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Sauron was the most badass looking villian ever. I aspire to lead vast armies and explode when my hand gets cut off just like him. Legolas was awesome. I mean he was scoring headshots on snipers in the dark in a cave from like a thousand feet.

I couldn't help making Matrix/LOTR jokes every time I saw Elrond. <i>Hobbits are a disease, a cancer of this planet, and we...are the cure</i>.

I HIGHLY enjoyed the soundtrack, which I immediately purchased and am currently listening to.

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I don't like Cate Blanchett. I think she is an alien.

Frodo is the only Hobbit I can stand.

I wish I had an evil horse.

Did the Balrog thingy have wings? I hope so.

Gollum reminded me of that thing from that one game. Yeah, that's not vague at all. It's for the Xbox.

The Orc Commando guy looked like the Predator.

I thought it was neat that Legolas apparently has no weight or mass and can stand on top of snow without sinking in at all.

If Darth Vader and Sauron got in a fight, I think Sauron would win because he looks cooler plus he's got that flaming, all seeing eye thing going on. Vader got his hand wacked off and got all sissy and killed the glorious Emperor. Sauron got his hand sliced up, exploded (he appeared to knock men down up to what appeared to be more than a mile. That guy that cut his hand up should have been crushed by the concussion.), and makes another bid for power 3000 years later. Sauron has the upper hand. Neither of them have right hands. How would they greet each other?

Liv Tyler (I forget her charcter's name) should have had some kind of magic elf horse. The ring wraith's evil horses EASILY kept pace with her pathetic normal horse.

I thought it was cool that Strider or whatever his name was set the wraith guys on fire and they suffered no damage and just made the same noise I make when I injure myself, but without the word '****' appearing. What kind of name is Strider (or is it spelled Stryder and therefore stupider) assuming that IS his lame name? HI, I'M DIRK. DIRK STRIDER. Sounds like a stupid name to me. NOTE: i made up the dirk part.

The Gandalf versus other guy that I can't spell the name of fight scene was cool. I bet Yoda could take them though. They just slapped each other around with magic or something, but Yoda can pick up starfighters and stuff.

What kind of name is MOUNT DOOM? I would have called it MOUNT SAURON (assuming I am Sauron all the sudden) or something better than MOUNT DOOM. I mean, you write this story, develop LANGUAGES, and the best thing you came up with was MOUNT DOOM?

I'm not clear on this: did Sauron make ALL the rings or just the One Ring? If he was the creator of only the one, then it could be inferred that people can create rings at will with all sorts of fancy powers. I would merely create a ring that controlled Sauron's ring. But that probably wouldn't make a very interesting story and would fuel some kind of ring cold war in which each side develops more and more and stronger and stronger rings until a treaty is signed that limits the amount and types of rings that each side is allowed to have.

How come Sauron wasn't invisible when he had the ring on?

 

That is all :ewok: :ewok: :ewok:

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Sauron helped make all the rings but the 3 elven ones. They are still subject to the One though.

 

The actual name of Mt. Doom is Orodruin. It is called Mt. Doom because it is involved with the fate of the earth a couple times.

 

Sauron is also a spirit being. He infused a great deal of his natural power into the ring so it could be the master ring. That is why his life is bound to it. If it is destroyed he loses the greatest part of his power and becomes more or less helpless.

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Also one of my favorite parts of the movie is when Legolas stabs an arrow through an orc's eye, rips it out, draws it and fires it into another orc.

 

Talk about effeciency. :D

 

Shooting the troll in the throat was good too.

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When did you read the books Garyah? :)

 

Arwen is certainly in them, although her role has been expanded somewhat.

 

I've read the books 18 times, but I support PJ totally in any changes he makes. I want to see what he can do with the story.

 

 

Admittedly; it has been some time since I read the entire trilogy;but I know for certain that there was never any romantic story linr involving Aragorn.

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It was in the appendix.

 

He did marry her at the end.

 

It was also a huge part of his character's motivation. He was told by Elrond that only as the king of Arnor and Gondor would Aragorn be able to marry Arwen. So he did, and she gave up immortality for him.

 

In my opinion it should have been included in the main story. Tolkien centralized the story around the hobbits, but the Aragorn/Arwen thing did happen in the story 'canon'.

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First impressions....hot damn. That's gotta be the Star Wars of the fantasy genre. Well executed and brilliantly acted.

 

 

 

 

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Actor reviews

 

Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) - Tis funny, when they announced that Wood would be playing Frodo, he fit my exact impression of how a hobbitt would look. He filled the role quite nicely. Good casting call there. A bit wimpy when it comes to fighting, but hey, he is a hobbitt after all.

Aragon/Strider (Viggo Mortensen) - The guy is good. He's got that weather-beaten, jaded look about him. Very heroic and the battle scenes were amazing. Definitely my favorite role in the movie.

Gandalf (Ian McKellen) - Got the great long-haired, gray-bearded look downpat. A bit underacted, but still a hella cool role. And he can kick ass in a fight!

Arwen (Liv Tyler) - Like everyone's said, her role is expanded quite a bit. The thing with the water horses took me a bit by surprise, but it was still damn cool. She still plays a small spot in the film for a big star, but her presence is felt. Not bad. Plus, she gives up immortality for Aragon. Major points there.

Boromir (Sean Bean) - Well-played part. Came off as gruff and somewhat conniving when you first meet him, but he's also very noble and sacrifices himself for Pippin and Merry. Thumbs up here.

Legolas (Orlando Bloom) - My second-fave role in the movie. I mean, c'mon. The guy is a frickin' machine with that bow. Picking off orcs in the caverns of Moria while under extreme enemy fire and not even breaking a sweat? The dude just kicks some major arse.

Galadriel (Cate Blanchett) - She came off as a little bit spooky to me, actually. She's got that sense of ominousness about her. Plus the eye thing freaked me out.

Gimli (John Rhys-Davies) - A little short dude with a big-ass axe who kicks major orc tushie wherever he goes. You gotta give the little guy props just for takin' the flak that he does.

Elrond (Hugo Weaving) - Mr. Anderson, I see...oops...wrong movie...:p The Matrix spoiled it for me. Whenever I see Hugo Weaving, I think Agent Smith. Him in long hair and pointy ears? Nyeh.

Pippin and Merry (Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan) - Two rascally and trouble-making hobbitts. Everything that goes wrong is their fault, one way or another. It was funny to watch Gandalf tell Merry off. :D

Sam (Sean Astin) - My favorite hobbitt in the movie, a guy that really knows how to handle adverse circumstances. He never gives up and is ever faithful to Frodo. You gotta love that in a character.

Saruman (Christopher Lee) - Delightfully conniving and wicked. Well-played part. Plus there was that kick-ass fight with Gandalf.

 

Oh yeah, and THE BALROG WAS TEH KUHLEST!!!!

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I just saw it again for the second time. It's still great the second time around, even if I know what's going to happen.

 

The thing that struck me the most was one of the previews, though. It was the Spider-Man one. Hot damn!!! I think I have a new obsession with Kirsten Dunst..mwaaaaah...:D

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I'd rather watch a <i>chick flick</i> than have to suffer through just the Spiderman trailer a second time...just as long as the chick flick is 10 Things I Hate About You or Breakfast at Tiffany's. Otherwise I could suffer through the trailer. But if I had to watch the WHOLE THING, no. I would take the chick flick.

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