTT onwards 19. Theoden's "Is that all you've got, Saruman?" Like something out of a bad football movie. 20. Most of Helm's Deep. 21. Sam's dumb, corny speech at the end of TTT 22. The drinking game 23. Skull-valanche 24. The attack on the pirates 25. Green scrubbing bubbles on the Pelennor 26. Legolas' mumakil downer 27. Every single thing about Denethor 27. The dumb conversation that represents "The Last Debate" 28. Gollum's "crumbs" trick 29. Frodo sending Sam away 30. The mind-numbing "waking up in Minas Tirith" Hallmark horrible-fest 31. The mind-numbing Grey Havens hug fest Well, you get the picture. As a wise man once said, PJ paints a Mona Lisa, then scribbles smiley faces, and pours hot velveeta, all over it. -SA P.S. I do have to strongly disagree about Theodred's funeral scene. Eowyn's song seems awkward primarily because she does not sing in a mode that is comfortable for modern audiences. And though it may cause discomfort, it is not quite "cheesy." I found it very effective.
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