The Daily Roxette discussions forum has been closed. The forum is only available as a read-only archive.
Lord Of The Ring: Return Of The King
47 replies
deja_vu said on December 6, 2003 02:59:
Hello LOTR mania!! does anybody here already seen it?, i can’t wait till the movie is played in theatres in my country.. what’s your comment?? What’s your score for the movie?
schanull said on December 6, 2003 08:34:
I just can’t wait until the film hits the theaters....
I loved both other films. This one will be even better I think, I hope.... :)
ally77 said on December 6, 2003 21:16:
I am looking forward to it... I never saw the first one till someone made me watch it... I loved it and now I am hooked!!
Jud (moderator) said on December 6, 2003 21:44:
i’m also waiting for 17th :P
I guess it’s online somewhere but this is one of the films u gotta see on a big screen ;)
MiracleMan said on December 7, 2003 04:24:
Judith, you are so right. I saw 1st two on the big screen twice each and I plan for no less with the third.
BTW—There was a report that some theatres may show Felloship and Towers extended cuts then premiere Return. As much as I love these films, that’s gotta be close to 10 hours in the theatre. Little too rich for my blood—or should I say a little too much on my senses, one of those being my tired butt.
Jud (moderator) said on December 7, 2003 10:40:
yeah they have such event here in Austria, “triple-feature”.. the 3 films in a row for 20€
I thought of that but then.. sigh i know it’s too much to sit there from 17.00 to who knows when! :S
Vixzter said on December 7, 2003 14:23:
All I can say is....I better get a comfortable seat at the cinema to sit there for 3 hrs 20mins ;) otherwise my arse will go numb :P
coyboyusa said on December 7, 2003 17:09:
lol i want a theater that bans people with more than one kid under the age of 10 lol
MiracleMan said on December 7, 2003 20:56:
Coy—I get that feeling every once in a while.
My friends and I are planning to get there obscenely early so we can get good seats. (Nerd alert!) I don’t care, though, been waiting for this for sooooooo long.
When my brother (2 yrs older) and my twin and I were still aged in the single digits, my sister read us the LOTR over several summers. I don’t remember anything about the series but She-lob (or whatever the giant spider’s name was) and what happens to Frodo and Gollum at the very end. (Mom started with The Hobbit, but I was too young to remember that.) I (re)read The Hobbit about 10 years ago, but I’ve stayed away from the rest of the series.
And when my Mother died, someome read a poem from The Hobbit at her funeral. . .I can’t remember it that much (the barrel riding poem, I think, if there is such an animal) since that day is rather a blur, but suffice it to say, Tolkien feels like part of the family birthright. In the blood. . .
But enough of that bullsh*t—10 MORE DAYS!
lonely_girl said on December 7, 2003 21:51:
I’m also waiting till 17 december... I read all three books but I’m curious how it will be as a film...
deja_vu said on December 8, 2003 03:02:
Tell me your favourite character. and the reason why you liked him/her? mine is frodo baggins, he has a pure, holy and innocent heart. I like Sam too, he has a braveheart!
Parre said on December 8, 2003 14:51:
I wanna make it like Judith
the 3 films in a row, but here just for 14 € *gg*
but i will do it twice, once on the premiere-eve and the second on the sunday after it, together about 20 hours in the cinema
gonna be a nice week ;))
cant wait
Denstandigaresan said on December 8, 2003 14:55:
The cinemas here in Plymouth are having an intermission... posh name for a wee break really ain’t it! ;) Half way through. For those with weak bladders! ;)
Can I admit, I won’t be seeing this? I haven’t even seen the first. I tried watching it. Got 20 minutes in, and had to turn it off. Serious Z catching film.
But I have a LOTR nut friend, who got a job in the cinema here, just so she could see the film first, at the staff preview!
MiracleMan said on December 8, 2003 18:36:
Weak bladders?! I’m a urinary camel most of the time, but after I finish the half-gallon Dr. Pepper, I’m doing the pee-pee dance to the end credit music.
antz said on December 8, 2003 22:27:
@MM “What the...?”
