Possibly the greatest LOTR quote:

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  1. Anderson15

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    Gimli: Toss Me
    Aragon: What?!
    Gimli:...Toss Me

    :D :D

    i lol'ed. then again, i am watching this ***** :(
     
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    Can't believe people are slating it. The 3 films are the greatest fantasy films ever. The books are pretty damn good. Cant beat a good story.
     
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    I'd have to agree

    Never read the books before the films came out, thinking they were the preserve of role-playing geeks so I was blown away by them. I have subsequently tried reading the books and find them a bit hard going, especially when the characters keep bursting out into song(?).
     
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    RE: I'd have to agree

    Sign of a good film, when you watch it for 3 and half hours and it feels like an hour. 'Blown away' is a good description of the feeling when I first saw them. Gutted when they come to an end.
     
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    no..greatest fantasy film ever is.....

    never ending story

    class
     
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    Yes, that's exactly right...

    ...three and a half hours seems like an hour. I can watch the (substantially) extended versions no problem. Great characters, great plot, great effects, great scenery. Marvellous. I did think the ending was a bit strange though... you know what I mean, it seems to end then go on about four times.
     
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    RE: Yes, that's exactly right...

    Maybe Tolkein didn't want to stop writing it either. :D
     
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    Of course there's Barbarella...

    ...hey hey! Now there's great scenery...
     
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    RE: no..greatest fantasy film ever is.....

    Another good one. Went to the cinema to see that with my brother when we were kids. Enchanted by it.
     
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    dont get me wrong, good film and all that

    just gets boring after the 3rd/4th time for me.
     
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    RE: Yes, that's exactly right...

    gd job the films didn't follow the booksexactly or they would have been 6-7 hours long. they missed loads out. also they should have done the hobbit first and made four films
     
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    Stick with the books

    They can be heavy going at times but they are worth the effort.
     
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    RE: Yes, that's exactly right...

    There are rumours that they are gonna make a movie of The Hobbit. Don't know why they didn't start there, but they did the same with Star Wars.
     
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    My first "X" film!

    Sneaked into the old Ritz to watch it.

    Still think she's sexy.

    But I am getting on a bit!
     
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    I must check the book when I get home

    And see if that quality piece of Dialog is in the book as originally written by Tolkein or some scriptwriters little joke</p>

    Not seen the film for a while but did video it last night I am assuming this is at Helms Deep.</p>

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    By the way I thought the films were excellent - and did a reasonable attempt at following the books - apart from the stupid additions to big up Kate Blanchetts role and a few other unnecessary deviations.</p>

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    When I read the books I found the first half of the first one a bit heavy going but once they got properly set off and had met up with Aragorn I found them hard to put down.</p>

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    When I was a teenager I thought they were the greatest books ever written - wouldnt go so far now but still the guy had one hell of an imagination </p>

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