pimpchichi
12-15-2001, 03:58 PM
you know.. i was always into the lord of the rings trilogy when i was a kid...
call me a D&D loving nerd ifya want.. you'd be wrong.. but lamer flames like that evaporate from my back like water on a roast duck...
but i have had the trilogy, and their prequel, the hobbit, since i was a small kid... admittedly i have only read the hobbit and fellowship of the ring... completing the trilogy seemed a bit hard going to me, especially since i was a bookslut and devoured literature at a phenomenal rate when i was younger...
i always put off making a start on the 2nd two books of the trilogy until i had read the narnia series, or my latest acquisition of horror or science fiction... (clive barkers novels were a must read)
i still have the books, but read a lot less... being a functioning member of society robs me of much of my personal time, and i only seem to tackle a novel when i am held captive by the circumstances... ie, on a train...
and finishing the tolkein trilogy, admittedly, plays second fiddle to digesting the latest discworld novel by terry pratchett... a series i heartily recommend... the subtle levels of humour really appeal to me.. and there are jokes to suit humour of every intelligence level..
but anyway... the films out now... and has opened to critical acclaim...
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="verdana">quote:</font><HR>my opinion on the battle of the box-office
(the much mooted box office battle between rings and harry potter fizzled away like a cheap firework on a rainy fireworks night(Nov5th).. as i knew it would... rings is a vast epic sweeping fantasy classic that will stand the scrutiny of time for generations to come... unlike potter which is yet another PR coup... a childrens book with gremlins style popularity... and the film is another hastily conceived, scripted, and shot book-to-film conversion.... made on the back of a tide of transatlantic popularity... and it'll have the same impact on cinema history as the last film version of a popular british book... bridget jones...
rings on the other hand is a literary heavyweight, who's popularity has been steady for decades, and it's celluloid translation has been planned for years, and the actual filming took 5 years for the 3 films.. that's a year and 8 months per film.. compare that to the usual filming schedule of a modern movie of around 6-8 months...:eek images/smiles/icon_smile.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
now i was surprised at the reception rings got in the reviews i have watched/read over here.... i assumed that with the book being crucial reading material of bespectacled anorak wearers worldwide, that a film of the epic trilogy would be slated by the mainstream reviewers.... but i got great pleasure from reading that one reviewer considered it to be
[quote]taken from the latest e-newsletter sent to media studies graduates from the university most of my thespy type friends went to, forwarded to me by my creative partner, telling me that the stakes have been raised*shrug*
"the best film of the year, if not the best film ever. i have never read the books before now, considering them too tied up in their own pretensiousness to be entertaining. but this film with it's top-rate characterisation, and classic story of good vs evil has convinced me to seek out a copy of the trilogy and spend the quiet moments of my festive vacation locked in a quiet room with it."
why am i saying all this??... i dunno.. reaching out to the inner nerd in all of you i guess...
NO NO!!.. i remember now... to tell you all that i will definately be taking a trip to the flicks to watch this film... it has relegated SW ep 2 to 3rd place in my must see films, and has joined the matrix 2 in joint 1st place...
although i can't go see it until after christmas and the new year, as i will be spending my first christmas with nursey, and i have no intention of watching films images/smiles/icon_redface.gif
call me a D&D loving nerd ifya want.. you'd be wrong.. but lamer flames like that evaporate from my back like water on a roast duck...
but i have had the trilogy, and their prequel, the hobbit, since i was a small kid... admittedly i have only read the hobbit and fellowship of the ring... completing the trilogy seemed a bit hard going to me, especially since i was a bookslut and devoured literature at a phenomenal rate when i was younger...
i always put off making a start on the 2nd two books of the trilogy until i had read the narnia series, or my latest acquisition of horror or science fiction... (clive barkers novels were a must read)
i still have the books, but read a lot less... being a functioning member of society robs me of much of my personal time, and i only seem to tackle a novel when i am held captive by the circumstances... ie, on a train...
and finishing the tolkein trilogy, admittedly, plays second fiddle to digesting the latest discworld novel by terry pratchett... a series i heartily recommend... the subtle levels of humour really appeal to me.. and there are jokes to suit humour of every intelligence level..
but anyway... the films out now... and has opened to critical acclaim...
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="verdana">quote:</font><HR>my opinion on the battle of the box-office
(the much mooted box office battle between rings and harry potter fizzled away like a cheap firework on a rainy fireworks night(Nov5th).. as i knew it would... rings is a vast epic sweeping fantasy classic that will stand the scrutiny of time for generations to come... unlike potter which is yet another PR coup... a childrens book with gremlins style popularity... and the film is another hastily conceived, scripted, and shot book-to-film conversion.... made on the back of a tide of transatlantic popularity... and it'll have the same impact on cinema history as the last film version of a popular british book... bridget jones...
rings on the other hand is a literary heavyweight, who's popularity has been steady for decades, and it's celluloid translation has been planned for years, and the actual filming took 5 years for the 3 films.. that's a year and 8 months per film.. compare that to the usual filming schedule of a modern movie of around 6-8 months...:eek images/smiles/icon_smile.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
now i was surprised at the reception rings got in the reviews i have watched/read over here.... i assumed that with the book being crucial reading material of bespectacled anorak wearers worldwide, that a film of the epic trilogy would be slated by the mainstream reviewers.... but i got great pleasure from reading that one reviewer considered it to be
[quote]taken from the latest e-newsletter sent to media studies graduates from the university most of my thespy type friends went to, forwarded to me by my creative partner, telling me that the stakes have been raised*shrug*
"the best film of the year, if not the best film ever. i have never read the books before now, considering them too tied up in their own pretensiousness to be entertaining. but this film with it's top-rate characterisation, and classic story of good vs evil has convinced me to seek out a copy of the trilogy and spend the quiet moments of my festive vacation locked in a quiet room with it."
why am i saying all this??... i dunno.. reaching out to the inner nerd in all of you i guess...
NO NO!!.. i remember now... to tell you all that i will definately be taking a trip to the flicks to watch this film... it has relegated SW ep 2 to 3rd place in my must see films, and has joined the matrix 2 in joint 1st place...
although i can't go see it until after christmas and the new year, as i will be spending my first christmas with nursey, and i have no intention of watching films images/smiles/icon_redface.gif