Well I havent seen it yet, but I was outside the cinema at the world premier on December 1, here in my home town , Wellington in New Zealand. I was an arms length away from Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom and all the other stars as they walked down the red carpet to the cinema. It was awesome, there was a big street party, with orcs and blackriders on horseback. And they showed the Two towers on a huge screen outside for everyone to see.
felicity-brown said on December 9, 2003 03:27:
I’m gonna see it on the first day (Wednesday Dec 17). I could see it before, depending on when our prints arrive, but I’m going with a group of peeps, so can’t watch before them. Can’t wait! :D
Edit: We’re also doing intervals, Mands ...an old thing brought back.
clerk said on December 9, 2003 07:53:
Did anyone see the extended version of the Two Towers, that version is really great!!! There’s so much more in it!:)
Iris said on December 10, 2003 21:12:
I’m gonna see the Triple Feature next week .. can’t wait for that .. will be great for sure :-))
I have the extended version of the two towers at home ... i like it really much ... can’t wait to see the extended of rotk :-)).
Somewhere I read that it could be about 4 hours long .. that would be fantastic :-)).
harriej said on December 16, 2003 21:04:
I will see it somewhere around christmas (if I can get a ticket). If it is made as well as part 1 and 2, then it is 5 stars out of 5!!
ally77 said on December 16, 2003 22:31:
I am gonna go and see next week possibly Monday or Tuesday... I heard about this intervel thing... no it will spoil the film!!
felicity-brown said on December 17, 2003 02:04:
We had a staff preview tonight (Tuesday night), but I couldn’t go see it before the group that I’m going with tomorrow, so...
btw, we’re no longer doing intervals - it was decided. Best have a wee beforehand! ;)
bleu_argente said on December 17, 2003 22:59:
IT comes out on 26th Dec in Australia, there’s been previews but I’m gonna wait...we got tickets to see it at 9.30 on Dec 26th! Going Gold Class...might be the answer to Coyboys probs about kiddies in cinemas :) It has about 20 seats in it, they’re like these overstuffed recliner armchairs, and you get table service and stuff, and the movie on the same size screen as in a normal cinema. Bit more expensive but worth it for these movies I think :)
ally77 said on December 18, 2003 03:38:
So MM anygood... or is that a bad question.. I am gonna go and see it next week, would really like to watch 1 & 2 again though first but hell out of all the DVD’s I have bought recently I did not buy LOTR 1 or 2!!
bleu_argente said on December 18, 2003 23:33:
Bit long, but funny:
How to get kicked out of LOTR: Return of the King
1. Stand up halfway through the movie and yell loudly, “Wait... where the hell is Harry Potter?”
2. Block the entrance to the theater while screaming: “YOU SHALL NOT PASS!” - After the movie, say “Lucas could have done it better.”
3. Play a drinking game where you have to take a sip every time someone says: “The Ring.”
4. Point and laugh whenever someone dies.
5. Ask everyone around you if they think Gandalf went to Hogwarts.
6. Finish off every one of Elrond’s lines with “Mr. Anderson.”
EDIT out number 7 - gives away the ending (if you haven’t read the books :)
8. Talk like Gollum all through the movie. At the end, bite off someone’s finger and fall down the stairs.
9. Dress up as old ladies and reenact “The Battle of Helms Deep” Monty Python style.
10. When Denethor lights the fire, shout “Barbecue!”
11. In TTT when the Ents decide to march to war, stand up and shout “RUN FOREST, RUN!”
12. Every time someone kills an Orc, yell: “That’s what I’m Tolkien about!” See how long it takes before you get kicked out of the theatre.
13. During a wide shot of a battle, inquire, “Where’s Waldo?”
14. Talk loudly about how you heard that there is a single frame of a nude Elf hidden somewhere in the movie.
15. Start an Orc sing-a-long.
16. Come to the premiere dressed as Frankenfurter and wander around looking terribly confused.
17. When they go in the paths of the dead, wait for tense moment and shout, “I see dead people!”
18. Imitate what you think a conversation between Gollum, Dobby and Yoda would be like.
19. Release a jar of daddy-long-legs into the theater during the Shelob scene.
20. Wonder out loud if Aragorn is going to run for governor of California.
21. When Shelob comes on, exclaim, “Man! Charlotte’s really let herself go!”
felicity-brown said on December 19, 2003 01:24:
Saw it last night ...or Weds... hmmm
Anyway, I loved it! :D And Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) just gets sexier by the minute!! ;)
MiracleMan said on December 19, 2003 23:25:
That was funny bleu.
