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I was wondering when they would come out with the under-edited (even the theatrical release)finale. I felt by the time the 5th ending appeared like King Thoedin (sp) did after he routed the orcs only to see the elephant hoard charging his weary line.
A must buy just to see what is done with way too many WTF moments.
People did know when these movies were first released that they were based on a novel, right? I mean, there weren’t really that many people who figured “Oh, and then Frodo and Sam fall into the lava and die and the story’s over,” were there? All the complaints of “ending fatigue” just seem weird to me. Why should people bitch and moan about the story being resolved? Like Randal Graves and his contention that it should have ended with the Fellowship reunion scene–yeah, great idea. If I made a movie titled The Return of the King, I’d make sure to end it just before the king returns. And then you can look at something like The Sopranos, where people complain it didn’t end enough.
As for Rifftrax, I might have picked these up; the samples I saw were less in the “vicious verbal assault” mode and more in the “hey, it’s a good movie, but let’s have fun with it” mode. But all the riffs have been for the theatrical cuts, which I don’t own.
Woo hoo! The LotR films are easily my favorite Riffs, as I’m a big Tolkien fan. No, the movies aren’t perfect, but I still love them, and you can tell the Riffers enjoy them too. As This Guy above suspects, they go fairly easy on them, as opposed to, say, Star Wars, and I for one prefer the less venomous approach.
By the way, Mister Guy, it would be well worth your trouble to get all three LotR Riffs. You can get the theatrical cuts fairly cheap these days, and I find it fascinating to compare the two versions.(Yes, I’m the that big a geek.) I too wish they’d have done the superior extended cuts, but can completely understand what a Herculean effort twelve hours of hobbits would be.
Man, this is gonna be gold for Kevin’s mistaken ending gag.
Finally! Now I can get the last of these wretched movies out of my system.
Hooray! its a happy day! I can’t wait, I loved these riffs. Now I just need 2 more Jurassic Park movies and some Mummy flicks and I’ll be set for life.
I’m just glad that they’re riffing bad movies again. Anyone seen Clerks 2?? Randal sums up these movies nicely.
Oh, I am so buying this…
#7: He sums them up from the POV of a joyless, anally retentive Star Wars fanboy like Kevin Smith. And you’re every bit the troll that he is.
I seriously don’t get why it has to be one or the other with some of these idiots. Sure, half of the decisions made in creating the Star Wars saga were built entirely around tie-in merchandise, and the Lord of the Rings film trilogy is only slightly shorter than the lunar cycle, but I love them both, dammit!
Lucas D. You’re allowed to love them both.
I think lots of people do. Most of my family and friends enjoy both series (with the exception of the prequels – and heck I even love those with Rifftrax helping). Both are entertaining and well made for the most part. Both are superior to dreck like “Transformers 2”, “The Happening” or “The Wicker Man”. Now those are bad, BAD movies.
#9 – you’re right, he does sum them up from the POV of an anal retentive Star Wars Fan Boy. However Kevin Smith actually likes the LOTR trillogy but the rant fits Randall’s personality perfectly.
And yeah, although merchandising is what gave us the Ewoks, when I bring it up, I’m mostly referring to the Star Wars prequels. I still kind of like them, but I don’t love them without Rifftrax.
Anyways, back on point: Subjective opinions aside, another movie trilogy has finally been completely riffed, and I’m happy.
@#9
I don’t like Kevin Smith or Star Wars, they both suck. I just happened to see the movie and thought he summed up TLOTR series nicely. I’m sorry my opinion offends you or you don’t agree with it, but too bad, it’s someone’s opinion. Don’t call me a troll just because you just so happen to not agree with what I said. Get a life.
Can’t we just all agree that the LOTR films did a bad job of dramatizing the books? :grin:
I would sum up my objections to the LOTR films with the following:
Despite all the movies being way too long, the following book scenes were still left out: Tom Bombadil, the Barrow Wights, and the real ending seemed left out to me too (Frodo and Sam fighting the local bullies to retake the Shire).
