Fellowship of the Ring - mini-review

I just returned from seeing LotR + drinking a couple of pints at a local Irish pub, so bear with me.

Opinion?
The movie rocks. It kicks ass. It rules.

As a friend who just started reading LotR (and is a bit of a movie expert) noted: "This movie is good for people who haven't read LotR, but is great for people who have."
Basically, a bit of the story is lost on people who haven't read Fellowship of the Ring yet. There are a number of well-known omissions, and Peter Jackson takes a number of shortcuts: Arwen instead of Glorfindel, early explanation of a number of things, and heavy short-cutting of the "Frodo leaves the Shire", "prancing pony" and "meeting in Rivendel" scenes. And a number of other things.
However, with each and every one of these, you'll become convinced Jackson did the right thing. After watching the first half of the movie (90 minutes) and still feeling rushed, you'll realize that this was the only way to fit Fellowship in 188 minutes.
However, as noted earlier, a number of things are downplayed. Especially the entire Gimli - Galadriel thing was downplayed too much, however, I'm expecting Jackson will touch on the entire elf/dwarf relations thing in the other two movies (and possibly flash-back a bit). After seeing this, I'm inclined to give him a bit of credit.

Sure, there were omissions. Obvious ones. After seeing the movie, I was convinced that the choices made were the right ones.

I also expected Jackson to butcher the story a bit to give the first part an ending that would satisfy the general Hollywood audience, but he didn't. IMO, the tragedy of Boromir was portrayed very well.

Anyway, I'm going to see it again this tuesday. Go watch it.

 

Myself and some friends have tickets booked for the day it opens here (19th). How come it opened so much earlier in Holland?

 

COOL!
LOTR rocks!
i downloaded the trailer and watch it every day!(pretty sick ah?)
all i can say is...
you lucky bastard!

 

Call me a geek, but a couple of my friends and I are dressing up for it. Sadly, we couldn't get tickets for Wendesday... maybe Friday's still open...
one can only hope.

 

Calis had the premiere tickets, he probably slept with one of the cinema owners :winknudge:

 

Either that or...well, some things are better left unsaid...

Can't wait to see this movie! Although, I am of the camp that believes when a book is turned into a movie, it sticks rigidly to the book, although, there were boring parts in the hobbit...I guess if he's cut them out, then that's all well and good...I'm still a person who wants every little detail portrayed like it was in the book...

 

hey, on an unrelated subject, where's friend_al? I haven't seen him here in ages.

 

MIA. Unknown if he'll return.

 

I am going to try to see it on Christmas bacasue i know no one will want it on that day and i know the theater will be open then because 2 movies r going to be reliesed on that day

 

I have been waiting for two movies to be made before I could die a happy man. The X-men was one The Lord of the rings is now the only thing between me and Mortality. (Before I see it I will have to come up with a new immortality spell, don't want to start aging right there in the middle of the movie)

 

You're all lucky bastards. LOTR will be shown in Poland no sooner than in February. :sad:

I just hope that when I finally see it there won't be lots of annoying noisy kids in the theatre.

Also I hope chairs will prove comfy enough for a 188min movie - or maybe I should get a pillow under my ass.

 

Well, now I'm considering seeing LOTR at the gold class cinemas - cinemas which are licenced, huge comfy chairs etc etc etc...mmm, have to try that out sometime...

 

The best cinemas you can find in Poland are those multicinema centres. Chairs are comfy but not that much better than in ordinary cinemas. However I haven't been to to premiere room in one of those so far - perhaps it's better there.

 

here all the cinemas are the same...
the only thing that matters here is the amount of the noisy little kids that runnig around...thats why i perfer to go to the cinema at late hours.
p.s.
we should have LOTR at the cinema in 4 days!
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

 

They were pre-premiere tickets. A friend (who works at another cinema) got them. For free, I might add. I offset getting in for free by buying a big load of beer 'n snacks, though.
I'm gonna see it again on tuesday night.

 

It sucks that it doesn't come out here till the 26th of December...it conflicts with the cricket!!!

 

wait jarinor. your in australia and it comes out in the 26th. it starts here on he 20th. isnt that strange then. well we win for once. of course there are those people going to the cast and crew tonight. damn them all.

 

you should all die, over here showing/play date is till unsure
btw does anyone knows where can i get the play dates?

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The official site would probably have various release date details. I have no idea what the address is though - maybe http://www.fellowship.com or http://www.lotr.com or something like that...

 

Um... niether of those links worked... But http://www.lotr.com links to a new kings quest game! It looks pretty cool i may just buy it :smile: