Lotr, duh...

[Crucible]

Enough said I think.

[Ev]

duh, they dont show spectacular magic... Actually almost no magic at all...

[Crucible]

Well, there is always harry potter if you are that interested. I liked the story of it. And I did read the books. There was not a great deal of magic in those either.

[Erfeyah]

I think that for a work like LOTR is a great adaptation. I like it that it emphasizes in the tragic figure of Gollum witch in my opinion is one of the most deep character of the book. I didn't like though some Holywood scenes in the second movie like Legolas doing skate with the shield Anyway, i find it quite entertaining but not worthy for obsesion like many people do(my brother has seen the last part 5 times at the cinema ), if you haven't read the books(with Silmarilion and Hobbit) i dont thing you can really feel the atmosphere.

[spinjoel]

I find the movie riduculous. A few corny seens and I'm not a fan of the humor in it. The action scenes and the creativity are nice though.

[nightowl]

I agree, not enough magic scenes. In the 3rd movie you see gandalf fighting with a sword and his staff pulling off all these ninja moves. HELLO! your a WIZARD in case you have forgotten!

[Lowercase Society]

But Gandalf didnt like to use his powers all the time, he just *showed men the door to let them take their own paths, he was indirectly involved, if he wanted he could have SHAPED Middle Earth to his will* And the way they portrayed Gollum wasnt appropriate in some ways...I HATED WHEN EVERYONE laughed at his problems, the Ring DESTROYED him, and basically, the same was going to happen to FRODO if he didnt get rid of it...OK! Gollum said some funny things...but yeah. Blessed is she who clearly sees the wood for the trees. To obtain a ‘bird’s eye’ is to turn a blizzard into a breeze.[/b]

[nerve]

What is tators prescious!?

[Serinanth]

I think they did a good job.. and Gandalf did not show his powers all the time, there is no need, it takes alot of frikin energy to do that. He is basically an angel. "There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought..." Gandalf is an Ainu. As for his staff and swordwork... Do you think a wizard one versed in so much knowledge... one who is older than old didnt have some time to spend on working on the art of Meele? And no he wouldent just use magic, like I said its not something to use unless you HAVE to use it, why wast the energy when you can just whack the orc with your sword? And I think they showed magic for what it is... for the most part it is not childs play, granted gandalf does use it on occasion for fun =) It is powerful, something to respect. The scene where gandalf rode to help the men fleeing from the Nasgul was done perfect, all of a sudden the light within him was unveiled, the scene in the movie evoked a feeling of awe in me personaly. Gandalf was much more powerful than he ever let on. From the very first movie, you knew the ring was heavy... very heavy. There was some stuff in the movie they missed out on though, but I think they retold the story the best they could for the format =) I also beleive the actory that portrayed Gollum/smeagol should get an oscar, he did both roles, they just used digital magic to paint a new skin on him.

[jacobo]

haha it took me a while to figure out what lotr meant... but i get it now. i didn't really enjoy those movies, i never watched the third one. -- i couldn't stay interested for all that time. i know there's supposed to be some parallelism with real life and what not but i still didn't enjoy it. now godfather... there's an epic. *hits the wasps nest then runs for cover*

[YULAW]

I wanna see that movie.

[Serinanth]

Lol I gotta agree The Godfather was awsome =)

[Crucible]

I never watched it. But then I am more into fantasy or sci fi. Things that do not exist or chances are never have or never will seem more entertaining.

[Philosophacles]

This movie isn't that great. None of them were. There were two good actors through the whole movie (Ian Mckellen and Sean Astin). They were all about the effects and fighting, and even those I have seen better. They did not portray the books well at all. It is impossible to put those literary works into anything but what they are. Those are not books, those are journals of adventures that happened in a time that was lost. Tolkien did not write a piece of literary fiction. He simply translated two manuscripts of two Hobbit's adventures. This man knew Middle-earth, he walked in it, he lived it. No one else of this time has, no one else can truly bring it to any format. The movies are overrated.