Ya know, I saw The Lord of the Rings in the theater....loved it! Great movie! Woo-hoo!!
and I bought the 4 1/2 hour DVD for myself for x-mas , but I never watched the damn thing.....until today.
I....I...uh...I'm at a loss of words at how beautiful it is! breathtaking...
I can't BELIEVE they cut those scenes out! It moves like poetry with those scenes!
*sigh*
(sorry....I just wanted to share this moment of bliss.... )
There are two means of refuge from the misery of life - music and cats.
- - - Albert Schweitzer
Yeah, the extra character and exposition scenes are really something ...but what doesn't get enough mention is that the final battle with the Uruk-hai has been slightly retooled - to near perfection.
I remember thinking each time I saw the theatrical version that that showdown really didn't reach its potential and was a pretty lacklustre climax, leaving much to be desired. But fuck me if they didn't do some subtle tweaking to that for the Extended Edition - its probably my favourite part of the movie now, moreso than the rumble with the cave troll.
Its a much more frantic, desperate seige full of wonderful hacking, slashing, skewering and bludgeoning (in a PG-13 kinda way) that builds - and fades - beautifully. I never tire of it. The editing is phenomenal.
Anyway, I just thought I'd let you lucky fuckers know where its at.
hey-I can't remember....did they do that "looking in the mirror" bit in the theatrical version?
and I agree....that fight scene with Aragorn was much more intimate when it wasn't all chopped up....oh...and when Boromir was fighting those guys off...he keeps getting shot and just keeps getting up and fighting off those guys to protect Pippin and Merry.....where's a tissue......I'm starting to gush!
There are two means of refuge from the misery of life - music and cats.
- - - Albert Schweitzer
I've never been a big fan of his, but I still look forward to the live action Neon Genesis Evangelion adaption.
"This must be settled the way nature intended...with a vicious, bloody fight!!"
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You NEED to watch some of his older flicks, "Bad Taste", "Meet the Feebles", "Dead Alive", "Heavenly Creatures" and even "The Frighteners". I pray he makes another horror movie someday...
"Regrettable... I was hoping for a colleague, but at least we have
another experimental subject..." -Mesa of Lost Women
The Frightners is one of my FAVORITES! ahhhhh.....and Heavenly Creatures! Hell yeah! Dead Alive....of course! Meet the Feebles...just WRONG!!
Haven't seen Bad Taste though......
There are two means of refuge from the misery of life - music and cats.
- - - Albert Schweitzer
Is that a rumor or wishful thinking? It's funny, the more you mention Bad Taste, the more I come to resent the film.
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I don't know how substaniated it is, but I DID read that in an interview with him. I think it was at the outset of the LORT trilogy that he was interviewed, but the bit about outdoing Dead Alive was earlier, I think.
, but I never watched the damn thing.....until today.
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