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zarabia
Tol Eressea
Nov 16 2012, 7:00am
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Do I dare to put in my two cents? :P
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Okay, I agree and disagree on all points. I do think that Wormtongue is overly sinister looking. A person in the position he's in would need to look a bit more trustworthy; no one would put their faith in someone that obviously snaky. I know you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but come on...!! However, this didn't really bother me while watching. What did bother me was that Theoden looked like the living dead, the implication being that this was because he was under a magical spell. What I had expected from reading the book is that Theoden's problem was more psychological than magical; he had listened to Wormtongue's poisonous words telling him that he was old and out of it for so ling that he had come to believe it. As the saying goes, you don't quit doing things because you get old; you get old because you quit doing things...or words to that effect. Since PJ said he didn't like obvious wizardry, I was surprised by his take on this scene. When I read it, it seemed to me that Gandalf didn't break a literal spell, but rather a metaphorical one. So this scene isn't what I expected; I would have liked a more subtle approach, but I think it was effective anyway. As for the music - yeah, maybe it's a bit OTT, but it worked for me. I guess I have bad taste.
"The question isn't where, Constable, but when." - Inspector Spacetime
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SCOD - The words of a snake
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FlyingSerkis
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Nov 14 2012, 5:56pm
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Brad Dourif is amazing in this scene. I love his delivery of "I told you to take the Wizard's staff!"
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thomasofrohan
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Nov 14 2012, 6:00pm
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Music
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starlesswinter
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Nov 14 2012, 6:15pm
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IMO, that's the problem with it
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Nov 14 2012, 8:20pm
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"More subtle" is not necessarily "better"
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thomasofrohan
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Nov 14 2012, 10:18pm
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Its a matter of taste
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Nov 14 2012, 11:19pm
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But how many people actually notice something like that?
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starlesswinter
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Nov 14 2012, 11:53pm
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Most people I have spoken with
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Nov 15 2012, 4:43am
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That's not the point I was trying to make
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starlesswinter
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Nov 15 2012, 6:32am
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Got it
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Nov 15 2012, 6:46am
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But was Tolkien really subtle himself? //
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macfalk
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Nov 15 2012, 2:02pm
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Depends on what you mean by subtle
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Nov 15 2012, 6:51pm
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I love a good bad guy design!
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starlesswinter
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Nov 15 2012, 7:59pm
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What do I expect from PJ?
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Nov 15 2012, 8:22pm
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Well hope that the dim witted audience members
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ForestPark
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Nov 22 2012, 2:22am
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As you see,
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GoodGuyA
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Nov 15 2012, 5:05pm
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What's subtlety got to do with it?
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FarFromHome
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Nov 15 2012, 9:39am
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The bit of music I'm talking about, which plays over this, is not in 5/4
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FlyingSerkis
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Nov 15 2012, 1:06pm
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Great choice, thanks!
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Radagast-Aiwendil
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Nov 14 2012, 6:15pm
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Do I dare to put in my two cents? :P
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zarabia
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Nov 16 2012, 7:00am
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Movie Demographics like LOTR need to appeal to a
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Bombadil
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Nov 16 2012, 2:16pm
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Meant to say this earlier,
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One Ringer
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Nov 21 2012, 1:14pm
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