Elessar-Eärfalas Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 which did you guys like better, either The Fellowship Of The Ring, or The Two Towers...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SettingShadow Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 I get back to you when I´ve seen TTT. Still havent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arreat Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 i like that movie better.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmjedi Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 This is a toughie. I liked TTT more than FOTR. They were both great movies but I just thought that TTT had more better battles and we got to see more. We got to see the Ents, Rider's of Rohan, Easterlings, the Black Gate. It was just so much awesome and cooler to me. It just didn't have that much of the Nazgul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pad Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 im sayin ROTK mwhuahaha *runs* (watch my words) also TTT was better as FOTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-s/<itzo- Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 both movies were good but TTT is slightly better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skate Boy Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 TTT. I liked it. The Ents were awsome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCanr2d2 Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 I am going to say FOTR, since at that time I hadn't read the books then, so I wasn't let down by what was missed, or what changed in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frumpus Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 I'm torn. As I've read the books, changes made in TTT were far more extensive than in FOTR. I've seen FOTR about a dozen times now, and TTT 3 times now in the last 9 days. So, as far as "satisfying the Tolkien Geek in me", I'd say FOTR had less to complain about. But visually, TTT was DEFINITELY stunning. Gollum, the Ents, and all the battle scenes were astounding. So as a piece of film (ONLY), I think TTT was better. I'm sure I'll see them both again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehomicidalegg Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 the 2 movies together is better than either viewed individually... PJ filmed the 3 parts 2gether at the same time, and its best enjoyed when thinking the 3 (or 2 right now) as being 1. thats just my 2¢ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pisces Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 I'd have to say TTT without a doubt. More action, better battles. And I'd have to say one of the coolest/funniest parts was where The Ents went to Isanguard and kicked ass on the orcs, that was funny, watching trees beating them down:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehomicidalegg Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Originally posted by NeoDios The Ents went to Isanguard and kicked ass on the orcs, that was funny, watching trees beating them down:D lol that was my favourite part in the books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taos Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 I really couldn't make a choice......this is a difficult one.....but I voted for TTT simply for the action and Gollum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 FOTR was more loyal to the books, but TTT was a lot more visually pleasing and overall, more fun than FOTR, which is a rather slow movie to get through. TTT by a hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 people who read the books are always dissapointed in the movies. thats why i wont read the books. and if people talk about it *online or otherwise* i wont listen cause the movies f'in rock and i dont want to be 'let down' like all u bookworms *no offense* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SettingShadow Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Originally posted by MydnightPsion people who read the books are always dissapointed in the movies. thats why i wont read the books. and if people talk about it *online or otherwise* i wont listen cause the movies f'in rock and i dont want to be 'let down' like all u bookworms *no offense* If it wernt for us "Bookworms" there would never have been a movie, remember that I´m sure PJ would never have done the movie if no one even read LOTR. Besides, the books is better in my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCanr2d2 Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 I agree, there are pieces in books that will never convert well across to film, and there are pieces in films that would never be well written in a book.... Each has their own strengths, and with Middle Earth and all of it's chronicles, JRR has given such a rich and deep tapestry from which PJ can draw from. I wouldn't mind seeing the Extended edition of TTT, with the extra pieces here and there to flesh out the story, that would've made the 3 hr movie stretch on too long... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehomicidalegg Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 Movies are never as good as the books because the audience tries to compare the two too literaly. Movies can never recreate the books because: they are 2 different texts, movies being visually orientated and books being literally oriented movies are shorter than books movies are more condensed and intense in terms of drama, tension and suspense movies allows for less audience imagination and reflection, which the books uses to fill in the gaps. Most people who enjoyed a particular book will often be disappointed by the movie, because they expect a complete recreation, which is not possible. They should be compared as 2 forms of medium, or 2 different takes of a common idea, or atleast consider it as a transformation into a different medium, rather than an exact translation or transcription. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 lol that was my favourite part in the books That, and the forest appearing behind the orcs at the battle of helms deep was also my favorite part of the book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral_Ackbar8 Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 two towers all the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitedragon Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 Originally posted by Elessar-Eärfalas which did you guys like better, either The Fellowship Of The Ring, or The Two Towers...? TTT is better by far, the book was better too, it had better humor, better action, better drama, more thrills chills and more fights than you can toss a dwarf at if you dont get you balls hacked first by gimlis ax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunatic Jedi Posted January 1, 2003 Share Posted January 1, 2003 Evil Lunatic Jedi: Gollum can't be cute! Gollum just can't be cute! Good Lunatic Jedi: But it all rocked! The Ents! The Oliphaunts! Everything ROCKED! Evil LJ: The changes were too drastic! The Ents changed their minds too quickly! Good LJ: The charge of the Roherrim at Helm's Deep soared! Its a movie for the ages! Evil LJ: Faramir was way off! You can't like what they did to Faramir! Good LJ: Peter Jackson loves us! The master would never hurt us! Evil LJ: Frodo offering the ring to the wraith?! OFFERING it to him?! ... ... Good LJ: GO AWAY AND NEVER COME BACK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mex Posted January 1, 2003 Share Posted January 1, 2003 I havent seen FotR or TTT so I wont vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kstar__2 Posted January 1, 2003 Share Posted January 1, 2003 TTT was just slightly better, IMO, but it was way too short:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemme w/Stick Posted January 1, 2003 Share Posted January 1, 2003 TTT all the way! I like that one better. I think its cuz of Helms Deep, or the Ent fight at the end of the movie. Also Gollum and the Nazguls are k00! The Nazguls are way c00ler than in FOTR!! -Clemme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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