Schilkeman

I know that I, personally, have never said that I find the prequels a cinematically exuberant exploration of the hubristic downfall of a society, and the self-corrupting nature of blame-shifting. I’ve certainly never said, and still would not say, that one is a fool indeed who spends six hours watching those films and comes away thinking, “man, this series really needs another six films to explain itself.”
 
Feels good to say. Because I’ve never said it. 

I know that I, personally, have never said that I find the prequels a cinematically exuberant exploration of the hubristic downfall of a society, and the self-corrupting nature of blame-shifting. I’ve certainly never said, and still would not say, that one is a fool indeed who spends six hours watching those films and comes away thinking, “man, this series really needs another six films to explain itself.”
 
Feels good to say. Because I’ve never said it. 

Hey, nobody repeats themselves around here. It's a rule.
 
Have I mentioned that I got my mom to buy the Star Wars LP "for my brother's birthday present" back in July of 1977? I mean have I told any of you about it this month?

Resist, @Schilkeman, resist!
 
 

I don’t. He managed to turn his brand of Ross Geller fusion into a very successful enterprise. He is to classical what Kenny G is to jazz. They both seem like alright dudes, it’s just not what I come to music for.

Hahahalol… no. Answer your own question.

I don't know about gauze, but the bloom was some Unreal Engine 3 stuff. I kept expecting Marcus Fenix to show up. I understand the light was blown out to accommodate the 48fps shooting, which may or may not be accurate, but I don't think Andrew Lesnie forgot how to shoot movies, so there must have been a reason for it. Between that and the Orange and Tealtm, they look rough.

I don’t. He managed to turn his brand of Ross Geller fusion into a very successful enterprise. He is to classical what Kenny G is to jazz. They both seem like alright dudes, it’s just not what I come to music for.

Hahahalol… no. Answer your own question.

Hahahalol… no. Answer your own question.

Hahahalol… no. Answer your own question.

One writes art music, and the other writes (for his part) new-age soundscapes. As I've said before, I think Zimmer knows what he's doing, and does it well-enough, he just doesn't happen to know very much, and put up against the stupidly learned scores of John Williams, he sounds like a my-first-casio jam-band-accountant, the Yanni of film composers. If both their names did not appear in the credits of films, the comparison wouldn't even occur to us to make.

And mine friend! And mine.

Indeed. My favorite movie of all time.

You obviously do not understand these works of art very well

That’s why I like about you. You take so much time and care with your posts. I can really tell you’ve thought something through, and are not, in fact, spewing the first wretched toxicant that oozes from the orifices of your pimpled mind.

At least Bay's movies are not meant to be taken seriously.
Snyder, on the other hand, thinks that he's putting something "meaningful" on screen.
Both are firmly at the bottom of the cinema pile, but Bay knows it.

Of course I disagree with most of what "Herr" @Schilkeman said.  I find The Fellowship of the Ring (10/10) to be about as close to perfect as a film can get, with The Two Towers (9.5/10) and The Return of the King (9/10) not far behind. No, the films are not the books, nor can they be.
 
That said, in JWFan's spirit of peace, brotherhood, fellowship and finding common ground I'll concede I do agree somewhat with this...
 
 
This does happen a few times, mostly in ROTK, and it does feel contrived.  There are instances of characters doing or saying things that are done simply in service of the plot or to try to increase the dramatic tension. Which is fine, that's what characters do in a story, but it shouldn't be done in a way that's out of character.
 
I'm thinking of Frodo sending Sam away, and Sam abandoning Frodo. I'm thinking of Elrond tying Arwen's fate to that of the Ring in order to make the stakes "personal" for Aragorn. I'm thinking of Gandalf dejectedly saying at Minis Tirith that "it's only a matter of time" until Sauron captures and kills Frodo. None of these things are consistent with the characters as we've come to know them. In fact it bothers me when any of the main characters words are used as a vehicle to tell us how hopeless everything is. Exposition, when necessary, should be used to explain some plot point, not try to increase dramatic tension.
 
Then in TTT, Gandalf's bizarre and awful military advice that Theoden should "ride out and fight" the enemy. This argument between Gandalf, Aragorn and Theoden is done simply to bring the characters into conflict. But, in the way the events of Helm's Deep unfold in the movie, the whole argument about what to do make no sense except to create tension. And then it's Legolas and Gimli fretting, out loud, how hopless the cause at Helm's Deep is, and Aragorn yelling at them about it.
 
That said, these are small nitpicks, few and far between, to be sure, and for me don't take away from my enjoyment of these films at all. The Lord of the Rings is a masterpiece of literature and cinema, albeit in different ways.

That’s why I like about you. You take so much time and care with your posts. I can really tell you’ve thought something through, and are not, in fact, spewing the first wretched toxicant that oozes from the orifices of your pimpled mind.

The Olympics is trying its damnedest to be hip and cool, nothing that changing themselves completely wouldn’t fix, but I’m not sure an orchestral theme by a nonagenarian is really the look they’re going for. Class and intelligence should always be hip, but I don’t make the rules. I’d be surprised if he does anything.

If it’s just the music, which is what I landed on too, then it’s Hook and TLW against The Post and West Side Story. WSS, musically, is one of the most complex and intelligent scores in musical-dom. I wouldn’t dismiss it, and it holds up nicely to Hook on the other end. I go with option two. WSS and The Post are good movies, which is more than can be said for the other set.

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That’s why I like about you. You take so much time and care with your posts. I can really tell you’ve thought something through, and are not, in fact, spewing the first wretched toxicant that oozes from the orifices of your pimpled mind.

That’s why I like about you. You take so much time and care with your posts. I can really tell you’ve thought something through, and are not, in fact, spewing the first wretched toxicant that oozes from the orifices of your pimpled mind.

Some people are just taking theme names too literally.