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Ataahua
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Dec 7 2013, 8:37am
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A great interview with Richard Armitage and Lee Pace
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Richard mentions dreaming in character, how physically difficult some scenes were and that he'd like to return to New Zealand, and that the battle of five armies "had to be bigger and better, physically, than anything before".
Meanwhile Lee talks about being Legolas's father when Orlando is older than him (I didn't know that!), what his greatest difficulties were, and what his first scene was.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/...mp;objectid=11168789
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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NecromancerRising
Grey Havens
Dec 7 2013, 8:48am
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I am looking forward to their confontation.Thanks for posting this 
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Glorfindela
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Dec 7 2013, 2:22pm
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Thanks very much for posting these, Ataahua.
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Ham_Sammy
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Dec 7 2013, 4:39pm
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Really enjoyed those interviews. Nice ones.
Thank you for your questions, now go sod off and do something useful - Martin Freeman Twitter chat 3/1/13
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Finrod
Rohan
Dec 7 2013, 5:01pm
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Interview reveals about Movie 3
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I found this quote from Lee Pace about Thranduil to be especially revealing:“Also, the fighting was a huge challenge because you’re on set with 200 stunt guys swinging these huge pieces of metal around and trying not to hurt anyone, or get hurt yourself. It was pretty intense, at times. The fighting was one of my favourite things that I did in the movie, yeah, because he’s tough. He’s like a game-changer when he enters battle.” Pretty sure that means that in the Battle of the Five Armies we’ll at last see what it means for a Lord of the Eldar, one reared in Doriath itself and well acquainted with war, to rage against the Ancient Foe on the field of battle, his coming scattering them like a mighty wind.
This perhaps will make up for the tragic loss of the shots of Gil-galad in battle during the Last Alliance of the Fellowship’s prologue. No, Thranduil is not Oromë or Tulkas or Mithrandir or Eönwë, but apart from such divines as these and discounting Glorfindel as a special case, no more fell an adversary could the goblin hordes confront at the end of the Third Age than the very Elvenking himself. (Well, a humanoid one: Smaug and Beorn don’t count.)
I wonder: will the King wield Orcrist the Goblin-Cleaver in the Battle of the Five Armies, having taken it from Thorin upon the latter’s capture, or will he have his own special sword? I’m sure in either case, it will be awesome. Think of goblins like so many heads of cabbage getting chopped up into “orc-slaw” by a fast-moving, mobile Cuisinart while towering above them on the Irish Elk (Megaloceros giganteus) that is Thranduil’s mount.
Pace also mentions how much he enjoyed working alongside Ian McKellen, James Nesbitt, and Billy Connolly. I suppose he might have interacted a bit with Bofur during the Dwarves’ capture, but Gandalf and Dain he could only have worked with for the final battle or its preparations.
…all eyes looked upon the ring; for he held it now aloft, and the green jewels gleamed there that the Noldor had devised in Valinor. For this ring was like to twin serpents, whose eyes were emeralds, and their heads met beneath a crown of golden flowers, that the one upheld and the other devoured; that was the badge of Finarfin and his house.The Silmarillion, pp 150-151 while Felagund laughs beneath the treesin Valinor and comes no more
to this grey world of tears and war.The Lays of Beleriand, p 311
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Smaug Report
Bree
Dec 7 2013, 6:00pm
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I very much agree, and came to the same conclusion about the B05A allusion.
From what I have seen of his fight training, his style is very fast and strong, like a Samurai hitting with the force of a sledgehammer.
I expect great things from Lee in film 3 on this front.
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Brethil
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Dec 7 2013, 6:06pm
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THIS made me shiver with joy, Finrod. Well said, and I hope true.
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I found this quote from Lee Pace about Thranduil to be especially revealing:“Also, the fighting was a huge challenge because you’re on set with 200 stunt guys swinging these huge pieces of metal around and trying not to hurt anyone, or get hurt yourself. It was pretty intense, at times. The fighting was one of my favourite things that I did in the movie, yeah, because he’s tough. He’s like a game-changer when he enters battle.” *Pretty sure that means that in the Battle of the Five Armies we’ll at last see what it means for a Lord of the Eldar, one reared in Doriath itself and well acquainted with war, to rage against the Ancient Foe on the field of battle, his coming scattering them like a mighty wind. *
The second TORn Amateur Symposium is running right now, in the Reading Room. Come have a look and maybe stay to chat!
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AinurOlorin
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Dec 7 2013, 6:58pm
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Agreed on all points, except that he could also have worked with Sir Ian on the
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return journey, AND in the tents when the Elves had made camp, but war was not yet inevitable. I am VERY much looking forward to interaction between Wizard and Elf King as they prepare for the great war with the Orcs.
I found this quote from Lee Pace about Thranduil to be especially revealing: “Also, the fighting was a huge challenge because you’re on set with 200 stunt guys swinging these huge pieces of metal around and trying not to hurt anyone, or get hurt yourself. It was pretty intense, at times. The fighting was one of my favourite things that I did in the movie, yeah, because he’s tough. He’s like a game-changer when he enters battle.” Pretty sure that means that in the Battle of the Five Armies we’ll at last see what it means for a Lord of the Eldar, one reared in Doriath itself and well acquainted with war, to rage against the Ancient Foe on the field of battle, his coming scattering them like a mighty wind.
This perhaps will make up for the tragic loss of the shots of Gil-galad in battle during the Last Alliance of the Fellowship’s prologue. No, Thranduil is not Oromë or Tulkas or Mithrandir or Eönwë, but apart from such divines as these and discounting Glorfindel as a special case, no more fell an adversary could the goblin hordes confront at the end of the Third Age than the very Elvenking himself. (Well, a humanoid one: Smaug and Beorn don’t count.)
I wonder: will the King wield Orcrist the Goblin-Cleaver in the Battle of the Five Armies, having taken it from Thorin upon the latter’s capture, or will he have his own special sword? I’m sure in either case, it will be awesome. Think of goblins like so many heads of cabbage getting chopped up into “orc-slaw” by a fast-moving, mobile Cuisinart while towering above them on the Irish Elk (Megaloceros giganteus) that is Thranduil’s mount.
Pace also mentions how much he enjoyed working alongside Ian McKellen, James Nesbitt, and Billy Connolly. I suppose he might have interacted a bit with Bofur during the Dwarves’ capture, but Gandalf and Dain he could only have worked with for the final battle or its preparations.
"Hear me, hounds of Sauron, Gandalf is here! Fly if you value your foul skins, I will shrivel you from tail to snout if you step within this circle!"
"Do not be to eager to deal out death in judgement. Even the very wise cannot see all ends."
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