The Cheat Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 yeah the 2nd definitly had more action in it then the first one which was cool, not totally needed, so if you thought the first was boring you may want to consider seeing to second as it has much faster pacing and more action then the first does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Windu Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 omg ttt sucked imo compared to fotr, they messed up helms deep so badly, cutting to the ents and frodo and back and forth like that... i woulda preferred it if they waited at least till the end of the first day to cut to frodo, then back to helms deep, then to the ents, and then finish off helms deep but what would REALLY tick me off, is this at the end of the movie it says: to be concluded haha that would suck so bad shame on u who dunno wtat i'm talking bout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 Personally I think some theaters are just gutless. I mean, it USED to be that a 3 hour or longer film got a short "intermission" somewhere along the line, to allow patrons to go the bathroom and stretch their sore butts and (most importantly for the theater) buy more popcorn and snacks. And if they leave early? Who cares! They've already paid for the tickets and initial snacks! And the ushers can always ask to see their tickets if they try to sneak in part way. But now, no... the longest films are 3 hours and no longer, and you get a sore bottom and bladder. ; p Is getting people in to see the next movie 10 minutes earlier REALLY that important? The other deal is that film festivals can go on much longer than 3 hours, and they get breaks. If intermissions were brought back, I think audiences would put up with longer movies, and not just hardcore fans. I knew of course that the extended cut of FOTR was coming out, so I purposely held off buying any other version of it or seeing it anywhere until it came out, and then bought it. I'm glad I did, it was definately an improvement. It's true, they released seperate full frame and widescreen DVD's then a few months later the Extended Cuts. They charged double price for the "collector's edition" that was just the extended cut with a previously released National Geographic disc (which was mostly fluff and only 1 hour long) and some quirkly "bookends." I guess you could say they needed the money to finish the SFX for the extended scenes, so selling the theatrical versions allowed them the extra cash to do this... Thus I think if you're going to get Two Towers, get the Extended Cut that comes out in November, unless you just HAVE to have a little Golem statue to put on your mantle. ; ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagBag Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 I believe that the Paths of the Dead will be in the movie. On a side note, Peter Jackson is going to direct the new King-Kong movie. Not sure if that has begun yet or what but...there you go. I thought the movies were wonderful but that is just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BawBag™ Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 Originally posted by Kurgan Personally I think some theaters are just gutless. I mean, it USED to be that a 3 hour or longer film got a short "intermission" somewhere along the line, to allow patrons to go the bathroom and stretch their sore butts and (most importantly for the theater) buy more popcorn and snacks. Agree. Although, the theatre in my town show movies between January and March, and when they screened TTT there was an intermission. Plus they had a bar, nothing like a couple of beers during a flick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 Originally posted by BawBag™ Agree. Although, the theatre in my town show movies between January and March, and when they screened TTT there was an intermission. Plus they had a bar, nothing like a couple of beers during a flick. see they need to bring back beer and intermissions to theatres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XERXES Posted August 18, 2003 Author Share Posted August 18, 2003 Originally posted by Kurgan Personally I think some theaters are just gutless. I mean, it USED to be that a 3 hour or longer film got a short "intermission" somewhere along the line, to allow patrons to go the bathroom and stretch their sore butts and (most importantly for the theater) buy more popcorn and snacks. I told you!! Its a conspiracy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylilin Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 I remember going to see Dances with Wolves in the theater, that had an intermission. That was also over ten years ago. Pertaing to LotR, I heard that the scouring of the shire chapter would not be included in the movie, which is ok, its a cool chapter, but its really not that big a deal, excluding the death of Saruman. I've seen the extended version of FotR, its cool, a few of the extra scenes don't really pertain to the movie that they are in, but they fit in very well with the rest of the movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cheat Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 gods and generals had an intermission and im glad that was long and boring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toms Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 i think it is a case of the number of showings they can pack in each day. I can't remember the details, but earlier in the year there were 2 films out, but one was 2/12 hars and the other was 90 minutes... so of course they made far more money on the 90 minute ones as they could show it nearly twice as many times per day. it sucked though. probably had eddie murphy in it I never really liked breaks (last film i saw with one was Heat), but then i don't need to go to the bathroom every 5 minutes (unless i have been on the beer:D ) Im assuming they are going to put a fair bit more Ents into the extended cut, plus hopefully the Hurons and the forest marching to Helm's Deep. Im waiting until november for my DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cheat Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 yeah im going to be getting the extended edition because it has more movie, it has a dts and commentary track, and it has more cool features Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|GG|Carl Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Originally posted by The Cheat yeah im going to be getting the extended edition because it has more movie, it has a dts and commentary track, and it has more cool features YOU FORGOT TO MENTION THE GOLLUM STATUE! I'm gonna get the extended edition too... I liked the FOTR extended edition, but I never bought it, I saw it at a friend of mine. It was good, but it was a bit long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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