imin
Valinor
Apr 25 2013, 10:14pm
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I see it a little differently.
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When i talk about expectations and then it not being like LOTR, i don't mean it's not in the same style or tone as LOTR i mean it's not as good to me as LOTR e.g. i give LOTR say 9/10 but AUJ 6/10. I was not expecting AUJ to be like in content or tone LOTR i was just hoping it would be as well made a film. If that makes sense? For me the tone is wrong if comparing to the book - its somewhere between The Hobbit book and LOTR movies or as others have said LOTR lite to give it a catchy title, lol. Though as has been said - silliness is not the same as whimsy and there are some pretty dark things happening even in these chapters of the book, Gandalf killing the Great Goblin comes to mind. I also think nostalgia comes into play a little as i read this when i was a child which is a little different to you reading it in your twenties and at one time it was my favourite book ever and i read it over and over as a little kid thinking i was very grown up having a book with maps, lol. For me some of the things wrong with it are certain scenes but other things are more far reaching such as the films pace, balance and tone and for me it's colour grading. All these issues were not in LOTR or any good film, i just compare it on a film to film basis in this way as they are using source material from same author, same director, same crew (mostly) etc. I understand you feel it is probably a better adaptation which is tonally perfect and only has very minor flaws but to say anyone who didn't like it because they were expecting LOTR is just not true - i wanted it to be the hobbit but that isn't what we got. I would have settled for AUJ with all its OTT scenes had it's pacing been better and just looked better (colour grading) - but it didn't. All this though doesn't stop me hoping DoS will be different and improve as a film (not thinking about Tolkien) and secondly as an adaptation. I think what the film generally got right was costumes and location shooting, gollum looked amazing as did the trolls. Elrond was performed much better this time by Hugo Weaving and MF was very good as was Ian and Richard. I wouldn't have replied but i felt i had to say i didn't expect it to BE lotr just as good a film as LOTR were. Hope that makes sense? lol.
And Iluvatar spoke to Ulmo, and said: 'Seest thou not how here in this little realm in the Deeps of Time Melkor hath made war upon thy province? He hath bethought him of bitter cold immoderate, and yet hath not destroyed the beauty of thy fountains, nor of my clear pools. Behold the snow, and the cunning work of frost! Melkor hath devised heats and fire without restraint, and hath not dried up thy desire nor utterly quelled the music of the sea. Behold rather the height and glory of the clouds, and the everchanging mists; and listen to the fall of rain upon the Earth! And in these clouds thou art drawn nearer to Manwe, thy friend, whom thou lovest.
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