Lord of the Rings!!!

Fave character: Legolas, although the killing competitions with Gimli really disturb me.
Fave battle: Hmm, probably the last one, where everyone stands around, kind of waiting to see what will happen to the Great Eye.
Which film was fave? Third, although I miss the scouring of the shire though I do get it that the film could not have been made really any longer than it was.

Still disappointed that Jackson didn't make The Hobbit into a film.

We've had many LOTR threads but another I suppose won't hurt. Welcome to A2K, Lotr freak, and hope you get some response. The forum is really more for discussing films in depth but a little chat likely never hurt anyone.

My favorite character (maybe because at a World Sci-Fi Convention, I went to the costume ball as that very character) is Gandalf.

Althought the final battle is grand, The Battle at Helm's Deep is my favorite. It's a toss up as to the best films as Jackson moved some chapters around but I still give "The Return of the King" the edge. This could be because I haven't watched all the extended versions which I have and want to see them from the beginning sometime in the near future. I did take the ROTK to a friends house as she hadn't seen it and the extended version is spectacular. My favorite of the books was "The Two Towers."

I like several characters- my favorite character from the book was Meriadoc Brandybuck (Merry). I thought he and Peregrin Took (Pippin) were not well developed or utilized fully in the first film.

I thought the psychological clash between Gollum and Smeagol was well done, although I often wondered how Gollum kept that loincloth from falling off.

I am grateful that Jackson completely left out Tom Bombadil, who I felt was a weak character that added little if anything to the book.

I agree that with the success of the Ring Trilogy, Jackson should go back and do The Hobbit.

I am not a big Tom Bombadil fan -- a diversion in the first book that made little sense to me even if LOTR fans have taken to him.

I would like to see Jackson do "The Hobbit."

Internationally he's made money with "King Kong," over $500M but as far as fantasy goes, I have a myriad of fantasy and sci-fi I'd like to see him tackle. "Mission of Gravity" for one.

Oh yeah, leaving out Tom Bombadil. Excellent idea.

At first I thought the conversation in LOTR was a tad bit melodramatical, but then I realized that it's supposed to be taken like that. I'm over it, and I think they were great movies.

I'd have to say the second one was my favorite. I read the books after seeing the movies so the first one took a lot of character and storyline attention. I really liked the way the second one just took off from the first without a recap of what had already happened.

My fave characters were Pippin and Merry. They just made me smile.

The battle at Helm's Deep was the best.


Each New Year's Eve for the three years the films were released we made it a tradition to go to an early dinner, catch an evening show, and get home just in time for midnight. The last two NYEs just haven't been the same.

You like the silent type, Jes?

With blond braids, I suppose.

It couldn't be because it was Orlando Bloom in elven drag?

Legolas is definitely my favorite too.

My favorite battle is Pelennor fields. I think that it has the most excitment to it.

My favorite of the 3 films was the first one.
(sorry, I forgot to tell you that in the first post)

I love all three.
I love Viggo.