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They put two million fake leaves on the tree above Bag End. It took 5 people a whole week to do it. The scale of what they did to make these movies blows my tiny mind. I wonder if there will ever be another movie at the same level of grandeur made with the same amount of love that these ones were. They might not be my favorite movies ever made but I think they might objectively be the best movies ever made. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZobbJ-HH59c
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this is an hour long video, where's the bit about the leaves
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Aug 3, 2020 09:42
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At about an hour into the third video for the first movie. E: That was a mistake I meant the 4th video.
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Aug 3, 2020 09:43
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yea just make ur three next lefts after the first right but before the second left cant miss it
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Aug 3, 2020 09:46
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More like Lord of the Drinks, because its too long and I say "ugh, I need a drink".
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Aug 3, 2020 09:49
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Funky See Funky Do posted:The scale of what they did to make these movies blows my tiny mind. I wonder if there will ever be another movie at the same level of grandeur made with the same amount of love that these ones were. despite the actual low re-watch entertainment value outside of being flu/ecoli bed-ridden/airplane, you do have to give it to them that they did a whole loving lot of great practicals and really cool cinematographic on-site filming and I think PJ had a lot of passion in doing it and that part shows through pretty well. even though some of the CGI is kinda poo poo (like when gondor is falling apart). so on a technical level it's still entertaining a good contrast is those god-awful Hobbit trilogy movies where its all green-screened +CGI poo poo, everyone looks bored and miserable, and there was no passion in making it. not to mention it was super padded out to make money and was just a big janky snoozefest.
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Aug 3, 2020 09:57
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Oh good more lotr
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Funky See Funky Do posted:At about an hour into the third video for the first movie. alright well I'll see ya later
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Aug 3, 2020 10:25
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lord of the rings is cool. it's basically defined the fantasy genre for the last 20 years in terms of movies and video games and such. Of course the books also did that for much longer but i feel like we have the two towers to thank for all the generic big sieges the majority of films have and like a zillion bajillion cheap knock offs. fellowship and two towers is showing in my local cinema today lol. im not insane though so i'm not gonna go watch it.
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Aug 3, 2020 10:33
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The_Continental posted:Oh good more lotr If something is worth watching it's worth watching for 12 hours at a time again and again and again.
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Aug 3, 2020 10:45
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I rewatched the extended ones a few weeks ago, and they've held on so well. The music, the scenery, the acting. Everything is great. I was going to follow it up with the Hobbit, but remembered the barrel scene and haven't been bothered yet.
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Aug 3, 2020 11:03
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Ratjaculation posted:I rewatched the extended ones a few weeks ago, and they've held on so well. The music, the scenery, the acting. Everything is great. No you shouldn't watch the Hobbit movies they're awful. Hold up I think I have a 6 hour video series explaining why handy.
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Aug 3, 2020 11:28
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im going to watch the hobbit and you cant stop me
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Aug 3, 2020 11:33
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Didn't they fuckin preplant all the gardens and stuff in Hobbiton a year early, just so they'd look like more genuine
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Aug 3, 2020 11:35
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Radical 90s Wizard posted:Didn't they fuckin preplant all the gardens and stuff in Hobbiton a year early, just so they'd look like more genuine Yeah it's insane what they did to make the movies.
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Aug 3, 2020 11:39
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I like how Jackson insisted that every single prop be made by hand. He didn't want the immersion into this world to be ruined by noticing a jug that you could buy at your local department store. Compare and contrast to Star Wars where they said 'gently caress it' and used Tupperware on a desert planet, far far away.  and thought that no-one would notice that the space-phone was a lady's shaver from the razor company with the largest advertising budget in the world. 
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Aug 3, 2020 11:51
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Star Wars is goofy in a lot of ways but it has great props and set design, you're being a doofus. I didn't notice the thing was a razor, basically nobody did. I think a lot of props out there are just kitbashed household items.
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Aug 3, 2020 11:56
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I really liked the films when I first saw them. But I think I got more genuine enjoyment out of the extra material on the special editions. I'm no film historian and I might be pulling this out of my rear end, but I believe that these movies were instrumental in showing that even though CGI is fun, you'll need practical effects to really make something look good. Green screens and computer poo poo isn't going to cut it in the long run. Also that Richard dude from weta sounds like a loving dweeb when he's talking about swords and bugs and I love him for it.
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Aug 3, 2020 11:57
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There's only one lord of the ring 
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Aug 3, 2020 11:58
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I think I might pass on the one hour video of people making a fake tree tho
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Aug 3, 2020 12:14
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Gotta be honest, I can't say that TTT and RotK are very great movies. It kinda feels like they blew all their "beautiful fantasy world" budget on the first one and then all they were left with was the color beige. Kind of reminds me of that Twilight movie where they shot everything in a green filter for some reason, and then suddenly there's a scene without it and it's like holy poo poo, I haven't seen colors for DAYS! TTT is the same right at the end where they're suddenly walking in some green grass. I mean, great achievement and all building all that stuff but yeah, not a very enjoyable watch.
