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Sooty1970
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Good, BUT I have read the books...
I'll keep it short as many people have said the same things that I would say.
Good movie. There, that's short.
I would like to emphasize the point that if you have not read the book(s) then some parts don't make sense, particularly the counsel at Rivendell. There are plenty pieces missed out but that is to be expected. It's not like they can recreate the 13 hour BBC radio series on the silver screen afer all.
I think the biggest upset for me was the relationships between the Hobbits. Sam would die for Frodo as soon as blink and Pippin and Merry would be pretty close behind. I don't think this love comes over very well except for when Sam nearly drowns. Also, I agree with other users in saying that the Nazgul were made to seem rather "normal", not scary enough.
Good fight scenes, I thought. Lots of fighting too but then there is lots of fighting in the books.
It's difficult to see what could be cut to allow more in the way of character development. Perhaps if the film was 15 minutes longer we could get a better idea as to where the Fellowship came from and what brough them together. Maybe that's in the Limited Directors Platinum Edition"? :-)
Will go and see it again shortly, this time I forgot my proper glasses and had to use my shades. :-)
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (2000)
Great, sad Documentary
I saw this movie just over a week ago and after watching it I didn't sleep. I HAD to find out more so I visited the website for more, obviously biased, information. I can't believe that three young men can be locked up for murder (2 for life and one on death row) for this crime. Anyway, about the film. I found the crime photos pretty disgusting but I thought they were presented well, no full screen close up shots but you could see all you wanted to none the less while also being able to avert your eyes a little. I haven't viewed the first film by HBO so I can't compare the two but this one seems to present more, new evidence. I think the bite marks are the most promising pieces of evidence. If it wasn't one of the men in jail who bit the boy(s), who did? Was there a fourth person or was there a different killer(s) altogether? I have no doubt in my mind that the powers that be have to get x-rays of Mark Byers teeth before he had them surgically removed in 1997 and compare them with the bite marks.
Sorry, I keep wandering into the case and off the topic of the film. Watch this film! Prepare to be upset. Prepare to be outraged. Watch it with an open mind and I think you'll fail to find words to describe how a legal abomination such as this can happen in this day and age. I don't expect a 3rd film but I am following the case very closely for sure.