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Aug 24, 2020 5:44 AM
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onewaytrip
The worst thing the movie did ( to me) was they made the Ents look like they were scardy cats. The Ents never were scared. Just took time
MantisTobagganMD
I've never seen the resemblance between Elijah Wood and Daniel Radcliffe, but... Yea, i see it here
Nalianna
Talks a big game for someone killed by monsters in Hawkins.
Spuduck
Always pull your blows..except when hitting a meat mountain in full armour who pushed you into th nettles..every damn time
DisconnectedFromWhatIOnceEmbraced
The making of on the extended editions is almost as good as the complete trilogy!
DownvoteIsTheNewUpvote
Oh Bob
Angel337
SUPER BOB!!
spamsushi
I read this in Sam’s voice
GullahGullahIslander
omngentryo
Bob Anderson....a legend.
locksstock
All i know is Rudy was offsides
DukeDarkwood
Anderson's a legend. This guy was the sword trainer, not only for these guys, but for Zorro, Inigo Montoya and Westley, and Luke Skywalker.
DukeDarkwood
But NOT Darth Vader - he did not teach Prowse swordplay. HE WORE THE SUIT HIMSELF. Bob Anderson WAS Vader in the sword duels.
DukeDarkwood
Side note: The supreme irony is that an Olympic-class fencer had to teach these people "Flynning", or show swordplay, not REAL fighting.
otiumCatulli
Bob Anderson did pirates of the Caribbean and trained Errol Flynn back in the day. Legend.
otiumCatulli
Oh also the Princess Bride, Die Another Day, Highlander. What a ledge.
DukeDarkwood
Man, that's right, I forgot to list Jack Sparrow and Connor MacLeod in my other comment! But YOU forgot Star Wars!
otiumCatulli
Whisper it...I have never seen Star Wars so can't forget what I've never seen!
DukeDarkwood
Bob taught Hamill swordplay, just like the rest of those actors. But instead of teaching Prowse, he wore the suit for the lightsaber duels.
DukeDarkwood
Meaning, Bob Anderson TAUGHT Luke the lightsaber.... but *WAS* Darth Vader in their duel scenes.
cirunz
It happened on agot too, with Sam Tarly being too badass with the knife. They had to film the sequence again
MantisTobagganMD
Just GoT. A Game of Thrones is the title of the first book, not the tv show.
WalterSobchak32
Whew, good thing nobody gives a crap about either of them
MantisTobagganMD
Ok guy.
WalterSobchak32
Thank you by the way for the dumbest shit I’ll read this week.
AwesomeTeddybear
I am a huge fan of the movies and the hobbit, but I got really annoyed with Frodo the last time it watched it :)
Booklover4life
He’s super whiney. And I get it. He’s a ring bearer. But it doesn’t excuse constantly shitting on Samwise
nemocares
The One RIng corrupts.
wiltsjunk
My biggest issue is that was a movie construct. He doesnt do that in the book
Rageagainstthemachina
I just jump those scenes while their walking to Mordor. The movies are shorter and the pacing is better
MithridateEupator
But he's not supposed to be some paragon of good, the hobbits represent ordinary, humble people. He's just a guy who is basically asked to
MithridateEupator
Give up his life for the greater good. He's a metaphor for soldiers in WW1.
WristDeepInaBook
he wasn't asked, he volunteered
MithridateEupator
So did rougly half of WW1 soldiers (US). Both didnt really lnow what they were signing up for.
qtRaven
But in the books you get to see him take a much more active role and grow as a character.
MithridateEupator
In book format you can view his mindstate in more ways than just dialogue.
Forgotmyoldaccountbutohwell
They should have let sam be powerful, c'mon.
DukeDarkwood
As the other guy said, he did get to show off some. But Ringwraiths have supernatural strength; few HUMANS could push back like that, even.
dannoll
I mean they kind of did. When he killed a few orcs to save Frodo from the tower after being stung by Shelob. Strongest hobbit out of the lot
MisterRichard
when you look from now, this movie seems a sure thing. But when you look from back then- fuck, it's a miracle it got made, and well no less
Youhavinagiraffe
Same goes for the Harry Potter series and the start of the MCU. They were both pretty major undertakings that could have gone nowhere
MisterRichard
I knew I was watching something special when I saw Iron Man. It was the first cape movie where I was sure the director "got it"
Hungrypiemonger
when i heard it was peter jackson i knew it would either be the most glorious trash fire of a b movie or the greatest classic of our time.
Teaelf
Yeah, I think that any director would have a hard time pitching any movie, but that was a perfect storm that will go down in history.
edevolt
I miss the Fat Peter Jackson.
