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Magness · 01-04-2002, 11:18 PM

As a person who has never read any of Tolkien's books, I had few expectations when I went to see it, beyond wanting to see elves that looked like elves, dwarves that were dwarven, etc. After seeing LOTR, I was rather impressed.

Aside from whether or not the actor that was cast for Elrond, was the right man for the job, I thought that the elven characters were generatlly cast well. They all seemed to be fairly slight of build with narrow faces. They seemed very "elven" to me.

I liked the one drawf that I can remember. Once again, he seemed properly drarven.

The special effects were solid. In this day and age, anything less than great SFX and a movie's done. LOTR got the job done in this category.

I thought that Ian M. was well cast for Gandalf. He came off well as a good and nice wizard, yet strong. I escpecially liked the little scene early on when he showed a flash of anger at the older hobbit ... a little "don't F*** with me!!! I'm a badass wizard!!!" routine. Loved that. Kind of reminds a person that "I might be a nice old man, but you dont' want to piss me off."

I loved seeing the elven archer Legolas (sp?) in action. I enjoyed playing an elven archer in BG2 and seeing Legolas really, really brought my image of an elven archer to life.

I really, really liked how the filmmakers really worked hard to make certain that you understood that this was an EPIC story!!! I love epic stories.

The only "downside" for me was that the ending left me a bit flat. BUT I love epic stories and I know that this is only the first part of the story. So what if there was no Death Star to blow up to bring this chapter to a clean conclusion. I'm not really complaining. In a sense, the lack of a "clear" ending only adds to the sense that this is a titanic epic!!!

01-04-2002, 11:18 PM	#14
Magness Quintesson Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Manchester, NH, USA Posts: 1,025	As a person who has never read any of Tolkien's books, I had few expectations when I went to see it, beyond wanting to see elves that looked like elves, dwarves that were dwarven, etc. After seeing LOTR, I was rather impressed. Aside from whether or not the actor that was cast for Elrond, was the right man for the job, I thought that the elven characters were generatlly cast well. They all seemed to be fairly slight of build with narrow faces. They seemed very "elven" to me. I liked the one drawf that I can remember. Once again, he seemed properly drarven. The special effects were solid. In this day and age, anything less than great SFX and a movie's done. LOTR got the job done in this category. I thought that Ian M. was well cast for Gandalf. He came off well as a good and nice wizard, yet strong. I escpecially liked the little scene early on when he showed a flash of anger at the older hobbit ... a little "don't F*** with me!!! I'm a badass wizard!!!" routine. Loved that. Kind of reminds a person that "I might be a nice old man, but you dont' want to piss me off." I loved seeing the elven archer Legolas (sp?) in action. I enjoyed playing an elven archer in BG2 and seeing Legolas really, really brought my image of an elven archer to life. I really, really liked how the filmmakers really worked hard to make certain that you understood that this was an EPIC story!!! I love epic stories. The only "downside" for me was that the ending left me a bit flat. BUT I love epic stories and I know that this is only the first part of the story. So what if there was no Death Star to blow up to bring this chapter to a clean conclusion. I'm not really complaining. In a sense, the lack of a "clear" ending only adds to the sense that this is a titanic epic!!!