@#13
Yeah yeah, everything sucks, you’re not a fan of any of them, you want to hastily back-pedal from the little flame war you were hoping to start, we got ya; it’s nothing we haven’t seen again and again. If you find a good place to obtain lives, do send us a link. Now there, that’s your feeding for the day. Get lost.
Okay, where was I? Oh yeah, Cheapskate: In all fairness to Tom Bombadil, not even Tolkien knew what his deal was. Unlike the scouring of the Shire, he didn’t really have anything to do with the plot. He was just… there. The scouring should have been kept, but I can see the reason for axing Bombadil.
@#15
Move out of your mom’s basement for starters.
All I did was say at least they’re riffing bad movies now, then I get bombarded for it. Jesus H Christ, you people…
“You people?” Now you’re bringing race into it?
I’m assuming Lucas D is Chuck D’s brother.
Kevin brings up Tom Bombadil and Goldberry so much you’d think they DID make the cut… As for the Scouring of the Shire, I read the books every couple years or so and last time I pretty much skipped right over that bit and didn’t miss it all. (I would’ve preferred if SPOILER! Grima still punched Saruman’s ticket in the movie, though.)
POSSIBLE SPOILER? (There aren’t spoiler tags hereabouts; I suppose that’s because the movies we usually discuss can’t be harmed by spoilers.)
#19: Grima does kill Saruman in the movie: he stabs him, then Legolas shoots Grima with an arrow (cf. Hobbit archers doing the same in the Scouring.) Saruman then falls off the tower and suffers your usual ironic fate, but that’s pretty much post-mortem. However, this scene didn’t make the theatrical cut; it’s only in the extended edition DVDs.
I always wondered just what WAS Bombadil’s deal; immune to the power of the ring, shacking up with a water elemental, being a generally silly screwball……
Waitaminnit, wasn’t there some sort of suggestion he might have been a werewolf or something? I seem to remember Frodo an Co. hearing some snuffling the night they stayed there.
I unashamedly admit I like the LOTR movies. I like ’em as well riffed as not. I think they did just about as good a job as could have been done with the books (unless you WANT a 30-hour miniseries?). They could have gone with the original 5-book format y’know.
I thought “MST3K Meets The King” would’ve been their planned riff of “Charro!” in season 4.
#20 – Ah, you’re right. I’d forgotten Grima’s appearance in the RotK extended cut as it gets overshadowed in my mind by Saruman’s way over-the-top swandive. (You can take Peter Jackson out of the gorefest, but you can’t quite take the gorefest out of Pete.)
As for Bombadil, I’ve always assumed he was just representative of the Green Man/Pan/earth elemental/spirit of the forest archetype. Vague enough for ya?
These movies do a good job of conveying the tone and imagery of the books, but the plot? Not as much. I only have a few major objections, in spots where the movies totally change the interpretation of certain characters and events, but those are still unjustifiable screw-ups in my opinion. Rifftrax would be fun here even if the movies were perfect, however.
I’ve seen a pretty convincing argument that Bombadil and Goldberry are actually Valar – Aule the Smith and Yavanna, respectively. The essay also includes some background on why Tolkien included him in the first place, and what role he was meant to fill:
http://www.cas.unt.edu/~hargrove/bombadil.html
Hey, I liked Willow!
#25 – Fascinating. Thanks for the link, Mr Talon.
#2 – What works in a book does not necessarily work in a film, and vice versa. Movies tend to end when the main thrust of the story does, and it’s pretty plain to see that the main thrust of the story ended when the ring was destroyed. Did they have to tie up some loose ends? Sure. Were all those endings necessary for the THEMATIC resolution of the trilogy? Absolutely. Do I have a better solution to the problem? Certainly not. But that doesn’t change the fact that the already long movie had an extremely long tail. No sense in bellyachin’ about people pointing out the obvious.