Thread: Lotr

So I finished watching the trilogy tonight, and I thought it drug on a bit. It could have been summed up in two movies.
And I thought the blond chic (the king that died in the last battles daughter) would have been a better fit for Viggo than LIv Tyler.

And why the hell did frodo drag up and go on a boat ride at the end? and why didn't they take Bilbo Baggins on the eternal boat ride before he was an old crusty fucker?

Any thoughts?

Originally Posted by boozeboxer

So I finished watching the trilogy tonight, and I thought it drug on a bit. It could have been summed up in two movies.
And I thought the blond chic (the king that died in the last battles daughter) would have been a better fit for Viggo than LIv Tyler.

And why the hell did frodo drag up and go on a boat ride at the end? and why didn't they take Bilbo Baggins on the eternal boat ride before he was an old crusty fucker?

Any thoughts?

It is not that clear in the book but if I got it well, the boats loaded with elven all go within a couple of months, by this time, Bilbo is already old. In the book though, they do not depict him as somebody senile or anything and in the movie he looks a bit coo-coo at the end. As for Frodo, they do bring him as a gift for the very dangerous mission he got stuck with (the ring) and because after the wound he received, he would be stuck forever with a part of "mordor" in him, which doesn't belong to the mortal world at all.

My question toward the lord of the ring has always been this: WHY ohhh why dince the beginning they didn,t think about loading the eagle king with Frodo, Sam, the ring and a huge keg of booze, make him ride the sky escorted by the other eagles speedlight and drop the stupid ring from the airs in the volcano? Sounds easier than cross the whole world, including the MOria, by feet and that to have to fight armies of evil men, orcs, storms, devils etc, no? Plus it is much faster

Still, Tolkien did the hell of a job with this literature masterpiece, I just always wondered about that very question.

Originally Posted by Nameless

Originally Posted by boozeboxer

So I finished watching the trilogy tonight, and I thought it drug on a bit. It could have been summed up in two movies.
And I thought the blond chic (the king that died in the last battles daughter) would have been a better fit for Viggo than LIv Tyler.

And why the hell did frodo drag up and go on a boat ride at the end? and why didn't they take Bilbo Baggins on the eternal boat ride before he was an old crusty fucker?

Any thoughts?

It is not that clear in the book but if I got it well, the boats loaded with elven all go within a couple of months, by this time, Bilbo is already old. In the book though, they do not depict him as somebody senile or anything and in the movie he looks a bit coo-coo at the end. As for Frodo, they do bring him as a gift for the very dangerous mission he got stuck with (the ring) and because after the wound he received, he would be stuck forever with a part of "mordor" in him, which doesn't belong to the mortal world at all.

My question toward the lord of the ring has always been this: WHY ohhh why dince the beginning they didn,t think about loading the eagle king with Frodo, Sam, the ring and a huge keg of booze, make him ride the sky escorted by the other eagles speedlight and drop the stupid ring from the airs in the volcano? Sounds easier than cross the whole world, including the MOria, by feet and that to have to fight armies of evil men, orcs, storms, devils etc, no? Plus it is much faster

Still, Tolkien did the hell of a job with this literature masterpiece, I just always wondered about that very question.

Yeah I fucking loved these reads as a kid but looking back they are a bit silly.

I'm having the same problem with V right now. Great show, probably the best on telly right now, but all this 5th column rebellion and sneaking around is just stupid. Joshua is Anna's most trusted advisor and is always alone with her and her deputy guy. Why doesn't he just blow them both up? Problem solved.

Originally Posted by Mark TKO

Hahaha, friggin EPIC!!! I didn't know such video existed, that made my day

Bilbo: LOTR is the first "big" novel that I've ever read. To this day I think that the mythology, the history are absolutely awesome, the guy even created a language that you can learn if you're a total nutter (the elven), the only thing that really doesn't stick is the ending and why they had to go by feet if they had the Giant Eagles but for the rest, mythology wise and for the moral and how the personality of each character unfold is remarkable.

Perhaps the eagles were migratory and out of the region during the first part of the journey.