RhinosRfatUnicorns
Yes, I expected a B-grade fantasy movie like Krull. I wasn’t expecting a cinema classic.
UserSubImgurian
B-grade fantasy, you mean Masters of the Universe?
RhinosRfatUnicorns
That qualifies, and I loved it.
StillVanillaRice
regardless of how cheesy it was. i still love Krull
RhinosRfatUnicorns
Yeah, me too. Love it.
hesaidsarcastically
That glaive was fucking dope. I want one.
Snooj
Go watch Overnight. It's a goddamn miracle we ever got to see Boondock Saints.
MisterRichard
Boondocks Saints is not actually very good, nor was it expensive? Fucking Willem, though. Man that guy rules
damogen
I recall waiting for them to come out and fully expecting them to completely mangle one of my favorite book series, as is the norm.
ElbowDeepInTheElbowDeepBandwagon
Which they did.
dontstoretheketchupupsidedown
Really! What are some big gripes? I love lotr and think the movies are pretty decent. Keeping in mind they couldn't include everything
dontstoretheketchupupsidedown
I've read lotr ~10 times, maybe more... So I know details and characters were missed, but didn't think they were terrible
ElbowDeepInTheElbowDeepBandwagon
The cinematography was the only thing I really liked about the trilogy. I don't have the space for the list of things I didn't. 1/
ElbowDeepInTheElbowDeepBandwagon
In general I really didn't like the changes PJ made to the story, giving the elves a much bigger part than they actually played 2/
qtRaven
A big budget blockbuster in 3 parts that was all filmedbin advance. And it's a FANTASY? Can you name a successful Fantasy movie before it?
MisterRichard
Willow and Neverending Story.
qtRaven
Those were financially successful but not big hits in theater. And we had to go back how far to find them?
MisterRichard
Willow was a fairly big hit, in a year of massive hits. Die Hard came out that year, and it only hit #7. Willow was #12. And yes, far back.
MisterRichard
And for these purposes we're defining fantasy as "has a wizard or a witch" and "isn't animated" because otherwise Aladdin kicks in
qtRaven
Live Action fantasy movie. Plenty of so called "Kids" movies were fantasy. But not for the adults of course.
MisterRichard
filming three movies back to back, for hundreds of millions, with the director of Heavenly Creatures? Fucking what?
Ironblitz
The initial pitch was 2 movies and talked down to 1. They wouldn't do it so they went to another studio who wanted 3 movies.
Aardvarksneedlove
Heavenly creatures, how about Bad Taste!
MisterRichard
Heavenly Creatures, by the by, made 8 million on a 5 million dollar budget. Critically acclaimed and introducing Kate Winslet- but 8 for 5..
KnightWhoSaidNi
Brain Dead then
YannYacobi
Your mother ate my dog!
HedonistBeard
Well a 3 mil profit is nice on 5 mil invested. Not so nice on 281 mil invested. Movie profits can't be scaled by ratio to investment.
SarcasticComment
Which is why Waterworld was a flop despite making more than a good chunk of movies
Lichelf
Unless the marketing budget isn't included in the 5 mil.
BarbedWireCatheter
Hear me out... so, they threw a dart at a spinning globe. It landed not just in New Zealand, but also on the coordinates for PJ’s house.
BarbedWireCatheter
They just drove up, knocked on his door, asked him if he’d like to go on an adventure, and handed him a hundred million bucks
ComoSeIguana
I'm just happy Peter Jackson got healthy by the end of the first trilogy.
devildog272
Isn’t he fat again?
PreparefortheProlapse
All them carrots he was eating
TheHellbilly
With the director of Bad taste and Braindead.
somnif
And Meet the Feebles!
joepineapplesindrag
We're not your average, ordinary people...
somnif
I still get the Sodomy song stuck in my head occasionally.
razorgirl1066
I remember watching Braindead and Bad Taste when they announced him as the director and said what the fuck?
Evi1Gav
They are where weta workshop started . . .
Inarticulated
"Such a good boy~"
razorgirl1066
I do love Braindead very much.
CirB
Incredible movie... but also so gross that I have trouble re-watching it :D
PickleRiiiiiiiiiiiiick
Fuckin right tho?
Robowitz
One of my absolute favorites!
Blatantperformer
In Spain t'he title was translated to Braindead: Your mother ate my dog, Wich was kind of a spoiler, disgusting but attractive too ?
LobsterBandito
Braindead (AKA Dead Alive) is amazing! Great zombie comedy!
