DVD Review HTF REVIEW: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (1 Viewer)

[Johnny Jr.]

Thanks for checking Jeannette, I was just glad that my eyes were working correctly lol.

 

[Malcolm R]

He hates their existence. Last I'd heard, he'd said he hasn't watched them and [tantrum] will never, never, never, never, never, watch them [/tantrum].

 

[John_McKittrick]

What a punk.

 

[Patrick Soucy]

Christopher Tolkien is very idiot...

He gived a valable reason for that? LOTR is the creation of his father, not from him... Tha fans probably hate him very hard for such stupid thinking...

 

[Chazz_S]

Tolkien's grandson Royd loves the movies (he was even in ROTK), good enough for me.

 

[Ricardo C]

Hey, it's half-assed misinformed posts time! Woo! :rolleyes

All Christopher Tolkien EVER said about the films is that he thinks his father's works are unfilmable and that he doesn't want to have anything to do with PJ's films, as a supporter or as a detractor. He's never seen them, so he has no opinion on the flicks themselves.

The only people being childish are the fanboys who think they're owed the Tolkien family's blessing, or for them to sell the rights to the rest of JRRT's legendarium.

For CT's actual words, go here (Some scrolling required)

 

[Jason Borchers]

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[Sean Bryan]

Tony, as Chris said, the prophecy is referred to in the Silmarillian. In the film, Gandalf doesn`t actually say `prophecy`, but he does say:


And he was killed by no living man. Very cool.



Richard, as far as the Yabba Dabba Doo thing. What can I say? I thought the whole thing was cool as heck and a really fun moment. Some fool`s attempt at getting a cheap laugh and getting attention in the theater (from an OBVIOUS joke), won`t change that for me.


Karl, I can`t tell you what you really heard in the theater because I wasn`t with you. But I think you have to be open to the possibility that for whatever reason you just heard/remembered wrong. The human mind is notorious for `filling in the blanks` in a variety of ways, and memory (anyone`s memory) is not always reliable.

Still, I know that there were some prints in which the Elven lines stated by Elrond and Aragorn after he is given Anduril did not have the translated subtitles, and other prints did have the subtitles (as on the DVD). So while it seems very unlikely that there were two different versions of Eowyn/Witch King scene, I couldn`t say there is no chance you heard what you think you heard. But I think it is most likely that your mind just created that line for you.

On the DVD, there isn`t even a `cut` where this line could have been removed. She says, I am no man, pulls back her sword, and yells as she stabs at him all in one take with no cuts between the word `man` and her yell. So unless it is a completely different take, I dont even see where this line could have been removed from. Unless you remember it being said after she stabbed him (or while her sword was in his face)?

 

[NickSo]

Im not sure if this has been covered yet, as I haven't read through the thread yet, but has anybody experienced a high pitched noise/tone (like the noise you hear when a Television is switched on) when there is speech in some quieter parts?

I noticed this in a particular section, where when (i forget who, but IIRC it was Frodo) the character spoke, along with the dialogue there would be the high pitched tone.

 

[Dan Rudolph]

When I saw it in a theater, at the end, when frodo and same are on the rock, someone yelled "I love you, Sam!" BTW, this was the screenign Elijah Wood's family was at. This actually got mentioned in the newspaper, which I suppose is the ultimate goal of any theater hooligan.

 

[Sven Lorenz]

Does anybody remember how long after the release of the theatrical versions of FotR and TT they announced the Extended Editions?

 

[MatthewLouwrens]

It was like that in the cinema. There have been a few scenes in the trilogy with sound like that. I don't know why. The most notable example was in FOTR, where Gandalf is greeted by Saruman. Listen to the change in sound quality between Saruman's voiceover and actual on-screen dialogue. It's a dramatic drop in quality.

 

[Nick Sievers]

For both films they announced the Extended Editions at the same time they announced when the Theatrical Versions would be released.

 

[Ray Chuang]

It will be very interesting to see when will New Line announce a street date for the Extended Edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. My guess is probably the same as the first two EE releases: the middle of November, as in this case November 2004. This especially to give time for WETA Digital to complete the effects on the EE editions, any additional dialogue and music to be recorded, and time to finish the huge amount of material on the Appendices discs (which will very likely include material from the Oscar telecast and TheOneRing.net party that same night).

 

[Allan^L]

I saw a little info thing on my local news that said that the EE might not be finished in time for this year. Does anyone have any info on this?

 

[Sven Lorenz]

Old rumour. New Line has announced that it will be released "in time for the holidays" - they just haven't given a real date yet.

 

[Eric_P]

Got my copy of ROTK at Best Buy here in the Bay Area ealier this week. Tried to watch it last night, and at about half way through chapter 28 at 94:10 minutes into the movie, it started skipping an cutting out.. I think mine was a defective copy??? so I went to exchange it for a new one, and the new one is even worse than the second one at the same place!!

I'm thinkin the BB got a bad batch? Anyone else have problems at this part?

my DVD Player is the Pioneer DV-444. I also tried it only my computer DVD-ROM, and my PS2.. although not a severe as on the DVD player, it does pause and skip at the same point.

Tried to search this forum for any answers but couldn't find anything like this. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Ernest Rister]

"It was like that in the cinema. There have been a few scenes in the trilogy with sound like that. I don't know why."

Because the sound in the Gandalf-Pippin scene is location audio, while the preceding audio was ADR, recorded in post.

 

[MatthewLouwrens]

Thanks Ernest. I guessed that much. I was meaning (but didn't really expressed at all well) that I don't know why they decided to leave those particular lines un-ADRed, when there was such an obvious change in sound quality.

 

[Neil Joseph]

Does anyone know if there is a picture of the EE boxset out yet similar to FOTR and TTT in my signature pic?