Poll: What was the Best Lord of the Rings movie?
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This is true. However, the story after that would have been far less interesting if the Witch King wasn't at Weathertop or Minas Tirith.[/quote]
Amen, but I have always wished that he wasn't so Frodo didn't have to be such a ***** the rest of the way.....
Hard to choose since they are really one story, but Two Towers because of its action and least annoying plot alterations (the elves at helms deep I have to admit were a cool touch)
Amen, but I have always wished that he wasn't so Frodo didn't have to be such a ***** the rest of the way.....
Hard to choose since they are really one story, but Two Towers because of its action and least annoying plot alterations (the elves at helms deep I have to admit were a cool touch)
Watched the extended editions back to back in one sitting (with my girlfriend, I swear I have one).
As a stand alone film (which is the only way to do this really) the Fellowship is casually the best of the 3.
The world is almost entirely set up, we see the utopian innocence of the Shire as the perfect example of what is at stake when we see the shots of Mordor and the Mines etc.
Every - very nearly every - theme in the films is shown adequately to brilliantly in the first. More is said in the first in subtext, imagery and theme than the other two combined.
You may find Frodo and his quest boring compared to (the clearly awesome) Helm's Deep and Minas Tirith, but make not mistake about it, that is the main thrust of all the films. If Frodo fails and the ring returns to Sauran, then all the wacky human shit doesn't really matter. Stuff like the King burning his son alive is tame compared what is at stake at the point in RoTK.
The first one is the only true quest, thrust onto an unsuspecting and harmless hobbit with whom we're clearly supposed to identify. Forced away fro home for the first time with a few friends, into the unknown and the dangerous. Taken through varying terrain and places to never get bored, every single place incredibly beautifully shot (not that other two weren't, just that there were more examples of incredible cinematography in the first).
His quest gets ever more dangerous (as it should) until in the midst of battle he decides to do the last stretch himself (along with Sam). The films end there, or could. Admittedly on a heavy cliffhanger, but we see no enemies on the other side of the mountains, and however much you may like Mari and Pipin (sp?) their fate just doesn't matter all that much.
I will say that the second two comfortably make it vastly more epic, by establishing new characters and backstory to existing ones. The battles themselves getting steadily greater.
As a stand alone film (which is the only way to do this really) the Fellowship is casually the best of the 3.
The world is almost entirely set up, we see the utopian innocence of the Shire as the perfect example of what is at stake when we see the shots of Mordor and the Mines etc.
Every - very nearly every - theme in the films is shown adequately to brilliantly in the first. More is said in the first in subtext, imagery and theme than the other two combined.
You may find Frodo and his quest boring compared to (the clearly awesome) Helm's Deep and Minas Tirith, but make not mistake about it, that is the main thrust of all the films. If Frodo fails and the ring returns to Sauran, then all the wacky human shit doesn't really matter. Stuff like the King burning his son alive is tame compared what is at stake at the point in RoTK.
The first one is the only true quest, thrust onto an unsuspecting and harmless hobbit with whom we're clearly supposed to identify. Forced away fro home for the first time with a few friends, into the unknown and the dangerous. Taken through varying terrain and places to never get bored, every single place incredibly beautifully shot (not that other two weren't, just that there were more examples of incredible cinematography in the first).
His quest gets ever more dangerous (as it should) until in the midst of battle he decides to do the last stretch himself (along with Sam). The films end there, or could. Admittedly on a heavy cliffhanger, but we see no enemies on the other side of the mountains, and however much you may like Mari and Pipin (sp?) their fate just doesn't matter all that much.
I will say that the second two comfortably make it vastly more epic, by establishing new characters and backstory to existing ones. The battles themselves getting steadily greater.
Hm....I really enjoyed the second, but the third was just epic.
Though Helm's Deep was fantastically amazingly awesome, and the Ent siege against Isenguard was awesome!
So I think I'll go the Two Towers on this one.
Though Helm's Deep was fantastically amazingly awesome, and the Ent siege against Isenguard was awesome!
So I think I'll go the Two Towers on this one.
First off the movies need to be the Extended Editions, the Theatrical releases are utter garbage.
I like all 3 movies almost equally, I seem to watch Fellowship the most so I guess that movie.. but everytime I put on Kings I seem to enjoy it the most.
So, ranking them I would go
Kings
Fellowship
Towers
Towers seems rushed to me and I hate the "left hanging' feeling that movie gives you
I like all 3 movies almost equally, I seem to watch Fellowship the most so I guess that movie.. but everytime I put on Kings I seem to enjoy it the most.
So, ranking them I would go
Kings
Fellowship
Towers
Towers seems rushed to me and I hate the "left hanging' feeling that movie gives you
im amazed at how many people hate FoTR, it's a good movie but still not the best. i'd go 2, 3, 1 in my preferences.