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"The Fellowship of the Ring" was released 15 years ago this week


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Old 19-12-2016, 16:31
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Always been my favourite of the trilogy. It works better as an individual film, compared to the other two. Narrative and all that. (You could say the same about the books in fact)

You can't beat RotK for grand spectacle, but in terms of storytelling FotR has always been the most rewatchable for me. It's a bit of a classic really and I'm glad I got to see it at the cinema during Xmas 2001.
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Old 19-12-2016, 16:42
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you've missed a treat

films 2 and 3 are when the lesbian elves come in
Lesbian elves, you say? What timeframe exactly do they come on?

Nah, scratch that. I'd still rather procure the services of a couple, of, um, lady friends and film my own version. Even at £100 an hour (x2), I suspect it'd still represent better VFM. Not to mention all the extras with my version.
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Old 19-12-2016, 16:50
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Years ago, in my teens, I tried to read the books, but could not get beyond Bilbo's birthday party. But then I read them all many years later as "preparation" for watching FotR when I learned a movie version was coming.

I really enjoyed the books (even Tom Bombadil) and relished the films.

The opening sequence and narration in FotR is a major highlight. What a brilliant choice of character to narrate (one of the few who were there and survived to time of these films, and Cate Blanchett's performance is extraordinary).

I wish Jackson would assemble all the stuff in The Silmarillion into a structured narrative and make another 6 movies - with the climax being the battle between Sauron and allies of Isildur, and the loss of the ring.

Can't wait for a 4K UHD/HDR Blu ray release.
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Old 19-12-2016, 17:04
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i got so excited december 2002 and 2003 knowing the following 2 were coming out. those 3 christmases were great.
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Old 19-12-2016, 17:04
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i dont think there will be a project like it again. the hobbit was just ok.
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Old 19-12-2016, 17:25
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I remember when The Two Towers was at the end of its run and the trailer for Return of the King was tacked on at the end---so I made another trip to my local cinema and I was the only person in I had the whole cinema to myself and it was brilliant

I also joined the LOTR fan club, I still have all the magazines and my name is in the end credits on FOTR.That's how obsessive I was about the film and it was an incredible time for me as a major film buff.It was the first time I became so immersed in a trilogy since Star Wars and, as much as I loved Star Wars, LOTR had a more emotional connection for me.
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Old 19-12-2016, 21:41
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I enjoyed watching them at the cinema. There was a nice hand-made feel to them, I thought, and they're obviously a cut above slicker, production-line blockbuster fare. But I've never felt the urge to return to them. When I get round to it perhaps.

I tried the book but could barely stand ten pages. Tolkien's prose style the key offender.
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Old 19-12-2016, 21:51
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Fellowship is my favourite, I think it has the most charm out of the three. The Mines of Moria sequence is great.
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Old 20-12-2016, 19:27
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The extended scores for each of the films are masterpieces in their own right IMHO.The music was so emotional and beautiful, especially in ROTK but TTT was my favourite of the three.
I went to the Royal Albert Hall to see TTT accompanied by a live orchestra and it was fabulous.I would definitely do that again if I had the opportunity---20th anniversary perhaps?
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Old 20-12-2016, 20:05
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I love them all (and the Hobbit too), i first read the books years ago and have the 6 extended cuts, one day (and night lol) i may try and watch them all back to back in order. I reckon for the 20th anniversary they should stage an all night marathon on the big screen of all 6 extended cuts - imagine that !

I agree about the comments about the score too, magnificent. I am old enough to have seen Star Wars in 1977 too and have loved the cinema ever since.
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Old 20-12-2016, 20:49
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My favourite bit from the entire trilogy is the prologue for The Two Towers which shows Gandalf's battle with the Balrog whilst falling from the bridge at Khazad Dum, it's absolutely epic.
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Old 21-12-2016, 08:01
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Saw Fellowship and Two Towers wice each at the cinema (Return just the once, though). Fellowship is my favourite of the three, probably because it deviates from the books less than the other two. Probably about time I rewatched the trilogy. I prefer to watch Fellowship extended and the other two theatrical now.
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Old 22-12-2016, 18:54
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I am old enough to have seen Star Wars in 1977 too and have loved the cinema ever since
Me, too.I will remember the opening shot to Star Wars until my dying day.Talk about jaw-dropping moment---to a 13yr old girl it was the most amazing thing I'd ever seen but then Harrison Ford showed up
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Old 22-12-2016, 20:45
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Unless you saw Star Wars in London, then you didn't see it in 1977. It was only released in London on 27 December 1977. Wasn't released anywhere else in the U.K until late January 1978.
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Old 22-12-2016, 21:03
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Unless you saw Star Wars in London, then you didn't see it in 1977. It was only released in London on 27 December 1977. Wasn't released anywhere else in the U.K until late January 1978.
I saw it at The Dominion, Tottenham Court Road ............but I can't remember when

It was fairly soon after release but probably in the January after getting back to London from being away for Christmas
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Old 25-12-2016, 22:42
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Me, too.I will remember the opening shot to Star Wars until my dying day.Talk about jaw-dropping moment---to a 13yr old girl it was the most amazing thing I'd ever seen but then Harrison Ford showed up
Going by her recently released memoirs, I believe Carrie Fisher had similar thoughts!

Getting back on topic, I still recall seing Sir Chris of Lee in one his scenes on the Isengard set and realising that I was watching the start of something really special! Made a point of religiously watching each successive film when it came out, buying the soundtrack and the Extended Edition for each epic instalment. Found myself repeating the process for The Hobbit.
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Old 27-12-2016, 21:12
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I bought the original theatrical trilogy on DVD many years ago, and then more recently the extended version on blu ray after regretting not getting the extended version on DVD at the time it was released instead of the theatrical release.

I like all three films are will probably give them all another viewing sometime soon in the new year.
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Old 27-12-2016, 23:40
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15 years, bloody hell. I must have seen Fellowship 10 times or more at the cinema. Definitely my favourite one. Seeing Sauron on the battlefield during the prologue was fantastic. Yes, I'm a Tolkien nerd. I still have a silver One Ring Gandalf fighting the Balrog was incredible, but I think my favourite scene of the trilogy is where Elrond tells Arwen her fate if she were to remain with Aragorn.
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Old 28-12-2016, 10:17
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FOTR, still the first DVD i ever owned
me too!
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Old 28-12-2016, 11:07
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FOTR is the best film and book for me. As it goes on I just can't care about Frodo, Sam and Gollum, tho it's the heart of the whole thing

The bit that choked me up was at Helm's Deep, when everyone was going to die, but the Elves turned up anyway. Choke
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Old 28-12-2016, 19:36
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When Theoden is dying on the battlefield and he tells Eowyn to let him go and she mouths "No"---amazing acting from Miranda Otto.
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Old 28-12-2016, 19:52
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Personally I thought the trilogy was an amazing standard setter for a new century, a marker point in time and sort of saying in general....................follow that!
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