In your opinion, which film was better, or worse?

I've gotta say, I loved them both so much that I'm not sure that I know. There was an amazing quantity of content in TTT, I found it as captivating as the first and duly enjoyed it. There was a hellofa lotta action, and, gah...it was so awesome. As is the first. So I have no clue. What do you think, eh?

I didnt like TFOR after I saw the Two Towers. The Two Towers has the perfect blend of comedy, action, and drama. IMHO its the best. I'll make up my mind which is best out of all of them after The Return Of The King... Which is going to be four hours long, or so I hear.

I can't wait for Thor to post "I hate em all!"

Also what about the books? Which book was your favorite? I haven't really read them, but still.

Bookswise, I think the first stood out the most for me, because Tom Bombadil is the coolest bastard ever. Then again, everything in The Two Towers was awesome. I have to read them again. I also have to read Dune again. Christ, I have to get my priorities straight.

Yeah, thor, have you seen TTT yet?

Hmmm, I have this theory that in trilogies the 2nd part always suffers a bit. well not so much that it suffers as much as it doesn't have the same feel as the 1rst or 3rd. no introduction, no clonclusion really, just alot of stuff that happens. kind of like Empire Strikes back, though that one is my favorite.

TTT felt like that to me. just a whole lot of action. like it didn't stand well on it's own as a movie. I've only seen it 2 times so it's hard to say. but i have to give the nod to FOTR as a better stand alone movie.

hopefully this won't be be the patern for the matrix reloaded.

FOTR was better because for all the cut outs at least marrys caricter was the only one they wrecked

i mean eriond was FOR arwen and aragon and he NEVER deserted men

and the battle scenes

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

pikes impale cavelry and ur NOT going to shoot the oposing genral when he is casually climing up the wall???????????

One thing that bothered me about the movies was how they turned Merry and Pippin into dimwitted comic relief. But I guess you need a laugh or two when sitting in a theater for 3 hours. But they were great films I must admit. I think Two tower was better of the theatrical versions, but the extended edition of FOTR was best(until extended TTT comes out I expect). They really should have put a little something of Tom Bombadil, even just a quick segment. It's a hard set of books to live up to.

Was anyone else extremely upset about Tom Bombadil being left out? my friend andrew and i had a discussion, and realized that he is almost a god like figure. He aided the hobbits when they were first lost, he could see frodo even when he put the ring on, tom had no attraction to the ring, and in the final book he was there in the afterlife. i believe Tom Bombadil played a much to important symbolic role to have been left out, although the movies did the best they could to follow the books.

and about that cavalry charge, as they were riding (rather than rolling:bugeye: ) down the hill, the sun came over the peak. The Uruhkai, being creaters of hate filled darkness, shrank away from the dark, and either dropped their pikes or raised them up agian. either way, im sure that some of the horses were stabbed, just not Gandalfs, it being the lord of all horses. also, the Uruhkai weren't particularly good shots with bow and arrow...:p

Yeah, thor, have you seen TTT yet?
Nope, an I have had plenty of oppurtunies to see it and passed every single time. I don't think I'll see it even when it's shown on TV

yeah well, making these movies totally true to the book and not 6 hours long and not confuse average movie goers is a tough job.

it would have been cool to see Tom, but Peter had to cut some stuff. the only thing i don't understand is some of the changes in Frodo's path to Mordor and what they did to Faramir.

Nope, an I have had plenty of oppurtunies to see it and passed every single time. I don't think I'll see it even when it's shown on TV

aw, come on, man! It's action packed! You'll love it! I...I promise!!

Impossible Ian. I have made a pact with Lucy not to see it even if we have seen every other movie at the cinema!!!

Bastard(s)....

Whats a cinema?

You have to be kidding me CC, the theatre!!

And Pollux, yes, yes we are :p

I'll judge the movie when I get a chance to see all three extended cuts in the quiet of my home.

ttt. not to say i don't absolutely love fotr. but definitely ttt. (eeee can't wait until december!)

Anyone read the books, too? Cheers to you!

They're both hard to appreciate without something totally solid to compare them to, but I think PJ did a great job. I love Andy Serkis's bit in the second one, but whoa... Frodo and Sam get pretty old by the eighth viewing.

Not that I don't love the hobbits.

I have significant problems with each of them, in comparison to the books, but you can't compare them amongst themselves. It's not bloody fair!

I would never choose between them. They are one. Although, if I could meet Aragorn, one question: Do you bathe in grease, or just not bloody bathe at all?

Sigh. Don't even try choosing. They're both too magnificent. Actually, you don't HAVE to choose, because they'd be all one movie if anyone would be lame enough other than me to sit there for twelve hours in the dark.

Well, not really because of the way Tolkien wrote it, but still. It's a continuation of the same story. You don't need to choose!

Okay, so FOTR WAS a little boring at the beginning, without the extended version. Gasp. I am betraying my own kind!

In TTT, when Aragorn kicks the Orc-helmet and screams like a bloody girl at the sight of the Rohirrim-slaughter, did you know he broke his toe? Fasinating.

If this thread interests you, please check out 'Ultimate LOTR Resource'. Bloody thread doesn't get enough visitors and is bloody unappreciated.

And if you're a freak like me, I'd love to talk to you sometime!

Cheers!

Niudo
Ghost of Mirkwood