Tolkien Thread (The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, etc.)

Anyone know if the Blue Rays have both 24 & 48fps versions?

The Amazon deal has me very nervous. It would be hard enough to do a series that really does justice to the books, let alone original material.

On another note, I got this for CHristmas

A series/movies adaptation from one of the Unfinished Tales or Silmarillion ? Amazon's finances might provide a lot of eye candy but won't guarantee a good script.

Boromir got screwed by the movies.

Thing I dislike most about the movies are the battles, battles, battles. Wish they were all cut out for the most part in focus of something that isn't mindless spectacle.

The Extended Cuts are much better than the original. But there are still flaws. Boromir and Farmir's (and Denethor) characters for example. The lack of a letter from Gandalf at Bree, no Scouring of the Shire, etc.

Don't get me wrong, I greatly enjoyed the movies. But they still didn't quite capture the spirit of Lord of the Rings.

An example of how film doesn't quite capture the books:

"Begone foul dwimmerlaik, lord of carrion! Leave the dead in peace!"

A cold voice answered: "Come not between the Nazgûl and his prey! Or he will not slay thee in thy turn. He will bear thee away to the houses of lamentation, beyond all darkness, where thy flesh shall be devoured, and thy shriveled mind be left naked to the Lidless Eye."

A sword rang as it was drawn. "Do what you will; but I will hinder it, if I may."

"Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!"

Then Merry heard of all sounds in that hour the strangest. It seemed that Dernhelm laughed, and the clear voice was like the ring of steel. "But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund’s daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you if you touch him."

One of the most bad*ss moments of the trilogy. The movie scene doesn't really compare to the scene in Return of the King

There would have been a time when I would've wanted nothing more than to see the Silmarillion and my favorite characters on screen, Fëanor, Fingolfin, Maedhros etc. but not so much anymore. For a brief time I was actually excited that Amazon was going to do something with Tolkien's works but the more I think about it the more concerned I get.

I think the movies are well done pieces of cinema imo but they still had me cringing with Faramir's character being changed, the army of the dead, Legolas surfing etc. and I really feel we all dodged a bullet from their original intentions of having Arwen at the battle of helm's deep. I'm not a hater though and I'll always have the books, so if the show is really terrible I guess I can forget it exists, although I'm hoping for the best. Does anyone have any idea what the show is going to be about?

As for the games, I can overlook them a lot more because if they're fun I play them....fan fiction or not.

I'm rusty on my lore and now this thread has made me want to brush up, cool.

Like many, I don't like Tom Bombadil.

That said, I could almost wish he was in the movies, as that would have put the Barrow-downs back in the story.

Probably shouldn't mention that time I watched all three extended movies back-to-back-to-back...

You don't have to watch a movie all at once, you can stop halfway through and pick up where you left off another time. Personally this is something I do with short movies too.