The Lord of the Rings - Comments

I tried twice to watch the movies in one sitting. xD
The first time I got distracted and the second time I got through half the extended version of the first film and stopped.
Fail. xD

Actually, they left out a lot of the books in the movies.

I found that this review was lacking a little bit. A lot of it seemed very general feedback, you seemed amazed at everything which is very well expressed, but that was about it. You didn't look at the positives and negatives of a lot of things.
Maybe for future reviews, you might write more cleanly if you seperate it into parts. So look at the plot, look at acting, look at the sets, etc.

Reviewing all three movies is really hard to do in depth. It could've been better if you focused on one.

A couple of lines didn't seem right to put in a review.
[i]Hopefully, they got paid well[/i]
[i]and how do the actors know what to do and where to do it and HOW to do it?[/i]

They aren't really necessary to the piece of writing. You hsould try to focus more on giving feedback than just saying how amazed you are.

Your conclusion could also use some work. Ending with a bunch of questions isn't the best way to wrap up a review. It didn't really have anything to do with the movie either.

I apologise if i sound too critical, but I think that there is definitely potential for a good review, you just need to work on what you put in it.

technically 12 if u watch all the uncut versions :-P

Except that Viggo was already an exceptional horseman before LoTR.

I watched all three uncut movies in a day.

I win.

Here's a fun fact about LoTR: The New Zealand All Blacks (Rugby Team) were the Orc'i (Big scary Orc dudes).

I'm reading the Hobbit right now which is being made into a movie

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903624/

I noticed some spelling errors so make sure to proofread. Thanks to you I'm watching LotR right now haha

They actually didn't [i]just[/i] have the books to rely on. Peter Jackson actually consulted a fair bit of people to aid him in the visuals of the movies. If you go and watch the second disc of the DVD for The Fellowship of the Ring, you'll see interviews with artists who were heavily involved with Tolkien's work, and what everything would look like. Jackson also had a guy who was close to Tolkien working with him, I think the guy new Tolkien when he was younger.

He didn't pull a bunch of famous people out of his hat, no...he specifically went in search of English people for the Hobbits, he approached Ian McKellen - who I believe was a bit hesitant at first and who also discussed a lot of the film with Jackson. Viggo Mortensen was offered the part of Aragorn 24 hours before filming started and I think Orlando Bloom was pretty lucky he got the part too, actually.

Through all three movies...they filmed them all at once, so it wasn't as if the time was spread out over too many long years. I think it took them about three years, and that was it, so there would have been no chance to switch actors and actresses. Plus, all of the cast were major fans of Tolkien and the tales of Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit, thus they took on the mission. I don't think the work they had to do was boring and annoying - they wouldn't have done it after all. And from what I've heard, they all loved being in New Zealand, they all got time off to explore New Zealand, they have major respect for Peter Jackson and at least a third of the cast are already back in the country for The Hobbit - so that's a good indication of something.

[i]Hopefully, they got paid well[/i] - I don't think pay had anything to do with it when they were bringing to life something so dear to their hearts. And, you know, the films were almost never made because no one believed in at first. I think the success LOTR has had since 2001 has given them a good run in regards to money.

I would say it's a little less than half the movie came from the books, because there is quite a lot in the books I never saw in the movies. I remember reading The Return of the King and the majority of the book was not in the film. I think Jackson re-worked it all to share the major parts of the story that would keep it going.

And a little something - the film was ten minutes short of three hours, the following two movies were longer than three.