Eramik
"I kick as for the Lord"
Shickzilla
The lawnmower scene had me laughing my ass off! Absolutely brilliant
saysomethingcool
And they hold up well too. They're coming up on 20ish years old and they still look great!
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siler7
I still have to skip a lot of the whining scenes.
MisterRichard
practical effects hold up much better than cgi. Using little people and children and camera tricks also employs a lot more New Zealanders
prufock
Fair to say some of the CGI is what dates the movie more than anything. The hobbits hanging off the cave troll, Legolas' parkour moves, etc.
AninOnin
I still feel bad for all the darker skinned NZers who didn't get to be extras because... fantasy purity? idk
Wankathon
Well it's based on European history
AndrewTheGoodBoy
I mean modt of the sauron forces were played by reeeally good dark skinned stuntman natives from NZ
GrumpyOldMillennial
1. LOTR was written by an Englishman who was attempting to create English folklore as there wasn't any. This has nothing to do with
GrumpyOldMillennial
Fantasy purity or whitewashing. It was attempting to be a faithful representation of a non existent English lore. 2. There were TONS of
MisterRichard
I can't believe how much you got downvoted overnight. Bullshit.
GrumpyOldMillennial
Why? What he said was both factually incorrect and also dumb as fuck.
PraiseTitties
I'm glad newer writers like Sanderson spin high fantasy with variety. Like most of the main characters in Stormlight are of darker skin
AndrewTheGoodBoy
I mean tolkien was a british guy that created all these stories on his WW1/2 experiences and wrote them down around the 40s.
AninOnin
Agreed. He also writes women far, far, FAR better than most other fantasy authors I've read--including some women lol
icouldntthinkofabetterusername2
It looks like they are releasing a 4K remaster next year. It’ll mark the 20th anniversary of the first film.
InboxMeYourHDGIFs
But will it be a remaster of the extended version?
MsCelia
Remaster is the best version! I love it so much!
icouldntthinkofabetterusername2
Looks like both versions: https://www.thedigitalfix.com/film/home-releases-news/middle-earth-20th-anniversary-4k-blu-ray-update/
CorgiMcFluffers
Looks like we are about to own yet another copy of these.
WhenIGrowUpIWannaBeARainbow
Yeah I’ve been trying to convince my bf to watch with me for years! Just finished 2 Towers, I was secretly relieved they still look so good!
MisterRichard
What kind of Philistine are you dating?
WhenIGrowUpIWannaBeARainbow
I know right!
Isorikk
And then we got the Hobbit, which somehow ended up being the exact opposite case
sevendragonsandababy
Check out Lindsay Ellis's video essays about the Hobbit for a detailed picture as to why
naahz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTRUQ-RKfUs
ABn0rmal1
iirc Jackson didn't want to make The Hobbit vs being passionate about TLOTR and the studio said if you want to make this other movie you >
ABn0rmal1
>have to make The Hobbit first.
SlyMrFox
Other way around. See, his original idea was to do one Hobbit movie, followed by two LotR movies, but rights for the Hobbit fell through
SlyMrFox
and he had arguments with New Line that forced him to just do LotR. The reason why he didn't want to do Hobbit was due to exhaustion from
FlyingGiantElk
I want to see him lead a similar kind of movie so we can see he’s good at this sword stuff now.
SonderingStrike
Let's be honest, Sam could have single handedly carried that ring to mount doom, then back, then back again three times no sweat.
MisterRichard
No, because he was impressionable. He could have carried Frodo carrying that ring to mount doom 3 times, though
SonderingStrike
Nah, he could have done THAT 4 times, at least.
njessup1992
Watch Stranger Things, he was pretty good with a broom
FlyingGiantElk
I have, there wasn’t enough of him.
Deadpoolisfunny
Spoiler alert:
Deadpoolisfunny
There definitely wasn't enough of him left after the...incident.
MisterRichard
He is like 20 years older now, you know
HappyEngineer
StrayItalianGreyhound
Don't you come around here with that sad shit
JHawkInc
If Return of the King had shown the Scouring of the Shire we could have seen it then.
fitlex
Imagine the jokes about RotK having 'so many endings' if they added in like a whole extra hour of story
ToastedVanilla
I mean, they showed it in passing...
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
Unpopular opinion puffin: I disliked the films, because I read the books at a young age. I think each book should have gotten 6 hours screen
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
time, and this right here thing you mentioned is one of many reasons why.
Ginoawesomesauce
So you want a television series
JHawkInc
I think the films are fine, in that they did what they could to make that monster into a three part story. But I’m also not opposed to a 1/?
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JHawkInc
original Trilogy received (and not the Hobbit treatment...) 3/3