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Funky See Funky Do posted:I think they might objectively be the best movies ever made. for me to poop on
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Aug 3, 2020 12:41
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Yeah you can't just go to Mordor and not smell the beautiful flowers
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The behind the scenes stuff is great, rewatching some of that was the last time I used my dvd drive. Guess it's all on youtube but still got the extended edition boxes somewhere. These days I kinda think the behind the scenes stuff is the best part really. Since I'm no longer so impressed that the movie even got made all the things that are wrong are really grating. Like for example the Denethor scenes in ROTK are pretty much unwatchable, his character is like a dumb caricature. Lots of other stuff too. Still like the movies but there are a lot of problems with them. PJ had passion and got them made but he was not the right director for it. Super obvious from some of the behind the scenes stuff where he's more excited about some shots of collapsing stairs rather than being true to the story. doverhog fucked around with this message at 12:49 on Aug 3, 2020 |
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Aug 3, 2020 12:46
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I hated how Lord of the ring 3 won all the oscars that year when there were a poo poo ton of good movies like City of God that were completely robbed. They were rewarding the third movie on the “strength” of the entire trilogy that was spread out over years, that’s not how an annual award works! 
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Aug 3, 2020 12:50
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20vA9U7J2qQ&t=114s i like the LOTR movies. the books themselves are rather odd and different so that the movies are different from the norm as well is totally fine. could have been so, so much worse (see: hobbit)
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Aug 3, 2020 13:27
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I loving love the Lord of the rings and the Hobbit. Books? Movies? Random extra poo poo? I love it, just pile it on me Edit: I'm gonna watch all three lord of the rings extended versions this week
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Aug 3, 2020 13:32
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doverhog posted:Like for example the Denethor scenes in ROTK are pretty much unwatchable, his character is like a dumb caricature. Plus aragorn didn't randomly shout about anduril, the flame of the west, enough.
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Aug 3, 2020 13:55
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i liked the hobbit a lot. immediately picked up fellowship of the ring. it was the first book i ever stopped reading and never picked up again when they were crossing the stream and just about to be caught by the wraiths so uh... elves have magic power over streams i appreciate the world he put together and the style of storytelling but its not the tightest story if youre gonna make up critical plot elements at the absolute last second the movies drag on so long theyre unwatchable. i saw the return of the king in theaters and i could swear they spent a half hour or more just revisiting all the characters after the movie shouldve ended actually im not sure i saw it in theaters. i recall a definite feeling of being trapped watching it that makes it seem that way gary oldmans diary fucked around with this message at 14:06 on Aug 3, 2020 |
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Aug 3, 2020 13:59
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Funky See Funky Do posted:They put two million fake leaves on the tree above Bag End. It took 5 people a whole week to do it. The scale of what they did to make these movies blows my tiny mind. I wonder if there will ever be another movie at the same level of grandeur made with the same amount of love that these ones were. Let me handle this: "Who gives a poo poo if they are, and even if technically they are, so what?"
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Aug 3, 2020 14:03
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I like the tree bros hell ya 420
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gary oldmans diary posted:i liked the hobbit a lot. immediately picked up fellowship of the ring. it was the first book i ever stopped reading and never picked up again when they were crossing the stream and just about to be caught by the wraiths so uh... elves have magic power over streams
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Aug 3, 2020 14:38
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bilbo (bilbo!) bilbo baggins only three feet tall bilbo (bilbo!) bilbo baggins the bravest little hobbit of them all
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Aug 3, 2020 14:48
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Mozi posted:bilbo (bilbo!) bilbo baggins 
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No Pants posted:you almost got me, good one quote:‘Who made the flood?’ asked Frodo. ‘Elrond commanded it,’ answered Gandalf. ‘The river of this valley is under his power, and it will rise in anger when he has great need to bar the Ford. As soon as the captain of the Ringwraiths rode into the water the flood was released.
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Aug 3, 2020 15:14
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it's a book about magic wizards dude. of course the explanation is because of magic
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magic was ill-defined in lotr. elves and maiar and whatnot could do weird things. gandalf never slings any fireballs around as far as whether that was the best way to write that scene... those books are what they are
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Aug 3, 2020 15:19
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i'm basically tom bombadil IRL
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Aug 3, 2020 15:19
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you can play the MMO as well and run around pew pew pewing bad guys like Legolas haha it's great fun
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hemale in pain posted:it's a book about magic wizards dude. of course the explanation is because of magic thats why i credit it with a lot of good things but not having a tight story getting everything right at the same time youre inventing your own genre would be like your first ever shot with a basketball being a half-court one that goes in gary oldmans diary fucked around with this message at 15:23 on Aug 3, 2020 |
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