well...I saw it last night...I tried to get online when I got home but I couldn't
and it's been nothing but a blizzard here since early yesterday...but we all still braved the elements to see the moooovie
The movie is really quite spectacular
Gollum couldn't be more real looking...and he is quite a pathetic wretch...I think PJ pulled of those scitzophrenic silloquays[sic] quite nicely!!
Gimli is hilarious in this movie! it doesn't scath either....it's genuinely funny...and a good relief from the overwhelming feeling of darkness and hopelessness all throughout the movie
Legolas is as cool as always!!
and aragorm is played to perfection!
All the acting is superb
BUT
if you are stalwards of the book and sticklers for keeping to the original....you will most likely be dissapointed. If you thought FOTR veered from the book...this one blows that away!! I can live with most of the changes, though. After watching all the documentaries on the FOTR extended cut I realize how hard it is to bring this book to screen and the necessity to change certain things to better build character
still...it was hard to shut off the side of my brain that kept saying..."where did this come from?"
The weakest point is Merry and Pippin. The ents are not pretty good....but you cut to those scenes and the movie seems to lose momentum......until, that is....treebeard lets out a vicious roar and they all march on Isengard!!! Wait till you see dozens of ents squashing orcs and ripping apart isengard...and flooding it!! that was one of the coolest things in the movie.
and then...of course....there is helms deep!!!! Which will have you gripping your seats until your hands become white. The bloody battle is LONG and quite well done. Watching as 10,000 orcs march on helms deep.....*drool*
There;s something in this scene which is totally different from the book....but it was a cool change, so I thnk I could live with it
Frodo is done beautifull....you begin to see his breakdown quite nicely, and there are heartbreaking moments!
So...the movie is well acted and is quite entralling!!! You will drool alot...
but is it too off from the book?
I need to see it again