Great flick. Just great. What the big screen was invented for. A little long in the tooth, but I’m not sure that I’d’ve had it any other way.
And yes, Gandalf did attend Hogwarts.
deja_vu said on December 20, 2003 03:10:
THAT REALLY makes u get kicked out!.. LOL!! that’s all so funny! (”,)
ally77 said on December 20, 2003 14:51:
A friend saw it, said it was good, but too long.... I am gonna go hopefully next week!
lonely_girl said on December 21, 2003 14:39:
I saw it yesterday and it was all worth it... It’s a great film!
harriej said on December 21, 2003 16:45:
Gonna see it wednesday
EDIT: will see it next week, since I was ill wednesday.
bleu_argente said on December 28, 2003 23:33:
Apparently there is going to be 100 minutes of extra movie footage in the DVD release. Maybe it will include the 7 minutes if Christopher Lee that was cut out. I went and saw ROTK Dec 26th, it was unreal, easily the best of the three, although I thought it could have done without the last 20 minutes. The last bit was too rushed.
And I HATE spiders, I screamed like a little kid when that disgusting thing came on! And there was only 20 people in the cinema, and they all laughed at me! Oh well, broke the tension at least, and I wasn’t the only person who screamed when Shelob flashed that huge stinger thing at Frodo...
Miracleman, not sure if Gandalf went to Hogwarts...was Hogwarts established around the 1st age of Middle Earth? ;) Although there is a rumour that Gandalf moonlights as Dumbledore...hee hee.
royalball said on December 29, 2003 17:47:
It was good a little long though. The movie could have ended on many scenes.
It was hard for to sit through to the end because I a had a soda and I had to pee so bad!!! As soon as the end came I dashed out the exits like a bat out of hell straight to the bathroom!
Jud (moderator) said on December 29, 2003 19:08:
just great!!! I love Gandalf - Ian great actor he is! Will wait for a 3-dvd package or sth, with all the extra bonus included in the single dvds etc.. guess it will come soon ;)
Taysan said on December 29, 2003 21:28:
@ royalball: LOL! the same happened to me when I watched LOTR 2. It was a hell.
So I thought, this is not going to happen to me again. This time I went to the toilet BEFORE the movie.
You see, you can learn a lot from watching LOTR. :)
bleu_argente said on December 29, 2003 23:12:
ha ha, I couldn’t hold on that long! I made 3 dashes to the loo...I don’t think I missed much but I did miss a funny comment from Gimli when Legolas kills all those dudes, and the huge elephant they are on, and Gimli says “That only counts as one!”. The cinema we went to, you can order food and drinks and they’ll bring them into you at certain times, I had about 3 hot chocolates and a bottle of water so there was no way I was holding on, serves me right for being greedy LOL.
You could get ROTK on pirate DVD about 3 weeks before it opened here (in Australia), I find that truly amazing. It really is a movie you have to see on the biggest screen possible to appreciate it :)
sweet_stalker57 said on December 30, 2003 05:53:
just wizz back into the empty cup and leave it on the floor. ahhh life in the big city.
Parre said on January 3, 2004 22:04:
hej
i already saw the third part of LOTR for the fourth time
i was wondering where Peter Jackson appears there but i couldnt found him anywhere??
so has anyone of you found him yet??
Roxlander said on January 4, 2004 00:47:
I went to Lord of the ring Marathon on december 23rd. About 12 hours of movies, and I loved it!! LOTR, all trilogy, are the best movies ever, and seeing them all complete and continuos was a wonderful experience.
Sam is my favourite character, I identify with him in a lot of things. I think he’s the real hero behind the story.
Thanks Peter Jackson for these art pieces!
antz said on January 4, 2004 00:49:
Peter jackson appeared briefly when they first showed a shot of the barbarians on a ship (he was the one with a beard!). He said that he had to cut almost his whole cameo from the movie. It ’ll be on the DVD though.
Majdy said on January 5, 2004 07:52:
it’s interesting movies with interesting character. Tolkien was brriliiant, so does Peter Jackson. One of the best trilogy ever.
MiracleMan said on December 6, 2003 07:26:
Film opens in the US (and I’m sure worldwide) on the 17th. Premieres were this week. Plans have been made, and I and my friends just watched Fellowship tonght, will watch Two Towers soon. Very highly anticipated.