for a popular site i don´t think a blogger site is gonna help
create a proper one and go from there
but slating LOTR films on the first page isn´t going to win any fans.
(, Sat 21 Feb 2009, 22:00, Reply)
Conclusive reasons the LOTR films will always be better than the books:
1. No Poetry
2. No Tom Bombadil
3. Gay hobbit subtext
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Zuowan, Sat 21 Feb 2009, 22:05,
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LOTR books/films and Star wars films
2nd one was the best :)
edit: oh, and godfather
(, Sat 21 Feb 2009, 22:17, Reply)
Swap Two Towers for Terminator
and I'll agree.
Summary of the Two Towers:
Frodo and Sam put one foot in front of the other.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sat 21 Feb 2009, 22:21,
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Its the broad sweep of two towers, like Godfather 2
a bit more like strategy than fps I suppose:)
personal taste heh
(, Sat 21 Feb 2009, 22:27, Reply)
Fuck off
I'm not much of a Star Wars fan, but Darth Vader is not born in Star Wars; he's born in that horrific plug-on that's made many many years later by a man who no longer possesses artistic drive.
Sure, I know originally they wanted I-III and to show his rise to power, etc., but come on! Anakin, Ana-fucking-kin the sickeningly fluffy perfect son? Fuck off.
(Neither Eff-offs are directed at your person so much as the situation at hand!)
(, Sat 21 Feb 2009, 22:30, Reply)
Summary of Star Wars
Luke saves the Rebels.
Summary of ESB:
The Empire hand the Rebel's arses to them on a plate.
Summary of RotJ:
Meh.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sat 21 Feb 2009, 22:49,
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I like films where nothing happens at all.
Some by Antonioni or Van Sant for example.
Zabriskie Point is a good example. Some people wander round a beautiful desert for a couple of hours, then this!
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Zuowan, Sat 21 Feb 2009, 23:06,
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Sad thing is he's right
As the reviews say, Fellowship was a damned good film because it kept it's focus on the characters.
Two Towers and Return were boring because they ditched that and instead it was all about how many orcs you could put on screen at once.
The fact that Return won the Oscars is nothing short of a travesty, as Fellowship is a far superior film.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sat 21 Feb 2009, 22:20,
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If I had the money...
...I would start my own site, but my university module on online journalism has us writing a blog, so I thought sod it, film reviews.
LOTR is on the first page coz its in chronological order.
(, Sat 21 Feb 2009, 22:36, Reply)
LOTR trilogy wasn't THAT good though
I haven't read the books but even i found the movie trilogy to be boringly predictable... "oh look, those hobbits have spent the whole movie trying to win favour with the tree men... i wonder if anything will come from their endeavours? *sarcasm*"
Also, the whole trilogy seems to follow the following formula:
10 - Journey towards X
20 - Meet Y on the way
30 - If Y == good then Y = friend
40 - If Y == evil then run else if friends (are greater than) 6ft then fight
50 - goto 10
My personal opinion is that the LOTR trilogy, along with other modern (near) shite fests such as Ironman, is included into a group of special fx driven movies where the fans of the literary originals are mesmerised by all the shineyness of the FX, and the quality of the original paper versions, into thinking they're amazing - like they're viewing it through "LOTR" or "Ironman" tinted glasses... and just like the Ironman fans - they start to cry when any of this is pointed out to them.
Boo fuckin hoo
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mr.dogshit The world's premier anthropomorphic canine faeces, Sat 21 Feb 2009, 23:18,
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You should meet mr.dogshit from the thread above,
you two have a lot in common.
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Zuowan, Sat 21 Feb 2009, 23:28,
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?
i accidentally double posted, but deleted the other one about 20 minutes ago... is it still there for you?
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mr.dogshit The world's premier anthropomorphic canine faeces, Sat 21 Feb 2009, 23:51,
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