30 Days of stuff... Day 2
My favourite movie.
This will probably not come as any surprise to anyone who knows me, but it has to be Lord of the Rings. Not Fellowship, not Two Towers, not Return of the King, but the whole thing, all 10 hours of it. Okay, it takes liberties with the source material (what dramatisation doesn't? Even the Radio 4 version didn't stay 100% true to the book) but most of those changes were made for sound movie-making reasons, and while I might not agree with the others I can at least see why they were made.
Everything about this movie is epic, in all the good ways (except for the bladder, obviously!). The cast list is stellar, the special effects are astonishing, Gollum is a triumph of the characterisation of an animated character (for which I still think it was a damn shame that Andy Serkis didn't get the best supporting actor oscar in 2004), and the soundtrack is simply awe-inspiring. All in all, a fitting package for Tolkien's great work.
:)
This will probably not come as any surprise to anyone who knows me, but it has to be Lord of the Rings. Not Fellowship, not Two Towers, not Return of the King, but the whole thing, all 10 hours of it. Okay, it takes liberties with the source material (what dramatisation doesn't? Even the Radio 4 version didn't stay 100% true to the book) but most of those changes were made for sound movie-making reasons, and while I might not agree with the others I can at least see why they were made.
Everything about this movie is epic, in all the good ways (except for the bladder, obviously!). The cast list is stellar, the special effects are astonishing, Gollum is a triumph of the characterisation of an animated character (for which I still think it was a damn shame that Andy Serkis didn't get the best supporting actor oscar in 2004), and the soundtrack is simply awe-inspiring. All in all, a fitting package for Tolkien's great work.
:)