Return Of The King
I finally saw it this past Monday!! The third installment of Lord Of The Rings!!
The first movie was good, but it [obviously] led into the second. Given the number of characters in the story, this meant LOTS of introductions. Interesting history catch-up, though; Galadriel's voice at the beginning really made things work well. Eventually the story picked up and it became evident that this was no ordinary battle of good and evil.
Then came the SECOND movie, The Two Towers, the movie to rule them all. Medievallish fighting is really the only form of fighting I don't mind watching. This fit right in with that and even added some humour between two competitive creatures whilst doing so. The quest established, we met more characters (a bit more slowly this time), fought bad guys, and found some triumph in the darkness. The ending promised a fabulous ride the next time around.
However, Return Of The King, the third and final installment of the trilogy, is a little bit of a disappointment for me. While it was very good, it simply did not live up to the standards set forth by The Two Towers. My biggest pet peeve was the fadeout effect that some moron decided would be cool to put in between several seemingly good-ending scenes. I kept thinking, "What? It can't be over... they left a whole bunch of stuff ou-- oh. It's /not/ over yet..." That was annoying and scary for me and in my opinion very poor taste. Also, Gollum seemed to have changed a little too much from the second to the third, as if he were a similar but different set of personalities. Perhaps the most interesting piece of the movie was in the beginning, when Gollum's past was brought forth - they had the CGI turning into Andy Serkis and vice-versa. That was a stroke of genius, contrasting the two, showing us how Smeágol turned into his evil, ring-induced counterpart. The ending was a bit too soft for my taste considering the depth of the story. It's as if you were riding a roller coaster. First you go slowly up, reach a slight decline, and slowly accelerate. Then at the very end where the train drops at a 90 degree angle, the brakes are slammed down on screeching metal. Things slow down to an unbelievable crawl while the traincar makes its way back to the level track. The adrenaline is gathered and slowly poured over the side onto the ground below. And then, just when you think that perhaps things will pick up again, and your adrenaline begins to rush once more, you bump softly into a pastel-painted sign that simply tells you when that adrenaline /should/ have been used: half an hour ago! I mean, come on, so things must end, but zheezh, does it have to go out with such a calm ending?
Evil.
That's all I have to say.
~nvnohi
The first movie was good, but it [obviously] led into the second. Given the number of characters in the story, this meant LOTS of introductions. Interesting history catch-up, though; Galadriel's voice at the beginning really made things work well. Eventually the story picked up and it became evident that this was no ordinary battle of good and evil.
Then came the SECOND movie, The Two Towers, the movie to rule them all. Medievallish fighting is really the only form of fighting I don't mind watching. This fit right in with that and even added some humour between two competitive creatures whilst doing so. The quest established, we met more characters (a bit more slowly this time), fought bad guys, and found some triumph in the darkness. The ending promised a fabulous ride the next time around.
However, Return Of The King, the third and final installment of the trilogy, is a little bit of a disappointment for me. While it was very good, it simply did not live up to the standards set forth by The Two Towers. My biggest pet peeve was the fadeout effect that some moron decided would be cool to put in between several seemingly good-ending scenes. I kept thinking, "What? It can't be over... they left a whole bunch of stuff ou-- oh. It's /not/ over yet..." That was annoying and scary for me and in my opinion very poor taste. Also, Gollum seemed to have changed a little too much from the second to the third, as if he were a similar but different set of personalities. Perhaps the most interesting piece of the movie was in the beginning, when Gollum's past was brought forth - they had the CGI turning into Andy Serkis and vice-versa. That was a stroke of genius, contrasting the two, showing us how Smeágol turned into his evil, ring-induced counterpart. The ending was a bit too soft for my taste considering the depth of the story. It's as if you were riding a roller coaster. First you go slowly up, reach a slight decline, and slowly accelerate. Then at the very end where the train drops at a 90 degree angle, the brakes are slammed down on screeching metal. Things slow down to an unbelievable crawl while the traincar makes its way back to the level track. The adrenaline is gathered and slowly poured over the side onto the ground below. And then, just when you think that perhaps things will pick up again, and your adrenaline begins to rush once more, you bump softly into a pastel-painted sign that simply tells you when that adrenaline /should/ have been used: half an hour ago! I mean, come on, so things must end, but zheezh, does it have to go out with such a calm ending?
Evil.
That's all I have to say.
~nvnohi
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