From: "Miller, Jeffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Color me *very* disappointed in the Legolas effects. My only two gripes about the quality of the CG work is the Legolas on the back of the Cave Troll and Legolas on the back of the Oliphant. Dreadful.
Hmm. I liked the Oliphant scene a lot; the CG ldidn't strike me as CG at all.>
...and why is Legolas presented as the Badder-ass of the Legolas-Gimli pair?
Yeah. I wish Gimli had been shown to be more bad-ass as well. I just read an interview with John Rhys-Davies, and he was asked about Gimli's lack of bad-ass-ness. He basically replied that in 10+ hours of action/drama/adventure, some comic relief is needed, and Gimli seemed to be the natural choice to provide some of it.
> - I just got a chill recalling the beacon-lighting scene. The > cinematography is simply amazing.
Me too! ..although I had a moment of, "Hey.. how did those guys get up there?" ;)
Doh! Now I'm going to wonder that too next time I see it. Thanks a lot! :-)
> - The Paths of the Dead are still in it, but changed a fair bit. The > changes are somewhat for the worse, but not in a way that > significantly changes the eventual outcome.
Have you heard if they filmed the AotD capturing the ships?
No, haven't heard, but I'm guessing that since the arrival of the dead at the Pelennor
seemed angled to surprise the audience, I'm guessing they didn't film the capture of the
ships.
> - Gandalf's stand-off with the Witch-King at the gate of > Minas Tirith is > (inexplicably) cut out. My friend says he actually saw the > scene in one of > the previews, so it was filmed and will most likely show up in the EE.
What about the shot in the previews of Merry pledging fealty to Theodin? Any word if that's lost?
Don't know. I'm wondering that myself. And I'm really hoping that since there isn't going to be a LOTR film next year to help promote, they won't make us wait 11 months to put out the extended ed.
> - We get to see the whole Smeagol/Deagol ring-finding scene, > with Andy > Serkis (who does Gollum's voice) playing the pre-gollum > Smeagol. Very cool.
Very, VERY cool :) Maybe /now/ he'll qualify for the Oscar :D
I was thinking the same thing!
> - Possibly my biggest gripe is that in the Battle at the > Black Gate, the > forces Aragorn brings are rather skimpy, to say the least. > In the book, it was a much larger, more credible, army.
*nod* I think they shrunk the visual size of it to emphasize the hopelessness of their position, and how they were launching a hopeless attack only to buy time for a hopeless cause..
Yeah, that's what the guys I saw it with suggested as well; so instead of being outnumbered maybe 10-1 or 100-1 as in the books, the movie has it 1000-1. Fair enough, I guess, but I had kinda been expecting another major battle scene, so it was a bit of a letdown. Especially with the Voice of Sauron scene cut as well. (My movie-buff friend assured me later this was also filmed from what he's heard).
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