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Rostron2
Gondor
Jan 30, 4:14pm
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The three prequels had to be different, ye they need to feel the same as the later films. Imagine if Del Toro had done these films. Some of the look and feel would have been there, but I think there would have been some really jarring artistic choices. He might have made it more serious, but it would have been more of same.
I view these two sets of films as almost like before and after a great calamity. (pick one, 9/11 for instance -- it made significant cultural changes that affected EVERYTHING) The three Hobbit films start in a lighter way, and proceed to a relatively happy conclusion. However, LOTR starts happily enough, but the world has changed. PJ made a lot of points about this early on in discussions before the films were even greenlighted. How to make them different and yet familiar, and how to make it one big story arc. Because they are one big story.
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Why, to my mind, An Unexpected Journey greatly adds to rather than detracts from LOTR's fim legacy.
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AinurOlorin
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Jan 30, 2:04am
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We are on the same highway again
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Elessar
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Jan 30, 2:29am
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Absolutely.
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AinurOlorin
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Jan 30, 2:54am
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Always a chance
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Elessar
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Jan 30, 3:32am
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what do you hate about the dwarf histroy?
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lurtz2010
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Jan 30, 5:59am
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Thror getting killed before the main battle is essential to understanding the war and the dwarves.
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AinurOlorin
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Jan 30, 6:20am
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Thanks for you post
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LordMaximus
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Jan 30, 6:24am
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Agreed.
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AinurOlorin
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Jan 30, 6:31am
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Pace and import
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Brethil
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Jan 30, 12:39pm
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You do that for sure
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Elessar
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Jan 30, 8:10pm
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to the op
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redgiraffe
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Jan 30, 12:45pm
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*warm smile and blush*
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AinurOlorin
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Jan 30, 7:05pm
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It was setup to fail, though
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stoutfiles
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Jan 30, 1:17pm
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Are you insinuating
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Lindele
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Jan 30, 3:53pm
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The prologue invoked LOTR
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stoutfiles
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Jan 30, 8:16pm
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The tone of the prologue for AUJ is mixed, like the movie. And it does not go
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AinurOlorin
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Jan 30, 7:22pm
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I found the tone
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Arandiel
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Jan 31, 6:02am
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Almost exactly. Point well made. Indeed, Galadriel tells us definitively that something HAS been lost
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AinurOlorin
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Jan 31, 11:32pm
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The films
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Rostron2
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Jan 30, 4:14pm
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Appreciate the thoughtful post
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Loresilme
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Jan 30, 5:43pm
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Aww. Thank you, as well.
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AinurOlorin
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Jan 30, 7:52pm
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Great post!
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Súlimë
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Jan 31, 7:36am
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Thank you! And I absolutely agree with your comment about that fading and loss
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AinurOlorin
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Jan 31, 11:57pm
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Thanks for a heartful posting
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Brethil
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Feb 1, 12:58am
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I am glad you did.
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AinurOlorin
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Feb 1, 1:49am
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Thank you for this lovely post!
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elostirion74
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Jan 31, 4:31pm
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;)
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AinurOlorin
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Feb 1, 1:49am
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Agreed
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Escapist
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Feb 1, 1:09am
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This is very true.
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AinurOlorin
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Feb 1, 1:53am
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